We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Meraki MX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"The solution is stable."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"When compared to Palo Alto, Juniper is a better choice when it comes to the enterprise network and connectivity."
"The solution has proven to be quite stable."
"It helped us with its routing capabilities which eased the cost, because otherwise I would have had to take a router and firewall, and then integrate it. With this, however, it was an integration of firewall and routing services all together in a single product. That was one thing that I loved about it."
"The Juniper SRX series is easy to use."
"I like the Junos OS, which has been very good for me. It's very clever."
"It's a reliable firewall and very stable, for both the hardware and applications it is stable."
"The rollback option and Commit Confirmed are great features. They give us the security to change configurations without downtime."
"The solution is stable, inexpensive, and works well for medium size companies."
"I like the automatic firmware updates. We use the Active Directory to authenticate VPN users."
"The product is quite secure, easy to manage, and well-connected with other devices."
"It is very easy to configure."
"Real Auto VPN with load balancer without needing a public IP. It is simple and functional."
"They have very good technical support and I have relied heavily on them."
"When you try to create an IP or when you have an alert about when a website is banned, these features are helpful."
"The initial setup for me was straightforward."
"Easy to deploy with a simple configuration."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"The UI could be improved."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"Improvements can be made to the GUI. The GUI can be improved by creating policies to handle IPS requirements. The configuration should be a one-step process. This would make it easier to complete the setup to register the time of operation."
"Ongoing costs are something that we need to manage and make sure that we're getting value on."
"It would be ideal if the solution could use cloud services to help update signatures or threat prevention systems."
"Junos Space should be improved to be on par with FortiGate's solution for managing firewalls and routing."
"The Juniper SRX product needs to improve in terms of innovation."
"It needs better interoperability with Cisco gear."
"We tried configuring the IDS for more than four months, but it did not work properly."
"In the future, I would like to see the UI more responsive"
"The product is quite complex to set up."
"The IPS, the Intrusion Prevention System, can be improved."
"The configuration options for firewall and IPS have limitations."
"The only stability issue is in Content Filtering. Sometimes we need to report these types of issues to Cisco support."
"The problem is that the two licenses do not currently integrate. We have to create separate companies and do an interconnection."
"Meraki MX can come across as an expensive solution."
"It can be hard to get a hold of the solution’s technical support team."
"You can only have one tunnel in the whole infrastructure — one tunnel with one device."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 5th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 87 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 60 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. 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 Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Sophos XG, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Sophos XGS. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Meraki MX report.
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