Fortinet FortiGate-VM Pricing
FortiGate-VM is a little expensive compared to Sophos. You pay a fixed license for the box, but there are various options if you need to upgrade.
View full review »There is a need to make payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution.
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.
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Fortinet FortiGate-VM
March 2024
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It is a medium-priced product.
The price is pretty decent compared to other products. The product’s licensing must be a little cheaper.
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reviewer1905429
Independent Consultant at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
The pricing is okay. I'd rate it eight out of ten in terms of affordability.
View full review »We can tailor the suitable license for the customer, whether they require UTB or enterprise features. The options are flexible based on their needs.
View full review »The pricing is really good. The FortiGate licensing model is workable compared to many other providers who license everything. The local partner was there to guide us in structuring the license to keep the costs minimal. At the moment, there are no additional costs associated with the tool.
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Arunkumar Vaidynathan
Cloud Consultant at Tata Consultancy
I would rate it a five, where one is low, and ten is high. We usually do monthly licensing costs as we don't invest capital and do more OpEx-based pricing.
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Peter Salerno
Owner / Principal Consultant at Stratus Concept LLC
The licensing costs are in line with everyone else. It all seems expensive when you're talking about firewalls, however, they're all the same. It's likely in the middle of the pack.
There are costs involved with FortiTokens. Everyone has different ways of controlling VPN access, however, with the FortiTokens you get a certain amount with the device, and then you have to buy more as you add them on. They're not costly.
However, it's something you have to buy in batches, so if you've got 40 people you're going to buy a bunch of FortiTokens, and each token is an encryption key so that you can have your little app that's multifactor. They charge for that. Everyone else, in terms of competition, charges for that too.
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is a very expensive solution. It's a value-for-money appliance. You don't have every client going in for the solution unless there are some specific points.
You need to know exactly what you need at the point of purchase. That will guide you in purchasing the required license. If you miss and purchase the wrong license, you can wait and purchase another license during renewal. You can also negotiate with Fortinet to have your license changed to get the feature you want.
On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten.
Cost-wise, I would describe Fortinet FortiGate-VM as a tool that is available for a good price.
Two years ago, the price for the license of the product was affordable, but I think that in the present time, there has been an increase in the price of the product by around 30 percent, making it an expensive tool in the process. I rate the product price a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is a high price, and ten is a low price.
There is no additional cost. Once you get the licensing fee, you're good.
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Mohamed-Talbi
Network Architect at Bouygues telecom
There are products like Cisco Meraki that are more inexpensive than Fortinet FortiGate-VM. However, it provides better security features. Palo Alto's pricing is similar to that of the FortiGate-VM regarding quality for security features. It is reasonable.
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ThendoNdzimeni
Network Administrator Team Lead at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Our license is yearly, but we're thinking of going monthly. I think it's somewhere around 100,000 for VM04. Nowadays, everyone wants to be a hacker, so we believe in security. That's why we also have third-party people that we involve to make sure that we're secure.
I don't think the costs are too bad. You still want to get advice from people who worked in security for many years, so you add a third party. The third party also said they would give their share like 100K, or 200K or something like that, so I don't think it's too expensive for security. I think it just adds more trust.
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reviewer1357092
General Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
The price of the solution is competitive. Fortinet FortiGate-VM had a lot of advantages when it came to pricing. However, the competition has also geared up to a larger extent and it has become comparable now to the other solutions.
In terms of security, it is crucial to understand that the cost of security measures should not be the sole determining factor. The security of your overall infrastructure and setup must be a top priority, regardless of the price of security appliances or OEMs. However, when considering the entire solution, including the security infrastructure, the cost will play a crucial role in the final decision-making process.
It is imperative to choose the best available options, but the cost of the entire solution should not be exorbitant and prevent it from gaining approval from clients.
I rate the price of Fortinet FortiGate-VM an eight out of ten.
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reviewer1625493
Chief Information Security Officer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
The pricing of the product depends on a company's negotiation skills, and if a company can't get it at a good price, there are other tools that can be purchased from the market.
I rate the product price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price.
