We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall vs Juniper SRX based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The two solutions are very comparable. Each of them have a good set of features, and the solution you choose will ultimately be dependent on your company’s specific preferences and requirements.
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"FortiGate has a strong security topic which allows all of the Fortinet devices to communicate and share information which makes their security more powerful."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"The product offers very good security."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"Overall, the pricing of the solution is very good. The product offers good value."
"We've found the solution to be pretty stable."
"The VPN is our most widely used feature for Cisco Secure Firewall. Since we were forced into a hybrid working situation by COVID a few years back, VPN is the widely used feature because everybody is working remotely for our agency. So it came in very handy."
"The configuration was kind of straightforward from the command line and also from the ASDM. It was very easy to manage by using their software in Java."
"We are mostly using it for remote access, so the remote access feature is the most valuable, but all other features are also needed and required. It is also a very straightforward and reliable solution."
"Beats sophisticated cyber attacks with a superior security appliance."
"I would say the Firepower module is most valuable. I'm trying more to transition to this kind firewall. I had to study a little on Palo Alto Networks equipment. There is a lot I have to learn about the difference."
"The solution is excellent for enterprise-level networks."
"It provides security for our company and users."
"The protection and security features, like URL filtering, the inspection, and the IPS feature, are also very valuable for us. We don't have IT staff at most of the sites so for us it's important to have a robust firewall at those sites"
"If we need to define our user system from an anti-spam perspective, we can constantly update the antivirus."
"The virtualization feature is the most valuable feature. Sometimes customers are requesting a private connection using mobile data when they are connecting to remote sites."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"The most valuable features of the Juniper SRX Series Firewall are the user-friendly UI, and accessing the solution is simple."
"It's easily scalable."
"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 feature of Juniper SRX is that it is plug-and-play. Additionally, it has a lot of capabilities in one device."
"The most valuable features are the security cloud ACP and KPP features."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"Virtual patching would be helpful for servers that are not able to update patches due to compatibility issues."
"Licensing is complex, and I'd like it to be simplified. This is an area for improvement."
"In NGFW, Cisco should be aligned with the new technology and inspection intelligence because Cisco is far behind in this pipeline."
"It is a good firewall, though not NextGen."
"The solution could offer better control that would allow the ability to restrictions certain features from a website."
"The performance should be improved."
"The integration between the on-prem proxy world and the cloud proxy would benefit us. One single policy setting would make sense."
"One big pain point I have is the ASDM interface because it's Java, and sometimes, it's a bit buggy and has low performance. That's something that probably won't be improved because of backward compatibility."
"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."
"The solution is quite advanced. You need a lot of training to use it effectively."
"The GUI needs to be easier and more helpful for users who don't have security experience."
"It's a good stable firewall, but it's nowhere near what it needs to be for a next-generation type firewall."
"It could improve areas which need high performance."
"It should be easier to escalate support tickets."
"It would be good if Junos had "unique commands" between all hierarchical levels, discarding the use of the "Run" command."
"The solution's initial setup process was lengthy as I was new to Juniper."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 86 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Check Point NGFW, whereas Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Check Point NGFW and Meraki MX. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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