We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Juniper vSRX 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 feature of this solution is Quota."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"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."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its ability to deploy it on live physical hardware. Specifically, when providing firewall services for clients, we can leverage such hardware appliances to support multiple customers on the same hardware."
"Initial setup was quite straightforward, as we can simply head to the required sections to apply the planned network."
"Operations have been flawless."
"We are able to closely monitor the usages of individual users and see their usage habits and other items, including the data itself, which gives us quite a bit of visibility."
"Technical support is very helpful."
"The EPM bundle is a good feature."
"The best part about FortiGate-VM is its strong security."
"The VM it's very quick for deployment. If we need to have a POC for a customer, if we don't have any hardware physically at our premises, at our store, in our office, we can download the VM from Fortinet and install all the VM to their environment in order to run it. If we have a customer that says "let's start tomorrow" we are able to do that in a way that's not possible with a hardware version."
"The initial setup was very straightforward. There was no problem. The initial deployment took about one hour."
"It's basic functionality is probably the most valuable feature."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"The hardware is stable."
"There are a few valuable features that offer very good quality on the solution. Especially NetScreen. We used to use NetScreen for the the product line. It was a very mature solution, very robust, easy to configure, easy to manage, etc. It made it easy to do everything."
"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 features we found most valuable are using the IDS and IPS during protection. The application filtering feature is great."
"The dashboard, customization, API, and pricing are good."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"Tunnel flapping was one of the major things I had seen wherein your internet link remains but your VPN tunnel is down. However, since I got a fix from the TAC team, I have not noticed it, but the customer complained a few times that they couldn't access the internet because of this problem."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"The operating system isn't stable, so it goes to memory counters every night."
"Support could be improved a little."
"It would be better if it could provide you with options before completely blocking anything through the web filter. If you are doing a deep SSL inspection on the site if it says it's expired, it doesn't give you the option to continue at your own risk. I can't say that it's bad, but SSL internally isn't really a requirement. However, its security features can help. Right now, we have people going out and spending on purchasing the SSL certificates for internal sites."
"There is always room for improvement in any solutions, including Fortinet's FortiGate-VM. Although the solution claims to have a superior throughput compared to other OEMs, upon closer examination and comparison, there is potential for significant improvement in this area. In today's rapidly evolving technology world, it is important to continuously strive for enhancement and development, and I believe Fortinet can make significant strides in this direction for the FortiGate-VM."
"It has a monitoring tool, but it could be improved."
"Fortinet support needs improvement. The response times are lackluster. Fortunately, the product is stable and we seldom have issues. Also, it takes months for them to deliver hardware when we order it."
"his is not a good solution for enterprises. It's better for smaller companies."
"Price-wise, it could be slightly better, however, if you compared it to other makes and models of equal category, it is generally cheaper."
"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."
"It is pretty complex to manage and could be easier."
"The GUI really needs a lot of work, and it has got worse with successive version updates."
"he stability could be improved."
"We have some weird errors and some weird behavior on the solution occasionally. The device gets buggy without anyone touching it. It would work and then suddenly stop. Sometimes you need to just move the cards out and restart it again, and it will work. The solution itself, the hardware and the software, there must be some bugs that need to be dealt with."
"The GUI interface needs improvement."
"The solution should consider improving its licensing policies."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Juniper vSRX is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 30 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Juniper vSRX is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "It's a solidly stable device with minimal downtime". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper vSRX writes "Fast with good usability and fairly scalable". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Netgate pfSense, whereas Juniper vSRX is most compared with Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Juniper vSRX report.
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