We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall vs Juniper SRX based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The two solutions are very comparable. Each of them have a good set of features, and the solution you choose will ultimately be dependent on your company’s specific preferences and requirements.
"You can also put everything into a nice, neat, little package, as far as configuration goes. I was formerly a command-line guy with the ASA, and I was a little nervous about dealing with a GUI interface versus a command line, but after I did my first deployment, I got a lot more comfortable with doing it GUI based."
"Cisco Secure Firewall is a scalable solution."
"Firepower has reduced our firewall operational costs by about 25 percent."
"I like the IPS feature, it is the most valuable."
"If you compare the ASA and the FirePOWER, the best feature with FirePOWER is easy to use GUI. It has most of the same functionality in the Next-Generation FirePOWER, such as IPS, IPS policies, security intelligence, and integration and identification of all the devices or hardware you have in your network. Additionally, this solution is user-friendly."
"One of the most valuable features is the GUI front end, which is very easy to use. But I'm also a command-line guy, and being able to access the device via command-line for advanced troubleshooting is quite important."
"So far, it has been very stable."
"The high-availability and remote VPN features are most valuable."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"The solution has proven to be quite stable."
"The setup is pretty straightforward."
"You can scale the solution."
"Technical support has been quite helpful."
"Technical support is good. They quickly respond, and they even have local help here. They can actually give you an answer very quickly."
"The IPS functionality of Juniper SRX is useful in the telecom industry."
"The GUI is simple to use."
"We have seen some bugs come up with Cisco Secure Firewall in terms of high availability. The solution should be improved to avoid these bugs."
"Sometimes my customers say that Cisco Firewalls are a bit more difficult compared to Fortigate or Palo Alto. There is complexity in the configuration and the GUI could be improved."
"Maybe the dashboard could be a bit better."
"I would like more features in conjunction with other solutions, like Fortinet."
"Firepower's user experience should be a little bit better."
"We only have an issue with time sync with Cisco ASA and NTP. If the time is out of sync, it will be a disaster for the failover."
"The management of the firewalls could be improved because there are a lot of bugs."
"When you make any changes, irrespective of whether they are big or small, Firepower takes too much time. It is very time-consuming. Even for small changes, you have to wait for 60 seconds or maybe more, which is not good. Similarly, when you have many IPS rules and policies, it slows down, and there is an impact on its performance."
"The user interface is something that Juniper needs to improve."
"The reporting is lacking."
"Junos Space should be improved to be on par with FortiGate's solution for managing firewalls and routing."
"It does have its nuances in terms of deployment. There are always areas to make something easier or more intuitive or make the system auto-negotiate more with existing hardware."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"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."
"In the next release, I would like to have a better web interface. It needs to be more user-friendly. Right now, you can only access many features through the console."
"We'd like to improve the stability and the kill rate."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 111 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 11th in Firewalls with 28 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "The ability to implement dynamic policies for dynamic environments is important, given the fluidity in the world of security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Scalable with good technical support and works well for larger organizations". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, pfSense and Check Point NGFW, whereas Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, pfSense, Meraki MX and Check Point NGFW. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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