We performed a comparison between Juniper vSRX and Palo Alto Networks VM-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."It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"It is easy for me to go in and update settings, make changes, or add/remove rules or security."
"The hardware is stable."
"I'm told the solution is the fastest, and, so far, I do find that to be the case."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"The dashboard, customization, API, and pricing are good."
"It is deployed on the customer site, and we manage the firewalls on this side."
"The most valuable features are application filtering, content filtering, the intrusion prevention system (IPS), and definitely the application firewall."
"I have not actually called their support line, because we have a direct contact to a senior engineer in the company for any issues that we handle with them. I will say they are very responsive, and they do give you the information you need when you need it."
"The most valuable features are security and support."
"In Palo Alto the most important feature is the App-ID."
"Embedding it into my application development lifecycle prevents data loss and business disruption, allowing the adoption to operate at the speed of my AWS Cloud."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"A solid operating system with all the necessary data center security features."
"Palo Alto’s Panorama centralized management system simplifies our security posture based on our requirements. Instead of manually pulling logs, then generating them into readable formats, it gives us the console in a readable format to view."
"It is nice to have a rock solid security platform that we can count on."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"The solution could improve its technical support."
"Juniper vSRX is expensive."
"The GUI interface needs improvement."
"The solution should consider improving its licensing policies."
"They could provide support for cloud deployments."
"The solution can be improved by allowing automatic updates for the OS devices."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to the GUI because it isn't very good."
"The biggest downside of Juniper vSRX is its pricing, which may be too high for smaller organizations. While it's a decent solution, the cost may limit its accessibility to smaller customers."
"The user-friendliness of the UI could be improved."
"We have ran into issues with Palo Alto’s limitations for resolving large IP lists from DNS lookups, as well as the antivirus interfering with App-ID."
"The DLP functionality or data classification can be improved in the solution's basic firewalling."
"With Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, it is hard for me to manage its network configuration part."
"The web interface is very slow, and it needs to be faster."
"The product's AIOps process needs improvement."
"There could be dynamic DNS features similar to Fortinet in the product."
"The tool is very costly."
Juniper vSRX is ranked 27th in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews. Juniper vSRX is rated 7.8, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Juniper vSRX writes "Fast with good usability and fairly scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". Juniper vSRX is most compared with Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall and OPNsense, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway. See our Juniper vSRX vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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