We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Palo Alto Networks PA-Series 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 security on offer is very good."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"The web filtering feature and the intrusion protection system are the most valuable. It is a resilient appliance. I never had an issue with it in terms of any security breaches."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"Troubleshooting with the solution is quite easy. If you compare the process to, for example, Fortigate, Juniper is much easier."
"You can scale the solution."
"The Juniper SRX series is easy to use."
"It helps us perform our daily jobs."
"On a scale from one to ten, one being the worst and ten being the best I'd give Juniper SRX an overall rating of eight because of its' competitive price."
"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."
"We mostly use the Layer 4 firewall functions: Access rules, NAT, and site-to-site IPsec VPN."
"Palo Alto Networks firewalls offer single-mode panel processing with live scanning."
"It is a scalable solution."
"App-ID is a really good feature."
"The documentation is great."
"It is stable when you set up something and put it into production. Once it works, you don't have other tasks or actions to perform."
"It offers application-based policy enforcement. Palo Alto Networks firewalls help us recognize protocol anomalies, contrasting with other vendors that may require policies based on port numbers. With Palo Alto Networks, the port number isn't a constraint because their devices handle protocol traffic at Layer 7, allowing for accurate identification of protocol usage and port numbers. They can identify which protocol actually uses which port."
"The solution provides good customer support."
"The product's most valuable feature is web filtering."
"The reports are very basic."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"We tried configuring the IDS for more than four months, but it did not work properly."
"It would be good if Junos had "unique commands" between all hierarchical levels, discarding the use of the "Run" command."
"Juniper SRX could improve by adding an IPX feature."
"Ongoing costs are something that we need to manage and make sure that we're getting value on."
"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/"
"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."
"The solution's initial setup process was lengthy as I was new to Juniper."
"Juniper needs to focus more on their perimeter firewalls."
"With Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, I find that the support team takes a long time to resolve the issues that a user may face during the use of the product."
"Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is expensive. We would like to see additional threat hunting features."
"The interface is complex."
"I encountered a slight issue with the application portal, which was not functioning correctly."
"I have found that the tool works well for me, but there are areas where security testing and protection could be improved, especially in virtual or cloud environments. However, in this project, once we deployed it, we haven't encountered any issues. The cost is currently manageable, but as we migrate fully into the cloud, additional features like capacity upgrading and improvements to hardware resources will be necessary, especially since our equipment consists of older generation switches and routers. So, I'm looking for additional capabilities in these areas."
"Utilizing these features as a unified solution can require additional setup, particularly when incorporating Panorama for centralized management, which may involve extra costs."
"The SD-WAN feature of Palo Alto Networks is not good compared to FortiGate."
"The technical support offered by Palo Alto is an area of concern where improvements are required."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 87 reviews while Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 28 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is rated 8.6. 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 Palo Alto Networks PA-Series writes "Offers trained customer support, stability and ease of use ". 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 Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is most compared with OPNsense, SonicWall NSa, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Palo Alto Networks PA-Series report.
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