We performed a comparison between ExtremeCloud IQ and KerioControl based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Whenever I have a concern, question, or just need a refresher the helpful staff at AeroHive is there to help me. By far, the ]best relationship I have ever had with a vendor."
"a true controller-less approach, where each Access Point is 100% independent from the management system."
"The most valuable feature is the centralized management capability."
"ExtremeCloud offers features that not a lot of other vendors do like their data storage and the ability to swap licenses."
"HiveManager is incredibly useful for managing APs and switches from one cloud interface."
"Extreme is transitioning to 802.11ax facilities running the 2G and the 5G cloud, allowing for higher density in education use cases, and ExtremeCloud IQ provides you with novel ways to manage everything. In the old days, you used to have a controller on-site for your access points, but everything is easier now."
"The HiveManager integration with the VPN Gateway is awesome."
"The technical support for this solution is good."
"I love the VPN that we set up. A few of us have it on our computers so that if we leave, we can still access the stores. And we can work from home if needed. When I sign into that Kerio VPN, it links me like I'm sitting in the store. It puts me in our secure network so that I can sign on to each individual store and I can run numbers... If I have to work from home, it's so much faster than the way we used to do it."
"The most valuable feature is the reliability of VPN capabilities. The VPN has been very reliable and secure. The security has been very good and the VPN connections are reliable in that they stay up. We don't have a lot of problems with downtime and that type of thing."
"Kerio Control can be scaled easily."
"One very good thing about the Kerio device is its authentication. I don't have a Windows domain for authentication. Instead, I use the Kerio product because it can separate users by Mac addresses and give them IP addresses based on their usernames, automatically logging them in. This makes for a very simple authentication system."
"The routing of the multiple internet physical routers I have is the most valuable feature of this solution. Instead of me physically unplugging a cable from one router to the server, if one connection goes down, it automatically switches for me. So I can have all three of them plugged in. If one goes down, it just picks up the other one automatically. There's no physical cable swapping."
"I am impressed with the tool's firewall filtering capacity."
"The stability of Kerio Control is good."
"The product is affordable."
"There can be an improvement by incorporating two-factor authentication or multi-factor authentication for security. Advanced network access control features and application control features should be added to manage applications. Many customers are interested in managing data, such as setting data quotas for individual users."
"ExtremeCloud should invest in an SD-WAN solution or integration with SD-WAN."
"We'd like to have a cloud dashboard from which we can see all devices."
"The solution's performance needs to be enhanced because of a very high delay."
"Pricing could be improved. It could be lower."
"I would like to see more security features such as NAC integrated to the solution. This would allow customers to be able to control all other users under one dashboard."
"The managing of switches within this solution could be improved."
"Having a wizard for customers who are just starting might be helpful."
"When it comes to dealing with updates, there are often bugs on the solution. They should do a lot more testing before they release new versions."
"There isn't a lot to be improved. It works well as it is, but they can maybe improve the reporting side."
"The VPN features are the ones that we really like, but we are using a VPN client to be able to use them. We would like to have an SSL implementation for this same feature so we don't need to install anything on the client side. That's a feature I really miss and that should really be embedded in the product. We really would love to use it via a web browser."
"I have had a few issues with HTTPS decryption. The solution also does not show the actual user's Internet usage."
"The denial of service could also be improved. There recently was a big issue with denial of service attacks and it was a bit laborious."
"We'd like to have more integrations Kerio Operator."
"One area that confused me a bit when I was building my current network. I use VLANs to have separate functionality on the network, and the appliance I got was the WiFi model, but I discovered that you can't assign WiFi channels to the VLAN. So, you can have WiFi, but its own subnet. You can't run that over the VLAN. Effectively, I can't use the WiFi facility in the appliance and had to purchase a separate web that supports VLANs. In the end, I had to go to GFI support. They confirmed this is just a limited functionality of that device, as it is a low-end device. I don't know if any of their high-end models have a better facility or not."
"My experience with the solutions technical support is fine but they could be faster in responding."
ExtremeCloud IQ is ranked 11th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 73 reviews while KerioControl is ranked 17th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 54 reviews. ExtremeCloud IQ is rated 8.6, while KerioControl is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of ExtremeCloud IQ writes "Robust stability for maximizing network efficiency and security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of KerioControl writes "With VPN, any of our guys can log in to the system and effectively be on board; helps with our customers all over the world". ExtremeCloud IQ is most compared with Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ubiquiti Wireless, Mist AI and Cloud, Aruba Wireless and Cisco DNA Center, whereas KerioControl is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Fortinet FortiGate, OPNsense, Sophos UTM and Sophos XG. See our ExtremeCloud IQ vs. KerioControl report.
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