What users are saying about
Snort vs Juniper SRX
27 Ratings
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28 Ratings
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Based on 28 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
Firewall

Snort
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
- Juniper SRX is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend

8.4
Snort
84%
5 Ratings

9.4
Juniper SRX
94%
7 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

Snort
N/A
0 Ratings

9.1
Juniper SRX
91%
1 Rating
Support Rating

Snort
N/A
0 Ratings

6.4
Juniper SRX
64%
6 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Snort
If a colleague was looking to tighten down their network I can easily recommend Snort to them. It gives you some more peace of mind knowing that its always scanning traffic for malicious looking code. Even things your major firewalls and security hardware might miss, Snort has picked up. Its an easy recommendation for me.

Verified User
Consultant in Marketing
Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employeesJuniper 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
Snort
- IPS detection.
- DoS detection.
- Packet logging.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ 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
Snort
- At times can be unstable with Cisco bugs, require frequent upgrading.
- FTD images that are being pushed for ASAs are less efficient from an administration standpoint, no CLI.
Senior Network Security Engineer
InsightInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 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
Snort
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
Snort
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
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
Snort
For our organization, the Cisco defense in depth concept works the best. While Cisco can be made to work with other vendors, we have found the best in depth protection by integrating Cisco products for maximum visibility. We had a Barracuda Web Filter, but it was difficult to maintain when you had limited scope on what you could block, so we created a whitelist only setup which required a lot of additional manpower. This wouldn't have covered new threats with DNS spoofing and the like.Sourcefire also integrated with our anti-malware platform (Cisco AMP) for even better visibility on what may be happening on the end users workstation. We are planning on adding in Cisco ISE to complete the approach and possibly stealthwatch to cover our bases in the future. The Palo Alto gear was interesting, but it was priced far out of our range.
Network Administrator
West Wichita Family Physicians, P.A.Hospital & Health Care, 201-500 employees
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 development.
Staff System Engineer
CommScopeTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees
Return on Investment
Snort
- Being open source, ROI on free is hard to beat for something that works.
- I believe it greatly enhances the security of my network.
Owner
Grandpa's GarageAutomotive, 1-10 employees
Juniper 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