We performed a comparison between KerioControl and Palo Alto Networks K2-Series 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."It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"It is very flexible to use."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"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."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"The routing of the multiple internet physical routers I have is the most valuable feature of this solution. Instead of me physically unplugging a cable from one router to the server, if one connection goes down, it automatically switches for me. So I can have all three of them plugged in. If one goes down, it just picks up the other one automatically. There's no physical cable swapping."
"The stability of Kerio Control is good."
"Setup is simple. The Kerio interface is very intuitive."
"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."
"I want to have access to my computer from the outside and Kerio Control plays a role because it has a VPN... It is more reliable because it's a smaller group of computers to target for hackers and the like. The VPN works very well. I use it to work remotely very easily and exchange information, both to and from the location where it's deployed, and there have been no problems there."
"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 product is easy to use."
"The ease of use in the GUI itself is the most valuable feature. The GUI is really the best part of it. We like the traffic rules so we can control who can get to what. It's easy to determine the flow of the traffic itself so we aren't having to guess through command lines and reading out basically command-driven output. It's just a very easy-to-use interface. The interface is the best part of the product."
"The solution is reliable and scales well."
"The most valuable feature is availability."
"The most valuable features are the intuitive user interface, ease of use, and reporting."
"It is a stable solution."
"We've found the solution offers us good stability."
"Palo Alto has better and finer controls than, say, Cisco or Check Point."
"The most valuable features are the virtualization of the firewall and the antivirus."
"Palo Alto has an approach that makes the configuration easier not only for the customers but also for the IT help for the customers."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"The scalability could be better."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"There isn't a lot to be improved. It works well as it is, but they can maybe improve the reporting side."
"The trial duration of the product should be extended."
"I would like to see a little improvement in their technical support when you have a problem. I may be a little jaded because I came from Kerio when we could call and get a person on the phone who worked on the product. Every tech had their own demo setup. They had instant messaging capability with the developers. If we found a problem, then we could get a result for it quickly. Now, the product seems to be 24 hours. They have also gone to the model that if you need quicker support, then they now charge you additional for the exact same level of support that they used to give. I am assuming it's the exact same level of support that they say it is. I'm not paying extra for it. That's the biggest flaw with the product."
"The product's technical support is not good as it used to be."
"One area that confused me a bit when I was building my current network. I use VLANs to have separate functionality on the network, and the appliance I got was the WiFi model, but I discovered that you can't assign WiFi channels to the VLAN. So, you can have WiFi, but its own subnet. You can't run that over the VLAN. Effectively, I can't use the WiFi facility in the appliance and had to purchase a separate web that supports VLANs. In the end, I had to go to GFI support. They confirmed this is just a limited functionality of that device, as it is a low-end device. I don't know if any of their high-end models have a better facility or not."
"I would like to be able to inspect https packets for the purpose of virus scanning."
"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."
"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 product should get frequent updates allowing us to add new signatures."
"The ease of management and configuration should be improved."
"It would be nice if it could easily be integrated with Elasticsearch or Nagios."
"Palo Alto doesn't have extended visibility to the end point in their firewalls."
"It would be really helpful to have dashboards that provide information on IOC blockings such as where and how many. It will also be good to know how many hashing files have been reported. It would also be nice to have easy access to this information. Otherwise, it's a painful, manual task."
"I'd like to see more data protection on the system."
"It is recommended that the Palo Alto Networks K2-Series be implemented step by step for the Panorama. Sometimes we can't overwrite the configurations because it fails."
"The reporting functionality in GlobalProtect needs to be improved."
KerioControl is ranked 29th in Firewalls with 54 reviews while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 28th in Firewalls with 29 reviews. KerioControl is rated 8.0, while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is rated 8.4. 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 Palo Alto Networks K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". KerioControl is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos UTM, Sophos XG and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our KerioControl vs. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series report.
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