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Fortinet FortiGate vs. Juniper SRX

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FortiGate

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AFortiNet FortiGate is a firewall option with high integrability. It offers a variety of deployment options and next-gen firewall capabilities, including integration with IaaS cloud platforms and public cloud environments.N/A

    Juniper SRX

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AJuniper 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
    FortiGateJuniper SRX
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FortiGateJuniper SRX
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFortiGate pricing starts at $250 for home office use, up to $300,000 for large enterprise appliances. Must contact sales team for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    FortiGateJuniper SRX
    Considered Both Products
    Fortinet
    Chose FortiGate
    Better than Juniper, and CheckPoint. Not as good as the Palo Alto although it cost less so I would still make the choice to go with Fortinet
    Incentivized
    Chose FortiGate
    [Fortinet] Fortigate saved us with raising our availability a lot.
    Incentivized
    Chose FortiGate
    Fortinet code configuration is a little bit cleaner, it has sub-modules for different components. One of the nice things about Juniper and pitfalls is that you drop out to the FreeBSD command line if there are any issues. Fortinet and Cisco do not have that capability. …
    Incentivized
    Chose FortiGate
    Same functionality (in some cases even greater) at a fraction of the cost, with a much more intuitive management interface and a constantly evolving OS that adapts to the needs of the clients.
    Incentivized
    Chose FortiGate
    We considered/evaluated Juniper SRX and Palo Alto Networks products to replace FortiGates. But they either had much fewer features or were far more expensive than FortiGate.
    Incentivized
    Juniper Networks
    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
    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
    Chose Juniper SRX
    The juniper is very versatile router/firewall box. it is an excellent router/edge device with zone based firewall.

    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    FortiGateJuniper SRX
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Fortinet FortiGate and Juniper SRX
    Feature
    Fortinet FortiGate
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    Juniper SRX
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    Identification Technologies8.638 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.538 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Content Inspection9.439 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls9.040 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP9.039 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console8.640 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging7.440 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    VPN8.640 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    High Availability9.535 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection9.538 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Proxy Server10.028 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    User Ratings
    FortiGateJuniper SRX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (67 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (26 ratings)
    6.4
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)