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 SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"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 solution can scale well."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"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."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The security is very good."
"Cisco products are very secure and integrate easily with other devices."
"We are able to filter a lot of traffic especially when a lot of the traffic is in layer 7."
"One of the main features is that the hardware is extremely reliable."
"We use Cisco IOS Security mostly for routers to route off the firewall. It's a next-generation device."
"Cisco IOS Security increases the overall security of our network, performs authentication, and provides level 15 access and privileges."
"It covers everything we need it to without looking to secondary solutions."
"Performance is a strong point."
"It is a complete security bundle. The cloud-based Sky Advanced Threat Prevention feature is very valuable. I am 100% satisfied with the performance of the Juniper firewall. It has a very good throughput. It works very fine. We use our firewall as a site-to-site VPN or Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN). In both cases, it has a very good and optimum performance. Their service support is very good in India. I get really good support from the Juniper team."
"Troubleshooting with the solution is quite easy. If you compare the process to, for example, Fortigate, Juniper is much easier."
"Juniper is one of the most powerful network security solutions while remaining simple to use, set up, and scale."
"I've found the security features, such as IDS and the VPN most valuable."
"Technical support is perfect."
"vSRX is easy to deploy to any virtual infrastructure, such as OpenStack, VMware, and even Docker (cSRX)."
"Commit: You can update the whole configuration without affecting the production. The new configuration will be loaded once the command "Commit" is submitted. You can also do a Commit confirmed to automatically roll back to the previous config after X minutes."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
"It needs more available central management."
"For the migration, everyone has a firewall in use and I am selling Fortinet. Typically, I am replacing another firewall. Previously, there was a tool available to convert configurations from one firewall, such as Palo Alto, to Fortinet, but this tool is no longer free. If it could be made free again, it would be very beneficial."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"The pricing could always be better."
"I would like upgrading iOS to be a bit easier."
"There are the usual bugs that are inherent to some software upgrades. Sometimes this provides some unexpected issues, however, it happens with all brands all the time."
"The solution is not user friendly and it is hard to manage the GUI interface."
"We need to pay for the license and it is expensive."
"It would be ideal if the solution had more capacity."
"I wish it would be more like the next generation firewall technology. There should be more selection between the application and filtering."
"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."
"The initial setup is complicated."
"The GUI needs to be easier to handle."
"The CLI is verbose. You have to say a lot to do a little. I don't like that part of it. Cisco's command syntax seems to be a good bit more concise. When you're trying to get something done, you don't want to have to type a bunch."
"We'd like to improve the stability and the kill rate."
"We purchased three devices and all three have been replaced under RMA."
"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."
"The workplace management console needs improvement. It should be a little bit more developed. Also, the interface needs a bit more improvement."
"In some cases, customers encounter issues related to network interfaces, while others prioritize security concerns."
"The user interface is something that Juniper needs to improve."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 86 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, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, 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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