We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Zscaler Internet Access 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.
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"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 IPS functionality of Juniper SRX is useful in the telecom industry."
"We mostly use the Layer 4 firewall functions: Access rules, NAT, and site-to-site IPsec VPN."
"It's a reliable firewall and very stable, for both the hardware and applications it is stable."
"The features that I have found valuable are the ones for the main purpose we are using Juniper - its firewall to protect our network for our internet access."
"I've found the security features, such as IDS and the VPN most valuable."
"The Juniper SRX series is easy to use."
"I like the Junos OS, which has been very good for me. It's very clever."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"We don't have to buy equipment to use it. And when our engineers set it up on our side, we just configured a few settings and we were in."
"The protection is most valuable."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"One feature that is valuable to me from an implementation point of view is that it's very easy to implement."
"The most valuable feature of Zscaler Internet Access is that it is a consolidated solution, it comes with many features, such as DLP."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The initial setup was straightforward. The biggest thing for us was to build our own policies. The deployment itself was only a few hours."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"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/"
"it would be more powerful if Juniper brought out a security product other than the firewall, like anti-spam, endpoint protection, etc. Customers who want to deploy security solutions are not just thinking about firewalls... Juniper should have an end-to-end solution, from the endpoint to the network level."
"The range of devices should be expanded to include those suitable for a small implementation. Juniper does not have any lower-priced SRX models, useful perhaps for a single ATM or a single bank branch."
"It would be ideal if the solution could use cloud services to help update signatures or threat prevention systems."
"The user interface is something that Juniper needs to improve."
"The solution is quite advanced. You need a lot of training to use it effectively."
"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."
"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."
"Zscaler Internet Access could improve by adding a VPN feature."
"An improvement would be if they could provide an out-of-the-box experience, like 20 to 30 features all ready to go. In comparison, LogRhythm offers out-of-the-box features. With Zscaler Internet Access, there is firewall IPS, multiple security services, filtering, DLP, and CASB browser isolation. These are things that all users are going to be using. However, when an administrator or architect would start building this, I would definitely need to engage professional services to help clients do it."
"They could provide more time for the onboarding the training of an IT person."
"When you have appliances, SSL inspection is always a headache due to poor performance and/or lack of ciphers implemented. "
"One thing that they could improve is the ability to import rules from other platforms."
"Zscaler should provide adjacent services, which would be complementary to their current offering that could to be more pragmatic for a customer. For example, if you take Akamai, you get multiple sets of services, all depending on the customer and the strategy and the complexity and the problems. In some areas, they are more varied in terms of coverage."
"Currently, the solution's interface is not that user-friendly."
"There are some performance issues when we add on additional controls."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 86 reviews while Zscaler Internet Access is ranked 2nd in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 46 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Zscaler Internet Access 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 Zscaler Internet Access writes "Provides integrated CASB and file sandboxing but could be less expensive ". 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 Zscaler Internet Access is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Netskope , Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Appgate SDP. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Zscaler Internet Access report.
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