We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Juniper SRX Series Firewall 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."It is useful for protecting and segregating the internal networks from the internet. Most of our customers also use the FortiGate client to connect to their offices by using the VPN client, and of course, they usually activate the antivirus, deep inspection, and intrusion prevention services. They are also using it for web filtering and implementing various policies dealing with forwardings, NAT, etc."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use."
"It's very easy to set up, it's very easy to make policies and, for an organization, that means you don't need IT expert in firewalls. You just need to have somebody who knows a little bit of IT, and that's it. With other products, you need someone with a "Masters" degree in firewalls."
"FortiGate has a strong security topic which allows all of the Fortinet devices to communicate and share information which makes their security more powerful."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution is very user-friendly and easy to deal with."
"The security is very good."
"Cisco IOS Security has many good features, but compared to other solutions, it has a more user-friendly interface with steps to apply and manage rules. Another good part of the solution is that it's more straightforward."
"The product has valuable features for business intelligence."
"What I have used the most and received the most benefit from is the IPsec technology."
"Cisco IOS allows us to keep the same security features as our principal offices."
"You can scale it when you need to."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco IOS Security is posturing."
"The scalability is fine."
"The ports are really versatile for their application and don't always have to be used for the purpose for which they were made."
"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."
"It's easily scalable."
"We're primarily using Juniper's EPA feature, but not the other things. We use it to manage different points of firewalling of routing."
"If we need to define our user system from an anti-spam perspective, we can constantly update the antivirus."
"On a scale from one to ten, one being the worst and ten being the best I'd give Juniper SRX an overall rating of eight because of its' competitive price."
"The GUI is simple to use."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"Reporting is limited to providing an external appliance for improving the reporting capabilities of the FortiAnalyzer. It does not offer a central management and is also sold separably as an appliance."
"I think they should bring back remote VPN for users."
"The initial setup is complicated."
"The company needs to make its solution more affordable to make it more accessible to larger markets. Otherwise, it's seen as an enterprise-level solution that small or medium-sized organizations can't afford and therefore they won't even look at it."
"I would like upgrading iOS to be a bit easier."
"I wish it would be more like the next generation firewall technology. There should be more selection between the application and filtering."
"The routers, don't have like long-term tendency features, or higher availability features available for the IOS. It could also use a better user interface."
"Signatures and other critical definitions need to be updated more frequently."
"Most of their features are meant for Cisco. You cannot integrate them with any other vendor."
"Juniper SRX is stable, but it could improve. FortiGate has better stability than Juniper SRX."
"The solution isn't very granular or detailed."
"We'd like to improve the stability and the kill rate."
"The Juniper SRX product needs to improve in terms of innovation."
"This solution needs to update for "Next Generation" needs."
"The setup process should be improved."
"I would like to see endpoint control and endpoint testing security."
"The big thing is performance. With all the features turned on it slows down."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 87 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiOS, Meraki MX, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas 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. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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