We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The security on offer is very good."
"The web tutor and automatic rules by schedule are good features."
"FortiGate Secure SD-WAN includes best-of-breed next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, SD-WAN, advanced routing, and WAN optimization capabilities, delivering a security-driven networking WAN edge transformation in a unified offering."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"We've found the solution to be pretty stable."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"The most valuable features are the security cloud ACP and KPP features."
"The ports are really versatile for their application and don't always have to be used for the purpose for which they were made."
"The main features are safeguarding their data and ensuring robust security services for organizational data."
"There is a lot of flexibility in how you can commit, check, and back out of a configuration."
"It integrates well with Fortinet and Palo Alto."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper SRX is that it is plug-and-play. Additionally, it has a lot of capabilities in one device."
"The IPS functionality of Juniper SRX is useful in the telecom industry."
"We did not have problems with scaling, as we have less than 500 users in our organization."
"The tool is stable."
"SD-WAN and IPSec features are valuable to me."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"The user interface is well laid out and understandable."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The most valuable feature is the solution is easy to configure for users."
"The product has helped control bandwidth utilization, as well as enhanced connectivity and security to remote locations."
"The scalability could be better."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"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."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"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."
"It's a good stable firewall, but it's nowhere near what it needs to be for a next-generation type firewall."
"The GUI needs improvement."
"The visibility/reporting could be better. To see something, you have to export the log to a syslog and then process with another product."
"I think Juniper SRX should have a GUI. Some of the competitors are already implementing GUI for the firewall."
"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."
"There are a lot of features that customers do not know about and I think that better documentation would help when it comes to learning how to use the product."
"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."
"Smaller CR15 units don’t have a hard disc or built in IView software. These units could do with that feature."
"I had an issue when I was trying to stop a user from using too much bandwidth while I was using Azure, I was not able to stop them."
"I would like to see a better content management pack and also the website searching should be better."
"The solution should improve its scalability because it cannot support enterprise networks."
"There are some issues with logs and report limitations."
"The VPN is an area that can be improved."
"When it comes to web filtering and application filtering, it does not contain enough signatures to determine all of the sites that need to be blocked."
"The technical support response time could be faster."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 4th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 86 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. 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 Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". 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, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Sophos XG and Untangle NG Firewall. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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