Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software vs. Juniper SRX

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software

221 Reviews and Ratings

Juniper SRX

34 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software	Score9 out of 10	N/A	Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software is the core OS for the ASA suite. It provides firewall functionality, as well as integration with context-specific Cisco security modules. It is scaled for enterprise-level traffic and connections.	N/A
Juniper SRX	Score9 out of 10	N/A	Juniper SRX is a firewall offering. It provides a variety of modular features, scaled for enterprise-level use, based on a 3-in-1 OS that enables routing, switching, and security in each product.	N/A

Pricing

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Juniper SRX

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Pricing Offerings
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software	Juniper SRX
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

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Key User Insights
	Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software	Juniper SRX
Considered Both Products	Cisco Verified User Chose Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software This was selected due to our organization standard and our branch office is using ASA. Integration with the same product is really a good option with ASA. Incentivized Helpful? Mst Rahima Khatun Marketing Product Management in Information Technology at Clopsmith (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software Configuration and management of Cisco's ASA are straightforward. We chose Cisco ASA for many reasons, as well as Cisco's threat response reports. We previously had issues with Sophos UTM due to its poor performance. We no longer have to be concerned about performance issues … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software Cisco ASA is doing well, has [a] lot of documents available, [and easy] implementation, however, other vendors are also very easy to deploy. Cisco ASA has [a] great support team. Cisco ASA is truly [a] next-generation product. Now it is cloud-managed, along with zero-touch … Incentivized Helpful? Carlos Daniel Casañas Bertolo ஃ Director in Information Technology at Leverage - Advisory & Consultancy (Computer & Network Security, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software Above all, the robustness and quality of the components, the support and the rapid resolution of warranty issues. Cisco is a serious company and demonstrates this by making the processes with the client as easy as possible. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software Our Palo Altos and Cisco ASAs are pretty comparable. They both seem to work well when used in an HA pair. They can both do IP/Port based ACLs. But the Palos also have APP-ID which helps to make sure that the traffic passing through your firewall is the type of traffic … Incentivized Helpful? Fahad Ahmad Network Security Consultant in Information Technology at The Bunker - Ultra Secure Hosting (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software The Cisco ASA 5500 Series comes with high-performance security services which include firewall and anti-virus, anti-phishing, anti-spam and web filtering services.Cisco ASA Software delivers enterprise-class security capabilities for the ASA. Introduced new FirePower NGIPS … Incentivized Helpful?	Juniper Networks Verified User Chose Juniper SRX Juniper SRX stands tall compared to all these products for Large Service Provider Networks, where traffic volume is larger. Also, cost comparison with SRX's few other products can also be another contributing factor while selecting this. As well as Juniper Routers, Switches, … Incentivized Helpful? Eric Stephenson Staff System Engineer in Information Technology at CommScope (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees) Chose Juniper SRX The comparison between the different firewalls is really down to preference and price at this point. The SRX is a solid device, and we have not seen a hardware failure to date. The Juniper support I have had is stellar and has helped me out with larger more complex scenario … Incentivized Helpful? Randy Carpenter Vice President in Information Technology at First Network Group, Inc. (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Juniper SRX Juniper SRX is significantly better in every category. Cisco ASA was terrible. The config is unintuitive and not easy to manage. Cisco left the ASA abandoned from any kind of meaningful software updates for around a decade. Incentivized Helpful? Robert Beck Network Engineer at FireEye, Inc (Computer & Network Security, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Juniper SRX I love the Cisco ASA but I've become used to the SRX. I am a CLI kind of guy so the SRX works for me. Others may be more GUI based so the ASA may be more comfortable to you. If that's the case then the ASA's ASDM is a solid platform to manage your FW. Junos hasn't gotten this … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Juniper SRX The SRX Stacks up well to the ASA and Sonic wall but I feel the features provided by FortiGate/Palo Alto and Checkpoint far exceed that of the competitors. Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software

Juniper SRX

Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Juniper SRX
Feature	Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 7.8 49 Ratings	Juniper SRX 8.7 5 Ratings
Identification Technologies	6.532 Ratings	9.03 Ratings
Visualization Tools	6.530 Ratings	7.03 Ratings
Content Inspection	8.032 Ratings	8.04 Ratings
Policy-based Controls	9.045 Ratings	10.04 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP	7.547 Ratings	8.03 Ratings
Firewall Management Console	7.547 Ratings	7.05 Ratings
Reporting and Logging	5.948 Ratings	8.05 Ratings
VPN	9.048 Ratings	10.04 Ratings
High Availability	9.047 Ratings	10.05 Ratings
Stateful Inspection	9.046 Ratings	10.04 Ratings
Proxy Server	8.031 Ratings	9.03 Ratings

User Ratings
	Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software	Juniper SRX
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (87 ratings)	8.0 (8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	7.1 (4 ratings)	8.0 (2 ratings)
Availability	7.5 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.7 (8 ratings)	6.4 (3 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	6.5 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)