We performed a comparison between Juniper vSRX and Netgate pfSense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is quite easy to handle."
"It's very easy to configure."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The solution can scale well."
"The UTM feature is quite good. FortiAP is easy to deploy because both Fortigate and FortiAP are under the same brand. Otherwise, you need to do more work on the configuration."
"The product offers very good security."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"This solution works well. Their switches and firewall are good."
"It's basic functionality is probably the most valuable feature."
"The product's scalability is good, and my company has 150 users."
"The initial setup was very straightforward. There was no problem. The initial deployment took about one hour."
"The solution has good features."
"The authentication part is seamless and easy for people."
"The most valuable features are application filtering, content filtering, the intrusion prevention system (IPS), and definitely the application firewall."
"The tool's most valuable features are routing features and service quality."
"Is good at blocking IP addresses."
"The built-in open VPN and the VPN Client Export are the solution's most valuable aspects."
"Improved service performance and availability through redundancy."
"For everyday tasks, we just get alerts. It's anything that's suspicious, including from our Netgate. So, it's part of how we maintain cybersecurity in our school. This is working alongside our endpoint security solution."
"Technical support is perfect, excellent."
"Its reliability and cost-effectiveness stand out."
"The VPN is my favorite feature."
"Super easy to manage. Anyone who has been working with firewalls can handle it."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. It should have some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and some degree of customization. The basic reporting that it currently has is not sufficient to create more usable reports. It needs some sort of out-of-the-box reporting. They try to make customers purchase FortiAnalyzer for this kind of reporting, which is an additional cost. Other firewall vendors, such as SonicWall and Sophos, provide this sort of reporting without any additional cost."
"The user interface could always be better. They could make it simpler and more intuitive."
"I've talked to people that say Juniper now, as a device, can be a solution for a data center, but in the past, I have not seen this as being possible."
"There are too many types of licenses, which can be confusing."
"The GUI interface needs improvement."
"It could use more tutorials."
"They really need to improve the GUI."
"The solution could improve its technical support."
"Fortinet is more user friendly than Juniper. In terms of remote access, I actually prefer using Fortinet. It's much easier to configure."
"Many people have problems setting up the web cache for the web system."
"Lacks instructional videos."
"The security could be improved."
"Other solutions provide more scope for growth. For instance, we can have only 10 to 20 employees on VPN, but other solutions can support more users. We also have more capabilities to increase the performance of the solution."
"As an open-source solution, there are so many loopholes happening within the product. By design, no one is taking ownership of it, and that is worrisome to me."
"Ease of use is a problem for a user who is unfamiliar with this product because, in the interface, everything has to be set manually."
"Ultimately, we'd like something stronger, and something that can handle threats better in real-time."
"If you want to take advantage of all of the solution's options, you need to have a bit of a technical background. It's not for a layperson."
Juniper vSRX is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 30 reviews while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Juniper vSRX is rated 7.8, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Juniper vSRX writes "Fast with good usability and fairly scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Juniper vSRX is most compared with Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM, KerioControl and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Juniper vSRX vs. Netgate pfSense report.
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