We performed a comparison between Fortinet Fortigate and KerioControl based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Fortinet Fortigate is the clear winner in this comparison. Fortinet Fortigate has responsive and knowledgeable support staff, whereas KerioControl users report being dissatisfied with the product’s support.
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"Fortinet FortiGate's reliability is valuable."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"The simplicity of the product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"The stability of Kerio Control is good."
"Instead of using a cloud-based product for accessing information, and putting my data at risk in the cloud and in someone else's hands, it has allowed me to use a VPN and access my data directly from a laptop when I am out in the field. That has made my life a lot easier, where I'm able to access any information I need to be able access, basically on demand, with an Internet connection. That alone has been great."
"It has helped our organization with testing."
"The product is affordable."
"The firewall and the content filtering options are valuable."
"The initial setup is a breeze."
"Setup is simple. The Kerio interface is very intuitive."
"Kerio Control is easy to use and provides the ability to deliver customized solutions."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"The improvement is related to logs. Instead of the CLI, we should be able to have more insights into the logs of the firewall in the GUI."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"They should improve the remote connectivity feature for users."
"KerioControl should add more options in VPN features, such as IPsec VPNs, SSL VPNs, and L2TP VPNs, because KerioControl uses a special VPN for their products."
"Filtering of pages and greater personalization in services need improvement."
"The upgrades make the network slower."
"The overall speed needs improvement. Internet connectivity speed needs to be improved somehow."
"The one thing that did put me off of the solution was that, after they were taken over by GFI, the licensing and a few other items have gotten very complicated."
"I would like it if the interface section had multiple failovers. Although I do have three connections, just in case our physical cables get disconnected, I can only set up one failover as a backup. So, if for some reason our fiber and our AFM went down together, I would have to have it search for our 4G modem. I'd love to have extra backups running."
"I have had a few issues with HTTPS decryption. The solution also does not show the actual user's Internet usage."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while KerioControl is ranked 29th in Firewalls with 54 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while KerioControl is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". 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". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas KerioControl is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos UTM, Sophos XG and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. KerioControl report.
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