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Product	WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi by WatchGuard View product	NetworkMiner by NetworkMiner View product
Overview
What it is	What does WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi do? It covers captive portal and location analytics. See typical use cases, cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.	NetworkMiner offers host-centric PCAP parsing and automated file and artifact extraction. Use it for network digital forensic analysis. See Network Security alternatives.
Product type	Cloud-Managed Enterprise Wireless Access	Network Forensic Analysis Tool & Passive Packet Investigator
Best for	Cross-industry, Retail, Hospitality, Education, Healthcare	Cybersecurity, Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Defense, Law Enforcement
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Hardware AP; Cloud-managed access points	Standalone Software; Open Source / Commercial; Standalone Windows Software / Linux Mono Executable
Data residency	Global; US; EU	Local Host Machine Only (No Cloud Telemetry)
Key features
What it offers	Cloud-managed Wi-Fi 6 Wireless Intrusion Prevention (WIPS) Captive portal Rogue AP containment Location analytics Network Security Wireless Security	Host-centric PCAP parsing Automated file and artifact extraction Passive OS fingerprinting Credential harvesting from PCAP Passive network sniffing Network digital forensic analysis Passive host and OS fingerprinting PCAP file and artifact reconstruction
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: no
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: no
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Wireless access pointsEnterprise LAN	PCAP Packet CapturesNetwork InterfacesLive Ethernet Streams
Compliance	WPA3 EnterpriseWi-Fi Certified	GPLv2 (Open Source Edition)ISO 27037 Digital Evidence Principles
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	WatchGuard CloudFireboxRADIUSActive Directory	Wireshark PCAP/PCAPNG formatsNetworkMiner ProSnort/Suricata PCAPs
Industries	Cross-industryRetailHospitalityEducationHealthcare	CybersecurityIncident ResponseDigital ForensicsDefenseLaw Enforcement
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	WatchGuard	NetworkMiner
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA	Sweden
Company size	1,001-5,000	1-10
Founded	1996	2007

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

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NetworkMiner

by NetworkMiner

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Overview

What it is

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

What does WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi do? It covers captive portal and location analytics. See typical use cases, cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.

NetworkMiner

NetworkMiner offers host-centric PCAP parsing and automated file and artifact extraction. Use it for network digital forensic analysis. See Network Security alternatives.

Product type

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

Cloud-Managed Enterprise Wireless Access

NetworkMiner

Network Forensic Analysis Tool & Passive Packet Investigator

Best for

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

Cross-industry, Retail, Hospitality, Education, Healthcare

NetworkMiner

Cybersecurity, Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Defense, Law Enforcement

Pricing

Pricing model

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

Contact Vendor

NetworkMiner

Contact Vendor

Free trial

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

NetworkMiner

Deployment

Deployment options

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

CloudOn-Premise

NetworkMiner

Cloud

Deployment details

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

Cloud; Hardware AP; Cloud-managed access points

NetworkMiner

Standalone Software; Open Source / Commercial; Standalone Windows Software / Linux Mono Executable

Data residency

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

Global; US; EU

NetworkMiner

Local Host Machine Only (No Cloud Telemetry)

Key features

What it offers

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

Cloud-managed Wi-Fi 6
Wireless Intrusion Prevention (WIPS)
Captive portal
Rogue AP containment
Location analytics
Network Security
Wireless Security

NetworkMiner

Host-centric PCAP parsing
Automated file and artifact extraction
Passive OS fingerprinting
Credential harvesting from PCAP
Passive network sniffing
Network digital forensic analysis
Passive host and OS fingerprinting
PCAP file and artifact reconstruction

Platform & access

API access

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

NetworkMiner

Single sign-on (SSO)

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

NetworkMiner

Role-based access (RBAC)

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

NetworkMiner

Multi-tenant

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

NetworkMiner

Mobile app

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

NetworkMiner

Supported platforms

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

Wireless access pointsEnterprise LAN

NetworkMiner

PCAP Packet CapturesNetwork InterfacesLive Ethernet Streams

Compliance

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

WPA3 EnterpriseWi-Fi Certified

NetworkMiner

GPLv2 (Open Source Edition)ISO 27037 Digital Evidence Principles

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

WatchGuard CloudFireboxRADIUSActive Directory

NetworkMiner

Wireshark PCAP/PCAPNG formatsNetworkMiner ProSnort/Suricata PCAPs

Industries

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

Cross-industryRetailHospitalityEducationHealthcare

NetworkMiner

CybersecurityIncident ResponseDigital ForensicsDefenseLaw Enforcement

Regions

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

Global

NetworkMiner

Global

Vendor

Company

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

WatchGuard

NetworkMiner

Headquarters

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

Seattle, Washington, USA

NetworkMiner

Sweden

Company size

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

1,001-5,000

NetworkMiner

1-10

Founded

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi

1996

NetworkMiner

2007