We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and Juniper Mist Edge based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two WAN Edge solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"The license management is very valuable. You can get a new license each year, or you can enroll every two to four years. You can get the logs, and you will get the information on the risk in your network and the entire organization. With this information, you can take action on your actives, computers, or devices. You can bring your own device as an SSE."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"The visibility of the information that's available about APs through their cloud portal and some of the AI features are most valuable."
"The most valuable aspect of Mist Edge lies in its ability to provide comprehensive visibility into all network packets."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"The support system could be improved."
"The one area that we're specifically looking into is their outdoor APs. The development of their outdoor APs is lagging as compared to their internal APs."
"I would like to see improvements in ensuring government compliance for Mist Edge."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 1st in WAN Edge with 306 reviews while Juniper Mist Edge is ranked 16th in WAN Edge with 2 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Juniper Mist Edge is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper Mist Edge writes "Stands out by offering insight into client data but is costly". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Check Point NGFW, whereas Juniper Mist Edge is most compared with Juniper Contrail SD-WAN and VMware SD-WAN. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Juniper Mist Edge report.
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