Juniper SRX vs McAfee Network Security Platform

Likelihood to Recommend

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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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 201-500 employees

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McAfee Network Security does do what it promises, and it integrates nicely with other McAfee services my work computer has. Sometimes I do feel though that McAfee does hinder your computer/internet performance, but maybe it's a trade-off that's worth it. I do wish they would refine their threat detection so some websites that I don't think are harmful and want to visit for work purposes aren't blocked. There's been times where I google a question and a website has the answer but McAfee will block it. If you're in a position at a financial company like me, where you're dealing with sensitive/private information, it's important to have this type of software to protect data.

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Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pros

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

Cloud Migration Architect

IBMComputer & Network Security, 10,001+ employees

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Download protection
Keeps you from harmful sites
Encrypts computer data
Prevents DDoS attacks

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Verified User

Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

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

IT Operations Manager / IT Service Manager

Nashville WrapsWholesale, 51-200 employees

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Sometimes can slow internet/computer speed
At times can stop software downloads that I don't deem harmful and need to download
May also block a website that isn't harmful that I wanted to visit because it has helpful information

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Verified User

Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Support Rating

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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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 201-500 employees

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No score

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Alternatives Considered

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

Staff System Engineer

CommScopeTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

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

Network Engineer

FireEye, IncComputer & Network Security, 1001-5000 employees

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Protects information
Keeps viruses off of programs
Integrates seamlessly with other McAfee products on my computer

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Verified User

Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Juniper SRX

McAfee Network Security Platform

Juniper SRX

McAfee Network Security Platform

Identification Technologies

Visualization Tools

Content Inspection

Policy-based Controls

Active Directory and LDAP

Firewall Management Console

Reporting and Logging

VPN

High Availability

Stateful Inspection

Proxy Server

Juniper SRX

McAfee Network Security Platform

Juniper SRX

McAfee Network Security Platform

Juniper SRX

McAfee Network Security Platform

Likelihood to Recommend

Juniper SRX

McAfee Network Security Platform

Pros

Juniper SRX

McAfee Network Security Platform

Cons

Juniper SRX

McAfee Network Security Platform

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Support Rating

Juniper SRX

McAfee Network Security Platform

Alternatives Considered

Juniper SRX

McAfee Network Security Platform

Return on Investment

Juniper SRX

McAfee Network Security Platform

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