We performed a comparison between KerioControl and SonicWall TZ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Fortinet has a very good solution for Secure SD-WAN. One very good feature is that they have robust and simple FortiOS through which they provide all solutions. That's their strength. There's not much complexity involved with the Secure SD-WAN solution of Fortinet as compared to Cisco's solution, which has a lot of flexibility but complexity also comes with that flexibility."
"This is a quality product with ok support, and it is better than the competition we've tried."
"The solution is scalable."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"The web tutor and automatic rules by schedule are good features."
"The installation is straightforward."
"One thing we use quite a lot, as well, is the DHCP Server, because we do a lot of work where all our devices need to have static IP addresses. Rather than going around and configuring every box, we do it all through DHCP reservations. It's easier. We've got a record of it. We can manipulate it if we need to change something or change some hardware. It's all easy. Even guys who are not used to using it can pick it up quite quickly."
"Setup is simple. The Kerio interface is very intuitive."
"In terms of the comprehensiveness of the security features, it does a great job of laying out what it does. It's fairly easy to edit and research. Some of the features were turned on by our IT company and I was able to easily find other features on my own by searching for videos on the internet. I've been able to block certain websites, and content filter, as well as manage some of our bandwidth because we live stream on Sunday. I'm able to dedicate bandwidth for the encoder that goes to the internet. It always has enough bandwidth, no matter how many people are on the network. That's really helpful."
"The stability of Kerio Control 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."
"It prevents people from visiting undesirable sites and ensures that they use the internet for their designated jobs."
"All of the features of Kerio Control are equally good. Most valuable to us are the firewall rules, the intrusion detection system, and IP address features."
"They give good protection to my network and support it."
"The most valuable features are unified threat management which provides security intelligence and the VPN for both site-to-site and remote access."
"I have found the stability of this product to be excellent."
"User-friendly firewall solution which scales well, is stable, and has high availability."
"SonicWall TZ think it's a good, solid, and stable product."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly navigation."
"Most of the features are useful. It is easy to configure and easy to troubleshoot. I can see the utilization of different networks, and there are also App control features."
"The solution is stable."
"The logs need to be better. They need to be more visible and easier to access."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"It needs more available central management."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"The reporting needs to be improved. It is hard to get a domain."
"The comprehensiveness of the security features could be improved upon. However, for the most part, it is pretty good. They could add more logs. I would like to see more detailed reporting, custom reporting from the logs, and more of a streamlined interface for certain aspects."
"The upgrades make the network slower."
"The improvement that we are looking for is for when decide to move some part of our application to the cloud."
"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."
"I would like to be able to automatically send email from Kerio Control and have it tell me what my external IPs are, because on one of my lines I have a fixed IP address and on the other it is variable. If there were a permanent way for me to figure out, "Okay, my current external VPN and my firm IP is this," it would help. I need to know the IP address to connect with the VPN and, at the moment, one of the lines sometimes changes its IP address without me knowing it. It's a hassle to figure out what it is."
"I would like for there to be a difference between international and national links."
"If I would suggest anything, it would be to expand on its multifactor authentication to be a little bit more user-friendly. They should do multifactor authentications for the client itself perhaps, rather than served on a webpage, in a page hijack, that might be more user-friendly, but I don't have a lot of complaints about it. It's doing its job. You have to have a certain amount of skills to configure these things anyway, the ones that we use on-site doing point-to-point, and we've been tricked up a few times with their interfaces."
"In terms of what needs to be improved, I would say better load balancing and data filtering."
"It needs more robust self-help documentation along with examples and things to watch out for."
"There is a point I don't like about SonicWall in the past and now. Most of the destinations we look at when we're detecting some user using too much bandwidth or something like that, SonicWall just gave us destination IP address, instead of the full qualified domain name. I think that's the most important part that is still missing. I think that's the most important for us."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"The areas we would like to see improvement include more features available similar to the equivalent FortiGate appliance, e.g. SSL encryption and inspection. Two-factor authentication capability would be another additional feature that could be included in the next release."
"I'd like to have cloud management at no additional cost. Unfortunately, leveraging SonicWall's cloud management capabilities is cost-prohibitive, so we don't use it. They should have a reasonable subscription or offer it to us at no cost as an MSP."
"I think content filtering is the area this product should improve. It's a little tricky to get put in correctly."
"The solution has lost the trust of its customers because of moving from one company to another."
KerioControl is ranked 29th in Firewalls with 54 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. KerioControl is rated 8.0, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". KerioControl is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos UTM, Sophos XG and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox. See our KerioControl vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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