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KerioControl pros and cons

Vendor: GFI
4.1 out of 5

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PROS

KerioControl provides robust security features, including firewall and intrusion prevention, ensuring protection against unauthorized access and potential threats.
The VPN functionality of KerioControl enables secure remote access, facilitating efficient work-from-home setups and data exchange without compromising security.
KerioControl supports comprehensive bandwidth management, allowing organizations to monitor and optimize internet usage by users, applications, and departments.
Integration and scalability make KerioControl adaptable to different infrastructure environments, offering customizable solutions to meet various operational needs.
Efficient setup and ongoing management are made possible with KerioControl's intuitive interfaces, making it accessible for users with varying technical expertise.

CONS

Support responses need improvement and could be faster.
Remote connectivity features require enhancements for users.
Improvements are needed in Next Generation Firewall Protection, particularly in user-level protection.
Content filtering needs refinement, especially concerning search engine results in educational settings.
Scalability is a concern, with a need for more flexible and larger bandwidth capabilities.
 

KerioControl Pros review quotes

Constantnos Achilleos - PeerSpot reviewer
Product manger at Asbis Mediteranean
Nov 11, 2024
The most valuable features include geo-tagging, which blocks all other IPs except for the specified accounts, and web filtering.
LB
Information Technology Specialista at REMING CONSULT a.s.
Apr 9, 2024
The tool shows what has been blocked externally. It's very good because once installed and correctly set up, it allows you to work from home as if you are in the office, without any errors or issues. It's very simple to use, click to connect or disconnect.
MM
Senior Systems Tech/Admin at Samco Software Inc.
Jun 27, 2024
The solution has an app manager and a portal where you can maintain all your Keri products. It is a firewall that includes antivirus and anti-malware, which adds security. The VPNs, both site-to-site and client VPNs, are pretty easy to set up.
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AK
Research And Development Manager at MFP
Apr 6, 2023
Compared to other solutions, accounting and live monitoring of firewall status are very good features in KerioControl.
MS
Cisco Network Engineer at golrang
Jan 26, 2023
The solution is user-friendly.
David Bloomer - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technician at Computers At Work
Jun 15, 2023
I am impressed with the tool's firewall filtering capacity.
David Schneiderlin - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Owner at Infowa
Jul 4, 2023
The product is easy to use.
Saham Hendinejad - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at Quby
Mar 6, 2023
The product is affordable.
Timur Assembayev - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Specialist at Wattum
Dec 2, 2022
The most valuable features of KerioControl are ease of configuration, user-friendliness, and comfortable to use. It is an all-in-one solution, it comes with many features, such as a firewall, antivirus software, and network protection.
BrianCook - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer at Unified Technology Solutions
Feb 7, 2022
It is very comprehensive and simple. It has all the active protections. It's updated. We love that you can set how often it is updated so you can work what is right for you. A large company with a lot of bandwidth can update the virus definitions and security definitions hourly, if they want. A smaller site that's remote, where maybe updating the definitions will eat into the bandwidth, we can schedule those more to go later at night. It's very flexible and works for us in all types of situations. This is great because then we don't have to learn seven different products to be able to work with seven different scenarios.
 

KerioControl Cons review quotes

Constantnos Achilleos - PeerSpot reviewer
Product manger at Asbis Mediteranean
Nov 11, 2024
The logs could be improved for better clarity.
LB
Information Technology Specialista at REMING CONSULT a.s.
Apr 9, 2024
I would like to see geo-IP filtering added to the filtering rules. Incorporating these rules would be very beneficial if you have different ideas or reasons to filter, such as communication to the email server or specific websites.
MM
Senior Systems Tech/Admin at Samco Software Inc.
Jun 27, 2024
The solution's hardware is not that great and could use more improvement. However, the VM software and the virtualized KerioControl itself are pretty good. The software is good; it's just the hardware that needs improvement.
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AK
Research And Development Manager at MFP
Apr 6, 2023
KerioControl should add more options in VPN features, such as IPsec VPNs, SSL VPNs, and L2TP VPNs, because KerioControl uses a special VPN for their products.
MS
Cisco Network Engineer at golrang
Jan 26, 2023
The solution can be improved to create the capability for larger bandwidths that support our business needs.
David Bloomer - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technician at Computers At Work
Jun 15, 2023
The product's technical support is not good as it used to be.
David Schneiderlin - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Owner at Infowa
Jul 4, 2023
The upgrades make the network slower.
Saham Hendinejad - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at Quby
Mar 6, 2023
We'd like to have more integrations Kerio Operator.
Timur Assembayev - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Specialist at Wattum
Dec 2, 2022
The GUI should be changed because it remains the same consistency across versions. However, those who have been using KerioControl for a long time may be accustomed to the current interface. Installing a new version in the same location makes it easy to find, but overall, there are no notable changes between versions.
BrianCook - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer at Unified Technology Solutions
Feb 7, 2022
I would like to see a little improvement in their technical support when you have a problem. I may be a little jaded because I came from Kerio when we could call and get a person on the phone who worked on the product. Every tech had their own demo setup. They had instant messaging capability with the developers. If we found a problem, then we could get a result for it quickly. Now, the product seems to be 24 hours. They have also gone to the model that if you need quicker support, then they now charge you additional for the exact same level of support that they used to give. I am assuming it's the exact same level of support that they say it is. I'm not paying extra for it. That's the biggest flaw with the product.