We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Palo Alto Networks K2-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's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is very user friendly. We are utilizing most of the features, like content filtering. The firewall is powerful."
"Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"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."
"The product provides good performance and has features comparable to other leading products in the market."
"We did not have problems with scaling, as we have less than 500 users in our organization."
"It's fine, and it's good. It's very stable."
"The user interface is good."
"We mostly use the Layer 4 firewall functions: Access rules, NAT, and site-to-site IPsec VPN."
"It provides good routing and high performance of the data center."
"It integrates well with Fortinet and Palo Alto."
"Everything I could possibly want has already been implanted in the new version."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is the performance which is above their competitors. The throughput they have delivered is good. When we used other solutions they failed the deployment when we were using different rules. They have a theory perform performance light and performance degradation. However, Palo Alto Networks K2-Series never fails in that scenario."
"We've found the solution offers us good stability."
"I have found that Palo Alto Networks K2-Series has the best security. They are more user-friendly, older firewalls used to have to be configured using the command-line interface, but in this solution, it can be done in the GUI."
"The most valuable features are the intuitive user interface, ease of use, and reporting."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is its management abilities. Additionally, the updates are very good."
"I like the tool's WildFire feature."
"Palo Alto has better and finer controls than, say, Cisco or Check Point."
"With the reports, you can see it, and you can get good feelings so upper management can go, "Oh, wow. That looks pretty." However, it's very basic."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"It needs more available central management."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"It is stable, but its stability can be improved."
"We'd like to improve the stability and the kill rate."
"I think Juniper SRX should have a GUI. Some of the competitors are already implementing GUI for the firewall."
"JTAC (Juniper Networks Technical Assistance Center) is just okay for technical assistance. However, if you are used to Cisco TAC responsiveness, you will need to adjust your expectations with Juniper Networks TAC."
"The product only has basic features."
"The setup process should be improved."
"It was very difficult to deal with and required a lot of support, and the UI is very poor."
"The web interface on Juniper SRX is just a short conversion from Junos OS CLI; this is not very suitable for users with little expertise/"
"In some cases, customers encounter issues related to network interfaces, while others prioritize security concerns."
"When it comes to renewing the solution, they tend to try to jack up the pricing."
"Higher levels of support are excellent but new users may need additional options."
"The scalability of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is good. It is good for larger environments over smaller ones."
"Its networking features could be better."
"The licensing cost is a typical complaint with many clients. The solution is expensive."
"Some users do not accept cloud-based data processing. They prefer on-premises functionality, especially for advanced threat analysis. While the general trend is moving towards cloud, specific customer needs should be considered. Perhaps certain functionalities, particularly in advanced threat analysis, could be offered as an on-premises option for those clients."
"It would be really helpful to have dashboards that provide information on IOC blockings such as where and how many. It will also be good to know how many hashing files have been reported. It would also be nice to have easy access to this information. Otherwise, it's a painful, manual task."
"There are a lot of bugs in this solution."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 86 reviews while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 28th in Firewalls with 29 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series 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 Palo Alto Networks K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". 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 Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series report.
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