We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) 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 wireless control is helpful."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"It's very easy to configure."
"When I survey FortiGate products, I see that they have a good performance, especially in terms of next generation firewalls."
"FortiGate NGF is simple compared to other firewalls. It is easy to use and you don't need any training. Any person with basic firewall knowledge can use it."
"The solution has helped our organization secure our network and connect remote sites."
"The solution is used in my company since its management is very comfortable"
"The product is easy to configure."
"Routing and reporting are two areas where the product has an added advantage compared to any other product."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall has a simple configuration."
"The usability of the solution is its best feature."
"It provides good routing and high performance of the data center."
"The technical support is quite good."
"The rollback option and Commit Confirmed are great features. They give us the security to change configurations without downtime."
"There is a lot of flexibility in how you can commit, check, and back out of a configuration."
"We use it as a firewall at our head office and branches."
"Technical support is perfect."
"On a scale from one to ten, one being the worst and ten being the best I'd give Juniper SRX an overall rating of eight because of its' competitive price."
"Technical support is good. They quickly respond, and they even have local help here. They can actually give you an answer very quickly."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"A sandbox would be good in order to be able to inspect the emails containing spam and be able to validate the emails that contain malware, prior to delivering to the customer."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"The product has to be upgraded every few weeks."
"The vendors offer models with different levels of productivity of the product to its users, which is not possible in FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). It lacks integration options."
"The product's data guard feature should support a USB port when the internet connection is unavailable."
"I see room to explore its integration with Secure Service Automation for a more comprehensive security view."
"I would like to have SD-WAN as a part of the Next Generation Firewall. It would enhance high availability."
"The licensing model and pricing need improvement."
"I see problems with the licensing. If I have to add a new feature, we need to add a license."
"The solution's GUI is not very appealing."
"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 pricing strategy of the vendor could improve."
"I think Juniper SRX should have a GUI. Some of the competitors are already implementing GUI for the firewall."
"There is room for improvement in scalability and performance. It's scalable and reliable, but when using next-generation firewall features, the performance decreases significantly for Juniper SRX."
"It was very difficult to deal with and required a lot of support, and the UI is very poor."
"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."
"We tried configuring the IDS for more than four months, but it did not work properly."
"In some cases, customers encounter issues related to network interfaces, while others prioritize security concerns."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 37 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 86 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, whereas Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Check Point NGFW. See our FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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