We performed a comparison between Juniper vSRX 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."All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"It is useful for protecting and segregating the internal networks from the internet. Most of our customers also use the FortiGate client to connect to their offices by using the VPN client, and of course, they usually activate the antivirus, deep inspection, and intrusion prevention services. They are also using it for web filtering and implementing various policies dealing with forwardings, NAT, etc."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The initial setup was very straightforward. There was no problem. The initial deployment took about one hour."
"The product’s quality and performance are better than other vendors."
"The tool's most valuable features are routing features and service quality."
"We like the solution’s protocol and its dashboard system."
"I'm told the solution is the fastest, and, so far, I do find that to be the case."
"It is easy for me to go in and update settings, make changes, or add/remove rules or security."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"This solution works well. Their switches and firewall are good."
"The security level of our organization has changed by using Meraki MX Firewalls. We didn't have the UTM before, but now we have sandboxing, tray scanning, attack preventions and monitorization. Our security level has improved."
"It is very easy to use and manage. It is also very easy to scale."
"The product is quite secure, easy to manage, and well-connected with other devices."
"Meraki MX offers advanced filtration options, plus it behaves like a router and a firewall at the same time."
"I am happy with the technical support for the solution. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"It has a helpful feature for database troubleshooting issues."
"What I like best about Meraki MX is that it's easy to deploy remotely. The product works. It has automatic updates. I also like that Meraki MX is a brilliant device. You turn it on, stick the key in there, activate it, and then you're done. Meraki MX does what my customers need at the end of the day, so I also like that."
"To me, the analytics feature is one of the most valuable in Meraki MX. I also find that it has good usability as it's cloud-based. Another valuable feature of Meraki MX is that it's simple to use and it's user-friendly."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"For the migration, everyone has a firewall in use and I am selling Fortinet. Typically, I am replacing another firewall. Previously, there was a tool available to convert configurations from one firewall, such as Palo Alto, to Fortinet, but this tool is no longer free. If it could be made free again, it would be very beneficial."
"We were not able to build a full-mesh VPN; however, I am not sure if this was the fault of Fortinet FortiGate."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"I would like to see an activity sensor for malicious content or sensor for viruses and malware."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to the GUI because it isn't very good."
"The GUI really needs a lot of work, and it has got worse with successive version updates."
"They really need to improve the GUI."
"It could use more tutorials."
"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."
"We experienced some technical issues during implementation"
"Juniper vSRX is expensive."
"MX can only be managed via a web interface, but I'm accustomed to using a CLI or a graphical interface. I would also like to see more reporting features. It doesn't provide enough information for me to know precisely about some clients."
"It would be nice to get detailed logging information without third-party software."
"The problem is that the two licenses do not currently integrate. We have to create separate companies and do an interconnection."
"The product is quite complex to set up."
"You can only have one tunnel in the whole infrastructure — one tunnel with one device."
"From the improvement perspective, we need more monitoring capabilities. We want to have full-based access visibility, such as, what is happening when something is trying to reach and it is denying. We cannot see some parts of it. The integration of active directory with this product is not very fruitful. It has some bugs or lacks in the functionality of active directory integration. We are unable to identify where exactly and whether it has really applied our policy."
"What I would like to see in the next version is to have more interfaces for WAN links."
"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."
Juniper vSRX is ranked 8th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 33 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 58 reviews. Juniper vSRX is rated 7.8, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Juniper vSRX writes "Fast with good usability and fairly scalable". 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 vSRX is most compared with Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Azure Firewall, Cisco Secure Firewall, Zscaler Cloud Firewall and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense. See our Juniper vSRX vs. Meraki MX report.
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