We performed a comparison between Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] and Juniper SRX Series Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"We use the filtering feature the most. It has filtering and inbuilt securities. We can create customized rules to define which users can access a particular type of site. We can create policies inside the firewall."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"It provides visibility and drives organizational security."
"The UTM platform has been the most valuable."
"It safeguards against cyber attacks."
"The filtering was very good."
"Firewalls help us a lot in controlling traffic on our network and preventing unauthorized access."
"The most valuable feature for us was to implement negligent functionality, to direct functionality to viewer control and application control so we could disconnect, and at the same time, we installed checkpoints. We disconnected our proxy."
"The most outstanding feature is being able to centralize each of the functions in a single device."
"We can create a domain to separate and segregate some functions, some services."
"I have used technical support quite a bit, and they are really good."
"From a protection perspective, it provides a network perimeter security function for our company."
"The IPS functionality of Juniper SRX is useful in the telecom industry."
"The most powerful feature in Juniper SRX is definitely NCLS."
"The setup is pretty straightforward."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"Security policies in combination with zones: It is very easy to organize the security polices in a logical structure."
"Technical support has been quite helpful."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"With the reports, you can see it, and you can get good feelings so upper management can go, "Oh, wow. That looks pretty." However, it's very basic."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"What has been the issue of firewalls is they ask me for policies and content filtering application control and all these features that are now part of Harmony."
"As we don't have a representative of Check Point in Mozambique, this makes it very difficult when we have some issues to resolve."
"While the technical support is good, the Indian level technical support could use an upgrade."
"I am not able to see a demo."
"The solution could be improved if there was a better way to report. The reporting functionality is not really good. Even though it's not the major function. Maybe adding a way to make a custom report."
"The interface needs improvement."
"Specifically on the user experience, sometimes the set up of things, such as the VPN SSL, takes a lot of time to load and a lot of time to get up and running on every session."
"Technical support was very bad because the supplier who sold it to us, wasn't very supportive, and he wouldn't giving us direct links to the OEM."
"The pricing strategy of the vendor could improve."
"I would like to have a better web UI for administration. Juniper could simplify the web UI and make it more compatible with mobile devices."
"It should be easier to escalate support tickets."
"Ongoing costs are something that we need to manage and make sure that we're getting value on."
"The solution's configurations and syntax are specific and more complicated than other platforms."
"The GUI needs to be easier and more helpful for users who don't have security experience."
"It could improve areas which need high performance."
"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."
Earn 20 points
Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls with 19 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 86 reviews. Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] is rated 8.2, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] writes "Great firewalls, VPN, and Intrusion prevention capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] is most compared with , 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.
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