We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Juniper SRX Series Firewall 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 most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."
"It's helped us improve our security posture."
"I think that one of the best features is definitely the premium version, along with the IDPs in terms of the intrusion detection and prevention system."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature is threat intelligence. It is based on filtering and can identify multiple threats."
"The initial setup is straightforward; Azure Firewall does not have a complex implementation process. It is very simple; you just need to enable the service within Azure. It does not require any maintenance because it is managed by Microsoft, that is, it is a fully managed service."
"The solution can autoscale."
"We use the solution for application and server deployment."
"All its features are good. That's why we recommend it."
"The main features are safeguarding their data and ensuring robust security services for organizational data."
"We did not have problems with scaling, as we have less than 500 users in our organization."
"When compared to Palo Alto, Juniper is a better choice when it comes to the enterprise network and connectivity."
"The EEE security controls allow us to make policy restrictions, so I can customize port numbers to allow or limit control."
"I like that Juniper SRX is easy to use, scalable, and stable with good performance."
"vSRX is easy to deploy to any virtual infrastructure, such as OpenStack, VMware, and even Docker (cSRX)."
"The most valuable feature is the virtualization because it can be used for customers who are using the mobile data network to request a private connection to a remote site."
"Technical support is perfect."
"We were not able to build a full-mesh VPN; however, I am not sure if this was the fault of Fortinet FortiGate."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"It would be much easier if the on-premises, firewall rules, had some kind of export-import possibility in place, which is not the case right now."
"The reporting, logging, and monitoring features, as well as the flexibility of the policies, need to be improved."
"Azure Firewall should have a free trial version for new users so that they can evaluate it before deploying it."
"Azure should be able to work better as a balancer also, instead of just being a firewall. It should have a wider mandate."
"It is a cloud service, but the lending speed for each region is not always the same. For example, in China, the speed is slow. They need to think about how to make sure that the service pace or speed is always the same in all regions. It would be a great improvement if they can provide the same pace worldwide."
"It would be nice to be able to create groupings for servers and offer groups of IP addresses."
"The solution should incorporate features similar to competitors like split tunneling."
"The threat intelligence part could be better. I don't see why our customers have to get an additional solution with Azure Firewall. It would be great if they made it on par with Palo Alto."
"Third-party support for Juniper is a lot less than Cisco. This is no surprise, but a definite consideration if you are expecting to use a lot of third party support. In my guesstimate, for every 100 Cisco shops, you will find one Juniper shop."
"The reporting is lacking."
"Junos Space should be improved to be on par with FortiGate's solution for managing firewalls and routing."
"It would be good if Junos had "unique commands" between all hierarchical levels, discarding the use of the "Run" command."
"It must be 5G ready. The 5G network is rolling out soon in India, and Juniper must upgrade their firewall slot to the 5G network, or they must manufacture a 5G dongle card for the Juniper firewall. I want Juniper to upgrade their dongle from 4G to 5G. Presently, they have an expansion slot in the SRX 322 series and higher firewalls. In that expansion slot, they can put a 4G mobility SIM card so that whenever our primary link is down, it will automatically connect through this GSM network and form a tunnel."
"It could have features that other products support like blade options and stand-alone endpoint security."
"Juniper SRX Series Firewall has to improve its web content site, like web filtration."
"The solution isn't very granular or detailed."
Azure Firewall is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 86 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Azure Firewall vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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