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    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
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    Community Pulse
    Juniper SRX
    Considered Both Products
    Juniper Networks
    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
    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
    Chose Juniper SRX
    Equipment prices ran about the same. Performance and management were also more or less equal. The biggest deciding factors for going with Juniper were (1) fewer security incidents related to SRX firewalls and (2) technical support costs were significantly less.
    Incentivized
    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
    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
    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.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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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
    Juniper SRX
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Juniper SRX
    Feature
    Juniper SRX
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Identification Technologies9.03 Ratings
    Visualization Tools7.03 Ratings
    Content Inspection8.04 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls10.04 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP8.03 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console7.05 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging8.05 Ratings
    VPN10.04 Ratings
    High Availability10.05 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection10.04 Ratings
    Proxy Server9.03 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Juniper SRX
    Small Businesses
    SonicWall NSA Series
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Juniper SRX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Juniper SRX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Juniper Networks
    SRXs seem to be well suited at the enterprise level for plain routers, firewalls, and IDP/IDS. They work well on MPLS and Ethernet, including Internet. I have 3 SRXs also performing edge duty, with 2 in a high availability (HA) cluster. The Juniper line of SRXs provides a good range of scaling from small business to extremely large enterprise. Wire speed is a common comparison factor and Juniper shines in that area.
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    Pros
    Juniper Networks
    • Edge Device (Tunneling & Routing)
    • Routing Instances
    • Zone Based Firewall
    • L3 Gateway/Vlan termination
    • DHCP Server & DHCP Relay
    • Good support community & Good available documentation
    • Good support by the Vendor
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    Cons
    Juniper Networks
    • My only real criticism of the product is that it's hard to figure out how to upgrade the firmware from the CLI via TFTP via the docs, but it works great once you get it sorted.
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    Support Rating
    Juniper Networks
    This is the one area where I have a beef with Juniper. When I called into Cisco TAC, 90% of the time, the first person I spoke with was able to resolve my issue. With Juniper TAC, 90% of the time, the first person I speak with is not able to resolve my issue, seems to almost be reading from a script, and must escalate my ticket. All of which takes time.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Juniper Networks
    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, and multiple products from the same vendor to maintain one single vendor environment. As well as Juniper Support is also really good.
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    Return on Investment
    Juniper Networks
    • It is a workhorse for our field operations. It provides the last touch for an ISP to the customer. The customer has no view of the device, but with the repeatability of the device, they do not need to.
    • The ability to roll out a dynamic routing protocol attached to a security zone allows elasticity to the environment that supports growth.
    • VLAN support on the inside interfaces allow this to be the only device in some smaller deployments we install these in.
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