Our company needs to make either a yearly or a three-year payment towards the licensing charges attached to the product. There are no additional costs attached to the solution apart from the tool's licensing charges.
The solution is expensive.
It could have some versions limited by several users to reduce the price. Else, they could limit the product features, and create some version for a smaller organization with basic requirements.
Support is additional and comes apart from the subscription.
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Mohammed Alahdal
Cyber Security architect at Avanade
The product could be cheaper. When a company scales it, it can get pricey.
The pricing, in fact, is the one aspect that could potentially make clients change their minds. In terms of features, it has almost everything - whatever someone would need. However, the price sometimes is the obstacle. It could force the client to go with a cheaper product. Especially on the cloud, a solution such as this can get costly as you are paying for the cloud stuff on top of the license, and you have to pay per hour.
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reviewer1691751
Principal Network Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
There are yearly or monthly licenses which you can choose from.
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Bilal-Khan
Ecommerce Project Manager at Equine World
VMs can be affordable, but for high-demand scenarios, I'd still recommend the hardware. For the cost, it's a ten out of ten.
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reviewer1125813
IT Support Team Leader at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
The license we pay is a yearly fee. I can't say it's very expensive; it is a good price and is highly suitable for our usage.
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reviewer1331304
Deputy Director at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
The price falls somewhere in the middle; it's neither cheap nor expensive. I would rate it five out of ten.
When purchasing an appliance, it's essential to acquire the accompanying subscription. This is crucial because frequent updates to antivirus profiles and other features are necessary, often occurring daily. Operating the device effectively requires a subscription from Fortinet, which we consistently purchase.
View full review »Initially, the solution's price was high for us. But it decreased on the purchase of more than one license.
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reviewer1619175
Principal & CTO at Constructure Technologies at a construction company with 11-50 employees
Licensing is pretty standard. It's approximately 15% of the total cost per year as a subscription cost.
The subscription cost also includes support for entitlement, which was not the case with Cisco. That was the deciding factor. We changed our whole install base because of that.
There are no additional costs other than the standard licensing fees.
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Abdul Faheem
Global sales head at MEPCSA
The pricing of the solution is moderate. It's competitive, although I wouldn't consider it a cheap solution per se.
Aside from the licensing, there are some add-ons that need to be added that we personally haven't added. There are features such as content filtering, etc., that we haven't opted for. However, users can add them on if they need to for an additional cost.
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reviewer1542387
Security Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
On a scale of one to ten, where ten is very expensive, I rate the solution around two or three. I think the solution's prices are okay, considering the services and features they offer.
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reviewer1028589
Head of IT at a mining and metals company with 10,001+ employees
The pricing is pretty reasonable when compared to other solutions of the same caliber.
We pay a yearly licensing fee. I do not know the exact costs, however, as that is handled by the team in Luxembourg.
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Swapnil Talegaonkar
Technology consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
At present, the SD-WAN licenses are on an annual basis.
We have no specific complaints about the licensing prices.
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Dhsrms Fff
Team Leader Network & Security at Rogers Capital
The cost of the solution is good.
View full review »I rate Fortinet FortiGate-VM's pricing a six out of ten.
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Jürgen Bechmann
IT consultant at mLogix Systemhaus
I rate the product's pricing an eight out of ten.
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OmerBaig
Solution Architect at Ambsan
The license can be purchased at intervals of one, three, and five years.
The price of the solution is in the middle range compared to the other vendors. However, the vendor is increasing the price gradually.
View full review »The cost of this product is too high on a yearly license. The license can be renewed on a monthly or yearly basis. There are additional costs for extra features.
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reviewer1537209
SecOps Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The pricing is okay. However, it could always be better. When you need to scale, you need to buy bigger, different licenses.
View full review »They do offer a one-month free trial.
They offer affordable pricing. It was not expensive. I'd rate it seven or eight out of ten in terms of affordability.
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KhalidMohamed
Programmer / Analyst at Maridive & Oil Services
FortiGate-VM is more expensive than Sophos. We have two appliances: a main appliance, then a backup, e.g. FortiGate-VM, and this make it so expensive, even more than the costs from Sophos.
