We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"The GUI is good."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"The high availability of the application is good."
"The solution is relatively easy and inexpensive to maintain."
"The rollback option and Commit Confirmed are great features. They give us the security to change configurations without downtime."
"The solution is stable, inexpensive, and works well for medium size companies."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper SRX is that it is plug-and-play. Additionally, it has a lot of capabilities in one device."
"It is a part of the infrastructure when we're selling Juniper. That's what clients are familiar with and that's what they rely on."
"I have used technical support quite a bit, and they are really good."
"The firewall features and the routing capability are the most valuable."
"It does give certain protection for everything that is well configured on our McAfee server. We have good protection with it. If we could find a feature and make it work, it would work perfectly, there would be no bugs, and it would be really good."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"It did not improve our safety because the IDS does not detect some attacks, but our anti-virus software did."
"The solution's configurations and syntax are specific and more complicated than other platforms."
"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."
"Juniper SRX's UI is very bad."
"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."
"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."
"The Juniper product has to improve in terms of innovation."
"Customer support and AV are both lacking and are really hard to come to you when the product is installed. Those are the two major points that they need to work on."
Earn 20 points
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 86 reviews while McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". On the other hand, the top reviewer of McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] writes "For managing multiple MFE firewalls it is incredibly handy but it could be easier for customers to migrate from one version to another. ". 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, whereas McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] is most compared with .
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