We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Meraki MX 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 solution is scalable."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"It's very easy to set up, it's very easy to make policies and, for an organization, that means you don't need IT expert in firewalls. You just need to have somebody who knows a little bit of IT, and that's it. With other products, you need someone with a "Masters" degree in firewalls."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"You can purchase switches and you don't need to do anything with them. You just put in the firewall and the switches get all the policies and rules that you already have in the firewall. With Fortinet, you just connect the FortiSwitch to the Fortinet and that's it."
"The IPSec configuration is going well."
"One of Juniper SRX's most valuable features is the site-to-site VPN."
"Juniper supports their products very well."
"The product provides good performance and has features comparable to other leading products in the market."
"It uses many applications, like antivirus blocking and web filtering."
"The firewall features and the routing capability are the most valuable."
"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."
"Deployment takes no more than one working day."
"In general, Meraki MX is easy to work with."
"I am happy with the technical support for the solution. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"Easy to administer and saves time when you have many smaller locations that you have to manage."
"I think cloud management is key. The cloud management and support are the two things that make the product great."
"A strong, reliable solution for small companies with little or no dedicated IT department."
"We've had no issues with the scalability or the stability of this solution"
"We work also with domain control (DC) from Microsoft or Amazon. We use a whole virtual appliance with Meraki."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"The user interface could be improved."
"They've become quite expensive."
"Both the web management and the graphical user interface are inadequate and should be improved."
"There is room for improvement in scalability and performance. It's scalable and reliable, but when using next-generation firewall features, the performance decreases significantly for Juniper SRX."
"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."
"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."
"The pricing strategy of the vendor could improve."
"It could be more secure."
"To compare with Fortinet, Juniper needs to improve their security features."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"It would be great if the Meraki devices let us see, in real time, the internet demand on a single device."
"I need more UTM protection security features."
"We had minor issues with Meraki MX. We had a couple of RMAs, so that could be an area for improvement, but in terms of how the RMAs went, the turnaround time and getting those back into redeployment were quick. Another area for improvement in Meraki MX is that when you're scaling for multiple locations, you need to use the same model, but the model you'd need is only available for a short time. The specific model you require could be out of stock, or Meraki isn't making that model anymore, so Meraki should improve that."
"The solution's pricing should be reduced."
"What I would like to see in the next version is to have more interfaces for WAN links."
"We do not have account managers in our region for the solution. Some governments don't use the product since it is attached to the internet."
"I do not have the kind of feature I need for SSL decryption in Meraki MX. It would be great to see the SSL decryption feature in Meraki MX."
"The product could incorporate tools like ThousandEyes into the system so we can see things directly."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 4th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 86 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 57 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. 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 Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper vSRX, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Azure Firewall. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Meraki MX report.
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