We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Juniper vSRX 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."The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"There are lots of features and most of them are deployed for internet security. Users are protected if they accidentally go to some malicious sites."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"Juniper SRX Series Firewall is a stable solution."
"Juniper supports their products very well."
"Great as an inter-segmentation firewall or border or arch-firewall."
"Juniper is a highly flexible platform, and you get more bang for your buck compared to a Cisco product."
"The ports are really versatile for their application and don't always have to be used for the purpose for which they were made."
"The most valuable features of the Juniper SRX Series Firewall are the user-friendly UI, and accessing the solution is simple."
"We use it as a firewall at our head office and branches."
"The CLI works perfectly."
"It's basic functionality is probably the most valuable feature."
"This solution works well. Their switches and firewall are good."
"The product's scalability is good, and my company has 150 users."
"The tool's most valuable features are routing features and service quality."
"The product’s quality and performance are better than other vendors."
"It's much faster to deploy a power source. If you need to deploy a firewall in the cloud of software, it's much easier and much faster than deploying the office firewall in a rush."
"We like the solution’s protocol and its dashboard system."
"The features we found most valuable are using the IDS and IPS during protection. The application filtering feature is great."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"To the best of my knowledge, Fortinet does not have a CASB solution and Fortinet does not have a Zero trust solution."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"The solution's initial setup process was lengthy as I was new to Juniper."
"The CLI is verbose. You have to say a lot to do a little. I don't like that part of it. Cisco's command syntax seems to be a good bit more concise. When you're trying to get something done, you don't want to have to type a bunch."
"We purchased three devices and all three have been replaced under RMA."
"The configuration is difficult and it should be easier."
"I think improvement can be done to the security part, particularly the UDM, and the product should have a user-friendly interface similar to FortiGate. It should have the Azure RBAC in the next release."
"We'd like to improve the stability and the kill rate."
"I would like to have a better web UI for administration. Juniper could simplify the web UI and make it more compatible with mobile devices."
"The GUI needs improvement."
"Juniper vSRX is expensive."
"The tool's basic license does not cover everything. It needs to improve visibility and availability."
"Right now, we are going through issues and problems where the product gets dropped with the connection or during the authentication initial phase. While it could be our problem, we would like to see more stability in this area."
"They could provide support for cloud deployments."
"The security feature must be improved."
"We have some weird errors and some weird behavior on the solution occasionally. The device gets buggy without anyone touching it. It would work and then suddenly stop. Sometimes you need to just move the cards out and restart it again, and it will work. The solution itself, the hardware and the software, there must be some bugs that need to be dealt with."
"I would like to see an activity sensor for malicious content or sensor for viruses and malware."
"VPN access is an area that needs improvement."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 86 reviews while Juniper vSRX is ranked 27th in Firewalls with 33 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Juniper vSRX is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper vSRX writes "Fast with good usability and fairly scalable". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and OPNsense, whereas Juniper vSRX is most compared with Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall, Zscaler Cloud Firewall and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Juniper vSRX report.
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