We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and Juniper Session Smart Router based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are ease of use, flexibility, and most of the configuration we can be done using the GUI. When we compare Fortinet FortiGate with other solutions the firewall policy are very easy to understand."
"We have found it to be very reliable and that's why our teams and various users in our company use it as our main firewall every day."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"As compared to the other major vendors in the SD-WAN market, such as VeloCloud, Cisco, and others, the tunnel-free and secure vector routing technology is its major USP, which gives plenty of room to discuss with the customer why IPSec from 1998 is a bit outdated."
"The solution is especially Session's smart, application-aware, AI-based."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Session Smart Router is its unique SDR channel."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"Some features of Fortinet FortiGate are actually fee enabled that are inconvenient for deploying in production. Other issues relate to isolation with Cisco products and your server."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"Juniper Session Smart Router can improve the integration for Wi-Fi devices and add additional Sassy deployments."
"The UI of the SSR conductor is the main part where improvements can be done. Today, for every configuration step, you have to do a series of clicks. What we are missing there are wizards. For example, I have two applications, and I want one application to be prioritized against the other. In such a case, a wizard for assigning policies to a service without configuring each step by hand would be very helpful. There should be an overhaul of the GUI of the conductor. The functionality they have got in the Mist portal should be baked into the conductor itself. It would be really great, but as we all know, that won't happen."
"Juniper Session Smart Router could be better in terms of software performance."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 306 reviews while Juniper Session Smart Router is ranked 12th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 3 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Juniper Session Smart Router is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper Session Smart Router writes "Tunnel-free and secure vector routing technology is its major USP, and as a partner, we get good support from them". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Check Point NGFW, whereas Juniper Session Smart Router is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, NFX Series Network Services Platform, Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform, Prisma SD-WAN and VMware NSX. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Juniper Session Smart Router report.
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