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."Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"We have been able to offer several services to customers in a single box."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"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."
"It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"It protects from distributed denial-of-service attacks with Screen Options."
"Most of our clients use it as a traditional firewall, blocking Layer 3 and Layer 4, blocking by transport."
"Juniper is a highly flexible platform, and you get more bang for your buck compared to a Cisco product."
"It's a reliable firewall and very stable, for both the hardware and applications it is stable."
"Commit: You can update the whole configuration without affecting the production. The new configuration will be loaded once the command "Commit" is submitted. You can also do a Commit confirmed to automatically roll back to the previous config after X minutes."
"The deployment is quite easy and fast."
"The Juniper SRX series is easy to use."
"The features that I have found valuable are the ones for the main purpose we are using Juniper - its firewall to protect our network for our internet access."
"I like their management features a lot. Their System Manager server as well the System Manager software make managing them, and tracking changes, very easy and complete."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the dashboard."
"What I found most valuable in WatchGuard Firebox is that it's a functional platform that works, and each of its features works well. The solution also has good reporting and dashboard capabilities. I also find the overall performance of WatchGuard Firebox great."
"The main reason we went with it was the security protocols. They were more robust on this device."
"The Dimension control, the one-spot reporting and control, has been nice. It's been easy to go in and make sure people are doing what they're supposed to be doing and that only the right stuff is getting in."
"It protects me against malicious websites, as well as malicious downloads, as a perimeter anti-virus. I've also seen it blocking a lot of pings and different probes."
"All of the features have been valuable. There's nothing on my M270 that I'm not using. If you have remote access, you can see how many users are coming from the outside world to be connected to the systems, through the virus systems that we have behind the firewall, in order to gain access to their files and do their work. We can also see how long they stay online and whether these connections are closed forcefully or for any other reasons, such as a glitch or some kind of misbehavior, to see if internet traffic is optimized and if that particular traffic is under company policies, concerning which websites were visited."
"I like the High Availability features of the newest ones I'm using because they allow a firewall to fail and still be up and running."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"The room for improvement is about the global delivery time period. Usually I need to wait for almost one month to deliver it overseas. So if you can shorten the deliver time it'd be great."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"The user interface could be improved."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"The solution could cost less. It's a bit expensive right now."
"The user interface and the GUI need improvement."
"We tried configuring the IDS for more than four months, but it did not work properly."
"To compare with Fortinet, Juniper needs to improve their security features."
"The visibility/reporting could be better. To see something, you have to export the log to a syslog and then process with another product."
"It's a good stable firewall, but it's nowhere near what it needs to be for a next-generation type firewall."
"IPS is one that I would definitely want to be improved. I would also like SSL VPN to be integrated."
"The setup process should be improved."
"It's sometimes not easy to understand and can require specialist assistance."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"In terms of the reporting and management features — and this isn't necessarily a WatchGuard issue, this seems to be more of an industry-wide issue — you get reports, but a lot of times you don't know what you're looking at. You're so overwhelmed with the data. You're getting a lot of stuff that doesn't matter, so it takes time to parse through it, to actually get what you want to know."
"The user interface for WatchGuard Firebox has room for improvement. Right now, it's a bit complex to work with and could be easier."
"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."
"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 drawbacks are just sometimes not having the technical information that we need in order to easily make connections with all of our Internet-based clients."
"The reporting is a little on the weak side. I would like to see a better reporting set and easier drill-down options."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 16th 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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