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June 2025

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Sample Customers

KerioControl

Triton Technical, McDonald's

Popular Solutions

KerioControl

7 reviews

GFI LanGuard

1 reviews

KerioConnect

5 reviews

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

7 reviews

McAfee Complete Data Protection

7 reviews

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

5 reviews

Top Industries

Computer Software Company

20%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Government

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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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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LB5
Information Technology Specialista at REMING CONSULT a.s.
We use the solution for emails, calendars, and other collaboration tools. It is a self-serve application.
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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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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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Michael Livingston
IT Director at Thomas George Associates Ltd
We use it for sending outgoing faxes.
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ObaseunAwoyinfa
Security Consultant at Trinexia
For any type of protection strategy, the natural use cases involve protecting sensitive data that shouldn't be...
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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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PankajKumar24
IT Manager at Gigabit Technologies Pvt Ltd
The use cases for McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator ( /products/mcafee-epolicy-orchestrator-reviews ) involve deploying...
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Akhtar Hussain Rizvi
Deputy Group Manager - Systems at Titan Company Ltd
The solution is mainly used for sensitive data protection.
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Customer Service

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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Constantnos Achilleos
Product manger at Asbis Mediteranean
I have never needed to contact customer support as the product is easy to use, allowing problems to be solved quickly...
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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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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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Eugene Hacker
Director of Network Services at a university
I talked to them before about the issue of data not being available. They talked me through going in and just...
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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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Cristian Concha
Chief of Technical Department at Ingenieria e Informática Asociada Ltda.
The technical support is good.
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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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Mohammad_Zarbalizadeh
Telecommunications Engineer at FARNAIT
I do not use the technical support from Kerio Control. When I have an issue I find the solution by searching the...
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TUNC BOZOGLU
Owner at LOTUSCONCEPT
Technical support is good. They respond right away.
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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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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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Chris Bristow
Account Manager (Technical) at Redfortress Ltd
I've never used their technical support.
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Masoud Saedvand
Cisco Network Engineer at golrang
We do not have experience with customer service and support as we can't access them in Iran, so we search for our...
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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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Anonymous User
IT Director at a comms service provider
The technical support is 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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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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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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Kombo Nyashanu
MD at Comsque
The support is fine. The response time can improve.
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Cristian Concha
Chief of Technical Department at Ingenieria e Informática Asociada Ltda.
In general, I have not used it, except in version 9.2.5. The response was very good.
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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
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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JozefKacala
Sales engineer for EMEA region at OneClick
I have not used the support from GFI LanGuard.
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Andy Dibble
IT Manager at Flare Technologies
Technical support is pretty good. They're quick to respond. You get an answer straight away, although it might not be...
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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
Senior Sales Technician at a tech services company
I have never used their technical support.
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Anonymous User
Freelance IT Specialist at a computer software company
I haven't contacted technical support in the past, to be honest. I'm the kind of person that I would rather look...
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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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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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VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
Inspira provides both technical support and maintenance. They have a specialist, a special engineer, who handles it...
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Vincent Watti
Owner at Network Technics & Systems Ltd
The support is good. We've interacted with them directly a few times.
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Harish G
IT Analyst at SISA Information Security
We do get support from our reseller. We don't get support directly from McAfee.
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Massimo Biccini
Cyber Security Consultant & Presale at Innovery
If we're talking about the classic product, we found that technical support usually had good skills and sound...
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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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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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ObaseunAwoyinfa
Security Consultant at Trinexia
For data protection, I have never really had to leverage support. I’ve not had to deal with support on any of the...
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Sabina C
Sr. IT Business Analyst at Citigroup
I didn't need to contact technical support for McAfee Total Protection.
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Anonymous User
Information System Security Coordinator at a comms service provider
I'm happy with the technical support.
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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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Anonymous User
Technical Engineer at a tech services company
Technical products are bound to get stuck due to the technical processes involved. Sometimes, certain new issues crop...
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Roi Nahari
CTO- Consulting Services at 2bsecure
The support needs some improvement. It needs to be more professional.
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Anonymous User
Management Executive at a security firm
The support in South Africa could be much better.
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Stephen Odongo
Technical Support Engineer at Professional Technologies Kenya
The technical support is very good and they respond quite quickly.
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AjitKumar
Technical Security Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
I am satisfied with the customer service/technical
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Pankaj Nagpal
Chief Information Security Officer at Romsons
Technical support has not been helpful for us. We tried to reach out during the implementation process and were given...
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Altaf Siddiqui
Network Engineer at IBoss Tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd
The solution's customer support team's response time is good. We raise the ticket on a support portal and communicate...
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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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Amer-Alkhawaldeh
Presales Manager at a computer software company
Essentially, as a service delivery partner, we are also technical support to some level.
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PankajKumar24
IT Manager at Gigabit Technologies Pvt Ltd
I would rate the quality of support from Trellix as eight points.
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Ermal Galo
Information Security Officer at a financial services firm
We haven't required technical support in the last few years. Everything that has to be done, we have done it by...
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Jean-Luc Des Groseilliers
Owner at JLDG
I never had to use their support. For the last five years or so, I've not had any issues.
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Anonymous User
Implementation Engineer at a tech vendor
McAfee's technical support is actually fine.
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Anonymous User
Senior Developer, shareholder at a hospitality company
Customer Service: I've never approached customer service with regards to this particular product. Technical Support:...
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Saqer Aqra
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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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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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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Abel Abenemi
IT Lead\Network Security Analyst at Oiltest Services Limited
McAfee has very good support. We can submit a report online to open a case and they will contact you immediately to...
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Daniel Colombani
Lead: Incident Response, Investigation & Vulnerability Management at a government
The technical support is great. When we put in a ticket, they respond in a few hours. If we put in that the server is...
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Anonymous User
Cyber Security Engineer at a security firm
We've never escalated any issues to technical support. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they would be.
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