We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and KerioControl based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The most valuable feature is anomaly detection, where it finds things that are not allowed internally."
"Cisco Secure Network Analytics has increased the visibility of what is happening in our network, and I think that's the most important reason to use it. We can see what is really happening instead of just looking at numbers from routers or switches."
"The solution allowed us to not only get gain insight but also start collaborating with other tools."
"The most valuable feature is NetFlow. The beginning of any security investigation starts with NetFlow data."
"There are already many functionalities, so I don't think there is anything to improve."
"Cisco Stealthwatch provides the solutions analytics and threat detection capabilities that I am looking for. It has also improved the network visibility of our organization."
"It does change the way we troubleshoot and it is relatively easy to use once you learn it. I would recommend it to someone considering it."
"Using the Cognitive Analytics feature, we have complete visibility that we didn’t have before."
"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."
"The reporting needs to be improved. It is hard to get a domain."
"The solution’s firewall and intrusion detection features are quite good because you can see exactly who is attacking you and who is getting blocked."
"The comprehensiveness of the security features that Kerio Control provides us with is good. Before GFI had it, they would have more updates. The updates have been slower, but I like the things that they keep adding like the ability to block by country. I use pretty much every feature."
"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."
"Compared to other solutions, accounting and live monitoring of firewall status are very good features in KerioControl."
"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."
"The product is affordable."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"If they can make this product more web-based, that would be amazing."
"Some of our customers find this solution to be a little bit tough because they don't understand how to configure and use it."
"We had some trouble with the installation as we migrated from our previous solution."
"I would like to see some improvement when it comes to reporting."
"Its granularity for RBAC roles-based access control needs improvement."
"One update I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently StealthWatch is network based."
"It would be better to let people know, up front, that is doesn't give you nice, clear information, as seen in the demos, without Cisco ISE installed."
"I would like to see a hybrid solution that can work without being connected directly to the internet for those destinations."
"The antivirus seemed to be a bit laggy on the connection so I disconnected that. It's definitely good. The only issue we've had with any sort of cyber attack seemed to be coming from a couple of distinct locations, people trying to get into known ports on remote desktops and stuff like that. The fact that we can block all that traffic is just great. It simplifies it."
"The solution can be improved to create the capability for larger bandwidths that support our business needs."
"The trial duration of the product should be extended."
"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."
"Support responses need improvement."
"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."
"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."
"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.'"
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while KerioControl is ranked 29th in Firewalls with 54 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while KerioControl is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". 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 Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas KerioControl is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Fortinet FortiGate, OPNsense, Sophos UTM and Sophos XG. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. KerioControl report.
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