We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and WatchGuard Firebox 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 ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"The setup is pretty straightforward."
"The main features are safeguarding their data and ensuring robust security services for organizational data."
"Performance is a strong point."
"The ports are really versatile for their application and don't always have to be used for the purpose for which they were made."
"It integrates well with Fortinet and Palo Alto."
"From a protection perspective, it provides a network perimeter security function for our company."
"It's fine, and it's good. It's very stable."
"It protects the data behind our switches."
"They've done a lot of work with their SD-WAN, which we do use, to have our old internet service with our new internet service. If anything goes down on a particular interface, I can have different rules applied. Most of my users don't even know when our primary internet goes down anymore... I don't have to be here to do anything to switch it to our backup internet or to switch it back."
"The most valuable feature of WatchGuard Firebox is its ease of use."
"The solution simplifies my business. Normally, for administration, we are using NetApp System Manager on Window since it's easy to create new policies. In a short amount of time, you can create new policies based on new requirements. For example, in the last few months, many requirements changed due to the coronavirus, adding the use of new services, like Office 365, and eLearning tools, like Zoom."
"Their centralized console simplifies management for organizations with multiple Fireboxes."
"The most valuable are the VPN and proxy features."
"It's very easy to use, especially compared to similar products. A lot more users use the WatchGuard appliance now than use the SonicWall appliance because of the ease of usability."
"The most effective and helpful features of WatchGuard Firebox, especially when purchased with the full suite of applications, are its bundled applications and subscriptions for comprehensive protection against various threats."
"[A] valuable feature would be the branch office. We have five offices throughout the United States, and it coordinates the connections of those offices."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"They've become quite expensive."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"The CLI is verbose. You have to say a lot to do a little. I don't like that part of it. Cisco's command syntax seems to be a good bit more concise. When you're trying to get something done, you don't want to have to type a bunch."
"Juniper needs to focus more on their perimeter firewalls."
"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 GUI needs to be easier to handle."
"The solution is quite advanced. You need a lot of training to use it effectively."
"J-Web, Juniper Web, is sometimes not working great when users are increasing their internet use. Additionally, they need to improve the GUI, graphical user interface, and the firewall management needs to improve. Their CLI is good, but sometimes the GUI is very slow."
"In terms of other features, I'd like to see a web filter, 10 point control, application control and a DNA filter in the next release."
"To compare with Fortinet, Juniper needs to improve their security features."
"Some of the configuration options are somewhat confusing."
"The next release should have better software and configuration systems that can also be used on Linux."
"I believe there is a need for additional measures to connect mobile devices securely to the Firebox router."
"A 12-hour power outage... got our batteries."
"It would be wonderful if the WatchGuard team develops nice products for threat intelligence."
"What could use some significant improvement in WatchGuard Firebox would be its interface and policy management. An additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of WatchGuard Firebox is the ability to modify an existing policy instead of having to recreate a policy when changes are necessary. At the moment, there's no possibility to modify the policy. You have to delete the policy and recreate it."
"The area where I think this product can be improved is the user interface and the reporting. It can be quite difficult to find the correct logs and to actually find out what is going on. The digging can be time-consuming."
"The scalability of the solution needs improvement."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 86 reviews while WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 13th in Firewalls with 79 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while WatchGuard Firebox 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 WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Azure Firewall, whereas WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. WatchGuard Firebox report.
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