Fortinet FortiGate Pricing
FortiGate is on the cheaper end. The price varies depending on the model of appliance you're using. It's affordable for a university or a small business. A firewall typically has a license for three years that includes installation and support, but maintenance is separate.
View full review »The price is fair for what we get with FortiGate.
View full review »FortiGate's pricing falls within the mid-range when compared to other leading firewall solutions. While it's more expensive than Sophos, it's more affordable than Palo Alto.
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Fortinet FortiGate
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Fortinet FortiGate. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
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Will Alfaro
IT Consultant at Escuela de Comunicación Mónica Herrera
The licensing model is very good. It's less expensive than Check Point.
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Dhsrms Fff
Team Leader Network & Security at Rogers Capital
The license for Fortinet FortiGate is affordable in my country.
View full review »The price range is quite acceptable and normal.
View full review »The price for the Fortinet FortiGate is reasonable. Secure SD-WAN is free of charge. If you have their firewall, it's free of charge. It's very tempting. Other vendors, such as Palo Alto, will charge you to have an SD-WAN license, whereas, with Fortinet, it's free of charge.
View full review »The cost of the solution is reasonable.
View full review »Fortinet is competitive price-wise.
The price varies yearly and there could be additional costs to help manage the infrastructure.
In certain markets, if an organization subscribes to their internet service they get a Fortinet firewall included in the cost.
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James-Jiang
IT Security Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees
For medium and enterprise organizations, FortiGate is more affordable. We can choose from a variety of bundles to find the right license for our needs. The software is reliable and easy to install, and it will run smoothly on our systems. FortiGate is priced lower than Palo Alto.
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reviewer1116360
Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The licensing is paid on a yearly basis.
View full review »Fortinet has more device options that are affordable for small businesses than Palo Alto, and its enterprise-level models are also cheaper. Palo Alto also has a separate license for VPN connections and SD-WAN, but FortiGate offers these standard features.
The solution is quite pricey.
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Denis Orellana
Network Solutions Architect at Yazata Solutions
Fortinet's pricing is more straightforward than other solutions. If Fortinet doesn't stick out when you're searching for a solution, you are a glutton for punishment. You only need to know two things when purchasing a Fortinet solution: your total bandwidth and bandwidth at the site. You need to estimate the future bandwidth with other solutions if your customer plans to upgrade.
You have to consider whether you'll need to resell your licenses or wait until they expire and get new ones. You need to worry about out-of-pocket costs with other solutions, but you could pay for a higher-tier Fortinet license. You don't need to worry about it for 10 years and still be under budget.
Fortinet encourages people to buy their base product and then add what they need. That mentality goes a lot farther in the game because it affords people security. That's how they got into the market and became so competitive.
View full review »In the Asian economy in which we operate, FortiGate is expensive.
View full review »Fortinet FortiGate is reasonably priced.
View full review »The pricing is a bit more expensive than the others but Fortinet is the best in the region. They have a good hold on the market because they are everywhere.
We pay for support and licensing fees.
I give the pricing a nine out of ten.
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Jim Morrill
Network admin at Penobscot Valley Hospital
It was probably about $2,500 per firewall. It was all included. It included support, services, threat management software, and 24/7 FortiCare on it. Cisco products are more expensive.
View full review »A year or two years back, its price was competitive and reasonable. That was one of the reasons that people easily switched to Fortinet. Over the last two years, the prices have increased drastically. However, the prices of others have also increased. An advantage is there from the price point but not as much as it was previously.
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Prasanth P.
Global Chief Information Officer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
FortiGate is a little expensive. In addition to hardware and licensing, there are some implementation and maintenance costs.
We are on an annual license to use Fortinet FortiGate.
I rate the price of Fortinet FortiGate a four out of five.
View full review »While Fortinet FortiGate has a higher price point compared to Sophos XG, its user-friendly interface justifies the cost. Additionally, its fixed pricing structure eliminates concerns about surprise fees.
Licensing costs are acceptable. I think it's cheaper than Cisco. We pay for the license on a yearly basis.
