We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Juniper SRX Series Firewall 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."I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"The web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"The security on offer is very good."
"The product is easy to configure."
"I like the common administration and the possibility of adding Fortinet defense systems."
"The setup is easy."
"The scalability is very good."
"FortiGate NGF is simple compared to other firewalls. It is easy to use and you don't need any training. Any person with basic firewall knowledge can use it."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall is its SD-WAN."
"It is a stable solution compared to other vendors."
"The FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall is always updating. For example, if there is a big attack, they fix it in their firmware. They release new firmware with the necessary patches to address the vulnerabilities."
"Using a Juniper CLI, you configure a "candidate configuration", then "commit" it to bring it live. If you do not like it or messed up something, you just "rollback" to the previous configuration. It can all be done in a matter of minutes. This is super handy once you get use to it."
"The deployment is quite easy and fast."
"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."
"I like the Junos OS, which has been very good for me. It's very clever."
"The solution's stability is very good."
"It uses many applications, like antivirus blocking and web filtering."
"It protects from distributed denial-of-service attacks with Screen Options."
"The virtualization feature is the most valuable feature. Sometimes customers are requesting a private connection using mobile data when they are connecting to remote sites."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"The solution's stability should be improved because it is extremely unstable."
"When considering the policy of the vendors, they do not offer much of a discount policy, making the licensing model an area that needs improvement."
"The product's data guard feature should support a USB port when the internet connection is unavailable."
"Its technical support could be better."
"Technical support is not helpful."
"The licensing model and pricing need improvement."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall's performance and threat intelligence could be improved."
"The solution needs to integrate VPN features."
"It could improve areas which need high performance."
"The setup process should be improved."
"The Juniper SRX product needs to improve in terms of innovation."
"Ongoing costs are something that we need to manage and make sure that we're getting value on."
"Sometimes committing configurations takes a lot of time in Juniper because of the connections, and it could be a little bit faster."
"Juniper needs to focus more on their perimeter firewalls."
"The solution is quite advanced. You need a lot of training to use it effectively."
"The reporting is lacking."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 37 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 86 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, 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. See our FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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