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 GUI is good."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"Juniper SRX is a very powerful firewall and sometimes can be used as a router."
"Technical support is perfect."
"I have used technical support quite a bit, and they are really good."
"The reason that we picked Juniper SRX is for the scalability, the fit for purpose, the tools that are available, the ongoing support and the ability to monitor, but particularly for the virtual routers in our data centers so that we can quickly upscale them when needed, when we need more throughput."
"The high availability of the application is good."
"Juniper has the "recovery safety feature", so if you perform a "commit confirmed" and the new configuration disconnects you. then there is no "confirmed" command with X mins (default = 10 mins). It automatically reverts (recovers) to the previous configuration. This is handy for when you do not want to make that trip down range just to reboot a router."
"We think they have a good interface, the operating system is good, it's robust. It has plenty of great features, and the relation between the cost and benefits works for our business."
"Juniper is one of the most powerful network security solutions while remaining simple to use, set up, and scale."
"The tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"We have never had to restart a firewall. The firewalls have all worked perfectly fine."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a very strong product with good support."
"Technical support is excellent."
"Our customers find it economical and offers good security. These two features are key. Ease of installation and implementation are also key factors."
"The security capabilities are okay."
"The product is easy to maintain."
"They can do more tests before they release new versions because I would like to be more assured. We had some experiences where they release something new and great, but some of the old features are disabled or they don't work well, which impacts the product satisfaction. The manufacturer should be able to prove that everything works or not only that it might work. This is applicable to most of the other services, software, and hardware companies. They all should work on this. We cannot trust every new release, such as a beta release, on the first day. We wait for some comments on the forums and from other companies that we know. We always wait a few weeks before we use the updated version. They should also extend the VPN client application, especially for Linux versions. Currently, it has an application for Linux devices, but it doesn't work the way we want to connect to the VPN. They use only the old connection, not the new one. They have VPN client applications for Windows and Mac, but they can add more useful features to better manage the devices and monitor the current health of each device. Such features would be helpful for our company."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"The solution's initial setup process was lengthy as I was new to Juniper."
"It could be more secure."
"It must be 5G ready. The 5G network is rolling out soon in India, and Juniper must upgrade their firewall slot to the 5G network, or they must manufacture a 5G dongle card for the Juniper firewall. I want Juniper to upgrade their dongle from 4G to 5G. Presently, they have an expansion slot in the SRX 322 series and higher firewalls. In that expansion slot, they can put a 4G mobility SIM card so that whenever our primary link is down, it will automatically connect through this GSM network and form a tunnel."
"The web interface on Juniper SRX is just a short conversion from Junos OS CLI; this is not very suitable for users with little expertise/"
"Their models for service providers could improve."
"In the future, I would like to see the UI more responsive"
"J-Web, Juniper Web, is sometimes not working great when users are increasing their internet use. Additionally, they need to improve the GUI, graphical user interface, and the firewall management needs to improve. Their CLI is good, but sometimes the GUI is very slow."
"In my experience the solution can be easier to configure with more documentation, we need more training."
"It is not a scalable product. This is because if you want to increase the capacity of the solution, then you have to change the device."
"Sometimes, users are timed out intermittently."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
"The solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
"Sometimes, during part of the configuration, if you don't have a lot of technical knowledge, then you may struggle a bit to configure it."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
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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