View full review »The pricing is very reasonable.
View full review »This is a very comprehensive solution but the cost is quite high.
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reviewer1336140
Senior Network Engineer at a government with 201-500 employees
Licensing is renewed every three to five years. They are less expensive e than Cisco. It has reduced the overall cost of maintaining a Cisco environment.
It's a package deal. There are no extra costs.
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Philimon Kaitano
Network Manager at a tech company with 1-10 employees
The price is highly competitive when compared to other brands that offer similar functionality. Fortinet FortiGate is more affordable both in terms of hardware and licensing, in comparison to its competitors.
View full review »We think the price is lower, and suitable for most end users.
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Andrew S. Baker (ASB)
Cybersecurity & IT Operations Professional (VirtualCxO) at BrainWave Consulting Company, LLC
Licensing and setup costs are generally pretty clear with Fortinet. If you go with centralized management or their Log Analyzer tool, these carry some additional pricing that you need to look at.
Check out the price matrix, and go with a value-added reseller that understands how to help you size out the equipment. Remember to always look at the performance with the assumption that you will have many of the unified threat management (UTM) features on, not off.
View full review »By default, they give SD-WAN along with the firewall. They don't have separate licensing for the SD-WAN functionality. However, they have security licenses that are sold separately on a subscription basis. Customers can consume these security features to protect their users from internet traffic.
View full review »Fortinet is much cheaper compared to the other leading platforms. However, most of our customers are asking for bigger discounts on license renewals.
View full review »The pricing is flexible. We pay for our device and our subscription according to our needs.
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Andrei Vaskin
Specialist at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
It is quite affordable for our customers. There is a separate cost for IPS, antivirus, web filtering, and other features. They have a great choice of licenses. You can go for the license that you want, which is quite useful.
You have to buy a support license for FortiCare. In most cases, people buy the UTM bundle that comes with IPS, web filtering, and FortiCare.
View full review »It has been two years. I don't remember the actual price, but it was affordable.
We buy the boxes and then use the license for three years.
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reviewer930837
Senior Manager (Engineering Department) at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Their licensing costs are annual. The UTM feature license along with their support is called FortiCare. We include that as a part of the annual maintenance cost. Palo Alto or Juniper also have an annual subscription charge for UTM.
Price, of course, can always be more competitive, but it is not the most expensive product. The price-performance ratio is quite high for FortiGate.
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reviewer947427
Technical Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
The price of Fortinet FortiGate is better than Cisco, Check Point, and Palo Alto. In terms of pricing, it's probably a better-priced firewall solution overall.
View full review »We pay for the solution annually.
View full review »You need to pay a license for this solution. Our licensing is now done in our subsidiary.
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reviewer1289523
Network Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
We've found the pricing to be fair and the licensing model is quite good. It's a reasonable cost. It's not too expensive.
That said, I do feel they could work on the pricing policy a bit.
Right now a license to use some of the simpler features like web filtering or antivirus, you have to pay about 80% of the hardware price to have a license for a year. That's a bit too much for such basic features.
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reviewer1959201
Operation Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The pricing depends on the FortiGate model we are using, ranging from $3,000 to $20,000 US dollars. We are using the FortiGate 600E, and its price falls within the midrange. The most expensive part is the renewal of the license subscription.
View full review »Its price is normal. If I compare it with other vendors, such as Palo Alto, it's normal. Palo Alto is expensive.
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reviewer2129880
Head of IT at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
The price is high compared to some of the other solutions.
View full review »There is a subscription-based model to use Fortinet FortiGate. We pay annually for the solution along with the support. If you want to have all the updates, and security patches you will need to renew your support.
The price of Fortinet FortiGate is reasonable compared to other solutions.
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Darrell Elias
Technical support engineer at a comms service provider with 1-10 employees
I have no idea what the difference in pricing is if you buy it from a reseller or distributor compared to Fortinet, or even if Fortinet gives that option. The pricing is justified. It's a little pricey, but what you pay for is what you get.
