We performed a comparison between Juniper vSRX and OPNsense 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 web filtering feature and the intrusion protection system are the most valuable. It is a resilient appliance. I never had an issue with it in terms of any security breaches."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"The solution is scalable."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"The most valuable feature is the web filter."
"Juniper is more flexible with the commit check and the commit confirmed command. The design of the forwarding and contract plan in the operating system is very important for the performance when we have very big traffic."
"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."
"The initial setup is pretty simple."
"The product’s quality and performance are better than other vendors."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"The technical support has been good."
"The most valuable features are application filtering, content filtering, the intrusion prevention system (IPS), and definitely the application firewall."
"The features we found most valuable are using the IDS and IPS during protection. The application filtering feature is great."
"OPNsense is highly stable."
"We have been operating here in our lab for several months, and everything appears to be extremely stable."
"The feature I find most valuable, is that the program helped me to realize all the requested functionality that was needed."
"The IDS and IPS features are valuable. From the usability perspective, there is a lot of good documentation. As IT professionals, we found it very easy to configure the firewall. It was easy to configure and use."
"We have found pretty much all the features of the solution to be valuable."
"The solution is good for a basic firewall for a small business or for home use."
"The most valuable feature is the Dual WAN in OPNSense, which offers advanced capabilities."
"I find the solution to be user-friendly. It has a lot of reports and easy settings."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"The user interface could be improved."
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. It should have some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and some degree of customization. The basic reporting that it currently has is not sufficient to create more usable reports. It needs some sort of out-of-the-box reporting. They try to make customers purchase FortiAnalyzer for this kind of reporting, which is an additional cost. Other firewall vendors, such as SonicWall and Sophos, provide this sort of reporting without any additional cost."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"They could provide support for cloud deployments."
"The pricing still needs some improvement."
"I would like to see an activity sensor for malicious content or sensor for viruses and malware."
"The user interface could always be better. They could make it simpler and more intuitive."
"he stability could be improved."
"Fortinet is more user friendly than Juniper. In terms of remote access, I actually prefer using Fortinet. It's much easier to configure."
"Juniper vSRX is expensive."
"The GUI interface needs improvement."
"The solution would not be suitable for anything large-scale."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"They should improve IPEs for security in the future."
"The user interface could be improved, and the DNS section should be more intuitive."
"The interface needs to be simplified. It is not user-friendly."
"OPNsense showed me some problems when using it in different environments. The problem is integration with a virtual server."
"We did not like the fact that you have to configure everything with the graphic user interface. We have used other firewalls, such as FortiGate, that you can configure via code. OPNsense is not easy to integrate. When you are deploying via GitHub or another source repository, this is not possible. That's one thing we didn't like much."
"On the customer-side, because I'm a small business, I need a cheaper or free solution option."
Juniper vSRX is ranked 27th in Firewalls with 33 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Juniper vSRX is rated 7.8, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Juniper vSRX writes "Fast with good usability and fairly scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". Juniper vSRX is most compared with Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall and Zscaler Cloud Firewall, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Juniper vSRX vs. OPNsense report.
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