We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Untangle NG 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."One of the nice things about FortiGate is that it can be deployed on the cloud or on-premises. You can actually do both. That's the biggest reason why I stick with this solution as opposed to something like Cisco Meraki. Another nice thing is that I can log directly into a FortiGate or get to it through their FortiCloud access products. They're pretty reliable and consistent. One of the reasons why I started using the product was their single pane of management. I can deploy their line of firewalls in conjunction with their switching and access points, and I can manage the entire network from one interface. I don't have to log into one interface for the firewall, another one for the access points, and another one for the switches. These firewalls have access point controller functionality built right into the system, so I don't even have to purchase additional devices to manage them."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"It helps us perform our daily jobs."
"The product provides good performance and has features comparable to other leading products in the market."
"The scalability is fine."
"It's a reliable firewall and very stable, for both the hardware and applications it is stable."
"The technical support is quite good."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"The CLI works perfectly."
"The IPS functionality of Juniper SRX is useful in the telecom industry."
"It is not attached to an appliance, meaning if you get a good PC/server, then you can already run a firewall."
"Web Filter is effective, Web Cache offers bandwidth savings, and the VPN setup is easy."
"None of my clients has had a ransom or breach using Untangle."
"The features I have found the most useful are the web filter, the captive portal, the SSL inspector, and the ad-blocker. They're awesome."
"NG Firewalls allow us to permit or deny applications we don't want to run. We also use content filtering, SSL inspection, and all the other things we run on the firewall to keep our clients protected and ensure they're not going where they shouldn't. It's a great firewall that works as intended."
"Web filtering is very reliable."
"The majority of our clients are very small businesses, and Untangle devices have been fantastic for these small clients. We've basically standardized our stack to just simply use Untangle. We include the hardware and the service option, which makes it very easy and affordable for us to just simply push that into the monthly per-user costing that we provide as a managed services provider. It's really a no-brainer. They're easy to use, and they're easy to set up and configure. Support is generally good about resolving any issues that we have. We haven't had any real complaints."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"There are some tiny bugs that sometimes affect the operations. In the past revision of it, there was a bug. Because of the bug, we had to downgrade the version. It happened only with the last revision."
"The logs need to be better. They need to be more visible and easier to access."
"There are just some services that aren't available. For example, the Ethernet or point-to-point protocols. They could add these services to their product offering - especially services for ISPs."
"The renewal price and the availability could be improved."
"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."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"The centralized management platform could be improved."
"There are a lot of features that customers do not know about and I think that better documentation would help when it comes to learning how to use the product."
"Ongoing costs are something that we need to manage and make sure that we're getting value on."
"The Juniper SRX product needs to improve in terms of innovation."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"Sometimes committing configurations takes a lot of time in Juniper because of the connections, and it could be a little bit faster."
"I would like them to add a dashboard because it's difficult to operate."
"We tried configuring the IDS for more than four months, but it did not work properly."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
"We have a minor issue when assigning IP addresses in the ARP tables. You should be able to go into the ARP tables, look at the IP address and say, "Nope, they need to be on this side on this IP address." The ability to set a DHP reservation from the ARP tables would be great. It's no big deal, but it would be nice to have."
"The hardware can be improved."
"The biggest challenge that we have with this solution is local support. The local support is a problem in our area."
"The storage is minimal, so we have to set the system to delete data after seven days."
"The pricing is not as good as it was some time ago. They've since skipped offering a lot of individual features."
"The web content filtering needs improvement."
"The product must improve its reporting features."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 87 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. 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 Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". 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, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and SonicWall TZ. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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