We performed a comparison between Juniper vSRX 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 initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"The UTM feature is quite good. FortiAP is easy to deploy because both Fortigate and FortiAP are under the same brand. Otherwise, you need to do more work on the configuration."
"It does a lot for you for intrusion protection and as an antivirus. The threat management bundle is worth the money. You don't need another company to monitor your web traffic for you. You can do everything yourself on the firewall. You restrict your own black list for people on the firewall. You don't need to pay some other company for another product to do that for you. The firewall can do that for you. So, it's an easy-to-use product for people to be independent. They don't need to rely on other vendors to do what the firewall can do. They can do everything."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"The solution is stable."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and the UI. It has always provided me with what I needed. I have no need for additional costs that other solutions have, such as Sophos."
"The product’s quality and performance are better than other vendors."
"The initial setup is pretty simple."
"It's basic functionality is probably the most valuable feature."
"The product's scalability is good, and my company has 150 users."
"The hardware is stable."
"It's a very powerful solution and the firewalls offer high performance"
"The tool's most valuable features are routing features and service quality."
"There are a few valuable features that offer very good quality on the solution. Especially NetScreen. We used to use NetScreen for the the product line. It was a very mature solution, very robust, easy to configure, easy to manage, etc. It made it easy to do everything."
"In the newer version, there are 3850s, all of them are scalable. They fit better into the medium or small businesses."
"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."
"It scales linearly with load and no issues."
"We now know a lot more detail about what our users are doing on the network."
"It has a good performance which helps you with the stability of your virtual environment."
"The most valuable features are security and support."
"The most valuable feature is the CLI."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is easy to maintain...From a security point of view, I find Palo Alto Networks VM-Series to be a better product compared to the other solutions in the market."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"There are some problems that support cannot give you a logical reason as to why it happened. For example, I had a case where I was dealing with a WhatsApp application that was giving issues. Technical support gave more than one reason it could be giving issues, but none of them solved the problem. Eventually I solved the problem, but it was far from the solutions that support had given."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"The security feature must be improved."
"It could use more tutorials."
"The reporting can be improved."
"I've talked to people that say Juniper now, as a device, can be a solution for a data center, but in the past, I have not seen this as being possible."
"The solution can be improved by allowing automatic updates for the OS devices."
"The tool's basic license does not cover everything. It needs to improve visibility and availability."
"Some people complain that the solution tends to have a steep learning curve. It could be because most people have basic familiarity with Cisco or other similar products and maybe have never worked closely with Juniper products."
"The GUI really needs a lot of work, and it has got worse with successive version updates."
"The utilization monitoring and GUI have room for improvement."
"People are less aware of Palo Alto."
"I would like to have automatic daily reporting, such as how many users have connected via SSL VPN."
"Integrative capabilities with other solutions should be addressed."
"The solution needs to improve its visibility. It's not straightforward to use. Understanding the policies, authorizations, and initializing features requires careful review. The product needs to offer proper training."
"The implementation should be simplified."
"The solution's licensing could be improved, and training should be included before installation."
"The disadvantage with Palo Alto is that they don't have a cloud-based solution that includes a secure web gateway."
Juniper vSRX is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews. Juniper vSRX is rated 7.8, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Juniper vSRX writes "Fast with good usability and fairly scalable". 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 vSRX is most compared with Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway. See our Juniper vSRX vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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