We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS 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 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."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"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."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"There are lots of features and most of them are deployed for internet security. Users are protected if they accidentally go to some malicious sites."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"Firewall and overall management are valuable features."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the ease of use and user-friendly interface."
"For ten to 12 years it has been quite secure."
"The technical support is very good and the assistance they gave was very good."
"I like its configuration and the various functions it offers."
"The solution is very user friendly."
"The classification of the websites is helpful."
"We have expanded the wireless access point and switches using Fortinet FortiOS."
"The most valuable features are the security cloud ACP and KPP features."
"Troubleshooting with the solution is quite easy. If you compare the process to, for example, Fortigate, Juniper is much easier."
"One of Juniper SRX's most valuable features is the site-to-site VPN."
"The firewall features and the routing capability are the most valuable."
"The technical support is quite good."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper SRX is that it is plug-and-play. Additionally, it has a lot of capabilities in one device."
"We're primarily using Juniper's EPA feature, but not the other things. We use it to manage different points of firewalling of routing."
"Juniper has the "recovery safety feature", so if you perform a "commit confirmed" and the new configuration disconnects you. then there is no "confirmed" command with X mins (default = 10 mins). It automatically reverts (recovers) to the previous configuration. This is handy for when you do not want to make that trip down range just to reboot a router."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"The technical support is good. However, during the holidays they can get a little slow to respond."
"I would like to see smaller and more frequent updates."
"The support is not very good, but the product is stable so it is not so much of a problem."
"The solution needs improvement with DDoS protection."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve the monitoring function, it could be more accurate, easy to use, and understandable."
"For me, it is important to be able to block VPN applications, like Facebook, so I would like to see that included in the next release. With this version, if you want to block or allow a site, you now have to drag all the domains related to this site."
"Fortinet FortiOS could improve by having better authentication methods with Microsoft or Google Services."
"SD-WAN configuration could be easier."
"The user interface and the GUI need improvement."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"Their models for service providers could improve."
"We tried configuring the IDS for more than four months, but it did not work properly."
"Improvements can be made to the GUI. The GUI can be improved by creating policies to handle IPS requirements. The configuration should be a one-step process. This would make it easier to complete the setup to register the time of operation."
"Junos Space should be improved to be on par with FortiGate's solution for managing firewalls and routing."
"The reporting is lacking."
"The training videos that are available need to be improved, and made more educative."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 86 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace, 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 Fortinet FortiOS vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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