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Fortinet Fortigate NGFW

Composite Score

9.0 /10

CX Score

9.2 /10

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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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Awards & Recognition

Fortinet Fortigate NGFW won the following awards in the Next Generation Firewall category

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2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2025

10 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

10 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2021 Data Quadrant Champion

2021

Fortinet Fortigate NGFW Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

92 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Fortinet Fortigate NGFW?

0% Negative

1% Neutral

99% Positive

Pros

Security Protects
Reliable
Respectful
Continually Improving Product

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Virtual Private Network

Advanced Threat Protection

Web Content Filtering

Deep Packet Inspection

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls

Application Control

Identity Based Control

Network Access Control

Virtual Firewall

Encrypted Data Control

Sandboxing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

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Fortinet Fortigate NGFW Reviews

Ashley D.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2020

Best and affordable firewall

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Fortinet Fortigate NGFW from other similar products?

Fortinet Fortigate firewalls contain a gigantic and hearty list of capabilities permitting our association better protection while decreasing the quantity of gadgets and programming required to do comparative functions.Fortinet Fortigate made a rearranged cost structure for each gadget we introduced, sparing our organization a large number of dollars.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Their different highlights like web channel, VPN associations, traffic reports, and so on function admirably as well. The GUI is exceptionally simple and reasonable. Shields the system from detestable online activities. It gives us granular authority over what we permit all through the system and the progression of traffic between organize focuses (LANS and WANS). It permits us to interface various workplaces over WAN associations.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There are a few bugs in the more current relaease. In some cases the firewall stalls out we have to do a hard reboot which impacts the creation.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is the best affordable firewall with an extraordinary degree of security. In any case, in the event that you are searching for an application-based firewall where you have to characterize the approach dependent on the applications, decide on another firewall.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Joe H.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2020

Easy to implement and provide top-rate protection

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Fortinet Fortigate NGFW from other similar products?

Fortinet Firewall has all the features required in their package so no need to purchase ala carte like many vendors.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The integration with other Fortinet products (switches, APs, etc) is excellent. The firewall was easy to implement and upgrades are straight forward and safe to apply.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The Fortinet Multi-Factor Authentication feature requires an additional license and is pricey.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you want a leading edge firewall solution at a very competitive price, please take a look at Fortinet Fortigate firewalls.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Inspires Innovation

Ezequiel P.

Role: Operations
Industry: Energy
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2020

its great product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Fortinet Fortigate NGFW from other similar products?

all funcrtionallity

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

the load balance

What do you dislike most about this product?

the management

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

try all function before buy

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Fortinet Fortigate NGFW

What is Fortinet Fortigate NGFW?

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Data Quadrant Champion

Fortinet Fortigate NGFW Ratings

92 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Fortinet Fortigate NGFW?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Virtual Private Network Offers IPSEC (for site-to-site tunnels) and SSL VPN (for remote access) options.

Advanced Threat Protection ATP refers to a category of security solutions that defend against sophisticated malware or hacking-based attacks targeting sensitive data.

Web Content Filtering Restrictive filtering of web surfing to limit exposure to harmful and inappropriate sites.

Deep Packet Inspection Control and enforcement of protocols including industrial protocols.

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls Firewall features offered as a service at lower cost and scalable infrastructure

Application Control The solution provides ICAP support, anti-circumvention support, and an auto-record function of all traffic session details.

Identity Based Control Mapping of specific security policies to defined user groups and individuals.

Network Access Control Endpoint integration to ensure each connecting device has appropriate security.

Virtual Firewall A VF runs entirely within a virtual environment and provides packet filtering and monitoring provided by a physical firewalls

Encrypted Data Control Native decryption and re-encryption of SSL and SFTP traffic for thorough inspection.

Sandboxing Sandboxing is a software management strategy that isolates applications from critical system resources and other programs and tests its contents

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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Fortinet Fortigate NGFW Reviews

Ashley D.

Best and affordable firewall

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Joe H.

Easy to implement and provide top-rate protection

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ezequiel P.

its great product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Virtual Private Network

Advanced Threat Protection

Web Content Filtering

Deep Packet Inspection

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls

Application Control

Identity Based Control

Network Access Control

Virtual Firewall

Encrypted Data Control

Sandboxing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support