What is Fortinet Fortigate NGFW?
FortiGate enterprise firewalls reduce complexity and improve overall security posture by providing full visibility into users, devices, applications and threats on the network, with the ability to apply advanced threat protection anywhere in the network.
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91 Likeliness to Recommend
97 Plan to Renew
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83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+94 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Reliable
- Security Protects
- Continually Improving Product
- Respectful
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Fortinet Fortigate NGFW Reviews
Stephan v.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Oct 2024
Fortinet packs a big punch for such a small box
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Fortinet Fortigate NGFW from other similar products?
A major contributor for us, was also their MSSP option. Where we have the ability to Sell/Lease Fortigate Hardware on a monthly basis to our MSSP clients,. That way making it easier for them to rip and replace.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The user interface is so much easier than other solutions that I have worked on.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing to dislike so far.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Keep on innovating your on the right track
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Francisco R.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Sep 2024
A star product in cybersecurity
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Fortinet Fortigate NGFW from other similar products?
ease of operation
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
how user-friendly the graphical interface is, from where most of the functionalities are configured.
What do you dislike most about this product?
maybe the price is a little bit expensive
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It is important to size the product appropriately, considering both current needs and future growth.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Samantha H.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Mar 2026
Maintaining policy consistency with FortiOS
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Fortinet Fortigate NGFW from other similar products?
The most significant technical differentiator is Fortinet’s use of purpose-built Security Processing Units. While competitors primarily rely on general-purpose CPUs or off-the-shelf FPGAs, FortiGate uses custom ASICs. This allows us to perform heavy tasks like inspection and IPS with significantly less latency and higher throughput than software-defined architectures.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite technical win is that FortiGate performs hardware-accelerated decryption. I can inspect encrypted traffic for hidden malware in real-time, which is a task that often brings CPU-based competitors to a halt. I value that SD-WAN is not a separate license. This allows me to manage branch connectivity, application steering, and perimeter security through a single policy set. It reduces my management tax and simplifies the branch office stack.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I have experienced stable releases that introduced unexpected bugs in the GUI or caused HA clusters to desync.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Understanding the underlying logic of how FortiOS handles Policy Routing versus Static Routing will save you dozens of hours in troubleshooting.
Pros
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Saves Time
- Respectful
