We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) 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."The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is security. They are known for efficiency and are on the top of Gartner Quadrant reviews. Fortinet FortiGate has an easy-to-use platform with a good graphical interface. The configuration is simple and the solution provides an overall good layer of security."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"Some of the valuable features are the firewall, IPS, web filter, and gateway capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to use and flexible."
"It is easy to install. There is not much complexity involved."
"The solution’s interface is pretty user-friendly."
"The FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall is always updating. For example, if there is a big attack, they fix it in their firmware. They release new firmware with the necessary patches to address the vulnerabilities."
"The setup is easy."
"User identification and application identification are valuable features."
"The scalability is very good."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall is a good solution because it has a range of options and a clear ecosystem."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall can be described as the most complete solution."
"The EEE security controls allow us to make policy restrictions, so I can customize port numbers to allow or limit control."
"The most valuable feature is robustness."
"The firewall features and the routing capability are the most valuable."
"vSRX is easy to deploy to any virtual infrastructure, such as OpenStack, VMware, and even Docker (cSRX)."
"Most of our clients use it as a traditional firewall, blocking Layer 3 and Layer 4, blocking by transport."
"We're primarily using Juniper's EPA feature, but not the other things. We use it to manage different points of firewalling of routing."
"Juniper SRX is a very powerful firewall and sometimes can be used as a router."
"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 expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"The vendors offer models with different levels of productivity of the product to its users, which is not possible in FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). It lacks integration options."
"I see problems with the licensing. If I have to add a new feature, we need to add a license."
"There is an area for improvement in vulnerability management."
"The solution needs to integrate VPN features."
"There is room for improvement in pricing."
"The inability to change passwords when using FortiGate firewall and relying on a local FortiGate database for account creation can be problematic, particularly in non-Active Directory setups."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall's performance and threat intelligence could be improved."
"There's a limitation wherein you can only have about 30 virtual or secondary IPs on a particular interface."
"The workplace management console needs improvement. It should be a little bit more developed. Also, the interface needs a bit more improvement."
"The GUI needs to be easier and more helpful for users who don't have security experience."
"We tried configuring the IDS for more than four months, but it did not work properly."
"Juniper needs to focus more on their perimeter firewalls."
"In some cases, customers encounter issues related to network interfaces, while others prioritize security concerns."
"The solution could cost less. It's a bit expensive right now."
"When I was going to upgrade the OS, the solution didn't accept certain USB devices."
"While the GUI is pretty good on the Juniper side, there can still be tweaks made to it that will make it even better."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 37 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 87 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, 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 FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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