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Thendo Ndzimeni
Network Administrator at Automated Outsourcing services
The product has different licensing models, depending on what you're going to do. For the IoT service, initially the program was for free, then the IoT service and the mix firmware that we had, we had to pay.
Services are separate in terms of Fortinet FortiGate license models, e.g. you could have IPS, AV scanning on high availability, etc. The license could be on annual renewal.
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administ2171925
IT Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The price of FortiGate is comparable to that of most other firewall solutions and is more affordable than Cisco.
View full review »The price is really low. It's cheap in comparison to the cost of Cisco or CheckPoint, for example.
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Shaik Sayeed
Information Technology Solutions Manager at UBG
The support subscription for the solution is annual. You are paying for support and there are two levels of support, professional and advanced.
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Jans Lien
Senior Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
There is a license to use Fortinet FortiGate.
View full review »Their services are good, and we are happy to work with them, however, the pricing could be cheaper.
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Shewraj Anoop
IT Manager at SICOM LTD
Its pricing is fine. It is on a yearly basis. Other than the licensing fee, there is no extra fee.
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JeanSpiteri
Infrastructure Engineer at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees
Currently, we have not added licenses for all the features we want. For example, we do not have intrusion prevention and detection.
View full review »Its price is reasonable. They have a clear pricing policy. It is not complicated by the number of VPN users at a time. We know what the price is. The yearly subscription for the security license is rather high, but it is all included for whatever number of users you have and the kind of functions you need.
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reviewer1127952
Network Engineer at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
Its pricing is competitive with other solutions.
View full review »The pricing is very fair for a firewall. There's nothing to complain about in terms of licensing.
The price model is fair. I have to pay only for the features that only Fortinet gives me. Things like routing are free. Other vendors like Cisco, make me pay for things that should be free.
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SagarPatel
Senior ICT Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Fortinet FortiGate is an affordable solution, but when expanding the number of users, they'll ask you to replace the model, so that's an added cost.
Pricing for this product is comparatively lower than other products. If you compare it with Forcepoint, Cisco, and other products, Fortinet FortiGate pricing is reasonable, and that includes all the service and support we need. Whenever we need support as a partner, they're able to deliver that support to us, unlike with F5 where there's premium support and standard support, which means you'll have to pay F5 extra.
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David Oparinde
Managing Director with 51-200 employees
The solution requires a license annually, it is not a user license, you can have as many users as your want. I must renew the license regularly per device.
The support is included in the license.
View full review »The renewal price is always higher compared to the purchase price.
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Yazan Mashal
Presales Manager at rayat
It is more expensive than Sophos. Fortinet is overall more expensive than Sophos. The small range of Fortinet, such as 60F and 80F, is more expensive than the small range of Sophos. Sophos is cheaper. In addition, if you jump from 80F Series to 100F Series, the price doubles.
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Gilles Mousnier
Manager GIS at epfam
I had to pay for the license for the firewall, but it is guaranteed to have updates. I expect a good service for it. It was about €1000 for a year, and there was no additional cost.
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KrishnakumarNair
IT Manager at KSB MIL Controls Limited
The pricing of the solution is fair. We don't find it to be overly expensive.
View full review »The solution's licenses cost the same for different subscription plans. But the additional costs vary from client to client.
View full review »The pricing is moderate. You get good value for money. Of course, any solution could be less expensive. For a company like ours, we'd always like to pay less.
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Ashleigh Gilson
Senior Director Information Technology at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The license is yearly.
We pay for the top end. It's called 360. We get signatures for blacklist. We get signatures for a whole host of different bad actors that search the internet.
It covers the hardwares, software, and it covers the subscriptions to the signatures because the box uses three or four different types of signatures for interrogating inbound and outbound traffic.
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IrfanShaikh
CEO at Acme Technologies
Its price is affordable and lesser than Cisco. Cisco is expensive.
In terms of licensing, there is only one issue. If a customer's license has expired a month ago and they do the renewal after one month, Fortinet renews the license from the start of the previous month. The activation of the product is done from the previous month, not from the date of renewal. The customers usually shout and complain that because they are paying today, the renewal should start from today. The support contract renewals or licensing should be renewed from the date of renewal, but Fortinet starts from the day it had expired. It is a loss for customers. They might have had some problems because of which they did not take the license one month before. Fortinet should work on this. Cisco doesn't do this. Cisco always starts from the day they apply for the license.