We pay the standard three-year licensing fees.
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reviewer1641246
Senior Security Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
For our entire fleet of 120 firewalls, we're paying about $100,000 per year. The licensing fees give you support and the capability to download updated definitions of threat intelligence from Fortinet.
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GabrielDavid
Chief Information Officer at LCC Group Inc
Fortigate is cheaper if you compare it to Palo Alto, a main competitor.
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SegunIyanda
Software Developer/ IT Analyst Individual Contributor at AIICO Capital Limited
At this time, I'm unsure of what the costs related to the solution are. It's my understanding that support is part of the OEM fee and you do have to pay that yearly. However, it does depend on the arrangements with the OEM.
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Richard Domikis
Chief Technology Officer at cornerstone defense
We pay a yearly licensing fee. It's probably a couple of thousand dollars per firewall.
On top of that, if you maintain a hardware warranty, so that you own the devices, you still maintain a warranty on them. There's sort-of a service contract, or you can go at risk. I don't know where we are in that. I'd have to go look, but I know at one point in time we talked about again, if we're going to be doing a tech exchange, maybe we don't want to maintain the warranties on them anymore.
The competitors actually have lower prices for more functionality. On the higher side, if you go with Cisco, it's more expensive, however, it's obviously more functional. A Palo Alto is probably a better solution than a FortiGate.
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reviewer1504884
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
For FortiGate-VM, we mostly have UTP Bundle. MA is for three to five years, but we just discovered that VM is cheaper; we found that it actually costs more than a physical appliance excluding the servers for the platform.
View full review »We don't have to pay for the licenses. But we might purchase licenses in the future.
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Cesar Reza
Director at REDCO
Installation does not require another license so it is inexpensive and easy to configure.
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reviewer1718730
Works at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
There is an annual license required to use the solution.
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SaifKhan1
Network Security Engineer at a consumer goods company with 201-500 employees
We are on an annual license for this solution and it could be cheaper.
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reviewer1392801
Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
We have clients with three-year licensing and others with five.
It's not a cheap solution but it comes with its benefits.
It's all bundled. When we purchase this product, it is bundled with a support license for that period.
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Ranjit Kumar Sriramoju
Tech Security & Networking Support Lead at a venture capital & private equity firm with 51-200 employees
Pricing is somewhere in the middle. It's a mid-ranged product.
There are additional fees with this solution.
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reviewer1394748
Information Technology Manager and ISMS Auditor at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
We found the pricing to be okay. It's reasonable and not too expensive.
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Eric Xiao
Director at Treasure Technology
With Cisco, licensing is quite complex, but with Fortigate, you simply need to buy a bundle and they give you everything you'll require.
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reviewer1270449
Manager-Information Technology at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
I'm not aware of the specific costs involved in the licensing of the solution. I don't know that prices are competitive enough compared to other vendors.
View full review »The basic pricing in Austria is OK, but asking for special offers, e.g., NPOs, NGOs, trade up, and/or trade in, is always useful.
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Karina Llain
Head of systems and technology at Hotel Zuana Beach Resort
We have been waiting a long time for the vendor to give us licenses, it has been five months and we are still waiting. However, the price is reasonable.
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reviewer1401510
Team leader technical support at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
There is a support fee that can be bought on a yearly or two-yearly basis. I don't think they do five years. The best benefit is that the same pricing is guaranteed for that duration. If you can afford it, I would recommend using the longest possible time span.
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SheryarSaqib
Network Security Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
There is a benefit in terms of the cost of using this solution because the price is very good. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees.
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Edd Bautista
Engineering Manager at Primatel Communication Snd Bhd
Like most similar products in the market, Fortinet's enterprise customers need to pay for annual support. They call it FortiCare, and it's direct support from Fortinet. FortiCare is renewed annually and covers support for new releases, purchases, and updates.
Fortinet is competitively priced, it's cheaper than Palo Alto and Check Point.
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MauricioCorrêa
Full support analyst at Gruppen
The solution could be better priced.
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reviewer1602627
Network Security Engineer at a tech company with 201-500 employees
Similar to Palo Alto, we have our own license and we're working on this. The customer must buy his own license.
