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Juniper vSRX pros and cons

Vendor: Juniper
3.9 out of 5

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PROS

Juniper vSRX offers seamless authentication and is easy to update and manage rules.
It provides valuable features like IDS, IPS, application filtering, and content filtering for robust security.
Juniper vSRX's setup is straightforward, and deployment is fast, especially in cloud environments.
The architecture offers flexibility, scalability, and high performance with excellent routing features.
Technical support is highly rated, contributing to its strong performance in maintaining security and network management.

CONS

Juniper vSRX experiences frequent connection stability issues and authentication phase dropping.
The pricing is expensive and could limit accessibility for smaller organizations.
Juniper vSRX has a steep learning curve, influenced by users' familiarity with other products.
Technical support is less available and competent compared to competitors like Cisco.
Licensing policies can be confusing with too many types of licenses.
 

Juniper vSRX Pros review quotes

AV
CTO at SEV Technologies LLC
Dec 9, 2018
The technical support has been good.
SystemsAaad2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Analyst at a university with 10,001+ employees
Dec 11, 2018
It is easy for me to go in and update settings, make changes, or add/remove rules or security.
Technica4fc2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Product Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Dec 11, 2018
The authentication part is seamless and easy for people.
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Stratos-Margaritis - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Navarino SA
Jul 2, 2019
The features we found most valuable are using the IDS and IPS during protection. The application filtering feature is great.
Enginet677 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Jul 7, 2019
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.
SH
Senior Information Security Engineer at SOCIALEYEZ
Jul 14, 2019
The initial setup was very straightforward. There was no problem. The initial deployment took about one hour.
it_user893853 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 11, 2019
There are a few valuable features that offer very good quality on the solution. Especially NetScreen. We used to use NetScreen for the the product line. It was a very mature solution, very robust, easy to configure, easy to manage, etc. It made it easy to do everything.
reviewer900294 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Nov 27, 2019
The architecture of the OS in Juniper is very good. It's flexibility, scalability, and the technicality is also good.
reviewer900294 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jul 27, 2020
Juniper is more flexible with the commit check and the commit confirmed command. The design of the forwarding and contract plan in the operating system is very important for the performance when we have very big traffic.
OB
Network Operations Support at EOS IT Management Solutions Ltd
Aug 5, 2020
I'm told the solution is the fastest, and, so far, I do find that to be the case.
 

Juniper vSRX Cons review quotes

AV
CTO at SEV Technologies LLC
Dec 9, 2018
The GUI interface needs improvement.
SystemsAaad2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Analyst at a university with 10,001+ employees
Dec 11, 2018
The user interface could always be better. They could make it simpler and more intuitive.
Technica4fc2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Product Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Dec 11, 2018
Right now, we are going through issues and problems where the product gets dropped with the connection or during the authentication initial phase. While it could be our problem, we would like to see more stability in this area.
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Stratos-Margaritis - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Navarino SA
Jul 2, 2019
The pricing still needs some improvement.
Enginet677 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Jul 7, 2019
he stability could be improved.
SH
Senior Information Security Engineer at SOCIALEYEZ
Jul 14, 2019
They really need to improve the GUI.
it_user893853 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 11, 2019
We have some weird errors and some weird behavior on the solution occasionally. The device gets buggy without anyone touching it. It would work and then suddenly stop. Sometimes you need to just move the cards out and restart it again, and it will work. The solution itself, the hardware and the software, there must be some bugs that need to be dealt with.
reviewer900294 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Nov 27, 2019
In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to the GUI because it isn't very good.
reviewer900294 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jul 27, 2020
We worked with Cisco's support and Juniper's support and there are some differences, to be honest, Cisco is more available and is more competent at addressing our cases.
OB
Network Operations Support at EOS IT Management Solutions Ltd
Aug 5, 2020
It could use more tutorials.