We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Juniper SRX Series Firewall 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."The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The SD-WAN function is very developed. It has SD-WAN functionality with security features in one device. We can manage from one single console SD-WAN and the security policy."
"Cisco IOS Security has many good features, but compared to other solutions, it has a more user-friendly interface with steps to apply and manage rules. Another good part of the solution is that it's more straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is endpoint protection."
"The capabilities for scalability with this product are huge"
"Cisco IOS Security increases the overall security of our network, performs authentication, and provides level 15 access and privileges."
"Cisco Technical Assistance Center works on a follow-the-sun concept and gives real 24x7 customer support, which is a great advantage when you have a service contract with them."
"Cisco is head-and-shoulders above all of the competition when it comes to technical support."
"The most valuable features are DNS service and shell self-service within a network."
"Completely integrates branch offices with perimeter security."
"It protects from distributed denial-of-service attacks with Screen Options."
"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 is a complete security bundle. The cloud-based Sky Advanced Threat Prevention feature is very valuable. I am 100% satisfied with the performance of the Juniper firewall. It has a very good throughput. It works very fine. We use our firewall as a site-to-site VPN or Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN). In both cases, it has a very good and optimum performance. Their service support is very good in India. I get really good support from the Juniper team."
"The GUI is simple to use."
"The EEE security controls allow us to make policy restrictions, so I can customize port numbers to allow or limit control."
"What I like the most about Juniper is that they have the same CLI on all routers, switches, and firewalls. If you have worked with any Juniper device, such as a Juniper router, you will be able to work with an SRX, which is really cool. It is a nice experience to work with every device of Juniper, not only firewalls."
"The user interface is good."
"I like that Juniper SRX is easy to use, scalable, and stable with good performance."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"In terms of what could be improved, the SD-WAN is quite difficult, because if you install the new box, 15 is okay, but if you change from an old configuration, if there is already configuration and a policy when you change to SD-WAN, you must change the whole policy that you see in the interface."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see support for the 100BT and 7000 models."
"Most of their features are meant for Cisco. You cannot integrate them with any other vendor."
"An area for improvement in Cisco IOS Security is the performance because it's not as stable sometimes. There's also some latency in the solution, which could be improved. Cisco IOS Security integrates with other solutions, but you'll encounter many errors after integration, so this is another area for improvement. I'd like to see enhanced performance and a simplified setup in the next version of Cisco IOS Security."
"The pricing is the only con for this product."
"Cisco very slowly introduces and implements the products, unlike other brands."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"The graphical user interface or the GUI could be better. Beginners can use some devices with the GUI, but some security devices are configured using CLI. It would also be better if it had its own Intrusion Protection Service and Intrusion Detection Service on the server."
"The solution is complex and can be more user-friendly."
"The pricing strategy of the vendor could improve."
"I've noticed that the management interface could use some updates and upgrades."
"In the next release, I would like to have a better web interface. It needs to be more user-friendly. Right now, you can only access many features through the console."
"Juniper needs to focus more on their perimeter firewalls."
"Juniper SRX is stable, but it could improve. FortiGate has better stability than Juniper SRX."
"The product only has basic features."
"The centralized management platform could be improved."
"In terms of other features, I'd like to see a web filter, 10 point control, application control and a DNA filter in the next release."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 87 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiOS, Meraki MX, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Check Point NGFW. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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