We performed a comparison between Juniper vSRX and Netgate pfSense 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."Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"The web tutor and automatic rules by schedule are good features."
"It does a lot for you for intrusion protection and as an antivirus. The threat management bundle is worth the money. You don't need another company to monitor your web traffic for you. You can do everything yourself on the firewall. You restrict your own black list for people on the firewall. You don't need to pay some other company for another product to do that for you. The firewall can do that for you. So, it's an easy-to-use product for people to be independent. They don't need to rely on other vendors to do what the firewall can do. They can do everything."
"Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"The next-generation firewall is great."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"The product’s quality and performance are better than other vendors."
"It's basic functionality is probably the most valuable feature."
"The initial setup was very straightforward. There was no problem. The initial deployment took about one hour."
"The command feature is valuable."
"The features we found most valuable are using the IDS and IPS during protection. The application filtering feature is great."
"It's a very powerful solution and the firewalls offer high performance"
"The solution has good features."
"It's much faster to deploy a power source. If you need to deploy a firewall in the cloud of software, it's much easier and much faster than deploying the office firewall in a rush."
"The scalability is very good, where you can do an HA configuration and then bring in another box, if necessary."
"The concurrent users are perfect for us."
"For everyday tasks, we just get alerts. It's anything that's suspicious, including from our Netgate. So, it's part of how we maintain cybersecurity in our school. This is working alongside our endpoint security solution."
"The product’s documentation is good."
"The main features of this solution are customization and ease to use."
"An incomparable stability is achieved with other firewall systems."
"It is effective. We have not had any problems."
"The redundancy and scalability ARE very nice."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve the integration with Active Directory. Additionally, I would like to have a Cloud Controller, such as they do in the Cisco Meraki solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"The reporting can be improved."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to the GUI because it isn't very good."
"I've talked to people that say Juniper now, as a device, can be a solution for a data center, but in the past, I have not seen this as being possible."
"The user interface could always be better. They could make it simpler and more intuitive."
"Fortinet is more user friendly than Juniper. In terms of remote access, I actually prefer using Fortinet. It's much easier to configure."
"VPN access is an area that needs improvement."
"The security feature must be improved."
"The GUI interface needs improvement."
"Also, the GUI is helpful, but it's not user-friendly. It's complicated. It should be more intuitive for the average user and have an excellent graphical view. Of course, the user will typically know about network administration, but it still should be easy to understand."
"Could be simplified for new users."
"It was difficult to configure our web printer through the solution. This process could be easier. Additionally, integration with SD-WAN solution."
"Layer 7 advanced firewall features are not included in the solution."
"A way to clean squid cache from the GUI."
"There's a bit of a learning curve during the initial implementation."
"The solution could use better reporting. They need to offer more of it in general. Right now, the graphics aren't the best. If you need to provide a report to a manager, for example, it doesn't look great. They need to make it easier to understand and give users the ability to customize them."
"We are at the moment looking to use it as a proxy service so that we can limit what websites people go and view and that sort of thing. That's an area I've struggled with a little bit at the moment and it could be a bit easier to set up."
Juniper vSRX is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Juniper vSRX is rated 7.8, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Juniper vSRX writes "Fast with good usability and fairly scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Juniper vSRX is most compared with Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, KerioControl, Sophos UTM and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Juniper vSRX vs. Netgate pfSense report.
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