We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Untangle NG 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 main reason why I purchased the particular unit was that it had good reviews and what other people were saying as far as its completeness and its leading capabilities in terms of endpoint security was very good."
"It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"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."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"It integrates well with Fortinet and Palo Alto."
"It is very fast and very easy to maintain. Another nice part of it is that you can easily extract the logs and move them over to a security operations center."
"From a protection perspective, it provides a network perimeter security function for our company."
"Technical support has been quite helpful."
"Juniper SRX Series Firewall is a stable solution."
"It protects from distributed denial-of-service attacks with Screen Options."
"What I like the most about Juniper is that they have the same CLI on all routers, switches, and firewalls. If you have worked with any Juniper device, such as a Juniper router, you will be able to work with an SRX, which is really cool. It is a nice experience to work with every device of Juniper, not only firewalls."
"It protects the data behind our switches."
"It is very easy to deploy and monitor. "
"The interface is very good."
"The majority of our clients are very small businesses, and Untangle devices have been fantastic for these small clients. We've basically standardized our stack to just simply use Untangle. We include the hardware and the service option, which makes it very easy and affordable for us to just simply push that into the monthly per-user costing that we provide as a managed services provider. It's really a no-brainer. They're easy to use, and they're easy to set up and configure. Support is generally good about resolving any issues that we have. We haven't had any real complaints."
"NG Firewalls allow us to permit or deny applications we don't want to run. We also use content filtering, SSL inspection, and all the other things we run on the firewall to keep our clients protected and ensure they're not going where they shouldn't. It's a great firewall that works as intended."
"All features are useful. We are using premium features such as bandwidth sharing, failover, web filters, SSL controls, antivirus, and VPN. We use these features to the fullest. These features are available in the paid firewall license, not the free one."
"The most valuable features are IPS, MAPI, NAT, and VPN."
"The product’s most valuable features are endpoint protection management, load balancing, and connectivity with Active Directory."
"It is not attached to an appliance, meaning if you get a good PC/server, then you can already run a firewall."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"Juniper SRX could improve by adding an IPX feature."
"In the next release, I would like to have a better web interface. It needs to be more user-friendly. Right now, you can only access many features through the console."
"The GUI needs to be easier to handle."
"Ongoing costs are something that we need to manage and make sure that we're getting value on."
"We'd like to improve the stability and the kill rate."
"IPS is one that I would definitely want to be improved. I would also like SSL VPN to be integrated."
"I would like to see endpoint control and endpoint testing security."
"The capacity can be limiting. We have outgrown its capacity. You can only scale up to a certain extent, depending on the device purchased."
"They don't have any feature that allows you to drop the session."
"It would be much easier if there was a mobile app."
"The pricing should be reduced because it is expensive."
"It does have multi-factor authentication in some areas, but I would love to see a more widely implemented version of that on the devices themselves."
"There is room for improvement in the logs. Like with Cisco, I can do almost everything and know almost anything about what's running. Untangle works very much out of the box. It's very user-friendly, but it's not engineer-friendly. So, it's good for a home user. For something fairly easy, but at the same time, with good technology to have at home, because at home, I'm not a millionaire or anything like that. So it's not like I'm worried to get hacked. I didn't want something like a Cisco firewall; it would be a bit overkill to have at home. So that's why I went for Untangle. But it lacks a few features. It's just a tick-box kind of thing. So they have apps and turn on and off the apps. The VPN's configuration is all very ticked. They have a few custom configurations, but it's not that much."
"The biggest challenge that we have with this solution is local support. The local support is a problem in our area."
"The hardware can be improved."
"The product needs to have a better support group for its online support, specifically for its help desk."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 86 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. 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 Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". 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 Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and SonicWall TZ. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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