TrustRadius Insights for Juniper SRX are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Business Problems Solved
The Juniper SRX is a versatile appliance that satisfies various network needs. Users have found it to be an ideal solution for multiple use cases, such as site-to-site VPN endpoints, standard firewalls, and all-in-one router/firewall/switching. It seamlessly integrates into different designs, including Internet GW, DC firewall, DMZ Firewall, North-South Firewall & Router, and edge router/firewall setups.
One of the standout features of the Juniper SRX is its ability to handle advanced routing capabilities like VRFs, BGP, and GRE, while also providing robust security functionalities such as IPSEC, IPS, Security, and URL Filtering. This makes it suitable for edge devices in data centers or cloud environments where routing instances, support for multiple tunneling, and advanced BGP features are crucial. Furthermore, the Juniper SRX can be configured as physical or virtual boxes with active/standby configuration for enhanced high availability.
Users have come to rely on the Juniper SRX series firewalls for a range of applications including edge firewalls, core firewalls, and VPN point-to-point peers. Its cost-effective price point compared to other options makes it an attractive choice for businesses seeking required security measures without breaking the bank. The Junos platform's ease of use allows for smooth adjustments and reversions with change validation and automated rollback to mitigate unintended consequences. With a reputation for versatility and reliability in diverse scenarios such as basic edge routers or full stateful firewalls with BGP peering for high availability use cases, Juniper SRX devices consistently deliver top-notch performance. They pass audits without issues after firmware updates and are employed in applications like connecting buildings using metro ethernet for high reliability through link failover and automatic route injection on failover.
Users find that Juniper network equipment offers great value with its reliability and effectiveness compared to other networking equipment companies. When it comes to enterprise security requirements like securing workloads, limiting access to internal networks, and protecting against threats and malicious users, the Juniper SRX serves as a robust network firewall. Moreover, it facilitates traffic routing to the internet through Network Address Translation. Administrators rely on Juniper SRXs to handle perimeter security measures and enable blocking of traffic based on IP and port for multiple clients. Overall, the Juniper SRX provides an array of use cases with its versatile capabilities and cost-effective security features.
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Juniper SRX Reviews
3 Reviews
Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees)
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in 2014, our organization did a wholesale forklift of our older network equipment and replaced ALL of it with Juniper gear. We use SRX routers/firewalls/IDP and EX & QFX switches. The smaller SRX-220s are in our 17 branch locations with larger SRX-550s in our 3 data center locations. They are all tied together across a telco's MPLS circuitry and also connected to the Internet to 3rd party partners. Juniper network equipment comprises our entire infrastructure - it has proven to be very reliable and effective, plus has a great ROI, especially when compared to the top networking equipment companies.
Pros
One JUNOS is the Juniper mantra, including for the SRXs. While not entirely true, it comes close enough that if you learn some SRX configuration tricks, they will likely work across all of your SRXs.
Out of the box, with no additional license required, you have a NextGen firewall, by default. You can turn off the firewall and have just a plain ole router.
Cons
Technical support is often lacking. By that, I mean that Tier 1 support frequently has to escalate to the next group. I find that most of my support calls don't get resolved until I hit about Tier 3. Plus it takes minimum of 3 days with medium priority issues.
Automation is very flexible, but because there are so many options, it would great to have a road map to perform the most frequent automation tasks.
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
VU
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (201-500 employees)
We use the Juniper SRX platform to connect two buildings with metro ethernet between two buildings, including link failover, provide high reliability between sites. Our carriers drop LACP frames and most other layer-2 uplink aggregation protocols, so we used specific features on the Juniper SRX platform to implement connectivity testing on each end, with automatic route injection on failover.
Pros
The Juniper SRX platform is easy to set up (out of the box).
The support team responds to tickets quickly and with good solutions.
Cons
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.
Likelihood to Recommend
I don't know much about the rest of the line, but if you require a primary branch-grade router with sub-gig throughput and some enterprisey software features, or you need an actual branch router for an office branch, the Juniper SRX is a solid choice. The out-of-box web GUI setup is pretty easy if you choose to set it up as a "real" router, but you can ignore the GUI entirely and configure layer 2/3 ports all you want with a robust CLI.
We have multiple clients that are utilizing Juniper SRXs that we administer, some of which are used for specific depts/uses some of which are for an entire Branch. The business problems that this addresses is perimeter security, allowing you to block traffic based off IP and port.
Pros
These will route your traffic well and support most all major routing protocols.
VPN Termination is straightforward compared to some competitors.
The commit feature on the SRX puts it way ahead in the ability to roll back changes in case of an error/unplanned consequence.
Cons
This is personal preference, but I strongly dislike the XML format that is displayed if you do not use the display set option.
Commands to do some simple operations are much longer/more cumbersome compared to some of its main counterparts.
The lack of application detection is a big knock on these, we ended up replacing the one in my office with a next-gen firewall to give us greater control.
Likelihood to Recommend
I think if you're using it internally, maybe for segregation in the datacenter, this could excel if you're not worrying about application filtering. The firewalling policies are little more cumbersome to configure but are more robust than a basic ACL.
VU
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (51-200 employees)