We performed a comparison between KerioControl and OPNsense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is security. They are known for efficiency and are on the top of Gartner Quadrant reviews. Fortinet FortiGate has an easy-to-use platform with a good graphical interface. The configuration is simple and the solution provides an overall good layer of security."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"It's very easy to configure."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"The installation is straightforward."
"Its support is very good, and it is stable product."
"I have found the most valuable features of Kerio Control to be the IPS and firewall."
"We also like the security. We can control what sites users can go to and we can make sure that where they're going is appropriate and that it's work-related."
"It prevents people from visiting undesirable sites and ensures that they use the internet for their designated jobs."
"What I like the most about Kerio is that I can use the software appliance as a solution, so if the hardware fails for any reason then I can quickly replace it with hardware that I have in stock."
"The ease of use in the GUI itself is the most valuable feature. The GUI is really the best part of it. We like the traffic rules so we can control who can get to what. It's easy to determine the flow of the traffic itself so we aren't having to guess through command lines and reading out basically command-driven output. It's just a very easy-to-use interface. The interface is the best part of the product."
"The most valuable feature is to provide users with the ability to log in to the portal page, keep track of their data usage and perform bandwidth management."
"The most valuable feature is the Dual WAN in OPNSense, which offers advanced capabilities."
"It is a very good solution. I like the dashboard. I can see what is going on and manage it as I like it."
"One of the most valuable features is the network checking. Additionally, the firewall and web filtering functionalities are highly useful."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"The initial setup is easy. It only takes 15-30 minutes to deploy."
"We have been operating here in our lab for several months, and everything appears to be extremely stable."
"The DNS-level filtering is impressive for thwarting time scanners."
"The solution is good for a basic firewall for a small business or for home use."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"Kerio Control has just improved on their biggest problem, which was to introduce better support for high-availability requirements in production."
"Improvements are needed to the Next Generation Firewall Protection, specifically with user-level protection."
"The trial duration of the product should be extended."
"The overall speed needs improvement. Internet connectivity speed needs to be improved somehow."
"If you have to dive deeper into the firewall or any other features, then you really have to read up a bit about how to set it up properly. Some of my colleagues, in the beginning, jumped in and made a bunch of rules but then it got really messy. If Kerio had a template or guidelines for best practices, at the beginning, that would really help. With Kerio Control it's basically 'find out for yourself.'"
"They don't provide content filtering when it comes to search engine results. We had an incident on the network where a blocked site was showing up in search results. We are in a school environment, so we have blocked a site with some of the explicit content so that kids wouldn't see it. When one of them did a search, the results came on the search engine part. When you try to drill down to the website, it blocks, but when you search by image, it brings up all the images. That's one of the reasons why we are looking at Juniper."
"I find it a bit costly to pay for the products that I am not using. They need to change their model in such a way that you don't have to pay for the products that you are not using. Its local support and scalability are also not good. I am looking forward to a more scalable product that will be able to grow with time and technology."
"When we did our last update, we had some trouble with the initial syncing process to get our messaging to go through. But we were also moving a store and a lot was changing during that process. I don't think it was on Kerio's end. It just coincided with the update. Once we got our third-party IT guy involved it was resolved very quickly."
"Its interface should be a little bit better."
"The ability to set the VPN IP address would be a welcome addition."
"You will need additional training before you can actually start to use it."
"The IPS solution could be more reliable."
"I think the most important thing is that it should be easily accessible, but currently, that doesn't seem to be the case. We need a hardware platform that's based on common standards and open computing principles, which would be like a commodity and benefit us greatly."
"There are issues with stability and reliability."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"There is room for improvement in SSL inspection."
KerioControl is ranked 28th in Firewalls with 54 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. KerioControl is rated 8.0, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of KerioControl writes "With VPN, any of our guys can log in to the system and effectively be on board; helps with our customers all over the world". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Good interface and firewall capabilities and overall easy to use". KerioControl is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM, Cisco Secure Firewall and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway. See our KerioControl vs. OPNsense report.
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