We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Meraki MX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"It has very easy management and an amazing ETM configuration."
"Fortinet FortiGate is scalable for our users. Right now, we have almost 70 users. We do not have any plan to increase our usage of FortiGate. For maintaining the firewall solution, one staff member is enough."
"It provides good routing and high performance of the data center."
"The GUI is simple to use."
"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 integrates well with Fortinet and Palo Alto."
"You can scale the solution."
"It's fine, and it's good. It's very stable."
"Troubleshooting with the solution is quite easy. If you compare the process to, for example, Fortigate, Juniper is much easier."
"The solution's stability is very good."
"Point-to-point VPNs can dynamically follow IP changes with no need for static IPs."
"I am happy with the technical support for the solution. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the Meraki dashboard, which is a single pane of glass."
"The most valuable feature of Meraki MX is I can manage the solution from anywhere remotely, I can throttle bandwidth, and create all rules. Additionally, it is secure for our customers."
"It's flexible, easy to configure, and easy to manage."
"I think cloud management is key. The cloud management and support are the two things that make the product great."
"I like the automatic firmware updates. We use the Active Directory to authenticate VPN users."
"It has a helpful feature for database troubleshooting issues."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"The initial setup and configuration are not intuitive and require training."
"They sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"In the next release, I would like to have a better web interface. It needs to be more user-friendly. Right now, you can only access many features through the console."
"IPS is one that I would definitely want to be improved. I would also like SSL VPN to be integrated."
"I think Juniper SRX should have a GUI. Some of the competitors are already implementing GUI for the firewall."
"Ongoing costs are something that we need to manage and make sure that we're getting value on."
"I would like to see endpoint control and endpoint testing security."
"The web interface on Juniper SRX is just a short conversion from Junos OS CLI; this is not very suitable for users with little expertise/"
"The CPU switch could be improved for a better overall performance of traffic flow."
"JTAC (Juniper Networks Technical Assistance Center) is just okay for technical assistance. However, if you are used to Cisco TAC responsiveness, you will need to adjust your expectations with Juniper Networks TAC."
"We have been having a problem with the VPN. When the energy goes down and is back again, the VPN link doesn't get established. We have to manually turn off the modems and other pieces of equipment and manually establish the VPN. It has been around one month since we have been having this problem, and we don't have enough support from Meraki to solve the problem."
"The whole Cisco Meraki range requires easier access for cameras. For a security center, it would be helpful to have easier access to cameras through the portal. Its licensing cost could also be better."
"The current lead time is longer for Meraki MX, and it needs to be improved."
"In the next release, because the security is pretty basic, I think they could include additional security features."
"When we do API integrations with Meraki, they have always been hard as well as tedious to build. The data that we want out of the API integrations has been only recently available. Six months ago, it was hard to get someone to build something correctly or useful with Meraki APIs. Recently, they have made more data available on the API, but it is just a start. They need to do more."
"We had minor issues with Meraki MX. We had a couple of RMAs, so that could be an area for improvement, but in terms of how the RMAs went, the turnaround time and getting those back into redeployment were quick. Another area for improvement in Meraki MX is that when you're scaling for multiple locations, you need to use the same model, but the model you'd need is only available for a short time. The specific model you require could be out of stock, or Meraki isn't making that model anymore, so Meraki should improve that."
"The IPS, the Intrusion Prevention System, can be improved."
"In general, the SD-WAN feature needs to be improved. The load sharing and load balancing of the traffic should be improved. I have had some problems with these features in the past."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 5th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 87 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 60 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. 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 Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Sophos XG, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Sophos XGS. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Meraki MX report.
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