CISO Tribune

Vendor comparison · 2 companies

Amazon Web Services vs WatchGuard Technologies

Amazon Web Services describes itself as designed for security, protecting workloads including government, financial services, and healthcare. WatchGuard Technologies sells a Unified Security Platform that combines network, endpoint, identity and cloud protection, purpose-built for MSPs servicing midsize companies and SMBs. CISO Tribune files both under Workforce IAM and SSO. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

Change the companies

Up to four companies side by side.

  • Amazon Web Services
  • WatchGuard Technologies
Amazon Web Services vs WatchGuard Technologies: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
Amazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services describes itself as designed for security, protecting workloads including government, financial services, and healthcare.aws.amazon.comWatchGuard TechnologiesWatchGuard Technologies sells a Unified Security Platform that combines network, endpoint, identity and cloud protection, purpose-built for MSPs servicing midsize companies and SMBs.watchguard.com
What it sells
  • Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)[3][8]Amazon EC2 is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud.
  • Amazon Bedrock[5]Amazon Bedrock is a generative AI solution.
  • Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS)[6]Amazon IVS is a managed live streaming solution that makes low-latency or real-time video available to viewers around the world.
  • AWS IoT Core[12]AWS IoT Core provides secure communication and authentication for IoT devices.
  • AWS Fargate[9]AWS Fargate has no upfront costs, and customers pay only for the resources they use.
  • Amazon Route 53[10]Amazon Route 53 has no upfront fees and no commitment to a number of queries answered for a domain.
  • Amazon Cognito[12][13]Amazon Cognito manages user access and authentication for access to vehicle-related data and functionalities.
  • Kiro[4]Kiro turns a prompt into requirements, a design, and implementation tasks.
  • Unified Security Platform[1][5]WatchGuard unifies network, endpoint, identity and cloud protection under one agent, one console and one AI intelligence layer.
  • Firebox M Series[9]Firebox M Series rackmount appliances provide NGFW features.
  • Endpoint Security 360[11]WatchGuard Endpoint Security 360 is an autonomous zero trust endpoint detection and response solution.
  • AuthPoint[7][12][13]WatchGuard AuthPoint provides cloud-based authentication and access to applications.
  • Total Identity Security[13]Total Identity Security combines AuthPoint MFA with Dark Web Credential Monitoring.
  • WatchGuard Cloud[1][5][7][9][13]WatchGuard Cloud is built for MSPs and gives one place to deploy, standardize, monitor and report across all customers.
  • Compliance Reporting[15]WatchGuard Compliance Reporting offers configurable compliance controls and reports for regulatory needs.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesSeattle, United States[4]
Founded
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesOwned by Vector Capital since 2022[6]
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
  • November 5, 2026Amazon Web Services announced a 99.99% uptime service level agreement for Amazon Cognito user pools on the Plus feature plan, effective November 1, 2026.[13]
  • July 7, 2026WatchGuard Technologies appointed Vincent Hwang as Chief Product Officer, reporting to CEO Joe Smolarski.[16]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen October 31, 2026[2]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: listed, seen October 30, 2026[6]
Who it fits
From its own pages, Amazon Web Services sells to organizations in banking, capital markets, insurance, and payments. Amazon Web Services offers healthcare data management and security to healthcare organizations. Customers that build satellites and conduct space and launch operations are among the organizations Amazon Web Services addresses. Game development for every genre and platform is a use Amazon Web Services names. Amazon Web Services says it helps organizations in every sector build, scale, and transform. For connected vehicles, original equipment manufacturers are the buyers its pages name for AWS IoT Core and MQTT.WatchGuard delivers its security to businesses exclusively through managed service provider and reseller partners. Businesses receive protection configured and managed for them by a local WatchGuard partner. WatchGuard describes its devices as suited to securing branch offices, distributed networks and large data centers. WatchGuard secure access points are described for small offices, retail locations, schools, warehouses and outdoor deployments. WatchGuard Endpoint Security 360 is described as suited to organizations and MSPs.
Last verified
October 12, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Amazon Web Services and WatchGuard Technologies are both filed under Workforce IAM and SSO.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Amazon Web Services's primary category is Workforce IAM and SSO; WatchGuard Technologies's is Firewalls and NGFW.
  • WatchGuard Technologies is also filed under Identity threat detection and response and EDR and XDR.
  • Amazon Web Services lists Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS), AWS IoT Core, AWS Fargate and 3 more. WatchGuard Technologies lists Unified Security Platform, Firebox M Series, Endpoint Security 360, AuthPoint, Total Identity Security and 2 more.
  • WatchGuard Technologies is headquartered in Seattle, United States.
  • WatchGuard Technologies is owned by Vector Capital, since 2022.

