We performed a comparison between Juniper vSRX and WatchGuard Firebox 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."Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"FortiGate firewalls are user-friendly, and I like the security profiling features."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"The secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"It's basic functionality is probably the most valuable feature."
"We like the solution’s protocol and its dashboard system."
"This solution works well. Their switches and firewall are good."
"The initial setup was very straightforward. There was no problem. The initial deployment took about one hour."
"The technical support has been good."
"The architecture of the OS in Juniper is very good. It's flexibility, scalability, and the technicality is also good."
"I'm told the solution is the fastest, and, so far, I do find that to be the case."
"It is easy for me to go in and update settings, make changes, or add/remove rules or security."
"They've done a lot of work with their SD-WAN, which we do use, to have our old internet service with our new internet service. If anything goes down on a particular interface, I can have different rules applied. Most of my users don't even know when our primary internet goes down anymore... I don't have to be here to do anything to switch it to our backup internet or to switch it back."
"Firebox's best feature is the access portal."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the dashboard."
"There are many fantastic features."
"Their centralized console simplifies management for organizations with multiple Fireboxes."
"WatchGuard Firebox is easy to configure and has a nice user interface."
"The ease of use is most valuable. You can quickly train someone who hasn't seen a firewall in life. You can get people up to speed, and in a few months, they are able to manage this product very easily. It is a very user-friendly, scalable, and stable product. Its price is also spot-on."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use of the interface."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"The UI could be improved."
"There are too many types of licenses, which can be confusing."
"It could use more tutorials."
"They really need to improve the GUI."
"The solution could improve its technical support."
"We experienced some technical issues during implementation"
"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 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."
"he stability could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the threat protection, data packet inspection, and performance of the solution. Generally, it's just a lower-end product. It does the job but doesn't do it very well."
"It would be wonderful if the WatchGuard team develops nice products for threat intelligence."
"There's always room for improvement, especially if the threats are getting more sophisticated and the IT department cannot sufficiently meet this kind of sophistication with their own knowledge and experience. Knowing that this solution can get up to the level of addressing a lot of these threats is something that everybody wishes for. If we look at the dark web and the lawful web, they are two opposites, and if these two good and bad collide in the world of the internet, you want the best possible product—especially if you cannot get to that point of knowledge. I am just an individual and end user, with limited knowledge of usage. That's why I say there's always room for improvement, from their side and also from mine, because by knowing exactly what they can achieve and the knowledge that they can get on an everyday basis, and the portion that is understandable to me, it's an improvement for them as well."
"The few issues that we have had, such as not knowing where to go, they have been answered quickly."
"The area where I think this product can be improved is the user interface and the reporting. It can be quite difficult to find the correct logs and to actually find out what is going on. The digging can be time-consuming."
"The user interface for WatchGuard Firebox has room for improvement. Right now, it's a bit complex to work with and could be easier."
"We bought Firebox four or five years ago, and with the first version I had to reboot it every two or three months for no apparent reason. We upgraded last year to the M370 and it's been running, but it is rebooting from time to time. I don't know why."
"Firebox would be improved with integration for endpoint protection solutions."
Juniper vSRX is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 33 reviews while WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 13th in Firewalls with 79 reviews. Juniper vSRX is rated 7.8, while WatchGuard Firebox 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 WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". Juniper vSRX is most compared with Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall and OPNsense, whereas WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Juniper vSRX vs. WatchGuard Firebox report.
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