We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and Juniper SRX Series Firewall based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is commended for its VPN Blade, IPS Blade, URL filtering, and Applications Control Blade, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is highly regarded for its simplicity, user-friendly interface, and robust assistance.
Check Point could enhance its support system, cluster creation on AWS, data protection visibility, DLP feature, user interface, integration, cost reduction, documentation, and flexibility in deployment. Juniper SRX Series Firewall needs enhancements in capacity, pricing strategy, reporting and alerts, user interface, reliability, warranty, administration, documentation, and feature range.
Service and Support: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has received varying feedback regarding its customer service, with some customers appreciating the technical support provided, while others have encountered delays in response time. Juniper SRX Series Firewall generally garners positive reviews for its customer service, which is deemed helpful and knowledgeable. However, there have been occasional instances of slower response times reported.
Ease of Deployment: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security's initial setup is considered straightforward, although it may require technical expertise. The deployment time can range from one day to a few days. Juniper SRX Series Firewall setup is generally straightforward and can be completed within a day for small-scale branch offices. However, there is a learning curve involved and users may need CLI experience.
Pricing: The cost of setting up Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is seen as high, whereas Juniper is viewed as reasonably priced and affordable. Users note that Check Point's pricing may differ based on the size of the organization and the country, while Juniper's pricing is considered average.
ROI: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security offers significant cost savings and centralized management, resulting in a strong return on investment. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is highly dependable and has excellent uptime. It also provides enhanced security features, contributing to a positive ROI for its users.
Comparison Results: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is the preferred product over Juniper SRX Series Firewall. It is praised for its user-friendly setup and valuable features such as VPN Blade, IPS Blade, URL filtering, and Applications Control Blade. Users appreciate its advanced threat prevention, centralized management, scalability, and focus on cloud security.
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"The technical support is great."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"The most valuable features are the ease of administration with the cloud management extension and the cloud licensing model."
"Identity awareness, URL filtering, IDS, DLP, Content Filtering, VPN, and Application Control are all excellent."
"I like the tool's ability to manage cloud traffic locally without routing it through our data centers."
"The visibility, the one-pane-of-glass which allows me to see all of my edge protection through one window and one log, is great. Monitoring everything through that one pane of glass is extremely valuable."
"The most valuable features are the VPN Blade, IPS Blade, the URL filtering, and the Applications Control Blade."
"The solution is easier to manage than an on-premise firewall. It is easy to manage. The use of dynamic objects for these gateways made it easy to create the right rules and the right policies. Integration with Azure is also easy where we have to just add the subnets. In an on-premise setup, we have to add everything from scratch. We can automate a lot of actions."
"It is scalable. It's a cloud solution, so it's easy to implement and manage."
"The solution could improve to have a DLP feature."
"There is a lot of flexibility in how you can commit, check, and back out of a configuration."
"Performance is a strong point."
"It integrates well with Fortinet and Palo Alto."
"The firewall features and the routing capability are the most valuable."
"It's easily scalable."
"Technical support is perfect."
"The deployment is quite easy and fast."
"The high availability of the application is good."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"The price of the solution could be reduced, it is expensive."
"The SD-WAN could be better."
"CloudGuard Network Security's pricing is expensive. We have encountered issues with its licensing."
"While today we can manage some scopes, there are still some segments in the OSI layer we cannot manage."
"Some more built-in marketplace templates would be nice. It would be nice to see more vendor assistance in deployments and backup of recoveries versus having customers rely upon that themselves. That would make it a lot more seamless and aligned with the standard on-premise model that is there. Check Point can extend the same posture that they have to CloudGuard and make that transition very seamless."
"The stability of the solution could be improved, but this is the problem of all the solutions in the market. This isn't just a problem specific to Check Point."
"The initial setup is complex and could be made simpler."
"The initial setup is difficult. It took me three tries to get it right. The setup took two or three hours."
"I've noticed that the management interface could use some updates and upgrades."
"The setup process should be improved."
"It should be easier to escalate support tickets."
"I would like to have a better web UI for administration. Juniper could simplify the web UI and make it more compatible with mobile devices."
"I would like them to add a dashboard because it's difficult to operate."
"As a networking person, I don't really have any major issues with this device. Based on my experience of using it in a cluster, it could be more stable. I had an incident when one of the SRXs in a cluster couldn't learn ARP. It is a good solution, but firewalls don't seem to be an area of development for Juniper. They are focusing on data centers, routers, and switches, not firewalls."
"I think Juniper SRX should have a GUI. Some of the competitors are already implementing GUI for the firewall."
"The centralized management platform could be improved."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 119 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 86 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "The solution has good threat emulation, threat extraction, and reporting features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Firewall, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas 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. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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