We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, and OPNsense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"We purchased Fortinet because of the pricing, its functionality, because it met our requirements, and the total cost of ownership over five years was quite reasonable. In the market, Fortinet is rated quite well."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"The setup is pretty straightforward."
"One of Juniper SRX's most valuable features is the site-to-site VPN."
"It helps us perform our daily jobs."
"If we need to define our user system from an anti-spam perspective, we can constantly update the antivirus."
"Using a Juniper CLI, you configure a "candidate configuration", then "commit" it to bring it live. If you do not like it or messed up something, you just "rollback" to the previous configuration. It can all be done in a matter of minutes. This is super handy once you get use to it."
"The solution is relatively easy and inexpensive to maintain."
"It integrates well with Fortinet and Palo Alto."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"The graphic user interface is very good and it is user-friendly which makes the product easy-to-use."
"We have found pretty much all the features of the solution to be valuable."
"We can open a new VPN connection easily. It's much easier than with Fortinet in our experience."
"I have found the solution has some great features overall, such as guest access capabilities, dashboards, and ease of use. There is plenty of documentation and support and it has the plugins that I needed."
"One of the most valuable features is the network checking. Additionally, the firewall and web filtering functionalities are highly useful."
"The feature I find most valuable, is that the program helped me to realize all the requested functionality that was needed."
"We have been operating here in our lab for several months, and everything appears to be extremely stable."
"URL blocking, Wireguard, Tail Scale, Engine Blocker, and VPN are the most valuable features for me."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"The room for improvement is about the global delivery time period. Usually I need to wait for almost one month to deliver it overseas. So if you can shorten the deliver time it'd be great."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"I've noticed that the management interface could use some updates and upgrades."
"Both the web management and the graphical user interface are inadequate and should be improved."
"The capacity can be limiting. We have outgrown its capacity. You can only scale up to a certain extent, depending on the device purchased."
"The range of devices should be expanded to include those suitable for a small implementation. Juniper does not have any lower-priced SRX models, useful perhaps for a single ATM or a single bank branch."
"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."
"JTAC (Juniper Networks Technical Assistance Center) is just okay for technical assistance. However, if you are used to Cisco TAC responsiveness, you will need to adjust your expectations with Juniper Networks TAC."
"It's a good stable firewall, but it's nowhere near what it needs to be for a next-generation type firewall."
"In the future, I would like to see the UI more responsive"
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"Given that OPNsense plays a pivotal role as a firewall, safeguarding against various threats, having a reliable backup ensures uninterrupted protection even if unforeseen events impact the primary virtual machine."
"The interface isn't so friendly user. But we have some technicians here who are quite confident with this tool. OPNSense could maybe add sets of rules so it's simpler to manage different groups with particular needs."
"The only thing that I would like to see improved is the Insight or the NetFlow analysis part. It would be good to have the possibility to dig down on the Insight platform. Right now, we can easily do only a few analyses. If this page becomes more powerful, it surely will be a well-adopted platform."
"The support for OPNsense is good because we have documents available on the internet. The support could improve a little."
"They should improve IPEs for security in the future."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
"The user interface could be improved, and the DNS section should be more intuitive."
