We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and Juniper SRX Series Firewall 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."It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are remote access, web filtering, and IPS."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"Customers are more inclined towards FortiGate because of application control, web filtering, and anti-spam features. The support from the FortiGate team is good, and price-wise, it is affordable."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"It has a lot of scalability abilities which makes it easy to scale."
"For my organization, it has become much easier to scan the firewalls because the solution is more user-friendly than competitors."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are user-friendliness, ease of use, and threat prevention."
"What I like about this solution, is that it is the only solution that currently offers VPN for clients."
"The SSL VPN is fee for use is most attractive."
"Compared to other firewalls, the segmentation is much easier in FortiGate."
"The most valuable features are the ease of use, and the overall simplicity, everyone can use it with a small introduction."
"Firewall and overall management are valuable features."
"We did not have problems with scaling, as we have less than 500 users in our organization."
"It's a reliable firewall and very stable, for both the hardware and applications it is stable."
"There is a lot of flexibility in how you can commit, check, and back out of a configuration."
"I have used technical support quite a bit, and they are really good."
"Technical support is good. They quickly respond, and they even have local help here. They can actually give you an answer very quickly."
"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."
"We're primarily using Juniper's EPA feature, but not the other things. We use it to manage different points of firewalling of routing."
"The features that I have found valuable are the ones for the main purpose we are using Juniper - its firewall to protect our network for our internet access."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"I think that the infrastructure for the VPN could be improved. The way that it is bundled also made it difficult to use and sell as it is too expensive."
"Fortinet FortiOS could improve by having better authentication methods with Microsoft or Google Services."
"In the future I would like to see more user-friendly dashboards and a drop in the price."
"Fortinet's central management needs to be improved. FortiManager's technical tool provider ability should manage all Fortinet security products. Right now, FortiManager only manages the configuration of FortiGate."
"The solution needs to adjust its pricing models. With the way they are structured, everything is very disparate and sold separately, and, depending on the solution, it can get quite pricey."
"The pricing model makes this product far more expensive than similar solutions."
"I would like to see smaller and more frequent updates."
"The reporting for this solution could be improved. It could also be more stable and offer better pricing."
"The solution could improve the log retention and reports."
"It could be more secure."
"I think Juniper SRX should have a GUI. Some of the competitors are already implementing GUI for the firewall."
"Does not offer protection for IoT devices"
"The product only has basic features."
"It would be good if Junos had "unique commands" between all hierarchical levels, discarding the use of the "Run" command."
"The solution's configurations and syntax are specific and more complicated than other platforms."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"The user interface and the GUI need improvement."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 87 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiWeb, Darktrace and Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, whereas 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. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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