We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and KerioControl 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."Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The product's stability is good."
"It is less expensive than alternative firewalls."
"Cisco IOS allows us to keep the same security features as our principal offices."
"Cisco IOS Security increases the overall security of our network, performs authentication, and provides level 15 access and privileges."
"The technical support is good."
"The hardware is pretty stable. It's also a very good product performance-wise. Initially, it wasn't mature like a firewall and there were other leaders, but now they have included almost all the features of next-generation security. Basically, it's a good product to work with."
"The technical is excellent."
"What I like the most about Kerio is that I can use the software appliance as a solution, so if the hardware fails for any reason then I can quickly replace it with hardware that I have in stock."
"The firewall and intrusion detection features are very useful these days because hackers have a lot of tricks that they use to get into a system. With Kerio Control you can see something that's happening. Otherwise, you have to use other tools to see what's happening on the firewalls. Having IPS in it is quite useful for us."
"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."
"It prevents people from visiting undesirable sites and ensures that they use the internet for their designated jobs."
"The traffic insight page or the administrative portal is really helpful because you can see all the internet usage down to the point where you can see if it's big files or streams. It gives us a good view of what the internet usage is of users who are coupled to an IP address. That way, if there are problems with, for example, a lot of data usage or problems with the connection, we can narrow it down to a single user or server and address the problem. It's really helpful for diagnostic data."
"The reporting needs to be improved. It is hard to get a domain."
"Kerio has improved my organization's security."
"Kerio Control can be scaled easily."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"The solution is very expensive."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"I would like to see much more embedded security that works and that isn't a bolt-on."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see support for the 100BT and 7000 models."
"With respect to user-friendliness, it is a command-line interface and those with such experience will get along just fine, whereas others may struggle."
"The routers, don't have like long-term tendency features, or higher availability features available for the IOS. It could also use a better user interface."
"Cisco very slowly introduces and implements the products, unlike other brands."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"The company needs to make its solution more affordable to make it more accessible to larger markets. Otherwise, it's seen as an enterprise-level solution that small or medium-sized organizations can't afford and therefore they won't even look at it."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve by having more compatibility with other Cisco solutions."
"I would like for there to be a difference between international and national links."
"I would like to see them develop a bit more flexibility creating VLANs."
"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."
"When we did our last update, we had some trouble with the initial syncing process to get our messaging to go through. But we were also moving a store and a lot was changing during that process. I don't think it was on Kerio's end. It just coincided with the update. Once we got our third-party IT guy involved it was resolved very quickly."
"The overall speed needs improvement. Internet connectivity speed needs to be improved somehow."
"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."
"If you have to dive deeper into the firewall or any other features, then you really have to read up a bit about how to set it up properly. Some of my colleagues, in the beginning, jumped in and made a bunch of rules but then it got really messy. If Kerio had a template or guidelines for best practices, at the beginning, that would really help. With Kerio Control it's basically 'find out for yourself.'"
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while KerioControl is ranked 29th in Firewalls with 54 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while KerioControl is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". 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". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiOS, Meraki MX, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas KerioControl is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos UTM, Sophos XG and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. KerioControl report.
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