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September 2025

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Sample Customers

KerioControl

Triton Technical, McDonald's

Popular Solutions

KerioControl

5 reviews

GFI LanGuard

1 reviews

KerioConnect

5 reviews

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

8 reviews

McAfee Complete Data Protection

5 reviews

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

5 reviews

Top Industries

Computer Software Company

18%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

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

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...
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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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Kamal Abdelrahman
Country Manager at a tech services company
I am intensively working with McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention, and it is a good solution that we...
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VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
McAfee Web Protection is for our entire system, regardless of the brand. It is implemented in all systems through an...
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Wahidur Rahman
Senior Executive Officer at United Commercial Bank Limited
Our primary use case for this solution is activity, authentication, and scans for audit purposes and priority...
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Chetankumar Savalagimath
Delivery Manager at a tech services company
Presently, I am using the Threat Intel solution for reputation checks in our daily SOC operations and threat hunting....
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PankajKumar24
IT Manager at Gigabit Technologies Pvt Ltd
The use cases for McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator involve deploying multiple customers for endpoint solutions, EPP...
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Customer Service

David Schneiderlin
Co-Owner at Infowa
I have contacted the support team by email. The team's answers are good. They answer quickly.
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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 a tech services company
I opened a case with technical support and the person who was assisting me was very helpful. I was able to resolve my...
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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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Ted Mbugua
Security Manager at a tech services company
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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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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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.
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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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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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Ralf Werner
IT Professional / Team Leader at Aos Stahl GmbH und Co Kg
I haven't had to use GFI's technical support for FaxMaker.
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AliKia
Research And Development Manager at MFP
I don't use technical support because KerioControl is very easy to use.
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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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Anonymous User
Head of Technical - Systems and Security at a tech consulting company
The support has been responsive in my experience.
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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
Lead Hand - Print Department at a marketing services firm
Customer support is reliable. It provides fast and excellent support.
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LB5
Information Technology Specialista at REMING CONSULT a.s.
Resellers provide the first level of support. After that, support is handled by distributors. The next level of...
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Kombo Nyashanu
MD at Comsque
The support is fine. The response time can improve.
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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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Anonymous User
President at a tech services company
When GFI first took over, there were issues. There were issues contacting them. Even recently, there have been some...
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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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MarkKupferberg
Vice President at a manufacturing company
I don't deal with technical support directly. However, I would say my IT person puts it somewhere in the middle. My...
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Denis L
Sales Solutions Engineer at a tech services company
I am a distributor so I often will act as the support.
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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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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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Michael Livingston
IT Director at Thomas George Associates Ltd
I don't recall ever having to use their technical support.
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Anonymous User
Technical Coordinator / Pointe-Noire Branch, BUROTOP IRIS SA at BUROTOP IRIS SA
Technical support is good.
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LB5
Information Technology Specialista at REMING CONSULT a.s.
Support is free and is part of the license. We get support through the partners. They are quick and responsive.
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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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Herbert Haug
Systems Administrator at a tech 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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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.
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Irshad Kazi
Lead Technical Consultant at ITC Infotech
I would rate tech support a five out of ten. When our company is in the process of resolving patching issues, and on...
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BharatUjenia
Sr. Group Manager - Enterprise IT at WNS Global Services
The technical support is a mixed bag. They don't always like to believe that there is a problem with the solution....
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Erika Valiente
Product Manager at Ran Security
The support from McAfee Web Protection could improve. The quality of support depends on who you end up getting on the...
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Shrikant Pillay
Service Management Consultant at Tata Consultancy
I've never had an issue with McAfee. I've never had to reach out to technical support.
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Vincent Watti
Owner at Network Technics & Systems Ltd
McAfee's technical support is a bit of a letdown. Also, there's no good support within our region. The people who are...
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Alain Orlanes
Manager at WSI
My clients and suppliers are usually working with technical support.
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JohnBlack
Founder and CEO at Offset3, LLC
The technical support is good, but it isn't always specific. That's a problem in my industry; it's a highly...
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BernardLugalia
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech services company
The tool itself is great, but the technical support is not always perfect. There have been some support issues. When...
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Victor Akidiva
CEO at Semper Systemis Ltd
There are instances where McAfee interferes with business applications. So, in those cases, we require an...
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MuhammadKhan1
Associate Manager IT at Hi-Tech Foods
My experience is very good with customer support. When I had an issue with the initial charges related to the setup,...
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Anonymous User
Application Programmer (Infrastructure and OA support) at a government
We have raised support cases to McAfee and they responded in a professional and helpful manner and completed with...
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DucDoan
Security Manager at a tech services company
For the most part, technical support has been great. When we've had technical problems, they've helped us. I've found...
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Arkadiy Malamud
Antivirus Support Team Lead at a insurance company
Customer Service: GoodTechnical Support: Good. However there is no definite SLA when a complicate issue is escalated...
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Anatolii Konstantynov
Project Engineer at ISSP
When contacting support, we would have to wait days before getting a response, and other times they were not able to...
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Anonymous User
Business Analyst at a consultancy
Another person is responsible for dealing with technical support, so I do not have experience with them.
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Shaik Sayeed
Information Technology Solutions Manager at UBG
I think that the technical support can be improved. It should be cheaper, faster and more comprehensive as far as the...
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Anonymous User
Senior Marketing Specialist II at Harman International
When we raise a ticket with the support they respond based on the severity of the matter. I rate the support from...
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AjitKumar
Technical Security Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
I am satisfied with the customer service/technical
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Anonymous User
Network Engineer Info & Security at a comms service provider
Customer Service: It's ok. Technical Support: It's satisfactory; a few engineers from the McAfee Firewall tech...
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AmerAlkhawaldeh
Account manager
I got in touch with the support team for McAfee Complete Data Protection about certain cases such as enhancement...
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Anonymous User
Senior Cyber Security Consultant at Ingram Micro Inc.
We've contacted technical support in the past and in general, they are quite good.
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Mohit Dhingra
Senior Vice President IT at AS IT Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
The technical support's response time and turnaround time as the solution provider are excellent. They go the extra...
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Ilan Amir
Global IT Manager at a pharma/biotech company
I'm working with a security company called Intensity. After doing my own PoC, and also checking an IBM solution, I...
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JonathanChawatama
IT Security Consultant at ZOL Zimbabwe
McAfee technical support is ok, but we do not contact them very often. Every year, they impose certifications on us,...
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RahulRaju
Security Specialist at Perth Airport
While there are bugs and a few functionality issues, it is just a matter of raising them with the support team....
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Anonymous User
Cyber Security Consultant at a tech services company
The technical support is pretty poor.
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Anonymous User
Sr. Product Management Specialist at a comms service provider
The technical support is good, but it could be better.
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Anonymous User
Lead Cyber Security Consultant at a security firm
The most important thing is how they enable our team. They provide us with good support during the pre-sales stages.
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Anonymous User
cybersecurity specialist at a mining and metals company
That's a question I can't answer because I haven't had to deal with them, personally. In general, when we're having...
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SambhajiBhosale
Network Security Consultant at a tech services company
The technical support of McAfee is great.
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