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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    GFI KerioControl

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AKerio Control is a next-gen firewall for SMBs, from Aurea SMB Solutions (formerly GFI Software).N/A

    SonicWall NSA Series

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AThe SonicWall NSA Series is the company's mid-range next generation firewall (NGFW).N/A
    Pricing
    GFI KerioControlSonicWall NSA Series
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    Pricing Offerings
    GFI KerioControlSonicWall NSA Series
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    GFI KerioControlSonicWall NSA Series
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    GFI Software
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    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    GFI KerioControlSonicWall NSA Series
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of GFI KerioControl and SonicWall NSA Series
    Feature
    GFI KerioControl
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    0% above category average
    SonicWall NSA Series
    8.7
    6 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Identification Technologies8.01 Ratings7.46 Ratings
    Visualization Tools7.01 Ratings8.26 Ratings
    Content Inspection10.01 Ratings7.35 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls8.01 Ratings9.26 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP9.01 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console10.01 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging7.01 Ratings8.26 Ratings
    VPN9.01 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    High Availability8.01 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection10.01 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Proxy Server9.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    GFI KerioControlSonicWall NSA Series
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    SonicWall NSA Series
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GFI KerioControlSonicWall NSA Series
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GFI KerioControlSonicWall NSA Series
    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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    SonicWall
    This is a higher-end firewall, built for a medium to large business. It handles traffic and scanning and protection well but it would be a bit of a budget-buster and probably overkill for a small to (barely) medium sized business. SonicWall makes SoHo devices for those use cases and they would be more appropriate.
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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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    SonicWall
    • Relatively inexpensive compared to some of the higher-end products, like Palo Alto Networks.
    • Easy to set up, as the SonicWall NSA interface is consistent across all models.
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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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    SonicWall
    • Ideal with smaller businesses. Would have to examine for more complex needs of larger businesses.
    • Scalability might be an issue for super large organizations.
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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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    SonicWall
    There is room for improvement when it comes to learning the UI, but the UI is overall pretty good. It doesn't take long to learn if you are famaliar with firewalls.
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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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    SonicWall
    Most of the time, calling SonicWall NSA Support, you get an expert who can help resolve your issues. RMAs are pretty easy once they determine there is an issue with the hardware. Support is available 24x7, which makes emergency calls easy. The only downside is the support engineers may have thick accents; however, their expertise more than makes up for any language barriers.
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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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    SonicWall
    We compared the FortiGate to Sonicwall and continued with Sonicwall as we were a mid-size school where the Sonicwall was performing adequately, and the learning curve was steep to switch platforms. The Sonicwall offered everything the FortiGate did, and was not as costly, both in the appliance and in licensing.
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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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    SonicWall
    • Was affordable, allowing for advanced routing and security.
    • Enabled us to build VPNs without purchasing additional services
    • Was simple enough to manage in house without external support.
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