We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XG based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Juniper SRX Series Firewall is praised for its simplicity, intuitive interface, and outstanding assistance. It provides site-to-site VPN capabilities and a straightforward configuration rollback feature. Sophos XG excels in functionality, improved graphical interface, and all-inclusive defense against threats. It also offers effortless setup and control management, transparent reporting, and seamless integration with other Sophos products.
Juniper SRX Series Firewall could benefit from enhancements in capacity, reporting, user interface, features, and support. Sophos XG product requires improvements in antivirus, graphical interface, performance, logging, technical support, initial setup, configuration after upgrades, and additional areas.
Service and Support: Customers generally praise the customer service of Juniper SRX Series Firewall for being helpful, responsive, and knowledgeable. However, there have been occasional instances of slower response times and the need to repeat procedures. The customer reviews for Sophos XG's customer service are mixed. Some customers appreciate the support they receive, while others express dissatisfaction with unhelpful and unresponsive support, bad response times, and difficulties due to language barriers with outsourced support.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Juniper SRX Series Firewall is generally simple and uncomplicated. Sophos XG's setup is also considered simple and straightforward, however, it can pose difficulties for certain users. Juniper's setup might necessitate proficiency in CLI, whereas Sophos' setup relies on the user's familiarity and technical expertise.
Pricing: The setup cost for Juniper SRX Series Firewall is considered reasonably priced and affordable for large-scale businesses, although opinions on affordability differ. The pricing for Sophos XG is adaptable and depends on the desired functionality, generally offering reasonable and competitive rates.
ROI: Juniper SRX Series Firewall delivers advanced security features and reliability, with a favorable return on investment. Sophos XG offers efficient technical support, alleviating management challenges and promoting enhanced security practices, ultimately leading to a substantial ROI within three years.
Comparison Results: Juniper SRX Series Firewall is the preferred choice when compared to the Sophos XG. Users find the initial setup of Juniper SRX Series Firewall to be straightforward and easy, with a simple plug-and-play process. They also appreciate the user-friendly interface, stability, and reliability of Juniper SRX Series Firewall.
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"It is useful for protecting and segregating the internal networks from the internet. Most of our customers also use the FortiGate client to connect to their offices by using the VPN client, and of course, they usually activate the antivirus, deep inspection, and intrusion prevention services. They are also using it for web filtering and implementing various policies dealing with forwardings, NAT, etc."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"The features that I have found valuable are the ones for the main purpose we are using Juniper - its firewall to protect our network for our internet access."
"Juniper is a highly flexible platform, and you get more bang for your buck compared to a Cisco product."
"The main features are safeguarding their data and ensuring robust security services for organizational data."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"The IPS functionality of Juniper SRX is useful in the telecom industry."
"The setup is pretty straightforward."
"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."
"If we need to define our user system from an anti-spam perspective, we can constantly update the antivirus."
"The most valuable features are its nice interfaces and configuration. The endpoint is also very good."
"The two most valuable feature of Sophos XG is, one the option to filter according to different applications and two, the integration with the Active Directory."
"The interface is very user-friendly and it's easy to manage."
"I like it for its simplicity. It is very simple to configure and implement. It is a very good product for medium-sized organizations."
"The SD-WAN feature stands out as the most valuable aspect."
"Some of the most valuable features are filtering and application control. The DDoS detection also shows traffic jamming and traffic shaping."
"The solution comes with a common bundle which comprises all the feature."
"The scalability of Sophos XG is good."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"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."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"It would be ideal if the solution could use cloud services to help update signatures or threat prevention systems."
"The solution's initial setup process was lengthy as I was new to Juniper."
"Both the web management and the graphical user interface are inadequate and should be improved."
"The solution's configurations and syntax are specific and more complicated than other platforms."
"Junos Space should be improved to be on par with FortiGate's solution for managing firewalls and routing."
"In some cases, customers encounter issues related to network interfaces, while others prioritize security concerns."
"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."
"Support could be improved."
"Sophos XG could improve by making the remote access and VPN better."
"Lacks improved throughput performance in a box."
"The product's technical support services could be better."
"Over the last six months, we have noticed that the hardware is slow, especially the VPN connections."
"The main problem with Sophos XG today is that it doesn't have a feature where you actually know the quality of an international link, which would allow us to we know if the link is operational or not. We need more information. It's losing packets on the network. It's high latency. So, we need more information to know if the link is really bad or really good, and today, we will only know if it's working and this just isn't enough."
"The security of Sophos XG could be improved."
"Better instructions should be provided as part of the technical support so that we can understand the functionalities. This will help us to troubleshoot faster."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 19 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 38 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Useful telecom industry functionality, simple deployment, but lacking features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Secure, duel switch capabilities, and good support". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Sophos XG report.
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