FortiGate
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The facts
Each one read from FortiGate's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI security services
- FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services provide real-time protection and responseschecked 27 Sep 2026
- Built-in ZTNA
- Built-in ZTNA enforces secure access to applications and infrastructurechecked 27 Sep 2026
- Bundle limitation
- The ENT bundle does not include OT-specific device and protocol recognition; Fortinet says to add OT Security Service for OT environments.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Cloud-hosted service
- FortiGate-as-a-Service provides scalable, cloud-hosted FortiGateschecked 27 Sep 2026
- Cloud integrations
- The FortiGate VM trial page names AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI as example VPC environments and describes native integration with cloud security services.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Customer support
- Fortinet provides FortiCare customer support and support serviceschecked 27 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- FortiGate NGFW solutions are designed for physical, virtualized, and cloud deployments.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment environments
- Designed for physical, virtualized, and cloud environmentschecked 27 Sep 2026
- Deployment use cases
- Covers data centers, campuses, branches, clouds, and harsh environmentschecked 27 Sep 2026
- Ecosystem
- The FortiGate product page lists ServiceNow and CrowdStrike among its alliance partners.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Energy efficiency
- Patented ASICs support scalable networks with faster security processingchecked 27 Sep 2026
- Global market share
- Over 50% of global market sharechecked 27 Sep 2026
- Hardware certification
- Fortinet states that all FortiGate hardware appliances are ISO 27001 certified.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrated SD-WAN
- Integrated SD-WAN supports orchestration and secure office interconnectionchecked 27 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Fortinet describes its Security Fabric as providing consolidated visibility across Fortinet solutions and an ecosystem of over 500 third-party solutions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Fortinet presents use cases for data centers, campuses, branches, public and private clouds, and harsh industrial environments.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Management
- Fortinet describes unified management and security policies across hybrid infrastructure as FortiGate capabilities.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Networking
- The product includes SD-WAN and built-in ZTNA capabilities.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Operating system
- Uses a single operating system across security and networking operationschecked 27 Sep 2026
The company
- Company recognition
- Fortinet was recognized as a leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hybrid Mesh Firewallchecked 27 Sep 2026
- Founded
- 2000checked 23 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Sunnyvale, California, USAchecked 23 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Free trial
- Fortinet offers a free 30-day FortiGate-VM trial that requires registration.checked 11 Oct 2026
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