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RajM2
Deputy Manager Of Information Technology at Nitco Limited
The licensing costs are very low.
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reviewer2152560
Technical Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
FortiGate is a bit pricey, but its unique features and specifications make it an excellent option for certain customers.
As an integrator, we have observed that the licensing cost and the upgrade process are important considerations. When we purchase a new license for one or three years and upgrade it to the existing box, the expiry date does not change from the original. It can create a gap of three, eight, or even twelve months for the customer. Consequently, they buy another box instead of going through the ticket process to get it fixed.
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Nicholas Chan
Sales Director at Visualize Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd.
The licensing costs are reasonable. You get value for your money.
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MahmoudSaleh
Quality Trainer at MOH
We have the full version of Fortinet FortiGate and we are on a three-year contract with a commitment of five years.
View full review »If the customer is looking for SD-WAN, it comes free with FortiGate.
View full review »The license of Fortinet FortiGate should be reduced.
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reviewer1285998
Product Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
It is affordable. Palo Alto is much more expensive than Fortinet.
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AnilKumar12
Solution Architect at TNS Networking Solution Pvt. Ltd
The price is fine. We were expecting that Fortinet would give competition to Palo Alto, but the market that we are covering with Fortinet is kind of SMB. They are compatible with Sophos, so we are not dealing with the big boxes because then there will be a requirement of big boxes. If there are more than 2,000, 5,000, or 15,000 users, we are selling for Palo Alto, but not lower than that.
View full review »When you look at these endpoint security systems and firewalls, these products a few years were way too expensive for a small business. Now we have enterprise level security in a footprint that is less than $1,000. For offices that have 10-25 computers needing protection, this is a better solution.
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Chingiz Abdukarimov
Director at a integrator with 11-50 employees
Setup cost may be not so low, as you expect, because it depends on different factors, but TCO for 5 years may pleasantly surprise you.
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Amgad Soliman
Senior System & Security Administrator at a legal firm with 51-200 employees
The licensing price for the Fortinet products is approximately a thousand of dollars per year for the FortiGate 100E and $200 per year for the FortiGate 50E.
I don't use additional licensing, just the yearly subscription.
View full review »Most people prefer the functions and capabilities in FortiGate, but compared to other solutions, it's expensive.
The price depends on the size of the company. From the beginning, you just want to know the internet bandwidths, speed, and the number of users to be able to offer the right product and model. They have a lot of products in FortiGate according to the size of the company, like 200D and 300D.
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Benison Shroffe
Assistant Manager - Network & Security at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Fortinet FortiGate gives you most of the features in one license.
The activation of the license and support could improve. When I order Fortinet products, I have one year to activate my license and support. If this year passed without activating this license and support, I will lose it. If I ordered three years, I will lose all of the years. I must reorder them again, which is not reasonable. For example, if I have to activate my license in six months but didn't activate it during the six months, they should activate automatically. They should not remove the license. They should activate automatically after the grace period.
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reviewer1249359
Executive at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
It's very difficult to discuss pricing as we have generally, in terms of pricing, at the end of the day, we have leveraged deals the existing contracts the client had in place. The client uses various technology vendors. I can't say that one is cheaper than the other. It's all in the same ballpark when you are speaking about comparable products.
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Daniel Gorham
Senior Network Architect at Combat Networks
Fortinet FortiGate's pricing is pretty hard to beat.
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UzairBaig
Solution Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Compared to vendors like Cisco and Palo Alto, FortiGate is the cheapest. However, they only have a small segment of the market. Fortinet is trying to appeal to small and medium-sized customers, and I think that their prices should be a little lower for this segment.
On the high-end devices, it is fine. However, the problem is that their subscription price is very high. If you purchase a one-year subscription with the hardware and then you want to renew for the second year, it is very costly. Your whole price ends up being very high.
