We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Palo Alto Networks K2-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 most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"It performs very well."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"The performance is good."
"One of the nice things about FortiGate is that it can be deployed on the cloud or on-premises. You can actually do both. That's the biggest reason why I stick with this solution as opposed to something like Cisco Meraki. Another nice thing is that I can log directly into a FortiGate or get to it through their FortiCloud access products. They're pretty reliable and consistent. One of the reasons why I started using the product was their single pane of management. I can deploy their line of firewalls in conjunction with their switching and access points, and I can manage the entire network from one interface. I don't have to log into one interface for the firewall, another one for the access points, and another one for the switches. These firewalls have access point controller functionality built right into the system, so I don't even have to purchase additional devices to manage them."
"It's fine, and it's good. It's very stable."
"There is a lot of flexibility in how you can commit, check, and back out of a configuration."
"The deployment is quite easy and fast."
"The main features are safeguarding their data and ensuring robust security services for organizational data."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper SRX is that it is plug-and-play. Additionally, it has a lot of capabilities in one device."
"The command line in Juniper SRX is extremely powerful, in my opinion. It's one of the best command lines I've used in networking products."
"CLI: Junos CLI is very easy to use, and it is also very easy to find back items in the configuration and to change them."
"Juniper is a highly flexible platform, and you get more bang for your buck compared to a Cisco product."
"Palo Alto's App-ID is what differentiates it from other competitors."
"The IPS system is the best in the field."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is the configuration, it is very clear."
"One of the most valuable features is Palo Alto's firewall management. We find it easier to manage the firewall centrally."
"This is a very reliable firewall and we have never had problems with it."
"The company is inventive and always adds a lot of great features."
"I have found that Palo Alto Networks K2-Series has the best security. They are more user-friendly, older firewalls used to have to be configured using the command-line interface, but in this solution, it can be done in the GUI."
"It is a stable solution."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"Application management can be improved."
"Fortinet currently has many products bundled with FortiGate including the basic firewall and load balancer, and I think that that they need to have separate product portfolios for each of these specialized services."
"In the future, I would like to see improvements made to cloud-based management."
"It needs more available central management."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"It would be good if Junos had "unique commands" between all hierarchical levels, discarding the use of the "Run" command."
"The configuration is difficult and it should be easier."
"Juniper SRX is stable, but it could improve. FortiGate has better stability than Juniper SRX."
"It must be 5G ready. The 5G network is rolling out soon in India, and Juniper must upgrade their firewall slot to the 5G network, or they must manufacture a 5G dongle card for the Juniper firewall. I want Juniper to upgrade their dongle from 4G to 5G. Presently, they have an expansion slot in the SRX 322 series and higher firewalls. In that expansion slot, they can put a 4G mobility SIM card so that whenever our primary link is down, it will automatically connect through this GSM network and form a tunnel."
"Sometimes committing configurations takes a lot of time in Juniper because of the connections, and it could be a little bit faster."
"The user interface and the GUI need improvement."
"Juniper SRX's UI is very bad."
"I've noticed that the management interface could use some updates and upgrades."
"Palo Alto doesn't have extended visibility to the end point in their firewalls."
"We had some issues with upgrading in the past. They could make the process easier."
"The URL Filtering module needs to have more categories added to it."
"Some users do not accept cloud-based data processing. They prefer on-premises functionality, especially for advanced threat analysis. While the general trend is moving towards cloud, specific customer needs should be considered. Perhaps certain functionalities, particularly in advanced threat analysis, could be offered as an on-premises option for those clients."
"The technical support, and how they provide it to the client, needs to be improved."
"They could improve by providing more features in the solution."
"The ease of management and configuration should be improved."
"There are a lot of bugs in this solution."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 86 reviews while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 28th in Firewalls with 29 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is rated 8.4. 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 K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". 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 K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series report.
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