What it sells: Amazon Web Services

What Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) does[3][8]
Amazon EC2 is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Amazon EC2 Mac instances are used to run on-demand macOS workloads in the cloud.
What Amazon Bedrock does[5]
Amazon Bedrock is a generative AI solution. Composio adopted Amazon Bedrock to test multiple AI models in parallel.
What Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) does[6]
Amazon IVS is a managed live streaming solution that makes low-latency or real-time video available to viewers around the world. Real-time streaming can deliver live streams with latency under 300 milliseconds from host to viewer. A stage lets hosts exchange audio and video in real time and can be broadcast to an Amazon IVS low-latency channel. The mobile broadcast SDK and the web broadcast SDK publish and subscribe to live video.
What AWS IoT Core does[12]
AWS IoT Core provides secure communication and authentication for IoT devices. AWS IoT Core and MQTT 5 are used to gather, collect, and distribute data for connected vehicle workloads.
What Amazon Route 53 does[10]
Amazon Route 53 has no upfront fees and no commitment to a number of queries answered for a domain. Route 53 customers pay no additional cost for queries on private hosted zones.
What Kiro does[4]
Kiro turns a prompt into requirements, a design, and implementation tasks. Kiro then helps build and test the code.

What it sells: WatchGuard Technologies

What Firebox M Series does[9]
Firebox M Series rackmount appliances provide NGFW features. Firebox rackmount appliances integrate with WatchGuard Cloud and ThreatSync and offer centralized management and AI-powered XDR correlation.
What Endpoint Security 360 does[11]
WatchGuard Endpoint Security 360 is an autonomous zero trust endpoint detection and response solution that blocks unknown applications automatically and continuously monitors trusted applications for signs of compromise. WatchGuard Endpoint Security 360 provides visibility into blocked executions, compromised trusted applications and the progression of attacks across endpoints.
What AuthPoint does[7][12][13]
WatchGuard AuthPoint provides cloud-based authentication and access to applications. AuthPoint MFA supports push, passkeys, TOTP, QR codes, hardware tokens and zero trust policies. AuthPoint is managed in WatchGuard Cloud, which configures policies, synchronizes users and enforces controls from one interface.
What Total Identity Security does[13]
Total Identity Security combines AuthPoint MFA with Dark Web Credential Monitoring. WatchGuard continuously monitors workforce user credentials across dark web, deep web and breach databases using AI-driven intelligence, and can alert affected end users directly. WatchGuard Cloud lets MSPs manage MFA and credential monitoring across customer accounts.
What WatchGuard Cloud does[1][5][7][9][13]
WatchGuard Cloud is built for MSPs and gives one place to deploy, standardize, monitor and report across all customers. ThreatSync XDR is part of WatchGuard Cloud and correlates activity across WatchGuard security layers. WatchGuard Cloud provides visibility, configuration control and real-time threat monitoring so MSPs can manage network security from anywhere with an Internet connection.
What Compliance Reporting does[15]
WatchGuard Compliance Reporting offers configurable compliance controls and reports for regulatory needs. WatchGuard Compliance Reporting is integrated with WatchGuard NDR and WatchGuard SaaS, delivering over 100 AI-refined network cybersecurity controls. WatchGuard Compliance Reporting includes configurable compliance report templates for ISO-27001, NIST 800-53, NIST 171/CMMC, UK Cyber Essentials, FFIEC, CISA Ransomware Defense, Cyber Insurance Compliance and Supply Chain Compliance.

Questions about Amazon Web Services and WatchGuard Technologies

What do Amazon Web Services and WatchGuard Technologies sell?
Amazon Web Services sells Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS), AWS IoT Core, AWS Fargate and 3 more. WatchGuard Technologies sells Unified Security Platform, Firebox M Series, Endpoint Security 360, AuthPoint, Total Identity Security and 2 more.
Are Amazon Web Services and WatchGuard Technologies in the same category?
They share Workforce IAM and SSO. Amazon Web Services's primary category is Workforce IAM and SSO and WatchGuard Technologies's is Firewalls and NGFW.
Where are Amazon Web Services and WatchGuard Technologies headquartered?
WatchGuard Technologies is headquartered in Seattle, United States.
Who owns Amazon Web Services and WatchGuard Technologies?
WatchGuard Technologies is owned by Vector Capital, since 2022.
Who are Amazon Web Services and WatchGuard Technologies sold to?
From its own pages, Amazon Web Services sells to organizations in banking, capital markets, insurance, and payments. WatchGuard delivers its security to businesses exclusively through managed service provider and reseller partners.
What have Amazon Web Services and WatchGuard Technologies announced recently?
November 5, 2026: Amazon Web Services announced a 99.99% uptime service level agreement for Amazon Cognito user pools on the Plus feature plan, effective November 1, 2026. July 7, 2026: WatchGuard Technologies appointed Vincent Hwang as Chief Product Officer, reporting to CEO Joe Smolarski.

About Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services describes itself as designed for security, protecting workloads including government, financial services, and healthcare. Composio centralized its AI model testing on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon Web Services has SOC Type II compliance.[4][5]

Amazon Bedrock is a generative AI solution, and Composio adopted Amazon Bedrock to test multiple AI models in parallel. Kiro turns a prompt into requirements, a design, and implementation tasks, then helps build and test the code. Composio provides a communication layer for AI agents and large language models.[4][5]

Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) is a managed live streaming solution that makes low-latency or real-time video available to viewers around the world. Real-time streaming can deliver live streams with latency under 300 milliseconds from host to viewer. Amazon IVS Real-Time Streaming is priced by participant hours, the time each host or viewer is connected to a stage resource. A stage is a virtual resource that lets hosts exchange audio and video in real time, and the stage can be broadcast to an Amazon IVS low-latency channel to reach a larger audience. Live video can be published and subscribed to from iOS and Android applications with the mobile broadcast SDK, and from a browser with the web broadcast SDK. MediaEvent Services (MES) is a live webcasting company founded in 1999, and MES used AWS to launch SlideSync, a software-as-a-service platform for live webcasts.[6]

BMW moved workloads to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Mac instances, which are used to run on-demand macOS workloads in the cloud. With AWS Fargate, there are no upfront costs and customers pay only for the resources they use. Customers pay for the vCPU, memory, and storage resources consumed by their containerized applications running on Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) or Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). With Amazon Route 53, there are no upfront fees and no commitment to a number of queries answered for a domain. Route 53 customers pay no additional cost for queries on private hosted zones. WeWeb rolled out Amazon S3 to store files generated when apps are published, and CloudFront to distribute them.[9][11]

For connected vehicles, AWS IoT Core and Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) 5 are used to gather, collect, and distribute data for connected vehicle workloads. AWS IoT Core provides secure communication and authentication for IoT devices. AWS Private CA manages certificates for device authentication, so only trusted devices can connect. AWS KMS manages encryption keys for data in transit and at rest. Amazon Cognito manages user access and authentication for access to vehicle-related data and functionalities. AWS IoT Device Defender monitors device behavior for security threats. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can scale connected vehicles with AWS IoT Core and the MQTT protocol.

Launched in 2018, WeWeb is a no-code platform that allows users to create web apps with no coding required, and WeWeb began a migration to AWS. Insilico's drug discovery engine is built on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Insilico offers PandaOmics for identification of drug targets and Chemistry42, which uses experimental data, ML algorithms, and physics-based methods to design and optimize novel compounds. PandaOmics and Chemistry42 run on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Insilico is headquartered in Hong Kong. BMW Group has worked with AWS since 2018 and built a cloud based data hub capable of handling more than 20 petabytes of data across the organization.[11]

Amazon Web Services offers secure solutions across banking, capital markets, insurance, and payments. Amazon Web Services offers healthcare data management and security. Amazon Web Services offers cloud solutions to help customers build satellites, conduct space and launch operations, and reimagine space exploration.[1][4]

Amazon Web Services on the record

Sources

Amazon Web Services full record

  1. [1]SecurityAmazon Web Services · aws.amazon.com · undated page, accessed October 12, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Amazon AWS Platform Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 31, 2026 · Tier C
  3. [3]Insilico Case Study | Life Sciences | AWSAmazon Web Services · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Cloud Computing Services - Amazon Web Services (AWS)Amazon Web Services · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Composio streamlines AI model testing with Amazon Bedrock | Composio Case Study | AWSAmazon Web Services · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Amazon Interactive Video Service FeaturesAmazon Web Services · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Customers | Amazon CloudFrontAmazon Web Services · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]BMW on AWS: Case Studies, Videos, Innovator StoriesAmazon Web Services · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]AWS Fargate PricingAmazon Web Services · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Amazon Route 53 pricing - Amazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Customer Testimonial: WeWebAmazon Web Services · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Guidance for Connected Vehicles on AWSAmazon Web Services · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Amazon Cognito announces 99.99% Service Level Agreement for the Plus feature plan - AWSAWS · published November 5, 2026 · Tier A

WatchGuard Technologies full record

  1. [1]watchguard.comWatchGuard Technologies · watchguard.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Watchguard launches new high performance firebox appliances secure modernWatchGuard Technologies · watchguard.com · published June 2, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]vectorcapital.comVector Capital · vectorcapital.com · published July 5, 2022 · Tier A
  4. [4]Dex991WatchGuard Technologies via SEC EDGAR · sec.gov · published July 25, 2006 · Tier A
  5. [5]WatchGuard | Comprehensive Cybersecurity SolutionsWatchGuard Technologies · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]WatchGuard Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer InsightsGartner Peer Insights · undated page, accessed October 30, 2026 · Tier C
  7. [7]Centralized Management & Visibility | WatchGuard CloudWatchGuard Technologies · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Managed Security Services for MSPs | WatchGuardWatchGuard Technologies · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Rackmount Firewall Appliances | WatchGuardWatchGuard Technologies · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]WatchGuard Endpoint Security | AI-Powered ProtectionWatchGuard Technologies · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]WatchGuard Endpoint Security 360 - Zero Trust EDRWatchGuard Technologies · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]AuthPoint 30-Day Free Trial | WatchGuard Free AuthPointWatchGuard Technologies · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]AuthPoint Total Identity Security | WatchGuardWatchGuard Technologies · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Secure Wireless APs for Your Business | WatchGuardWatchGuard Technologies · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Compliance Reporting | WatchGuardWatchGuard Technologies · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]WatchGuard Appoints Vincent Hwang as Chief Product OfficerWatchGuard Technologies · published July 7, 2026 · Tier A

Spot a factual error? Request a correction.