We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall 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."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."
"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."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"Technical support is perfect."
"The most valuable features are the security cloud ACP and KPP features."
"The rollback option and Commit Confirmed are great features. They give us the security to change configurations without downtime."
"It is a part of the infrastructure when we're selling Juniper. That's what clients are familiar with and that's what they rely on."
"Juniper is one of the most powerful network security solutions while remaining simple to use, set up, and scale."
"The product provides good performance and has features comparable to other leading products in the market."
"From a protection perspective, it provides a network perimeter security function for our company."
"It protects from distributed denial-of-service attacks with Screen Options."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the FireWall features. The management side of WatchGuard is quite easy because it supports two ways to manage it - by the web and the other one they call WatchGuard systems manager. I used to be familiar with WSM only, but they improved their GUI in the web browser and now it is much easier to do it within the web browser."
"Firebox operates effectively in the background, blocking potential threats without a need for constant monitoring."
"The most valuable feature of WatchGuard Firebox is the VPN. It's easy to connect to the VPN."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution simplifies my business. Normally, for administration, we are using NetApp System Manager on Window since it's easy to create new policies. In a short amount of time, you can create new policies based on new requirements. For example, in the last few months, many requirements changed due to the coronavirus, adding the use of new services, like Office 365, and eLearning tools, like Zoom."
"Intrusion Prevention is my primary focus so that's what I find most useful. The why is straightforward: It's to prevent intrusion."
"WatchGuard Firebox is easy to configure and has a nice user interface."
"Firebox's best feature is the access portal."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"There are some tiny bugs that sometimes affect the operations. In the past revision of it, there was a bug. Because of the bug, we had to downgrade the version. It happened only with the last revision."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"The user interface could be improved."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"The user interface and the GUI need improvement."
"The centralized management platform could be improved."
"It was very difficult to deal with and required a lot of support, and the UI is very poor."
"It's a good stable firewall, but it's nowhere near what it needs to be for a next-generation type firewall."
"The CPU switch could be improved for a better overall performance of traffic flow."
"While the GUI is pretty good on the Juniper side, there can still be tweaks made to it that will make it even better."
"I would like them to add a dashboard because it's difficult to operate."
"The pricing strategy of the vendor could improve."
"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."
"Sometimes, the writing rules are a little confusing in how am I doing them."
"We would like to see granular notification settings and more advanced filtering in traffic monitoring."
"The solution is lacking a professional website, they should be updated more often."
"The documentation for the System Manager/Dimension configuration, could be a little bit clearer... The use case where you have multiple sites with multiple firewalls, and one site that has the System Manager server and the Dimension server, wasn't really well defined. It took me a little bit of digging to get that to actually work."
"Due to their lack of investment in marketing, channel development, and certifications, WatchGuard faces challenges in gaining visibility and market share, especially in regions like Pakistan."
"Reporting is something you've got to set up separately. It's one of those things that you've got to put some time into. One of the options is to set up a local report server, which is what I did. It's not great. It's okay... Some of the stuff is a little complicated to get up and running. Once you do, it becomes very user-friendly and easy to work with, but I find there are some implementation headaches with some of their stuff."
"The next release should have better software and configuration systems that can also be used on Linux."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 87 reviews while WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 13th in Firewalls with 79 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while WatchGuard Firebox is rated 8.4. 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 WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Huawei NGFW, whereas WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. WatchGuard Firebox report.
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