We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) 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 management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"It is easy to install. There is not much complexity involved."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall is its SD-WAN."
"The solution has helped our organization secure our network and connect remote sites."
"The product is user-friendly and not complex."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) 's most valuable features are reporting and filtering."
"Routing and reporting are two areas where the product has an added advantage compared to any other product."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall is a good solution because it has a range of options and a clear ecosystem."
"It is a stable solution compared to other vendors."
"The solution is relatively easy and inexpensive to maintain."
"We think they have a good interface, the operating system is good, it's robust. It has plenty of great features, and the relation between the cost and benefits works for our business."
"I've found the security features, such as IDS and the VPN most valuable."
"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."
"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."
"The virtualization feature is the most valuable feature. Sometimes customers are requesting a private connection using mobile data when they are connecting to remote sites."
"We did not have problems with scaling, as we have less than 500 users in our organization."
"It integrates well with Fortinet and Palo Alto."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"Some features of Fortinet FortiGate are actually fee enabled that are inconvenient for deploying in production. Other issues relate to isolation with Cisco products and your server."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"There is one big configuration file with no separations for the unique VDOMs. Maybe they could separate individual VDOM configuration files with the root VDOM configuration file referencing the individual VDOM config files."
"There are some issues with security features and aspects like logs not being up to the mark."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall could be made a little less expensive."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall's performance and threat intelligence could be improved."
"There have been several vulnerabilities in the firewall. It is hackable, some of the images are hackable."
"The product has to be upgraded every few weeks."
"The solution needs to integrate VPN features."
"The management consoles can be improved."
"There's a limitation wherein you can only have about 30 virtual or secondary IPs on a particular interface."
"The user interface and the GUI need improvement."
"The setup process should be improved."
"In the future, I would like to see the UI more responsive"
"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."
"Third-party support for Juniper is a lot less than Cisco. This is no surprise, but a definite consideration if you are expecting to use a lot of third party support. In my guesstimate, for every 100 Cisco shops, you will find one Juniper shop."
"The pricing strategy of the vendor could improve."
"It could be more secure."
"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."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 37 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 86 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, 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 FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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