We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Sophos, Cisco, WatchGuard and others in Unified Threat Management (UTM)."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."
"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"FortiGate's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"Its administrative panel is very intuitive and simple. It is simpler than the other solutions that we had. As an administrator, we are always looking for the easiest solution to manage network policies. We are able to filter everything on our network and also use the VPN feature, which is important these days when people are working remotely during COVID."
"The SD-WAN function is very developed. It has SD-WAN functionality with security features in one device. We can manage from one single console SD-WAN and the security policy."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"What I like the most about Juniper is that they have the same CLI on all routers, switches, and firewalls. If you have worked with any Juniper device, such as a Juniper router, you will be able to work with an SRX, which is really cool. It is a nice experience to work with every device of Juniper, not only firewalls."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper SRX is that it is plug-and-play. Additionally, it has a lot of capabilities in one device."
"It's fine, and it's good. It's very stable."
"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 most valuable features of the Juniper SRX Series Firewall are the user-friendly UI, and accessing the solution is simple."
"The rollback option and Commit Confirmed are great features. They give us the security to change configurations without downtime."
"The GUI is simple to use."
"It is very fast and very easy to maintain. Another nice part of it is that you can easily extract the logs and move them over to a security operations center."
"The solution can scale well."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"The pricing could always be better."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"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."
"The solution's initial setup process was lengthy as I was new to Juniper."
"Third-party support for Juniper is a lot less than Cisco. This is no surprise, but a definite consideration if you are expecting to use a lot of third party support. In my guesstimate, for every 100 Cisco shops, you will find one Juniper shop."
"To compare with Fortinet, Juniper needs to improve their security features."
"There are a lot of features that customers do not know about and I think that better documentation would help when it comes to learning how to use the product."
"It would be ideal if the solution could use cloud services to help update signatures or threat prevention systems."
"The solution is quite advanced. You need a lot of training to use it effectively."
"In the next release, I would like to have a better web interface. It needs to be more user-friendly. Right now, you can only access many features through the console."
"The CLI is verbose. You have to say a lot to do a little. I don't like that part of it. Cisco's command syntax seems to be a good bit more concise. When you're trying to get something done, you don't want to have to type a bunch."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
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Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 4th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 86 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM). Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. 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 Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "A robust appliance that is reasonably priced and straightforward to set up". 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, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and KerioControl.
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