We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and SonicWall NSa 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 features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"The next-generation firewall is great."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"Fortinet FortiGate is scalable for our users. Right now, we have almost 70 users. We do not have any plan to increase our usage of FortiGate. For maintaining the firewall solution, one staff member is enough."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"We did not have problems with scaling, as we have less than 500 users in our organization."
"The most valuable features are the security cloud ACP and KPP features."
"The EEE security controls allow us to make policy restrictions, so I can customize port numbers to allow or limit control."
"Technical support is good. They quickly respond, and they even have local help here. They can actually give you an answer very quickly."
"It helps us perform our daily jobs."
"Juniper is a highly flexible platform, and you get more bang for your buck compared to a Cisco product."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"There is a lot of flexibility in how you can commit, check, and back out of a configuration."
"SonicWall NSA is easy to deploy, easy to maintain, and easy to configure."
"Support is usually good when it comes to helping with issues."
"Content filtering reduces the load on the available bandwidth and restricts employees from using distracting websites on the job, which leads to more productive hours."
"They offer good antivirus solutions."
"What I like best about SonicWall NSa is the security it offers compared to other solutions in the market. Its reduction rate is also better than others."
"I like the solution's configuration, interfaces, and user guides."
"The most valuable feature I've found is VPN and web protection, particularly with navigation assessment. We use the application control feature to create rules controlling specific application navigation."
"The DPI-SSL is the solution's most valuable aspect. It's handy."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"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."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"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."
"It could have features that other products support like blade options and stand-alone endpoint security."
"Sometimes committing configurations takes a lot of time in Juniper because of the connections, and it could be a little bit faster."
"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."
"It was very difficult to deal with and required a lot of support, and the UI is very poor."
"It needs better interoperability with Cisco gear."
"The reporting is lacking."
"The user interface is something that Juniper needs to improve."
"There are a few areas that need improvement including the VPN, user management, and reporting."
"The reporting feature could be better because most of the companies want to have the analytics included, which is something that you have to buy separately."
"The product likely isn't a good fit for a large organization."
"SonicWall NSa needs to make their product more user-friendly."
"We have used other solutions such as pfSense and Linux native firewalls. I prefer SonicWall NSa but if you are going to use something for an enterprise you need another solution."
"An area for improvement would be SonicWall NSa's integration with antiviruses."
"SonicWall NSa doesn't have a proxy. It also needs a quota management feature in specific scenarios where you must limit user bandwidth for a particular day."
"One issue with the solution is that no authorization or authentication features exist."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 86 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. 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 SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and SonicWall NSv. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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