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Buyer's Guide

ExtremeCloud IQ vs. KerioControl

September 2025

KerioControl vs. ExtremeCloud IQ

Updated: September 2025

Buyer's Guide

ExtremeCloud IQ vs. KerioControl

September 2025

ExtremeCloud IQ vs. KerioControl

Updated: September 2025

Sample Customers

ExtremeCloud IQ

Henry Ford Health System, Baltimore Ravens, Brandili, Federal University of Alagoas, CEDAE, Caxias do Sul, UNISC Concurrency, CenturyLink Field, Louisiana College, Cricket Tasmania Stadium, Moscow Internet Exchange

KerioControl

Triton Technical, McDonald's

Popular Solutions

5 reviews

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Top Industries

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Government

Computer Software Company

18%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Government

Quotes From Member Reviews

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Most Helpful Reviews

Shrikant Teggi
Sr. Area Technical Manager at tata elxsi
We use ExtremeSwitching for Network Management. Because we have a different product here, it is called Extreme. We...
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Imran Taiyeb Ali
Senior Solutions Specialist at a comms service provider
My company uses ExtremeRouting for a big LAN environment, where there is a need for ERS switches, including Extreme...
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Jan Zontek
System Engineer at Poczta FM
The main use cases for ExtremeControl among my customers are to authenticate the users here for the end systems in...
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Ufuk KINDAP
Technical Coordinator at Yildiz Technical University
I primarily used ExtremeCloud IQ to provide wireless internet connections to our students and academic staff. I...
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Karel Ondracek
Network Administrator at THK Co Ltd
I use ExtremeWireless for several projects. One is for standard end users, another is for the guest network, and a...
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Constantnos Achilleos
Product manger at Asbis Mediteranean
The solution is used for site-to-site VPN connections and it is valued for its cost efficiency and easy connectivity....
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Thanu Kishore
Technical Executive at Satcom Infotech
My experience with GFI LanGuard involves patch management where, whenever we visit customers, they request patches...
Read full review of GFI LanGuard »
Marek Jaworski
Senior Engineer, Team Lead, Network Operations at a comms service provider
As a company dealing in satellite technology, we use it for small to big satellite links, and for some remote islands...
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Axel Wittich
Manager of IT and Operations at B E S T Fluidsysteme GmbH
We use it for receiving from our fax gateway and dropping faxes into our email service. We are a sales company with...
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Customer Service

Yintho Taev
Logistics Supervisor at Andromeda Distribution Corporation
The technical from ExtremeWireless has been good.
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MuhammadNadeem
Sr. Network Engineer at a tech services company
Technical support is good. They're responsive. I haven't really had to deal with them that much since the solution...
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Sachin Vinay
Assistant Manager-Networks at Amrita
We have not had a very good experience with customer service and support. We have experienced issues with technical...
Read full review of ExtremeRouting »
Seungho Yang
Network Engineer at KOREAN AIR
The vendor support is good for ExtremeWireless. If I were to rate it from one to ten, I would give it nine points.
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MericDinc
Network division director at Toptal telecommunication company
ExtremeSwitching has the best after-sales technical support. Sometimes, when we face problems, we create a case, and...
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Sriman L
Senior Network Engineer at Nipun Net Solutions
ExtremeCloud IQ's technical support is good, and they provide good support across all the regions.
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Anonymous User
ICT Network Manager at a non-tech company
We don't go directly to the vendor. Rather, we get our technical support from a third party, and they have been good...
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Anonymous User
Network / Telephony Coordinator at a university
Customer Service: 8 Technical Support: 7
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Anonymous User
Systems Administrator at a non-tech company
Customer Service: Top notch. I haven't had to deal with support very often, but the few times that I have they've...
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Haziq Kamal
Systems Engineer at LinkAxia Networks Sdn Bhd
The customer service and support provided by Extreme are excellent.
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Anonymous User
Technology Specialist at a hospitality company
Customer Service: I have had no problems with customer service. Technical Support: I haven't needed to use technical...
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Zhen Quan Ooi
IT executive at a agriculture
Technical support might be rated around five or six. The response time and quality could be better, and updates can...
Read full review of ExtremeWireless »
Anonymous User
Solution Architect at a tech vendor
When you want assistance, the technical support team is both responsive and helpful. I would rate their technical...
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Anonymous User
Level 3 Support Technician at a real estate/law firm
Customer Service: 3 out of 5, depending on the technician you get some want to troubleshoot over email other will...
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Anonymous User
IT Director at a educational organization
The support is superb.
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Anonymous User
Windows/Mac Network Administrator at a tech company
Customer Service: Customer service has been great. Any issues I have had were answered quickly and we were able to...
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Kamlesh Ridhorkar
Sr. Solution Architect at a tech vendor
We got good support from them.
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Anonymous User
Jr Support Technician at a government
I don't have any experience with their technical support.
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WaelAwni
Engineer at NewLogics
I rate ExtremeWireless support seven out of 10. ExtremeWirelesstechnical support has been highly responsive, but the...
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Anonymous User
Infrastructure Manager at a retailer
Customer Service: Customer service is very good. Technical Support: Technical support is good but could be faster.
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Anonymous User
Founder and CEO at a security firm
The tech support is very helpful although there's always room for improvement.
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Anonymous User
IT Consultant at a tech consulting company
AeroHive provide very good technical support with user guides and technical documentation.
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Anonymous User
-- at a tech company
Customer Service: The customer service with Aerohive is outstanding. The have forums and a support site. They are...
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Anonymous User
Information Technology Coordinator at a university
Customer Service: Excellent service. Yes, the service was and is excellent. And again, and again, the one hundred and...
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Ufuk KINDAP
Technical Coordinator at Yildiz Technical University
I didn't get the chance to directly communicate with Extreme like with Cisco, but it's okay. The company is helpful,...
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Evert Ruiten
Senior Pre-sales consultant at Businesscom BV
We have had no issues with technical support.
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Anonymous User
Senior Manager, Information Technology at a university
Technical support is good.
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Anonymous User
Sr. Network Systems Engineer at a manufacturing company
Customer Service: Customer service is top notch. If there have ever been non-technical issues with things such as...
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Anonymous User
Admin at a educational organization
Customer Service: We used to have the greatest inside sales person ever. She would alway get back to us within 24...
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Anonymous User
Senior Manager, Information Technology at a university
Technical support is fine.
Read full review of ExtremeSwitching »

