Compare Extreme vs GFI

Extreme

Based on 113 reviews.

GFI

Based on 75 reviews.

Sample Customers

ExtremeSecurity

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

15 reviews

11 reviews

11 reviews

10 reviews

6 reviews

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Top Industries

Comms Service Provider

25%

Computer Software Company

16%

Government

Educational Organization

Comms Service Provider

39%

Computer Software Company

15%

Government

Educational Organization

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

AnkurKumar
Consultant at HCL Technologies
We deploy the switches in a spine and leaf model, which is the current requirement. Earlier, we used to have a tier...
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Anonymous User
Technical Coordinator at a educational organization
We're using the latest version. It's deployed on a public cloud. We can get our management interface from the...
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Anonymous User
Senior Manager, Information Technology at a university
We have 100 users of Enterasys Ethernet Switches.
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Anonymous User
Founder and CEO at a security firm
I'm the founder of the company.
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Anonymous User
Jr Support Technician at a government
I used it in my previous organization where I was helping with the move to a new building.
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Alex Kimondo
ICT Manager at MEDS
My company uses GFI to safeguard our endpoint devices and prevent users from putting unwanted devices on the network....
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BrianCook
Information Security Officer - VP at Unified Technology Solutions
We use it ourselves and deploy it to our customers, which are small and medium-sized businesses. Our use cases are...
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MarkKupferberg
Vice President at a manufacturing company
It's a corporate email. All of our corporate emails go through it.
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Engineer at a comms service provider
We mainly use Exinda for traffic management, to make sure that our customers' traffic is prioritized. Some of our...
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Customer Service

Manik Chavan
Assistnat Professor in Computer Science and Engineering Department at Walchand College of Engineering
We get assistance from a third party. We can ask for assistance from them or Extreme.
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Fred Fish
Network Administrator at a non-profit
Support was excellent when I was having client hop at our High School. They helped me design the AP placement off...
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Kamlesh Ridhorkar
Sr. Solution Architect at a tech vendor
We got good support from them.
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Robert Zdzieblo
IT specialist at SimTel Sp. z o. o.
I have contacted technical support many times. Usually, they are very efficient and they can solve the issue very...
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Sachin Vinay
Network Administrator at Amrita
ExtremeWireless support isn't very good.
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AnkurKumar
Consultant at HCL Technologies
When I see the tech engineers, they join the calls whenever there is any performance issue. Whenever there is an RMA...
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Anonymous User
Voice Engineer at a comms service provider
Aerohive support are very responsive albeit sometimes takes a bit of time to filter through the intial layer 1 of...
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Anonymous User
CIO at a construction company
I haven't had any reason to contact them.
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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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Leon Ng
IT Administrator at Gas Malaysia
We get technical support from our vendor and they are pretty good overall. Of course, they could always be better.
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Anonymous User
DfT National Standards/Bikeability Cycle Instructor/ Cycle Mechanic and Dr Bike at a legal firm
The technical support for this solution is good.
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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
Jr Support Technician at a government
I don't have any experience with their technical support.
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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 Admin at a engineering company
Customer Service: They have been very eager to please us. Technical Support: As with any other IT vendor I've worked...
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Eduardo Castillo
Pre-sales manager at RETO Industrial S.A. de. C.V.
Usually, their technical support is good. Sometimes, they take more time than expected to respond to tickets, which...
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Anonymous User
Senior Manager, Information Technology at a university
Technical support is good.
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Anonymous User
Technology Integration Specialist at a non-tech company
Customer Service: Very satisfied! Technical Support: Great.
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Anonymous User
Enterprise Systems Engineer at a educational organization
Customer Service: Customer service is great. Technical Support: Tech support has been great.
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Anonymous User
Director at a educational organization
Our tech guy has always said that tech support is Extreme Networks' strength. They respond quickly and provide...
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Anonymous User
Network Administrator at a government
Customer Service: I haven't used it much, but it's great when I have. Technical Support: Top notch! The technicians...
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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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Evert Ruiten
Senior Pre-sales consultant at Businesscom BV
We have had no issues with technical support.
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Anonymous User
IT Administrator II at a university
Customer Service: Customer service has always been superb. Sales and technical support are always friendly, efficient...
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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
CEO
Eight out of 10.
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Anonymous User
Consultant at a tech services company
We've never had to reach out to technical support.
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Anonymous User
Wireless Network Engineer at a educational organization
Customer Service: Great customer service have not had a single issue with them. Technical Support: Great support for...
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Anonymous User
Network Engineer at a government
Tech support, in my case, refers more to training than calling in tickets. When Extreme bought Enterasys, they had a...
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Anonymous User
Manager at a manufacturing company
We hardly required any tech support since the installation. Their tech support is okay and can be improved.
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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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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...
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Ted Mbugua
Security Manager at CRAG
Technical support is always easy. Anytime we have an issue or we need clarification, there is a number to call or...
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Freddie Lewis
Solutions Architect at Clockwork Solutions
I used support once or twice when I hit the first license ceiling. I did log a support ticket in. They were fine....
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Frank Raasveld
Owner at Fr@nkonnections
In every software, sometimes there are problems. One of the strong things about Kerio was the support knowledge and...
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Hugo Van Putten
Owner at Multi Level Software
The problems I've had with Kerio, when I wanted to change something, have always been solved by consulting the...
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Ashish-Gautam
Senior Technical Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
GFI's technical support is good.
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BrianCook
Information Security Officer - VP at Unified Technology Solutions
I would like to see a little improvement in their technical support when you have a problem. I may be a little jaded...
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Chris Kershner
CEO at Professional Project Managers
One of my customers had some issues that weren't pleasant. Support was pretty good and then it changed quite a bit...
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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...
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Owenmpk
IT Support Professional at Valley IT Support, Inc
The technical support was very good originally but fell short when GFI took over. It is now getting better.
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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...
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Ted Mbugua
Security Manager at CRAG
The support from GFI LanGuard has been good.
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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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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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Arie De Kruijf
EMP Specialist at Global EPM BV
GFI's technical support is way too slow in terms of response times. Their knowledge is okay. They should know their...
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Ray Kingdon
Technical Director at EVAK Technologies Limited
I have never had to use Kerio's customer support services.
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Anonymous User
IT Infrastucture - Cloud Admin at Primary S.A.
Here in Argentina they are terrible, as they will not answer emails and will not reurn the phone calls. Otherwise...
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Anonymous User
IT and Operations Manager at a financial services firm
Technical support is not the best. As an example, this past weekend I had an issue. It took me four days to get a...
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Anonymous User
Senior Network Administrator at a tech vendor
We use the technical support. The support is good for GFI and its products.
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Herbert Haug
Systems Administrator at a manufacturing company
We have a partner who does other work for us. They are also a Microsoft partner. If we need any support, we receive...
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Anonymous User
IT Director at a comms service provider
The technical support is good.
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Anonymous User
Senior Technical Support -Security at a manufacturing company
Customer Service: Top notchTechnical Support: Top notch
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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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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...
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Greg Regester
ICT Consultant at D-R Consulting Pty Ltd
I found the technical support pretty good. They are very responsive and come back with an answer on things pretty...
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JozefKacala
Sales engineer for EMEA region at OneClick
I have not used the support from GFI LanGuard.
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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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Cristian Concha
Chief of Technical Department at IIA Ltda
The technical support is good.
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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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