We performed a comparison between KerioControl and Meraki MX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"Overall security features and performance routing is good."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"Kerio is a lot clearer to set up to do particular things, whereas when I do it on a Cisco or a FortiGate I have to go fight with it per week sometimes to do something I can do in 20 minutes on Kerio."
"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."
"It prevents people from visiting undesirable sites and ensures that they use the internet for their designated jobs."
"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."
"I did not face any issues with stability while using the tool's trial version."
"Its support is very good, and it is stable product."
"It helps us better control internal and external communications."
"Kerio has improved my organization's security."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"Easy to deploy with a simple configuration."
"It is very easy to use and manage. It is also very easy to scale."
"Meraki MX offers advanced filtration options, plus it behaves like a router and a firewall at the same time."
"I think cloud management is key. The cloud management and support are the two things that make the product great."
"The solution is easy to set up."
"To me, the analytics feature is one of the most valuable in Meraki MX. I also find that it has good usability as it's cloud-based. Another valuable feature of Meraki MX is that it's simple to use and it's user-friendly."
"Very easy to use and navigate."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"It is stable, but its stability can be improved."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"The upgrades make the network slower."
"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."
"The solution can be improved to create the capability for larger bandwidths that support our business needs."
"The solution should offer more dashboards."
"Filtering of pages and greater personalization in services need improvement."
"There's also room for improvement in the Traffic Rules. We define networks to use a specific outgoing interface, say VSAT, shore, or marine WiFi, which is okay. But then all we have is a checkbox that says "Use other internet interfaces if this one is unavailable." What we would prefer would be to have a priority list. So if VSAT is unavailable, try to use 4G, etc. We haven't really found a reliable way of doing that in the current release."
"We'd like to have more integrations Kerio Operator."
"I would like for there to be a difference between international and national links."
"When it comes to cost, that's a pain point."
"You can only have one tunnel in the whole infrastructure — one tunnel with one device."
"In the next release, because the security is pretty basic, I think they could include additional security features."
"It is very expensive."
"Could possibly use deeper configurations."
"The configuration options for firewall and IPS have limitations."
"The product doesn't support route summarization and BGP dynamic routing protocol."
"The product is quite complex to set up."
KerioControl doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 54 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 59 reviews. KerioControl is rated 8.0, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. 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 Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". KerioControl is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos UTM and Sophos XG, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense. See our KerioControl vs. Meraki MX report.
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