We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"Great as an inter-segmentation firewall or border or arch-firewall."
"The firewall features and the routing capability are the most valuable."
"It uses many applications, like antivirus blocking and web filtering."
"Troubleshooting with the solution is quite easy. If you compare the process to, for example, Fortigate, Juniper is much easier."
"It helped us with its routing capabilities which eased the cost, because otherwise I would have had to take a router and firewall, and then integrate it. With this, however, it was an integration of firewall and routing services all together in a single product. That was one thing that I loved about it."
"It's easily scalable."
"I like that Juniper SRX is easy to use, scalable, and stable with good performance."
"The main features are safeguarding their data and ensuring robust security services for organizational data."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the simple-to-use interface."
"Sophos SG UTM had all the basic functionality that you needed. It is user-friendly and easy to manage for any integrator."
"The intrusion prevention is great, and I like dual virus scanning on the network layer because we scan it through Avira and Sophos. Web filtering is also a fantastic option for clients who want to really lock down internet access."
"We find all of the features valuable because together they fit the needs of our customers."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the efficiency and mail filtering module."
"The initial setup has been fine."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is that it is easy to administer."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"Junos Space should be improved to be on par with FortiGate's solution for managing firewalls and routing."
"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."
"it would be more powerful if Juniper brought out a security product other than the firewall, like anti-spam, endpoint protection, etc. Customers who want to deploy security solutions are not just thinking about firewalls... Juniper should have an end-to-end solution, from the endpoint to the network level."
"Both the web management and the graphical user interface are inadequate and should be improved."
"The product only has basic features."
"It did not improve our safety because the IDS does not detect some attacks, but our anti-virus software did."
"It could be more secure."
"IPS is one that I would definitely want to be improved. I would also like SSL VPN to be integrated."
"The ease of use could be a bit better."
"It is a little too CPU resource intensive, so we would like to see improvements there."
"In Sophos UTM there is always a problem with the routing tables. If you want to see the routing table, you have to use the UI. You can't do it via a web browser. The routing table is better in Fortinet."
"We need a better VPN client for the customers."
"The five-factor authentication needs improvement."
"Sophos UTM's firewall is a bit weak, and some of its features lack depth compared to other products like F5."
"Doesn't provide antivirus for individual computers."
"The pricing is an issue."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 4th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 86 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. 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 Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and SonicWall NSa, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Stormshield Network Security. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Sophos UTM report.
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