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September 2026

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Sample Customers

KerioControl

Triton Technical, McDonald's

Popular Solutions

KerioControl

2 reviews

GFI LanGuard

1 reviews

KerioConnect

1 reviews

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

2 reviews

McAfee Complete Data Protection

3 reviews

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

2 reviews

Top Industries

Outsourcing Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Construction Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Outsourcing Company

16%

Construction Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

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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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Marcelino Mongcal
Senior Systems Tech/Admin at Samco Software Inc.
Small medium-sized businesses are our primary focus, particularly in warehouse distribution and retail sectors. We...
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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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Michael Livingston
IT Director at Thomas George Associates Ltd
We use it for sending outgoing faxes.
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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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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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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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Anonymous User
Information Security Analyst at a real estate/law firm
My major use case for McAfee Complete Data Protection is for DLP. McAfee Complete Data Protection helps to prevent...
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Kalidas Mangle
Sr. System Engineer at Zensar Technologies
We are working with McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention and Trellix products in our environment, but not...
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Customer Service

Anuradha Buluwala
Head of Technical at Connex Information Technologies Pvt Ltd
The support has been responsive in my experience.
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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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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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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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Saham Hendinejad
Chief Executive Officer at Quby
I've never contacted technical support in the past.
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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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Chris Bristow
Account Manager (Technical) at Redfortress Ltd
I've never used their technical support.
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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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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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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
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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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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Anonymous User
Owner at a consultancy
The GFI technical support is average. The speed of response sometimes is not very fast. Sometimes they take a while...
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Chuck Schurman
System Administrator at a construction company
I haven't used technical support.
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Bryant Dawson
Network Engineer at a marketing services firm
Customer Service: I never called them. Technical Support: I never called them.
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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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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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Marcelino Mongcal
Senior Systems Tech/Admin at Samco Software Inc.
With this product, their customer service rating is similar to other providers.
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Thanu Kishore
Technical Executive at Satcom Infotech
I have had a good experience with GFI LanGuard's technical support.
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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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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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AliKia
Research And Development Manager at MFP
I don't use technical support because KerioControl is very easy to use.
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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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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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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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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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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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Liam Bartlett
IT & Installations Manager at Odyssey Gaming
I haven't contacted their technical support. If there are any issues then I get a network engineer guy first and see...
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Anonymous User
IT at a insurance company
We have contacted technical support only once, and I rate them a seven out of ten. However, they were unable to solve...
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VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
While they are knowledgeable, they are not very easily accessible. We need to book a call. Often, we'll first get...
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Wahidur Rahman
Senior Executive Officer at United Commercial Bank Limited
I would rate the technical support of this solution a seven, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and...
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Jagdish Lomte
Founder & CEO at StreaMplify
The support from McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is good. However, if they provided 24 hours a day...
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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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Kamal Abdelrahman
Country Manager at a tech services company
In general the technical is average. Not great but not bad.
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AdnanButt
Service Security Specialist
Technical support is good. We've been largely satisfied with them so far.
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RathinVaidya
Vice President (Technical) at Shaligram Infotech LLP
I rate the scalability of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention a nine out of ten.
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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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Victor Akidiva
CEO at Semper Systemis Ltd
There are instances where McAfee interferes with business applications. So, in those cases, we require an...
Read full review of McAfee Complete Data Protection »
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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Meleria Mangaring
Systems Engineer at a consultancy
McAfee offers very good technical support and we have been very happy with its capabilities. We find support to be...
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Anonymous User
Computer Technician at a leisure / travel company
We do not call McAfee directly because they couldn't provide us with the help we needed onsite because we needed...
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Anonymous User
IT system manager at NBO
McAfee Complete Data Protection has a good technical support team.
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Kalidas Mangle
Sr. System Engineer at Zensar Technologies
I would give customer support a rating of ten.
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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...
Read full review of McAfee Complete Data Protection »
Anonymous User
Technical Engineer at a tech services company
I had some technical issues, which were not known by the vendor itself.
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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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SambhajiBhosale
Network Security Consultant at a tech services company
The technical support of McAfee is great.
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Anonymous User
Senior Manager of System Security
Customer Service: 8 out of 10Technical Support: 8 out of 10
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Anonymous User
Managing Director at a consultancy
Technical support is handled via our partner. They helped us implement and manage the solution. We go through them...
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Anonymous User
Network Architect at a tech services company
I've never dealt with technical support in the past. I can't speak to how knowledgeable or responsive they are. I've...
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Sambhaji Bhosale
Cyber security consultant at a tech vendor
The technical support has been excellent with no reported issues.
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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
AVP - Information Security at a financial services firm
Technical support has been good. If I have ever needed assistance, I have been able to get some help.
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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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Kalidas Mangle
Sr. System Engineer at Zensar Technologies
I rate the technical support a ten out of ten.
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Mohd Fadhil
Security Engineer at Mavisco Resources Sdn Bhd
The technical support is good.
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Anonymous User
System Engineer at Inbox Business Technologies
Their support is really good. I would rate it a nine out of ten. I have never any issues with their support. They...
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Anonymous User
Presales System Engineer
Customer Service: 8/10 when they needed to help us. Technical Support: 7/10.
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Anonymous User
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: 5/10. Technical Support: 4/10.
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