The pricing of the solution is strange. We don't understand exactly how it's calculated or how it works.
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Lindsay Mieth
CISO at a religious institution with 501-1,000 employees
Be very clear with your security consultant who is proposing Fortinet as a solution regarding all the features and integrations you expect to achieve with the solution.
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João Garcia
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
We recommend that the FortiGate logs be analyzed using FortiAnalyzer, which is a Fortinet tool for generating reports. We also advise customers to implement user passwords for all students so they can track which student accessed which website, or which student has been on their email. It's a form of protection for the school. If the school has any issues, they can prove the origin of it.
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reviewer1428657
IT Director at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Of all the firewalls that we compared, FortiGate is the cheapest and most affordable, so we are satisfied with the pricing.
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Nour Ikrazah
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The pricing is fairly reasonable. Compared to the pricing of other firewalls, it is very good. We have no complaints.
View full review »This solution is very expensive. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees.
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reviewer1140930
Technical Lead at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
The price of the solution could be less expensive. There are some features that have to be purchased separately that have their own license.
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reviewer1625292
Creative Head/Director at a marketing services firm with 1-10 employees
We pay for a yearly license.
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reviewer1277835
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
The price is similar to Symantec Endpoint, but it's more expensive than Forcepoint solutions. Fortinet is better than Forcepoint.
I don't see that it's a problem concerning the pricing, but it is expensive for Turkey.
We do not pay any additional costs for technical support or additional features.
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reviewer997284
Network Engineer at a maritime company with 201-500 employees
The price of this product is great compared to others.
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reviewer1377483
Lead Cybersecurity Analyst at a consultancy with 5,001-10,000 employees
Since we don't primarily work with the solution, I'm not sure what the licensing costs are.
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reviewer1764255
Systems Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Licensing is usually on an annual, two-year, or three-year basis. I would rate the product's pricing as four out of five.
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reviewer1512672
Project Coordinator at a marketing services firm with 201-500 employees
There should be a reduction in the setup price and licensing costs.
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reviewer1055319
Chief of Security and Research at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
We tend to have a three-year contract with Fortigate. While I don't know the exact costs, my understanding is that it is less expensive than some other options.
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reviewer1738989
Network Analyst at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We currently have a three-year licensing agreement. There are standard features and you do not have to pay extra fees for extra add-ons.
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reviewer1651302
Director Of Technology at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
With Fortinet FortiGate-VM you can bring your own licensing, or it can be paid on a yearly basis.
Pricing is very flexible.
View full review »The price is expensive compared with other vendors, like Cisco and Huawei. However, the performance is good.
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Edgar Cantu
Consultor Infraestructura, Networking y Seguridad en Seti Consulting at SETI CONSULTING
Our licensing costs are of a general nature. There are no additional costs beyond the standard fee.
The price: It is a bit higher than the other competitors. This is why I started to look at other brands. For example, I am looking at Sophos firewall and whether it can meet our requirements, since I am sure that their price would be cheaper than Fortinet.
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Leandro Birri
Responsable de Ingenieria at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
It is an expensive solution if you are migrating from an open source solution.
If you are in a licensed solution, like Cisco or Palo Alto, it is cheaper. I do recommend using it with a license, because it is a security solution and it needs updates.
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Bruno Barretto
IT Analyst at Comdados
The price could be lower. It's expensive.
View full review »I have yet to research a hardware replacement. If anything, I am the one that needs some advice!
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reviewer1238931
Junior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Our clients tend to deal with the licensing aspects of the solution.
View full review »The pricing and licensing are not as expensive as its competitors. This applies to SonicWall, too.
Check Point and Palo Alto are very expensive solutions, because of the ownership and renewal costs.
I was not involved in that aspect. Therefore, I cannot provide information along these lines.
View full review »It is on par with what you receive. It can be expensive upfront.
It would be nice to have the ability to extend FortiGuard subscriptions at a reasonable yearly cost versus a bulk three year pricing.
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Fortinet FortiGate-VM
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Fortinet FortiGate-VM. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.