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Juniper SRX Series

by Juniper Networks

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FortiGate

by Fortinet

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Overview

What it is

Juniper SRX Series

Looking for Firewall software? Juniper SRX Series by Juniper Networks provides IPS, IPsec VPN and secure SD-WAN for IPsec VPN. Compare features and alternatives.

FortiGate

FortiGate helps teams with network firewalling. Explore features like firewall, IPS and application control, cloud deployment and the closest Firewall competitors.

Product type

Juniper SRX Series

Next-Generation Firewall Appliance

FortiGate

Next-generation firewall and secure networking platform

Best for

Juniper SRX Series

Cross-industry, Enterprise, Data Centers, Branch Offices

FortiGate

Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers

Pricing

Pricing model

Juniper SRX Series

Contact Vendor

FortiGate

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Juniper SRX Series

Free trial: yes

FortiGate

Free trial: no

Deployment

Deployment options

Juniper SRX Series

CloudOn-Premise

FortiGate

Cloud

Deployment details

Juniper SRX Series

On-premises; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliances; Virtual vSRX; Container cSRX

FortiGate

Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service; Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service

Data residency

Juniper SRX Series

On-premises hardware or cloud instance

FortiGate

Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region

Key features

What it offers

Juniper SRX Series

  • Next-generation firewall
  • Stateful inspection
  • IPS
  • Application security
  • Secure SD-WAN
  • IPsec VPN
  • Next-gen firewalling
  • Network segmentation

FortiGate

  • Firewall
  • IPS
  • Application control
  • Antivirus
  • SSL inspection
  • VPN
  • SD-WAN
  • Web filtering

Platform & access

API access

Juniper SRX Series

API access: yes

FortiGate

API access: yes

Single sign-on (SSO)

Juniper SRX Series

SSO: yes

FortiGate

SSO: yes

Role-based access (RBAC)

Juniper SRX Series

RBAC: yes

FortiGate

RBAC: yes

Multi-tenant

Juniper SRX Series

Multi-tenant: yes

FortiGate

Multi-tenant: yes

Mobile app

Juniper SRX Series

Mobile app: no

FortiGate

Mobile app: no

Supported platforms

Juniper SRX Series

Data CentersBranch OfficesPublic Clouds

FortiGate

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMNutanix AHVAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more

Compliance

Juniper SRX Series

ICSA LabsCommon CriteriaFIPS 140-2

FortiGate

Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Juniper SRX Series

Juniper ATP CloudSecurity DirectorSplunkQRadar

FortiGate

FortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiClientFortiAuthenticatorFortiNACFortiSandboxFortiGuardFortiSwitch+1 more

Industries

Juniper SRX Series

Cross-industryEnterpriseData CentersBranch Offices

FortiGate

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Regions

Juniper SRX Series

Global

FortiGate

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Vendor

Company

Juniper SRX Series

Juniper Networks

FortiGate

Fortinet

Headquarters

Juniper SRX Series

Sunnyvale, California, USA

FortiGate

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Company size

Juniper SRX Series

10,000+

FortiGate

10,000+

Founded

Juniper SRX Series

1996

FortiGate

2000

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