We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS 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 solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"The UTM feature is quite good. FortiAP is easy to deploy because both Fortigate and FortiAP are under the same brand. Otherwise, you need to do more work on the configuration."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"Performance-wise, I think FortiOS is much better than its Juniper counterpart. Based on our actual experience and performance metrics, FortiOS-based products are much better than Juniper."
"It's very easy to use."
"Compared to other firewalls, the segmentation is much easier in FortiGate."
"I like that the firewall gives me a lot of control in terms of outgoing and inbound traffic, and it scores better in deep packet inspections when compared with the Azure Firewall."
"We've been happy with the pricing."
"The most important feature of Fortinet FortiOS is the IPS."
"All of the features in this solution are effective and efficient."
"Fortinet has optimized the WAN environment for connecting users to the application."
"We did not have problems with scaling, as we have less than 500 users in our organization."
"One of Juniper SRX's most valuable features is the site-to-site VPN."
"I have used technical support quite a bit, and they are really good."
"The solution has been good for fulfilling our basic needs."
"The features that I have found valuable are the ones for the main purpose we are using Juniper - its firewall to protect our network for our internet access."
"Most of our clients use it as a traditional firewall, blocking Layer 3 and Layer 4, blocking by transport."
"When compared to Palo Alto, Juniper is a better choice when it comes to the enterprise network and connectivity."
"Juniper is a highly flexible platform, and you get more bang for your buck compared to a Cisco product."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"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."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"The threat time interval lags a little, especially if there's a heavy load on the firewall."
"There are some issues with the performance. We also had some issues while updating the firmware."
"SD-WAN configuration could be easier."
"The support could be improved, Fortinet's response time is very slow. Setting up the VPN could be made much easier, especially when deployed with Azure."
"The pricing model makes this product far more expensive than similar solutions."
"The solution's firmware updates have significant bugs and issues."
"You can enable and disable certain modules in it. However, with disabling, nobody can really tell us if that module is disabled."
"I can only compare it with SonicWall, and it is missing many advanced features that SonicWall has."
"The Juniper SRX product needs to improve in terms of innovation."
"Ongoing costs are something that we need to manage and make sure that we're getting value on."
"It should be easier to escalate support tickets."
"The solution's initial setup process was lengthy as I was new to Juniper."
"Their models for service providers could improve."
"The visibility/reporting could be better. To see something, you have to export the log to a syslog and then process with another product."
"I've noticed that the management interface could use some updates and upgrades."
"The reporting is lacking."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 87 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace, 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 Fortinet FortiOS vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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