We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Palo Alto Networks VM-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."The solution is scalable."
"The security on offer is very good."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"There are lots of features and most of them are deployed for internet security. Users are protected if they accidentally go to some malicious sites."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"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."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"The solution is relatively easy and inexpensive to maintain."
"Using a Juniper CLI, you configure a "candidate configuration", then "commit" it to bring it live. If you do not like it or messed up something, you just "rollback" to the previous configuration. It can all be done in a matter of minutes. This is super handy once you get use to it."
"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."
"There is a lot of flexibility in how you can commit, check, and back out of a configuration."
"Juniper SRX is a very powerful firewall and sometimes can be used as a router."
"User-friendly solution with security bundle and USB blocking features"
"If we need to define our user system from an anti-spam perspective, we can constantly update the antivirus."
"Juniper SRX Series Firewall is a stable solution."
"You already can scale it if you put it in Auto Scaling groups. If you put it in a load balancer, it should already be able to scale."
"The tool's cloud version makes application migration easy."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is very easy to use."
"The most effective features for threat prevention are application-based prevention and WildFire. These features cover various threats, such as ransomware, malware, etc. They provide real-time visibility. By applying appropriate policies, threats can be blocked."
"The most valuable feature is the Posture Assessment."
"The VM-Series reports how much bandwidth a particular IP is using. You don't need to regularly log into a website, like a Cisco command, to see what kind of ACL it's getting. There isn't an ACL use portal event. You can go there and see how much my ACL has been getting me."
"What I like about the VM-Series is that you can launch them in a very short time."
"I have not actually called their support line, because we have a direct contact to a senior engineer in the company for any issues that we handle with them. I will say they are very responsive, and they do give you the information you need when you need it."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"It should be more stable. There should be full integration within Fortinet products themselves as well as with other third-party products. Especially when you're not dealing with SIEM and the correlation of the security box, we want Fortinet to be able to share that information with as many other products as it can."
"I think that the infrastructure for the VPN could be improved. The way that it is bundled also made it difficult to use and sell as it is too expensive."
"Its logging is very good, but we would like to have an easier way of creating more reports. We would like to be able to manipulate the reports or manage the way the reports are coming out."
"I think Juniper SRX should have a GUI. Some of the competitors are already implementing GUI for the firewall."
"JTAC (Juniper Networks Technical Assistance Center) is just okay for technical assistance. However, if you are used to Cisco TAC responsiveness, you will need to adjust your expectations with Juniper Networks TAC."
"Third-party support for Juniper is a lot less than Cisco. This is no surprise, but a definite consideration if you are expecting to use a lot of third party support. In my guesstimate, for every 100 Cisco shops, you will find one Juniper shop."
"We purchased three devices and all three have been replaced under RMA."
"In comparison to other enterprise-level firewalls, such as Cisco FTD, Cisco has improved significantly. In the past, I believed that Juniper SRX was superior, but after seeing the advancements in the FTD platform, Cisco has better functionality. I have not recently explored Juniper SRX's next-generation firewall capabilities as we only use basic firewall filtering in our enterprise network."
"The solution's initial setup process was lengthy as I was new to Juniper."
"I would like them to add a dashboard because it's difficult to operate."
"The interface is all Java-based. I would prefer an HTML5 interface."
"I would like to have automatic daily reporting, such as how many users have connected via SSL VPN."
"The current licensing model can be a sore point as we're paying for features we're not fully utilizing."
"At the beginning of the implementation, we had some difficulties with the scripts, but Palo Alto Networks support together with a local partner finally fixed it."
"The user-friendliness of the UI could be improved."
"The product's AIOps process needs improvement."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is a complex product to work with."
"The solution needs to have more easily searchable details or documentation about it online, so it's easier to Google if you have queries."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 87 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Huawei NGFW. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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