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Dedi-Husni
Cybersecurity Lead at PT. Alpha Citra Siber Indonesia
The technical support from KerioControl is very helpful. I would rate technical support a nine out of ten.
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David Schneiderlin
Co-Owner at Infowa
I have contacted the support team by email. The team's answers are good. They answer quickly.
Read full review of KerioControl »
Mark Spiteri
IT Manager at JB Metropolitan Distributors
I've never contacted technical support because I just call the people that I contract to fix things and if they're...
Read full review of KerioControl »
Ted Mbugua
Security Manager at a tech services company
The support from GFI LanGuard has been good.
Read full review of GFI LanGuard »
Gilbert Mwiinga
Baobab College logo System Administrator at Baobab College
We've been talking to them about the content filtering issue. The ticket was escalated, but we had to wait for two...
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Anonymous User
Lead Hand - Print Department at a marketing services firm
Customer support is reliable. It provides fast and excellent support.
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Anonymous User
Lead Hand - Print Department at a marketing services firm
The technical support is amazing. You receive a fast response after you create a ticket and the agent are very...
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Jaroslav Jašek
IT manager at ABITec s.r.o.
My experience with the solutions technical support is fine but they could be faster in responding.
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Axel Wittich
Manager of IT and Operations at B E S T Fluidsysteme GmbH
We used the technical support once last week, and it was good. We got what we wanted.
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MarcoVivaldelli
IT Director CEO at MARVIV SRLS
Their technical support is very good. We haven't had any problems with them.
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer at a comms service provider
I haven't used support since GFI bought the company but some people I work with have said that the GFI technical...
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Anonymous User
Director at a tech services company
We have contacted technical support a handful of times and received some assistance.
Read full review of KerioConnect »
Justin Braegelman
IT Support at Rural Computer Consultants, Inc
The GFI technical support can be very time-consuming to get down to the root of the problem, but they are very...
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Jay Greiner
Head of IT at Glorious Way Church
I've only had to use technical support once and it was on a VPN. They updated the VPN protocol and I had a question...
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Marcelino Mongcal
Senior Systems Tech/Admin at Samco Software Inc.
The technical support is good as a reseller. We have direct connection with the technical support, we can send them...
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AlonHodir
CEO at Shalom Hartman Institute
I had only about two occasions when I needed to contact GFI customer support and they were very helpful and quick.
Read full review of GFI LanGuard »
Anonymous User
CEO at a computer software company
GFI's technical support is improving but at the very beginning, it was very bad. There was no way to contact them....
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Anonymous User
Head of Technical - Systems and Security at a tech consulting company
The support has been responsive in my experience.
Read full review of GFI LanGuard »
Alex Kimondo
ICT Manager at MEDS
At the moment, there is no proper local support for Kerio Control here in Kenya. It is hard to get service or...
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Chris Bristow
Account Manager (Technical) at Redfortress Ltd
I've never used their technical support.
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Cristian Concha
Chief of Technical Department at a tech services company
In general, I have not used it, except in version 9.2.5. The response was very good.
Read full review of KerioControl »
Thanu Kishore
Technical Executive at Satcom Infotech
I have had a good experience with GFI LanGuard's technical support.
Read full review of GFI LanGuard »
Marek Jaworski
Senior Engineer, Team Lead, Network Operations at a comms service provider
Our experience with their tech support started off well. Then, a couple of their employees went wayward, but they got...
Read full review of Exinda »
Anonymous User
System Administrator Team Lead | Developer at a tech services company
It's been a while since we contacted support, but back when we did it was pretty hard to get a hold of someone. We...
Read full review of KerioControl »
Robert Allino
Owner at L3GNL LLC
I haven't used GFI, but back when Kerio had it, they were very good. They were very responsive. A lot of times you...
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Daniel Mahar
Associate Director at a university
GFI's technical support for this solution could be better. It's hard to find information about Exinda, directly. It...
Read full review of Exinda »
Cristian Concha
Chief of Technical Department at a tech services company
The technical support is good.
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AliAmini
IT Consultant at ArioRasaneh
I have not contacted technical support. When I have an issue I search the internet and solve the problem. When I...
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Alex Kimondo
ICT Manager at MEDS
Technical support is an area where I've always had problems because, especially in East Africa, there's a bit of a...
Read full review of GFI LanGuard »
TUNC BOZOGLU
Owner at LOTUSCONCEPT
Technical support is good. They respond right away.
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