We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Juniper SRX Series Firewall 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."The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"The performance is good."
"The solution can scale well."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"The most important features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"The solution's application control is very powerful."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall is its SD-WAN."
"The tool's most valuable feature is IPS. In my experience, I haven't encountered any issues with integration. It easily integrates with the FortiGate solution. However, verifying through documentation and assessing their support is necessary."
"The IPS and the application control feature are the most valuable."
"It is a very user-friendly solution. Moreover, Foritgate offers good performance."
"Overall, I am satisfied with the product."
"The usability of the solution is its best feature."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall can be described as the most complete solution."
"The command line in Juniper SRX is extremely powerful, in my opinion. It's one of the best command lines I've used in networking products."
"We think they have a good interface, the operating system is good, it's robust. It has plenty of great features, and the relation between the cost and benefits works for our business."
"The deployment is quite easy and fast."
"One of Juniper SRX's most valuable features is the site-to-site VPN."
"It'sa very secure device, it has good attack prevention capabilities using UTM."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"It is a part of the infrastructure when we're selling Juniper. That's what clients are familiar with and that's what they rely on."
"The most valuable features are the security cloud ACP and KPP features."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"The initial setup is complex."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"The solution needs to integrate VPN features."
"Technical support is not helpful."
"The licensing model and pricing need improvement."
"There should be better customization in the IPS."
"The solution's GUI is not very appealing."
"I see problems with the licensing. If I have to add a new feature, we need to add a license."
"There have been several vulnerabilities in the firewall. It is hackable, some of the images are hackable."
"The solution must improve the support provided for customers around the globe, considering the time differences in different places."
"it would be more powerful if Juniper brought out a security product other than the firewall, like anti-spam, endpoint protection, etc. Customers who want to deploy security solutions are not just thinking about firewalls... Juniper should have an end-to-end solution, from the endpoint to the network level."
"Its logging is very good, but we would like to have an easier way of creating more reports. We would like to be able to manipulate the reports or manage the way the reports are coming out."
"It's a good stable firewall, but it's nowhere near what it needs to be for a next-generation type firewall."
"The GUI needs to be easier to handle."
"Juniper SRX is stable, but it could improve. FortiGate has better stability than Juniper SRX."
"I've noticed that the management interface could use some updates and upgrades."
"We purchased three devices and all three have been replaced under RMA."
"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."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 37 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 86 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, 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 FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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