There is no simple answer. Like Hillstone, FortiGate firewalls are a line with a huge range of capabilities. Here are some ideas based on our experience - Think about high availability? How stringent are your requirements? What would device reboot (minutes downtime),…

Different HW and VM FortiGate models typically differ in the names of network interfaces. To account for that, it may be necessary to edit the configuration file created by the backup procedure to change the physical interface names. Fortunately, it is a plain text file - a…

Besides what's been already mentioned, I would also explicitly mention automation (API) and data export options.  How good is the information provided, e.g. the threat/vulnerability database?  How complete and useful are the reported findings, and how easy are they to…