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Feature Set Ratings
Firewall

Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

7.8
Juniper SRX
78%
Juniper SRX ranks higher in 11/11 features
Juniper SRX ranks higher in 11/11 features
Identification Technologies

N/A
0 Ratings

7.2
72%
2 Ratings
Visualization Tools

N/A
0 Ratings

5.1
51%
2 Ratings
Content Inspection

N/A
0 Ratings

8.3
83%
3 Ratings
Policy-based Controls

N/A
0 Ratings

8.3
83%
3 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP

N/A
0 Ratings

7.1
71%
2 Ratings
Firewall Management Console

N/A
0 Ratings

6.4
64%
4 Ratings
Reporting and Logging

N/A
0 Ratings

7.9
79%
4 Ratings
VPN

N/A
0 Ratings

9.4
94%
3 Ratings
High Availability

N/A
0 Ratings

9.4
94%
4 Ratings
Stateful Inspection

N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
90%
3 Ratings
Proxy Server

N/A
0 Ratings

7.1
71%
2 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued) is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
- Juniper SRX is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend

9.0
Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)
90%
2 Ratings

9.4
Juniper SRX
94%
7 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)
N/A
0 Ratings

9.1
Juniper SRX
91%
1 Rating
Support Rating

9.0
Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)
90%
2 Ratings

6.4
Juniper SRX
64%
6 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)
IPS sensors are more suited for companies that do not have visibility into their network with third-party analyzing tools. Scenarios would be to place IPS sensors at the perimeter firewalls mainly. IPS sensors are less appropriate for companies that have third-party analyzing tools that will mitigate vulnerabilities and malicious traffic and activities already.
AVP Network Security Team Lead
East West BankFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees
Juniper SRX
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.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 201-500 employeesPros
Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)
- Detects threats
- Included in other Cisco tools
- Feeds for automatic actualization

Verified User
Consultant in Engineering
Computer & Network Security Company, 501-1000 employeesJuniper SRX
- 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
Cloud Migration Architect
IBMComputer & Network Security, 10,001+ employees
Cons
Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)
- The web GUI is somewhat slow.
- Sometimes difficult to adjust policies.
- Fail open feature may not work properly all the time.
AVP Network Security Team Lead
East West BankFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees
Juniper SRX
- 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.
IT Operations Manager / IT Service Manager
Nashville WrapsWholesale, 51-200 employees
Pricing Details
Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Juniper SRX
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Support Rating
Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)
Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued) 9.0
Based on 2 answers
Cisco TAC has been great at helping with configurations and issues that may arise
AVP Network Security Team Lead
East West BankFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees
Juniper SRX
Juniper SRX 6.4
Based on 6 answers
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.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 201-500 employeesAlternatives Considered
Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)
HP and Fortinet were in the PoC, too, but we decided to use Cisco IPS because it integrated with the rest of our Cisco equipment better. It was well integrated in the ACI datacenter, too. Performance and actual integration work with Cisco. Most of the workers at our company are familiar with Cisco.

Verified User
Consultant in Engineering
Computer & Network Security Company, 501-1000 employeesJuniper 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 development.
Staff System Engineer
CommScopeTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees
Return on Investment
Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)
- Recognize virus outbreaks.
- Find unauthorized administrative traffic.
- Customization needs to be done to reach your objective.

Verified User
Consultant in Engineering
Computer & Network Security Company, 501-1000 employeesJuniper SRX
- Although I'm not a part of the budgeting process, I do know that by using Juniper SRXs, we were able to get the products we needed with much less issues and justifications as other product we've purchased in the past.
Network Engineer
FireEye, IncComputer & Network Security, 1001-5000 employees