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.
"FortiGate firewalls are user-friendly, and I like the security profiling features."
"I like Fortinet's cloud management. It allows me to manage all my devices in different branches for three cloud accounts. Even though I use on-prem devices, I can manage everything on the cloud."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"The monitoring dashboard is valuable to us for troubleshooting."
"The content filtering is good."
"The most valuable feature would be the IP blocking. It gets rid of things that you don't need in your environment."
"Cisco Secure Firewall is a good solution. In some ways, it is a reactive solution and we have it sitting in a whitelist mode rather than a blacklist mode. It seems to work fairly well for us."
"Valuable features include AnyConnect, double translations, and an independent IPS module."
"The firewall power that comes with Cisco ASAv is the most valuable asset. They are are very easy to manage."
"Its ability to work with the traffic."
"It is one of the fastest solutions, if not the fastest, in the security technology space. This gives us peace of mind knowing that as soon as a new attack comes online that we will be protected in short order. From that perspective, no one really comes close now to Firepower, which is hugely valuable to us from an upcoming new attack prevention perspective."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"We did not have problems with scaling, as we have less than 500 users in our organization."
"The deployment is quite easy and fast."
"Most of our clients use it as a traditional firewall, blocking Layer 3 and Layer 4, blocking by transport."
"Juniper SRX is a very powerful firewall and sometimes can be used as a router."
"The features that I have found valuable are the ones for the main purpose we are using Juniper - its firewall to protect our network for our internet access."
"It helps us perform our daily jobs."
"The user interface is good."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"Reporting is limited to providing an external appliance for improving the reporting capabilities of the FortiAnalyzer. It does not offer a central management and is also sold separably as an appliance."
"Initial setup was fairly complex."
"I have worked with the new FTD models and they have more features than the ASA line."
"MSSP oriented interface: I would like a single console which would allow me to manage settings creating consistency across all customers."
"The throughput highlighted on the datasheet (10Gbps) should be reviewed. This throughput is only for a UDP running environment, which you will never find in the real world. Rather consider a multiprotocol throughput."
"They should improve their interface."
"Its configuration through GUI as well as CLI can be improved and made easier."
"We have more than one Cisco firewall and it is difficult for me to integrate both on the single UI."
"The content filtering on an application level is not as good as other solutions such as Palo Alto."
"In some cases, customers encounter issues related to network interfaces, while others prioritize security concerns."
"The configuration is difficult and it should be easier."
"The GUI needs to be easier to handle."
"As a networking person, I don't really have any major issues with this device. Based on my experience of using it in a cluster, it could be more stable. I had an incident when one of the SRXs in a cluster couldn't learn ARP. It is a good solution, but firewalls don't seem to be an area of development for Juniper. They are focusing on data centers, routers, and switches, not firewalls."
"Both the web management and the graphical user interface are inadequate and should be improved."
"The CPU switch could be improved for a better overall performance of traffic flow."
"In comparison to other enterprise-level firewalls, such as Cisco FTD, Cisco has improved significantly. In the past, I believed that Juniper SRX was superior, but after seeing the advancements in the FTD platform, Cisco has better functionality. I have not recently explored Juniper SRX's next-generation firewall capabilities as we only use basic firewall filtering in our enterprise network."
"The solution's initial setup process was lengthy as I was new to Juniper."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 86 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Check Point NGFW, whereas Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Check Point NGFW and Meraki MX. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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