We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Juniper SRX finishes slightly ahead of Palo Alto Networks WildFire in this comparison. Juniper SRX provides robust enterprise network protection and connectivity and comprehensive performance, is stable, and scales easily. Palo Alto Network WildFire can be challenging for some users to learn. The overall configuration is a bit complex to use.
"The web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"I've found the security features, such as IDS and the VPN most valuable."
"You can scale the solution."
"The deployment is quite easy and fast."
"Security policies in combination with zones: It is very easy to organize the security polices in a logical structure."
"When compared to Palo Alto, Juniper is a better choice when it comes to the enterprise network and connectivity."
"We mostly use the Layer 4 firewall functions: Access rules, NAT, and site-to-site IPsec VPN."
"Juniper supports their products very well."
"The IPS functionality of Juniper SRX is useful in the telecom industry."
"The backup is the best feature."
"Remote access is excellent."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-based protection against zero-day malware attacks."
"What I like about Palo Alto is that it is a complete product, with everything in it."
"It is the best device in comparison to other network products in the marketplace."
"The most valuable features of this solution are sandbox capabilities."
"We get support in the free version."
"I like the analysis they apply to the unknown files, and I think they have good technology to use as a sandboxing tool. I didn't find something similar to WildFire in the marketplace."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support."
"Its customer service could be better."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"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."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"The solution is quite advanced. You need a lot of training to use it effectively."
"We'd like to improve the stability and the kill rate."
"The Juniper product has to improve in terms of innovation."
"The visibility/reporting could be better. To see something, you have to export the log to a syslog and then process with another product."
"While the GUI is pretty good on the Juniper side, there can still be tweaks made to it that will make it even better."
"It would be ideal if the solution could use cloud services to help update signatures or threat prevention systems."
"Their models for service providers could improve."
"I think Juniper SRX should have a GUI. Some of the competitors are already implementing GUI for the firewall."
"The automation and responsiveness need improvement."
"The price of WildFire should be reduced in order to make it more affordable for our customers."
"The global product feature needs improvement, the VPN, and we need some enhanced features."
"The initial setup was complex."
"When comparing this solution to others it is not as good overall."
"The VPN and decryption need improvement."
"The size of Palo Alto's cloud is big but it could be easier to use from a product management perspective."
"The initial setup was a little bit complex, mainly due to the GUI console and management challenges."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 86 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Check Point NGFW and Meraki MX, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection, Fortinet FortiSandbox, Check Point SandBlast Network and Zscaler Internet Access.
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