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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Juniper EX Series Switches

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AJuniper Networks offers the EX Series Ethernet switches, as cloud-grade switches designed for the converged enterprise branch, campus, and data center, and for service providers. They address growing enterprise demands for high availability, unified communications, and virtualization.

    $1,680

    one-time fee approx

    Juniper SRX Series Firewalls

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AJuniper SRX is a firewall offering. It provides a variety of modular features, scaled for enterprise-level use, based on a 3-in-1 OS that enables routing, switching, and security in each product.N/A
    Pricing
    Juniper EX Series SwitchesJuniper SRX Series Firewalls
    Editions & Modules
    EX2300-C
    $1680
    one-time fee approx
    EX4100-F-12P
    $4,585.00
    one-time fee approx
    EX230
    $5830
    one-time fee approx
    EX4100-24MP
    $8,640.00
    one-time fee approx
    EX4100-F-48P
    $8,665.00
    one-time fee approx
    EX4300-48P
    $9,169.99
    one-time fee approx
    EX4400-24X-AFI
    $9,824.99
    one-time fee approx
    EX3400-48P
    $12,322.99
    one-time fee approx
    EX4400-24MP
    $14,315.00
    one-time fee approx
    EX4400-48MP
    $15,510.00
    one-time fee approx
    EX4600
    $31,273.99
    one-time fee approx
    EX4650
    $33,030.00
    one-time fee approx
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Juniper EX Series SwitchesJuniper SRX Series Firewalls
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is dependent on type of switches and the vendor selling them.—
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    Community Pulse
    Juniper EX Series SwitchesJuniper SRX Series Firewalls
    Considered Both Products
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    No answer on this topic
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Chose Juniper SRX Series Firewalls
    Equipment prices ran about the same. Performance and management were also more or less equal. The biggest deciding factors for going with Juniper were (1) fewer security incidents related to SRX firewalls and (2) technical support costs were significantly less.
    Incentivized
    Chose Juniper SRX Series Firewalls
    Juniper SRX is significantly better in every category.

    Cisco ASA was terrible. The config is unintuitive and not easy to manage. Cisco left the ASA abandoned from any kind of meaningful software updates for around a decade.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Juniper EX Series SwitchesJuniper SRX Series Firewalls
    Ethernet Switches
    Comparison of Ethernet Switches features of Juniper EX Series Switches and Juniper SRX Series Firewalls
    Feature
    Juniper EX Series Switches
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Juniper SRX Series Firewalls
    -
    Ratings
    Management Interface9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality of Service (QoS)8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Switch Scalability9.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Switch Redundancy9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Link Aggregation (LACP)9.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Juniper EX Series Switches and Juniper SRX Series Firewalls
    Feature
    Juniper EX Series Switches
    -
    Ratings
    Juniper SRX Series Firewalls
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Identification Technologies00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Visualization Tools00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Content Inspection00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    VPN00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    High Availability00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Proxy Server00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Juniper EX Series SwitchesJuniper SRX Series Firewalls
    Small Businesses
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    SonicWall NSA Series
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    RUCKUS Ethernet Switches
    Score1 out of 10
    Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Ethernet Switches
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Juniper EX Series SwitchesJuniper SRX Series Firewalls
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (14 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    6.4
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Juniper EX Series SwitchesJuniper SRX Series Firewalls
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Juniper EX Series Switches are well suited for my environment (school system) and my staff who don't have a lot of experience in configuring and troubleshooting all the various switches and platforms. Juniper EX Series Switches have been a real blessing to us. Everything I need to do with them is easy to learn and I've experiences no problems with them not behaving properly.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Commit Confirmed - saves lots of headache and possibly travel if a remote goes awry
    • Stacking - switches can be stacked together easily with regular network cables, using any port
    • L3 routing on any switch model, even BGP with the right license
    Incentivized
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • 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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    Cons
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Virtual chassis new switch has overwritten existing config if not performed in a particular way.
    • Applying a configuration to a range of interfaces could be done in a better way.
    • Applying firewall rules to multiple security zones could be done a little more efficiently.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • 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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    Usability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    I can't speak highly enough. It requires no prior networking ability to succeed using these switches. The Mist console makes it so anyone with a technical side can use them efficiently. The configuration copies over easily. A Juniper EX4100 switch can literally just be plugged into power and an ethernet cable and work. Add the code to the Mist and you can see what you need to see
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Many times when contacting Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches support, it seems that it is easiest for support to recommend a straight replacement (RMA) instead of taking time to walk through a solution on the faulty system. We find we get better help from a third-party consulting firm that has Juniper certified technicians or professionals on staff. They take the time to explain processes and workflow, which Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches support seems to shy away from.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Similar cloud platform to manage switches and able to update everything there. Going from on-prem config back up to the cloud doesn’t work as well in either place. They want you to manage in the cloud only but no good way to push from on-premises to cloud and update that way.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Juniper SRX stands tall compared to all these products for Large Service Provider Networks, where traffic volume is larger. Also, cost comparison with SRX's few other products can also be another contributing factor while selecting this. As well as Juniper Routers, Switches, and multiple products from the same vendor to maintain one single vendor environment. As well as Juniper Support is also really good.
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    Return on Investment
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Price of Juniper for the performance is much better than the other leading vendor.
    • I have had minimal problems which frees me to focus on other areas.
    • Mist is intuitive and comes with free training. My Junior network admins were able to get up to speed quickly.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • It is a workhorse for our field operations. It provides the last touch for an ISP to the customer. The customer has no view of the device, but with the repeatability of the device, they do not need to.
    • The ability to roll out a dynamic routing protocol attached to a security zone allows elasticity to the environment that supports growth.
    • VLAN support on the inside interfaces allow this to be the only device in some smaller deployments we install these in.
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