GFI KerioControl

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GFI KerioControl
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Kerio Control is a next-gen firewall for SMBs, from Aurea SMB Solutions (formerly GFI Software).N/A
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GFI KerioControl
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GFI KerioControl
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
GFI KerioControl
Considered Both Products
GFI KerioControl
Chose GFI KerioControl
We found Kerio Control to provide the most features and easiest management of all the solutions we looked at, while cost was not the lowest the value was by far the best when you considered all the factors, costs, and manhours involved in deployment and management.
Features
GFI KerioControl
Firewall
Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
GFI KerioControl
8.6
1 Ratings
1% above category average
Identification Technologies8.01 Ratings
Visualization Tools7.01 Ratings
Content Inspection10.01 Ratings
Policy-based Controls8.01 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP9.01 Ratings
Firewall Management Console10.01 Ratings
Reporting and Logging7.01 Ratings
VPN9.01 Ratings
High Availability8.01 Ratings
Stateful Inspection10.01 Ratings
Proxy Server9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
GFI KerioControl
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
GFI KerioControl
Likelihood to Recommend
GFI Software
IT works very well in the non-profit and small business space when there is a need for remote access or connecting several sites in a point to point VPN, user management and rule creation are very easy. The use of the MyKerio website for remote management also makes it easy to troubleshoot problems and make changes if technical staff are not onsite.
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Pros
GFI Software
  • VPN for Remote Employees
  • Point to point VPNs
  • Scanning of traffic
  • Ease of management
  • Website filtering by both sites and key words
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Cons
GFI Software
  • Support can take longer to respond that it should
  • Could work better with resellers
  • Spend more effort on adding new features
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Usability
GFI Software
Very easy to use and manage, user training takes less then 10 minutes. Technicians can perform basic tasks with less then an hour of training and can master it in under a year.
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Support Rating
GFI Software
Support is very slow to respond and it takes a long time to convince level 1 techs that you need to be moved up to someone more senior. I believe support is outsourced and they are graded on how few tickets they need to escalate to higher tiers so they will try to figure out a solution even if it is detrimental to the overall support experience.
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Alternatives Considered
GFI Software
We found Kerio Control to provide the most features and easiest management of all the solutions we looked at, while cost was not the lowest the value was by far the best when you considered all the factors, costs, and manhours involved in deployment and management.
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Return on Investment
GFI Software
  • Easy to use makes it easy to train, reducing employee time and IT staff costs.
  • Statefull inspection and web filtering greatly reduce malware incursions.
  • Fact it can run on standard PC hardware greatly reduces cost to implement and makes scaling much less expensive.
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