We performed a comparison between KerioControl and McAfee StoneGate [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"The solution is highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"The product offers very good security."
"The stability of Kerio Control is good."
"The firewall and intrusion detection features are very useful these days because hackers have a lot of tricks that they use to get into a system. With Kerio Control you can see something that's happening. Otherwise, you have to use other tools to see what's happening on the firewalls. Having IPS in it is quite useful for us."
"The installation is straightforward."
"One thing we use quite a lot, as well, is the DHCP Server, because we do a lot of work where all our devices need to have static IP addresses. Rather than going around and configuring every box, we do it all through DHCP reservations. It's easier. We've got a record of it. We can manipulate it if we need to change something or change some hardware. It's all easy. Even guys who are not used to using it can pick it up quite quickly."
"The routing of the multiple internet physical routers I have is the most valuable feature of this solution. Instead of me physically unplugging a cable from one router to the server, if one connection goes down, it automatically switches for me. So I can have all three of them plugged in. If one goes down, it just picks up the other one automatically. There's no physical cable swapping."
"The solution provides feasibility regarding cyber privacy."
"It prevents people from visiting undesirable sites and ensures that they use the internet for their designated jobs."
"The comprehensiveness of the security features that Kerio Control provides us with is good. Before GFI had it, they would have more updates. The updates have been slower, but I like the things that they keep adding like the ability to block by country. I use pretty much every feature."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"The Kerio hardware devices look cheap and could be improved. Some of our clients are switching to Sophos because their hardware has a more sleek design."
"We'd like to have more integrations Kerio Operator."
"The trial duration of the product should be extended."
"I can no longer renew my subscription directly with GFI but we have to go through third-party resellers like CDW. The first time I did it with CDW. I went to CDW and it was almost like they didn't even know anything. They didn't know what package I was supposed to get. Then after I got it, it took almost five days to get everything working."
"I would like to be able to inspect https packets for the purpose of virus scanning."
"I would like to be able to automatically send email from Kerio Control and have it tell me what my external IPs are, because on one of my lines I have a fixed IP address and on the other it is variable. If there were a permanent way for me to figure out, "Okay, my current external VPN and my firm IP is this," it would help. I need to know the IP address to connect with the VPN and, at the moment, one of the lines sometimes changes its IP address without me knowing it. It's a hassle to figure out what it is."
"I have had a few issues with HTTPS decryption. The solution also does not show the actual user's Internet usage."
"I would like for there to be a difference between international and national links."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
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KerioControl is ranked 29th in Firewalls with 54 reviews while McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls. KerioControl is rated 8.0, while McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0. 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 McAfee StoneGate [EOL] writes "The HA cluster had issues during deployment, but the solution gives us better application control than with our previous solution". KerioControl is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos UTM, Sophos XG and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is most compared with .
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