We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Palo Alto Networks K2-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"The most valuable features of the Juniper SRX Series Firewall are the user-friendly UI, and accessing the solution is simple."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"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."
"The GUI is simple to use."
"The command line in Juniper SRX is extremely powerful, in my opinion. It's one of the best command lines I've used in networking products."
"Most of our clients use it as a traditional firewall, blocking Layer 3 and Layer 4, blocking by transport."
"I've found the security features, such as IDS and the VPN most valuable."
"It protects the data behind our switches."
"The company is inventive and always adds a lot of great features."
"One of the most valuable features is Palo Alto's firewall management. We find it easier to manage the firewall centrally."
"I have found the threat profile feature valuable."
"Overall, this is a very simple and very effective firewall, and I am satisfied with it."
"The solution is reliable and scales well."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is the performance which is above their competitors. The throughput they have delivered is good. When we used other solutions they failed the deployment when we were using different rules. They have a theory perform performance light and performance degradation. However, Palo Alto Networks K2-Series never fails in that scenario."
"We've found the solution offers us good stability."
"As long as the solution is kept updated, it's pretty stable."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"There are just some services that aren't available. For example, the Ethernet or point-to-point protocols. They could add these services to their product offering - especially services for ISPs."
"Application management can be improved."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"The user interface and the GUI need improvement."
"There is room for improvement in scalability and performance. It's scalable and reliable, but when using next-generation firewall features, the performance decreases significantly for Juniper SRX."
"As a networking person, I don't really have any major issues with this device. Based on my experience of using it in a cluster, it could be more stable. I had an incident when one of the SRXs in a cluster couldn't learn ARP. It is a good solution, but firewalls don't seem to be an area of development for Juniper. They are focusing on data centers, routers, and switches, not firewalls."
"Junos Space should be improved to be on par with FortiGate's solution for managing firewalls and routing."
"It did not improve our safety because the IDS does not detect some attacks, but our anti-virus software did."
"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."
"The capacity can be limiting. We have outgrown its capacity. You can only scale up to a certain extent, depending on the device purchased."
"It could be more secure."
"The ease of management and configuration should be improved."
"If we have issues, they take anywhere from two days to a week to respond. I even wrote to their CEO because there was no response. When it comes to support, this is the worst company."
"The password function of the solution could be improved. Additionally, some of the processes take too long to complete."
"The product should get frequent updates allowing us to add new signatures."
"The licensing cost is a typical complaint with many clients. The solution is expensive."
"Its networking features could be better."
"The URL Filtering module needs to have more categories added to it."
"The reporting functionality in GlobalProtect needs to be improved."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 86 reviews while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 28th in Firewalls with 28 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series 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 K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". 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 Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series report.
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