We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall vs Juniper SRX based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The two solutions are very comparable. Each of them have a good set of features, and the solution you choose will ultimately be dependent on your company’s specific preferences and requirements.
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"FortiGate firewalls are user-friendly, and I like the security profiling features."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"We can shift traffic, block certain content, or redirect policies."
"Filtering is the best feature."
"We feel that we can trust the security, and our assets and business are well protected. We need to have trust in it, but we also see that it works. We have a security company that has tested that it works."
"The Inline Mode configuration works really well, and ASA works very impressively."
"One of the most valuable features is the AMP. It's very good and very reliable when it comes to malicious activities, websites, and viruses."
"FMC is very good in terms of giving a lot of visibility into what the firewall is seeing, what it's stopping, and what it's letting through. It lets the administrator have a little bit of knowledge of what's coming in or out of the device. It's excellent."
"The remote access, VPN, and ACL features are valuable. We are using role-based access for individuals."
"I would say the Firepower module is most valuable. I'm trying more to transition to this kind firewall. I had to study a little on Palo Alto Networks equipment. There is a lot I have to learn about the difference."
"The features that I have found valuable are the ones for the main purpose we are using Juniper - its firewall to protect our network for our internet access."
"The setup is pretty straightforward."
"The ports are really versatile for their application and don't always have to be used for the purpose for which they were made."
"The solution has been good for fulfilling our basic needs."
"We mostly use the Layer 4 firewall functions: Access rules, NAT, and site-to-site IPsec VPN."
"It'sa very secure device, it has good attack prevention capabilities using UTM."
"The scalability is fine."
"Technical support is perfect."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"I don't have any specific improvements to recommend. However, when you compare the throughput of a Cisco firewall to the competitors, especially Fortinet, what you find is that Cisco has lagged a little bit behind in terms of firewall throughput, especially for the price that you pay for that throughput."
"Implementations require the use of a console. It would help if the console was embedded."
"A memory leakage issue which literally freeze the nodes (we have an HA environment). The issue is still not solved and the only recommendation from Cisco is to reboot the node."
"The price and SD-WAN capabilities are the areas that need improvement."
"Sometimes my customers say that Cisco Firewalls are a bit more difficult compared to Fortigate or Palo Alto. There is complexity in the configuration and the GUI could be improved."
"I have worked with the new FTD models and they have more features than the ASA line."
"In NGFW, Cisco should be aligned with the new technology and inspection intelligence because Cisco is far behind in this pipeline."
"The GUI interface could be improved when compared to other solutions."
"I think improvement can be done to the security part, particularly the UDM, and the product should have a user-friendly interface similar to FortiGate. It should have the Azure RBAC in the next release."
"I've noticed that the management interface could use some updates and upgrades."
"Juniper SRX could improve by adding an IPX feature."
"There is room for improvement in scalability and performance. It's scalable and reliable, but when using next-generation firewall features, the performance decreases significantly for Juniper SRX."
"The reporting is lacking."
"In the future, I would like to see the UI more responsive"
"Their models for service providers could improve."
"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."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 86 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Check Point NGFW, whereas Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Check Point NGFW and Meraki MX. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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