In summary, while Juniper vSRX is praised for its security features, performance, and integration capabilities, users have highlighted areas for improvement such as usability and interface issues. On the other hand, CloudGuard Network Security is appreciated for its firewall capabilities, user-friendly interface, and excellent customer support, but users have suggested enhancements in integration, setup process, and advanced threat intelligence features. Overall, both products offer valuable network security solutions with their unique strengths and weaknesses.
The summary above is based on 82 interviews we conducted recently with Juniper vSRX and CloudGuard Network Security users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"Its administrative panel is very intuitive and simple. It is simpler than the other solutions that we had. As an administrator, we are always looking for the easiest solution to manage network policies. We are able to filter everything on our network and also use the VPN feature, which is important these days when people are working remotely during COVID."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"We use a southern institution that's audited for IT security and the reporting that automatically comes off the unit makes it much easier to meet compliance standards and makes it easier as far as the amount of time that has to be spent to compile that information. If you get your reporting set up correctly when you initially set it up, you just select the one you want and hit print. The auditing trail on it is the best feature."
"The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"It's very easy to configure."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"The performance is good."
"I like the tool's ability to manage cloud traffic locally without routing it through our data centers."
"The tool's most valuable features are threat prevention and protection mechanisms."
"The central management feature is a big plus, allowing us to manage both local and cloud gateways from one platform."
"The installation process doesn't take very long."
"The scalability is very good; again, very user-friendly. I wouldn't even say "user-friendly" because, as long as you deploy it properly, you can kill an EC2 and it will spin up another one right away, within about a minute and a half. And it will be ready for production right away."
"Additionally, the centralized reporting and management, accessible through a single pane of glass, offer consistency and efficiency across multi-cloud environments."
"Its blades and VSLS (Virtual System Load Sharing) work fine."
"The features of the solution which I have found most valuable are its flexibility and agility. It's a fully scalable solution, from our perspective. We can define scaling groups and, based on the load, it will create new instances. It's truly a product which is oriented toward the cloud mindset, cloud agility, and this is a great feature."
"It is deployed on the customer site, and we manage the firewalls on this side."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"One of Juniper vSRX's most valuable features is its integration with safety applications. It keeps the software secure from developers without relying on third-party solutions."
"Juniper is more flexible with the commit check and the commit confirmed command. The design of the forwarding and contract plan in the operating system is very important for the performance when we have very big traffic."
"The authentication part is seamless and easy for people."
"The initial setup was very straightforward. There was no problem. The initial deployment took about one hour."
"The solution has good features."
"I'm told the solution is the fastest, and, so far, I do find that to be the case."
"One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"They've become quite expensive."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"The UI could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"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 reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"New features have been introduced recently, but they have not yet been integrated into CloudGuard Vsec."
"In the past year, I noticed that the challenging part, especially in the cloud, is upgrading to the next release of the firewall. Unlike on-premise upgrades, it's not as simple in the cloud. You need to recreate the machine, which makes the process more complex."
"CloudGuard Network Security's pricing is expensive. We have encountered issues with its licensing."
"In case the device is inaccessible due to some issue such as CPU or memory, there is no separate port or hardware partition provided for troubleshooting purposes."
"We faced issues while upgrading our CloudGuard Network Gateway. When we tried to use the template that Check Point offers on their site, it was not available for the second to the latest version, so I was forced to upgrade my management server. That was very challenging for us."
"CloudGuard Network Security needs to include new features. One specific feature I would like to see is the ability to protect external resources using single sign-on integration with various identity providers, including custom identity providers. Its pricing could also be cheaper."
"There is room for improvement in the integration with PaaS services from the public cloud. It would be very helpful."
"It needs to cover additional kinds of infrastructure, like containers and serverless options. It's somewhat limited in that area."
"The solution could improve its technical support."
"The solution should consider improving its licensing policies."
"We experienced some technical issues during implementation"
"It is pretty complex to manage and could be easier."
"The biggest downside of Juniper vSRX is its pricing, which may be too high for smaller organizations. While it's a decent solution, the cost may limit its accessibility to smaller customers."
"The solution can be improved by allowing automatic updates for the OS devices."
"The reporting can be improved."
"The GUI really needs a lot of work, and it has got worse with successive version updates."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 121 reviews while Juniper vSRX is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 33 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Juniper vSRX is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "Highly reliable, great visibility, and centralized management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper vSRX writes "Fast with good usability and fairly scalable". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with VMware NSX, Azure Firewall, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Firewall and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, whereas Juniper vSRX is most compared with Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall and OPNsense. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Juniper vSRX report.
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