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GFI KerioControl

Score8.5 out of 10

6 Reviews and Ratings

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What is GFI KerioControl?

Kerio Control is a next-gen firewall for SMBs, from Aurea SMB Solutions (formerly GFI Software).

Categories & Use Cases

Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features GFI KerioControl has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 6 ratings of GFI KerioControl's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Content Inspection

    Inspecting permitted application traffic by means of threat prevention, URL filtering and data filtering

    Category average: 8.4

  • Firewall Management Console

    Either command-line or web-based interface for centralized control and management

    Category average: 8.4

  • Stateful Inspection

    Stateful inspection analyzes packet headers and contents of packets

    Category average: 8.6

Areas for Improvement

  • High Availability

    Built-in capacity to prevent exposure if primary firewall stops working

    Category average: 8.9

  • Visualization Tools

    Visualization tools present administrators with data on applications traversing the network, who is using them, and the potential security impact.

    Category average: 7.6

  • Reporting and Logging

    Custom and summary reports, and log files enabling analysis of security incidents, application usage and traffic patterns

    Category average: 7.8

Reviews

What users are saying about GFI KerioControl.
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Low cost and easy to use

Incentivized
Brian CookView profile
Information Security Officer in Customer Service at Unified Technology Solutions, Inc. (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Kerio Control is our go to Firewall for Client sites, its low cost and high number of features make it a perfect choice for small to medium businesses. Its ease of use makes it easy to train our technicians on how to setup, use, and troubleshoot problems on the rare times they arise.

Pros

  • VPN for Remote Employees
  • Point to point VPNs
  • Scanning of traffic
  • Ease of management
  • Website filtering by both sites and key words

Cons

  • Support can take longer to respond that it should
  • Could work better with resellers
  • Spend more effort on adding new features

Return on Investment

  • 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.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Meraki MX, NETGEAR Insight Instant VPN Routers and Ubiquiti Networks UniFi

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Ubiquiti Networks UniFi, Huntress, DNSFilter, Pulseway

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