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."We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"We have found it to be very reliable and that's why our teams and various users in our company use it as our main firewall every day."
"The secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"Cisco IOS Security increases the overall security of our network, performs authentication, and provides level 15 access and privileges."
"The product is easy to use."
"The most valuable features are DNS service and shell self-service within a network."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Cisco IOS Security is very robust and works very well."
"The product has valuable features for business intelligence."
"The solution is stable."
"We mostly use the Layer 4 firewall functions: Access rules, NAT, and site-to-site IPsec VPN."
"The firewall features and the routing capability are the most valuable."
"From a protection perspective, it provides a network perimeter security function for our company."
"We use it as a firewall at our head office and branches."
"The high availability of the application is good."
"The Juniper SRX series is easy to use."
"The rollback option and Commit Confirmed are great features. They give us the security to change configurations without downtime."
"I like the Junos OS, which has been very good for me. It's very clever."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"My only complaint about FortiGate is a lack of QinQ VLAN tunneling. I haven't found this feature in any Fortinet product. You can do this on all Cisco routers, including the smaller models. However, QinQ isn't available on the biggest, most expensive Fortinet units. They still don't have that. I think now we're on software version 6.0, and they still haven't found a solution for QinQ. It isn't a dealbreaker, but that's my main complaint."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"There can be more security in hybrid implementations. When a customer has a hybrid environment where some parts are in the cloud, we need a consistent security solution for such scenarios."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"I wish it would be more like the next generation firewall technology. There should be more selection between the application and filtering."
"The company needs to make its solution more affordable to make it more accessible to larger markets. Otherwise, it's seen as an enterprise-level solution that small or medium-sized organizations can't afford and therefore they won't even look at it."
"With respect to user-friendliness, it is a command-line interface and those with such experience will get along just fine, whereas others may struggle."
"We need to pay for the license and it is expensive."
"The solution’s setup process could be better."
"Cisco is a scalable product, but it is expensive compared to other vendors."
"Most of their features are meant for Cisco. You cannot integrate them with any other vendor."
"Sometimes I find it difficult to manage. Some configurations are difficult for new engineers, for example."
"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."
"The product only has basic features."
"It could be more secure."
"It needs better interoperability with Cisco gear."
"I would like to see endpoint control and endpoint testing security."
"The solution isn't very granular or detailed."
"We'd like to improve the stability and the kill rate."
"Improvements can be made to the GUI. The GUI can be improved by creating policies to handle IPS requirements. The configuration should be a one-step process. This would make it easier to complete the setup to register the time of operation."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th 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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