We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and WatchGuard XTM [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"The UTM feature is quite good. FortiAP is easy to deploy because both Fortigate and FortiAP are under the same brand. Otherwise, you need to do more work on the configuration."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"Fortinet FortiGate's reliability is valuable."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"Performance is a strong point."
"The features that I have found valuable are the ones for the main purpose we are using Juniper - its firewall to protect our network for our internet access."
"It'sa very secure device, it has good attack prevention capabilities using UTM."
"It uses many applications, like antivirus blocking and web filtering."
"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."
"We mostly use the Layer 4 firewall functions: Access rules, NAT, and site-to-site IPsec VPN."
"When compared to Palo Alto, Juniper is a better choice when it comes to the enterprise network and connectivity."
"I have used technical support quite a bit, and they are really good."
"I like the hostwatch because I can see what traffic uses the most bandwidth and I can block that site."
"It is stable and does not require you to reboot all the time."
"There is a site-to-site VPN configuration between others people."
"WatchGuard XTM is fairly basic. We use it as the perimeter firewall. The main point is to protect from attack software and hacking."
"Monitoring of network activity is included in the box."
"It configures in all-in-one place."
"Application Control is fantastic with over 2,500 applications and the granularity that we can either allow people to view but not be able to log on to Facebook; or view it and log onto it if they're in the marketing department, but not play Facebook games. There are all sorts of different options like that. So it's highly granular."
"We have used technical support for WatchGuard many times and overall, we are satisfied with it. They are always listening and there is a good reaction time to our findings. When there are issues, they really try to resolve them."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"The initial setup and configuration are not intuitive and require training."
"With the reports, you can see it, and you can get good feelings so upper management can go, "Oh, wow. That looks pretty." However, it's very basic."
"The scalability could be better."
"The way everything is set up could be easier. Currently, people need a lot of experience and knowledge to administer it and to link it to devices."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"I think improvement can be done to the security part, particularly the UDM, and the product should have a user-friendly interface similar to FortiGate. It should have the Azure RBAC in the next release."
"We'd like to improve the stability and the kill rate."
"The Juniper SRX product needs to improve in terms of innovation."
"Juniper SRX's UI is very bad."
"Their models for service providers could improve."
"We purchased three devices and all three have been replaced under RMA."
"The pricing strategy of the vendor could improve."
"IPS is one that I would definitely want to be improved. I would also like SSL VPN to be integrated."
"Syslog (Dimension) is focused on presentation, but needs more focus on utility like SonicWall syslog (GMS/Analyzer)."
"The setting policies need improvement. It needs an easier way to do static NAT and check on what policy is being used for that specific traffic."
"The initial setup is neither simple nor complex. If you know the base in networking and how the firewall works, you will be able to figure it out."
"WatchGuard doesn't have a product that allows them to get into the data center. And that's just because there is no hardware to do the job. The software could do it, but there's no hardware that allows that to happen at the moment. So it doesn't scale as well as some other products, that's for sure."
"I would like them to improve the product's overall protections. This would be good for all product users."
"The VPN errors are not helpful when troubleshooting."
"One huge issue with WatchGuard XTM is that I'm not getting reports in a readable format. Readable means, I don't want Excel online. We repeat auditing when we trigger the report or setup calendar. That functionality is what we are looking for from WatchGuard XTM here."
"Sometimes we have had issues with stability of the product."
Earn 20 points
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 86 reviews while WatchGuard XTM [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while WatchGuard XTM [EOL] is rated 8.0. 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 WatchGuard XTM [EOL] writes "The multi-layer security of the products are the primary reason we use these appliances, however, the gateway wireless functionality for managing access points leaves much to be desired". 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 WatchGuard XTM [EOL] is most compared with .
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