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Miguel Ortiz
Security Solutions Architect at Verizon Communications
Fortinet is the least expensive solution.
View full review »All the costs are for the annual licenses. The cost of the original deployment fell below £5,000, and licenses are priced at around £3,000.
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Anand Navik
Technical Specialist at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Its pricing is good. It's average or normal as compared to Palo Alto and Check Point firewalls.
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Mina Aziz
Senior System Engineer at Effvision
Other firewalls are more expensive than Fortinet FortiGate, such as the Azure firewall.
We are on an annual license and it is approximately 6,000 Egyptian Pound(EGP).
View full review »We have a yearly subscription.
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reviewer1779540
Security Presales Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
The price of Fortinet FortiGate can be better than others solutions because Fortinet sometimes helps you with the prices. They help the customers buy the solution by providing them a discounted price for good technology to protect their environment from multiple exploitations and network attacks.
Fortinet FortiGate as a less expensive solution than Palo Alto.
I would rate the price of Fortinet FortiGate a four out of five.
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reviewer1784364
Founder / Principal at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Fortinet costs are 25% lower than the high-cost provider. There is an equipment cost and a recurring monthly cost for licenses and technical support.
Pricing is lower than Cisco.
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reviewer1448721
Deputy Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The pricing is fair. I don't feel that it is too expensive.
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Bora Kaptanoglu
Network Security Executive at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Fortigate's pricing is competitive.
View full review »The price of Fortinet FortiGate is affordable. Most of our customers are on a three-year license to use the solution. All the features and support are included in the price.
I rate the price of Fortinet FortiGate a five out of five.
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reviewer1255635
Head of the Satellite Infrastructure and Operation System Department at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
The licensing scheme of Fortinet is better than Cisco. It is more logical.
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UmerSiddique
Sr. Network Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I think the licensing of Fortinet is in the middle range. We also had a demonstration from the vendor that gave us the confidence to work with these devices. We purchased the solution on a bundle basis which the vendor offered us. There are additional costs if we enable a new feature not included in the bundle.
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PTLNet3112
PTL Network Administrator at a non-profit with 1,001-5,000 employees
It is cost-effective, and provides a good value for your money. The pricing, and license renewal, is very reasonable for us. The bottom-line is that it all comes down to the pricing of the solution.
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Issam-Kawash
Sales project manager at Saraha
Fortinet FortiGate allows you to purchase licenses for hardware and software.
View full review »Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis.
It would be better if it could be made a little less expensive.
It will be more expensive for the first year, then it will gradually decrease by a certain amount per year or something along those lines.
We have the full license that included all of the features and support.
Aside from the licensing fees, there are no other costs.
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Hamada Elewa
System Engineer - Security Presales at Raya Integration
The main reason we chose Fortinet FortiGate was that the price was better than the competition.
View full review »Our customers can choose between a one-year or a three-year contract with Fortinet FortiGate.
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Amar Patil
Security Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
I'm somewhat aware of the pricing, but most of the time, the pre-sales staff only defines their requirements. And we get the licenses at the time of implementation, then register and activate them. But I think Fortinet has multiple packages. They sell licenses for a period of one, three, or five years. They also have special add-on licenses for various things. So, for example, if you want to get a security rating for the firmware configuration and everything, you need to purchase an additional security license. And if you want to do some IoT-related security, you also need to purchase separate licenses.
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Alexandros Tzampazis
Network Administrator at Hellenic National Meteorological Service
I do not have first-hand experience with the rice of Fortinet FortiGate, but I have heard the price was reasonable.
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Raghunath Venkatesh
Business Development Manager - Security at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
You do need to purchase a license in order to use the product.
View full review »Here in Brazil, we're going through difficult economic times and the tax on the dollar is high. All the solutions from minor competitors are growing in the market. The prices have come more competitive.
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Mushtaq Ahmad
Manager IT at Riphah
We've found that the cost of the product isn't too high. They are a bit higher than other options, such as Meraki, however, it's still not so bad.
You need to pay for the hardware and then you need to pay for the licensing as well.
