We performed a comparison between Juniper vSRX and Palo Alto Networks K2-Series 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."Customers are more inclined towards FortiGate because of application control, web filtering, and anti-spam features. The support from the FortiGate team is good, and price-wise, it is affordable."
"The initial installation is very straightforward."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is security. They are known for efficiency and are on the top of Gartner Quadrant reviews. Fortinet FortiGate has an easy-to-use platform with a good graphical interface. The configuration is simple and the solution provides an overall good layer of security."
"The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"FortiGate firewalls are user-friendly, and I like the security profiling features."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"The technical support has been good."
"It's a very powerful solution and the firewalls offer high performance"
"It's basic functionality is probably the most valuable feature."
"The initial setup was very straightforward. There was no problem. The initial deployment took about one hour."
"The hardware is stable."
"It's much faster to deploy a power source. If you need to deploy a firewall in the cloud of software, it's much easier and much faster than deploying the office firewall in a rush."
"I'm told the solution is the fastest, and, so far, I do find that to be the case."
"The most valuable features are application filtering, content filtering, the intrusion prevention system (IPS), and definitely the application firewall."
"Overall, this is a very simple and very effective firewall, and I am satisfied with it."
"Palo Alto has a unique solution for DNS security, which is very good."
"This is a very reliable firewall and we have never had problems with it."
"It caters to typical use cases across various technologies. MDR and XDR, for example, focus on user and endpoint protection. It's pretty straightforward."
"Simple integrations with the domain controllers and other inventories"
"I like the tool's WildFire feature."
"I have found the threat profile feature valuable."
"The most valuable feature is availability."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"With the reports, you can see it, and you can get good feelings so upper management can go, "Oh, wow. That looks pretty." However, it's very basic."
"I would like to see an activity sensor for malicious content or sensor for viruses and malware."
"Some people complain that the solution tends to have a steep learning curve. It could be because most people have basic familiarity with Cisco or other similar products and maybe have never worked closely with Juniper products."
"They really need to improve the GUI."
"They could provide support for cloud deployments."
"We have some weird errors and some weird behavior on the solution occasionally. The device gets buggy without anyone touching it. It would work and then suddenly stop. Sometimes you need to just move the cards out and restart it again, and it will work. The solution itself, the hardware and the software, there must be some bugs that need to be dealt with."
"The GUI interface needs improvement."
"The pricing still needs some improvement."
"We worked with Cisco's support and Juniper's support and there are some differences, to be honest, Cisco is more available and is more competent at addressing our cases."
"The URL Filtering module needs to have more categories added to it."
"It is recommended that the Palo Alto Networks K2-Series be implemented step by step for the Panorama. Sometimes we can't overwrite the configurations because it fails."
"The ease of management and configuration should be improved."
"The licensing cost is a typical complaint with many clients. The solution is expensive."
"Palo Alto doesn't have extended visibility to the end point in their firewalls."
"They should implement the features that the other firewalls have."
"When it comes to renewing the solution, they tend to try to jack up the pricing."
"In the past, we've had trouble with Palo Alto's application filtering not getting it right. I would not be recommending layer 7 application filtering yet."
Juniper vSRX is ranked 27th in Firewalls with 30 reviews while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 28th in Firewalls with 29 reviews. Juniper vSRX is rated 7.8, while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Juniper vSRX writes "Fast with good usability and fairly scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". Juniper vSRX is most compared with Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall and Zscaler Cloud Firewall, whereas Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Juniper vSRX vs. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series report.
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