It works great for what it does but needs minor improvements
Updated November 16, 2025

It works great for what it does but needs minor improvements

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Fortinet FortiGate

We use Fortinet FortiGate firewall appliance with our clients to protect customers network, manage remote access and firewall rules. Also as a tunnel between locations of different branches. We are addressing security and virus problems by using built in antivirus, secure the network and manage various controls leveraging cyber security for many clients.

Pros

  • Firewall
  • VPN
  • Antivirus

Cons

  • Firewall rules interface
  • Forti-token cost
  • Brought security level up comparing to our legacy firewall
  • Forti-token cost is prohibitive and making us reconsider VPN solution via Fortinet FortiGate
Good overall but I think firewall policy interface needs improvement in usability.
Great subscription services and easy branch office VPN configuration. Also a big plus for 2FA via Forti Token integration.

Do you think Fortinet FortiGate delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Fortinet FortiGate's feature set?

Yes

Did Fortinet FortiGate live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Fortinet FortiGate go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Fortinet FortiGate again?

Yes

Small to medium business environments especially with multi-branch setups.

FortiGate Feature Ratings

Identification Technologies
8
Visualization Tools
8
Content Inspection
10
Policy-based Controls
6
Active Directory and LDAP
6
Firewall Management Console
2
Reporting and Logging
6
VPN
10
High Availability
10
Stateful Inspection
10
Proxy Server
8

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