FortiGate Virtual Appliances allow you to mitigate blind spots by implementing critical security controls within your virtual infrastructure. They also allow you to rapidly provision security infrastructure whenever and wherever it is needed. FortiGate virtual appliances feature all of the security and networking services common to traditional hardware-based FortiGate appliances. With the addition of virtual appliances from Fortinet, you can deploy a mix of hardware and virtual appliances, operating together and managed from a common centralized management platform.
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| Category | Firewalls | Mar 27, 2025 | Download |
| Product | Reviews, tips, and advice from real users | Mar 27, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs Netgate pfSense | Mar 27, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs Fortinet FortiGate | Mar 27, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs OPNsense | Mar 27, 2025 | Download |
| Title | Rating | Mindshare | Recommending | |
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| Fortinet FortiGate | 4.2 | 20.8% | 90% | 318 interviewsAdd to research |
| Netgate pfSense | 4.3 | 15.2% | 94% | 215 interviewsAdd to research |
Fortinet FortiGate-VM was previously known as FortiGate Virtual Appliance, FortiGate-VM.
Security7 Networks, COOPENAE
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is the best solution in an environment with less than 100 to 200 users.
In SonicWall, there is no need to buy two boxes for HA. SonicWall will work fine if you buy one box with the fully licensed set and get another box without a license. When it comes to Palo Alto Networks or Fortinet FortiGate-VM, people have to buy the same type of boxes with the same features to ensure that they get HA. The need to buy the same type of boxes with the same features to ensure that you get HA is one of the shortcomings of Fortinet FortiGate-VM when compared to SonicWall, where improvements are needed.
The product has a good reputation in the SMB industry market. The tool does not have a good name in the market, consisting of enterprise-class businesses, making it an area where the product lacks and needs to improve.
The price of the license needs to be improved.
I have been using Fortinet FortiGate-VM for around ten years.
The stability of the product is good. Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Around 100 people in my company use the product.
I have used other products from Fortinet, like Fortinet FortiGate 200F Series Data Sheet.
The product's initial setup phase was very easy since a lot of documentation was available.
The solution is deployed on the cloud and on an on-premises model.
For the Fortinet FortiGate-VM's installation, Fortinet provides the list of system resources needed, including details of the VMs, RAM, and CPUs needed.
The solution can be deployed in an hour.
The solution can be deployed with the help of in-house team members.
The product is worth the money since I can renew whatever features I get in the three-year or five-year pack that I buy. The ROI is good since I get free support.
The product is expensive. Users can opt for a one-year, two-year, three-year, or five-year subscription model when it comes to licensing. There is no need to pay any additional charges apart from the licensing costs of the solution.
Speaking about how the tool improved security within our company's virtualized environment, I would say that if I go for VPN, data in the cloud, or more number of users, then Palo Alto Networks is the best. If there is a smaller number of users, then Fortinet FortiGate-VM is good.
For an MNC organization, Palo Alto Networks is a good option. For Indian organizations, I recommend Fortinet FortiGate-VM.
A scenario where the solution was essential for cloud workload protection is applicable in a small company with 100 to 200 users of the product. If you need a tool without much of an investment, then it is better to choose Fortinet FortiGate-VM.
The most effective part of the tool that is useful for network threat prevention is Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, which is free of cost and is available with a large number of uplink ports, so the servers can directly have a firewall, which is not something that is possible for Palo Alto Networks.
I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. The product has a lot of customers in India.
If I consider Fortinet FortiGate-VM's growing network demands, I rate the scalability a seven to eight out of ten.
The management and configuration areas in the product are easy.
The product offers a lot of security tools to meet a lot of security needs. Fortinet allows you to add security solutions one by one in your environment.
Depending on the product's capability to deal with network scenarios and the use of internal and external firewalls, I rate the overall tool a ten out of ten.
