We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Meraki MX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"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."
"It is easy to use. We chose this product for the possibility to have virtual domains (VDOMs). We are building another company in the group, and we would like to split the firewalling rules and policies between these two companies. Each company would be able to manage its own policies and security rules, which is an advantage of Fortinet FortiGate. We can define VDOMs, and every company can manage its own VDOM as if it has its own physical firewall, but in fact, we would be using the same physical appliance because we are also using the same internet lines. So, it allows us to reuse the existing resources without the disadvantage of having to compromise on policies and security. Each company can choose its own way of working."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"The IPSec configuration is going well."
"The GUI is simple to use."
"The scalability is fine."
"Juniper SRX Series Firewall is a stable solution."
"The CLI works perfectly."
"The most valuable features are the security cloud ACP and KPP features."
"Juniper supports their products very well."
"The solution has been good for fulfilling our basic needs."
"It is easy to manage, which is one of the most important things for us. It is also flexible, stable, and scalable."
"I use Meraki in my POCs and with my customers as well."
"Both the scalability and the scalability are great with Meraki MX."
"We've had no issues with the scalability or the stability of this solution"
"Managed centrally over the web: You can manages all your Meraki devices in a single account."
"MX is easy to manage, configure and install."
"The dashboard is very intuitive and easy to understand."
"The solution is good for load balancing."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"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."
"It would be good if Junos had "unique commands" between all hierarchical levels, discarding the use of the "Run" command."
"The Juniper product has to improve in terms of innovation."
"The solution could cost less. It's a bit expensive right now."
"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."
"It did not improve our safety because the IDS does not detect some attacks, but our anti-virus software did."
"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."
"This solution needs to update for "Next Generation" needs."
"In terms of other features, I'd like to see a web filter, 10 point control, application control and a DNA filter in the next release."
"What I would like to see in the next version is to have more interfaces for WAN links."
"They're very complacent and I find the rule set to be a little arcane."
"You can only have one tunnel in the whole infrastructure — one tunnel with one device."
"Meraki MX can come across as an expensive solution."
"Meraki has some hidden features and information that is only privy to their engineers. If that information became available to us, then it would improve our ease of management, and we would be able to make certain adjustments instead of having to go to them."
"The product is quite complex to set up."
"Expensive licensing and firewall stops immediately working if the license is not renewed at expiration date."
"The IPS, the Intrusion Prevention System, can be improved."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 4th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 86 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 57 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. 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 Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper vSRX, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and Check Point NGFW. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Meraki MX report.
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