Which Solution Is Better for Your Business – Cloud or On-Premises?
The core visibility functionality is available in both WatchGuard Cloud Visibility and on-premises Dimension. However, partners or end users who would like to unlock all the benefits that come with the Cloud can upgrade to WatchGuard Cloud Visibility for scalable, high-performing logging and reporting. By moving to the Cloud, this service offers the insightful visibility of Dimension, but is effortless to deploy and is faster, more powerful, and more scalable.
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WatchGuard Cloud Visibility |
Dimension On-Premises |
Included with Basic Security Suite |
✓ |
✓ |
Included with Total Security Suite |
✓ |
✓ |
Dashboards & Reports |
100+ |
100+ |
Log Search Rate |
Accelerated |
Standard |
Time to Run Reports |
Fast (uses AWS Elasticsearch) |
Optimized for local hardware |
Cloud-hosted |
✓ |
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RapidDeploy |
✓ |
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Infrastructure Costs |
|
✓ |
Auto-scaling |
✓ |
|
Multi-tier, Multi-tenant |
✓ |
|
Alerts & Notifications |
Advanced alert system included |
Simple alerts |
Dimension Command |
|
Yes, as an upgrade |
Device Health |
✓ |
✓* |
License Status |
✓ |
✓* |
Policy Usage Reports |
✓ |
✓* |
Search Engine Reporting |
✓ |
|
Top-level view of security statistics |
✓ |
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Separation of customer data |
✓ |
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*Requires Dimension Command
Using WatchGuard Cloud Visibility and Dimension is not an either-or decision.
You can use both. In fact, many businesses will use both in order to optimize their logging and reporting efficiency. A common scenario is for a business to use WatchGuard Cloud Visibility for their current and most recent logging (e.g. past 30 days) and to use Dimension for logs beyond that. If you want to understand which option is best for you, please contact one of our representatives for guidance. Our team is eager to help you determine what option is best for your business.