We performed a comparison between Juniper vSRX and Netgate pfSense 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 product offers very good security."
"The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"The web tutor and automatic rules by schedule are good features."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"The product’s quality and performance are better than other vendors."
"Juniper is more flexible with the commit check and the commit confirmed command. The design of the forwarding and contract plan in the operating system is very important for the performance when we have very big traffic."
"There are a few valuable features that offer very good quality on the solution. Especially NetScreen. We used to use NetScreen for the the product line. It was a very mature solution, very robust, easy to configure, easy to manage, etc. It made it easy to do everything."
"The initial setup is pretty simple."
"It is deployed on the customer site, and we manage the firewalls on this side."
"The solution has good features."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"The hardware is stable."
"I mostly like all of it. Whatever we use is valuable."
"The solution is very robust."
"pfSense helped us during COVID-19 because we used OpenVPN to connect from home."
"I can manage it easily by myself."
"What I like about pfSense is that it works well and runs on an inexpensive appliance."
"The "OpenVPN Client Export" package is really helpful in exporting the VPN client software on most popular devices: iOS/Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, and a handful of SIP handsets."
"The plugins or add-ons are most valuable. Sometimes, they are free of charge, and sometimes, you have to pay for them, but you can purchase or download very valuable plugins or add-ons to perform internal testing of your network and simulate a denial-of-service attack or whichever attack you want to simulate. You can also remote and monitor your network and see where the gap is. Did you forget a printer port? Most attacks at the moment are happening through printers, and they can tell you immediately that you forgot to close the port of the printer. There are more than one million printers that are in danger, and everybody knows that hackers are using them to enter the network. So, you can download plugins to protect your network."
"It is much simpler than other solutions such as Fortinet."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"A sandbox would be good in order to be able to inspect the emails containing spam and be able to validate the emails that contain malware, prior to delivering to the customer."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"I would like to see more advanced developments of a wireless controller in the future."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"They really need to improve the GUI."
"The security feature must be improved."
"We experienced some technical issues during implementation"
"The GUI interface needs improvement."
"The user interface could always be better. They could make it simpler and more intuitive."
"The GUI really needs a lot of work, and it has got worse with successive version updates."
"The biggest downside of Juniper vSRX is its pricing, which may be too high for smaller organizations. While it's a decent solution, the cost may limit its accessibility to smaller customers."
"The reporting can be improved."
"They could improve their commercial stance and be more agile when it comes to the commercial pricing of enterprise deals."
"The main problem with pfSense is that we have to use proxy solutions."
"The interface is not very shiny and attractive."
"There are some bias issues and some intrusions in our network that have to be addressed. So, we're thinking of changing this firewall to something like a professional hardware-enabled firewall."
"Lacks instructional videos."
"The configuration of the solution is a bit difficult."
"Netgate pfSense needs to improve the configuration for a VPN."
"The usage reports can be better."
Juniper vSRX is ranked 27th in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Juniper vSRX is rated 7.8, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Juniper vSRX writes "Fast with good usability and fairly scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Juniper vSRX is most compared with Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, KerioControl, Sophos UTM and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Juniper vSRX vs. Netgate pfSense report.
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