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."This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"The Juniper SRX series is easy to use."
"It provides good routing and high performance of the data center."
"We use it as a firewall at our head office and branches."
"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."
"It helps us perform our daily jobs."
"The most powerful feature in Juniper SRX is definitely NCLS."
"It protects from distributed denial-of-service attacks with Screen Options."
"It integrates well with Fortinet and Palo Alto."
"Simple integrations with the domain controllers and other inventories"
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is the configuration, it is very clear."
"Palo Alto has a unique solution for DNS security, which is very good."
"I have found that Palo Alto Networks K2-Series has the best security. They are more user-friendly, older firewalls used to have to be configured using the command-line interface, but in this solution, it can be done in the GUI."
"This firewall is very good for our customers because they don't have to write their own rules for adding an application."
"The company is inventive and always adds a lot of great features."
"The most valuable feature is availability."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"Tunnel flapping was one of the major things I had seen wherein your internet link remains but your VPN tunnel is down. However, since I got a fix from the TAC team, I have not noticed it, but the customer complained a few times that they couldn't access the internet because of this problem."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"We were not able to build a full-mesh VPN; however, I am not sure if this was the fault of Fortinet FortiGate."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"It must be 5G ready. The 5G network is rolling out soon in India, and Juniper must upgrade their firewall slot to the 5G network, or they must manufacture a 5G dongle card for the Juniper firewall. I want Juniper to upgrade their dongle from 4G to 5G. Presently, they have an expansion slot in the SRX 322 series and higher firewalls. In that expansion slot, they can put a 4G mobility SIM card so that whenever our primary link is down, it will automatically connect through this GSM network and form a tunnel."
"The configuration is difficult and it should be easier."
"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."
"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."
"It did not improve our safety because the IDS does not detect some attacks, but our anti-virus software did."
"In the future, I would like to see the UI more responsive"
"The solution could cost less. It's a bit expensive right now."
"The CLI is verbose. You have to say a lot to do a little. I don't like that part of it. Cisco's command syntax seems to be a good bit more concise. When you're trying to get something done, you don't want to have to type a bunch."
"The URL Filtering module needs to have more categories added to it."
"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 solution needs a series of OS changes."
"There are a lot of bugs in this solution."
"It is recommended that the Palo Alto Networks K2-Series be implemented step by step for the Panorama. Sometimes we can't overwrite the configurations because it fails."
"The reporting functionality in GlobalProtect needs to be improved."
"The ease of management and configuration should be improved."
"They could improve by providing more features in the solution."
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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