We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security 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."The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"The solution is stable."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"We use Cisco IOS Security mostly for routers to route off the firewall. It's a next-generation device."
"The solution is very user-friendly and easy to deal with."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco IOS Security is posturing."
"The hardware is pretty stable. It's also a very good product performance-wise. Initially, it wasn't mature like a firewall and there were other leaders, but now they have included almost all the features of next-generation security. Basically, it's a good product to work with."
"The VPN connection portal scan works flawlessly, which was a big plus for us."
"The product is easy to use."
"Cisco Technical Assistance Center works on a follow-the-sun concept and gives real 24x7 customer support, which is a great advantage when you have a service contract with them."
"Cisco IOS allows us to keep the same security features as our principal offices."
"The firewall features and the routing capability are the most valuable."
"The user interface is good."
"I have used technical support quite a bit, and they are really good."
"The IPS functionality of Juniper SRX is useful in the telecom industry."
"What I like the most about Juniper is that they have the same CLI on all routers, switches, and firewalls. If you have worked with any Juniper device, such as a Juniper router, you will be able to work with an SRX, which is really cool. It is a nice experience to work with every device of Juniper, not only firewalls."
"You can scale the solution."
"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 EEE security controls allow us to make policy restrictions, so I can customize port numbers to allow or limit control."
"In terms of what could be improved, the SD-WAN is quite difficult, because if you install the new box, 15 is okay, but if you change from an old configuration, if there is already configuration and a policy when you change to SD-WAN, you must change the whole policy that you see in the interface."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"They should make the rule sets more understandable for the end user. When you're trying to explain to somebody how a computer network is secured, sometimes it's difficult for an end user or customer to understand. If there was a way to make the terminology more accessible to the end user, the set up could be easier. They should translate the technical jargon to an easily relatable and understandable conversation for the end user, the customer, that would be brilliant. Particularly in an environment where the IT structure is audited regularly, there's always pressure from the auditor to up the standards and up the security and you get your USCERT's that come out and there's a warning about this and the customer will want to lock out so much and when you apply it they run into issue where they can't search the internet or print to their remote office. Of course they can't print to your remote office, they just locked it up. They should make the language more understandable for the customer. If there's a product out there that made the jargon understandable to John Q. Public, I would buy that."
"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 is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"Their software support needs improvement. I would prefer to have better support for bug fixes. Sometimes, we open a ticket, and it is very difficult to get a solution. Specifically, we are not at all happy with their support for load balancing."
"It would be ideal if the solution had more capacity."
"I think they should bring back remote VPN for users."
"With respect to user-friendliness, it is a command-line interface and those with such experience will get along just fine, whereas others may struggle."
"While Cisco IOS Security is stable and scalable, I would like to see it improved to be even better."
"I think setup could be one area for improvement, because sometimes we don't have people inside so we have to move to the place."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve by having more compatibility with other Cisco solutions."
"Cisco IOS Security should improve its functionalities."
"I wish it would be more like the next generation firewall technology. There should be more selection between the application and filtering."
"In the future, I would like to see the UI more responsive"
"It could improve areas which need high performance."
"It was very difficult to deal with and required a lot of support, and the UI is very poor."
"The solution's initial setup process was lengthy as I was new to Juniper."
"The product only has basic features."
"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."
"It does have its nuances in terms of deployment. There are always areas to make something easier or more intuitive or make the system auto-negotiate more with existing hardware."
"It would be ideal if the solution could use cloud services to help update signatures or threat prevention systems."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 87 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiOS, Meraki MX, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, 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 Cisco IOS Security vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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