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Snort vs Juniper SRX

Snort
27 Ratings
Juniper SRX
28 Ratings

Snort

27 Ratings
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Score 9 out of 100

Based on 27 reviews and ratings

Juniper SRX

28 Ratings
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Score 8.5 out of 100

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.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Pros

    Snort

    • IPS detection.
    • DoS detection.
    • Packet logging.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Juniper 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

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    Amr Momtaz | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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.

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    Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP
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    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.

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    Bear Golightly | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Bear Golightly
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    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.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Alternatives 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.

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    David Myers | TrustRadius Reviewer
    David Myers
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    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.

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    Eric Stephenson | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Eric Stephenson
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    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.

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    Curt Dickman | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Curt Dickman
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    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.

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    Robert Beck | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Robert Beck
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