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Kshitij Singhai
Owner at Computech Associates
Pricing and licensing is a little bit complicated in FortiGate. They are always on the higher side. This is one issue that we always raise with the company that they should reduce the price according to Indian market requirements. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees.
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SitaramPatro
Enterprise Service Manager at Technology Associates Limited
We received this solution for free because we are one of the leading and exclusive partners for Fortinet in Uganda.
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NipontChartkul
Director, CFO at IT Green Public Company Ltd.
The pricing and licensing of Fortinet FortiGate are good if they stay the same. The price is not too high now, but license pricing still changes too much.
Fortinet FortiGate is comparable with the other products in the current market.
View full review »As far as the licensing goes for the small product that we have, the pricing was pretty competitive. It wasn't as simple and as cheap as a SonicWall but for the service we would get it was a good price.
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reviewer1441512
Deputy General Manager Information Technology at a media company with 201-500 employees
It is not a very costly product if you compare it with other products. The return on investment is also good. If you compare the return of investment and money that you are spending on this product with Palo Alto, Cisco, Check Point, and other solutions, the investment is very less. We are happy with this solution.
The optional licenses are there, and you can choose which one you want and which one to avoid.
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Sagy Haham
CEO at SAYCOM
It's an expensive solution. The price should be lower.
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reviewer895482
ICT Officer at a non-profit with 5,001-10,000 employees
It provides mid-sized company pricing.
View full review »We implemented the clustered firewalls for around $30,000, and each office had another Fortigate device at a cost of around $1,000.
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Krzysztof Morański
Systems Engineer at Vernity
The overall costs are pretty typical. It's not overly cheap or overly expensive.
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reviewer1470960
Lead Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
If you're a small-medium size business:
- Size your use case carefully as licensing price jumps significantly with HW changes.
- Customizable Forticilent SW can be downloaded for free with FNDN membership
- If you have multi sites and require Fortigate based 2FA then consider getting a dedicated fortiauthenticator (VM) with fortiokens acting a central RADIUS server which can be cheaper than cloud tokens an with additional authentication flexibilities.
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reviewer1091898
CEO/CTO with 201-500 employees
The solution is pretty affordable. It's not overly expensive. It's not like Cisco where you pay an awful lot of money mostly for the name.
There are extra apps you can add to the product, however, those come with an extra price tag as well. That said, it allows you to do more things and expands its capabilities.
I like to use Fortinet due to the fact that with the device you can do so much more, it's not only web filtering. If you decide to use it for something else, you just pay some money to Fortinet for another package and you are good to go. It makes it a little bit easier for small or large companies as it's so flexible in its offering.
In China, due to business constraints, licensing is quite complicated here.
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reviewer1238928
Sales Engineer - Sênior at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
We're charged a licensing fee on a yearly basis. I'm unsure of the exact cost to the company, however. I'm not sure if there are other costs over and above the standard licensing fee.
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Jan Christiaan
Network Security Engineer at Social Security Commission
They have almost all the features embedded in the solution. It's just that some features are not available because you have to pay for it. There are lots of add-ons available, and you need to pay extra for them, so pricing can add up.
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reviewer951024
Director of IT with 51-200 employees
I think that the pricing is fair.
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VeerSharma
Branch Manager at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
In terms of pricing, the cost of the product is important because we do not want to pay for something that is too expensive. At the same time, however, pricing is not as important as manageability and support. I would say that all things considered, the pricing is pretty good.
View full review »The licensing model is straightforward, easy to understand and purchase; prices are fairly low compared to other vendors.
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reviewer1776702
Group Manager Procurement/SCM at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Its price could be better.
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reviewer1232469
Responsabile ced with 1-10 employees
This is not a cheap solution but it isn't expensive, either. It's a good solution for the right price.
View full review »There is also an issue here. Maybe we get a massive discount on the product, but the renew cost is higher. In addition there are some admin issues. When I receive a request for a renew for a customer, the local team here only deals with the company that makes the primary deal, and refuses to give us a quotation. So we may lose the opportunity, or we may go with the vendor with their native product.
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reviewer1450398
Product Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The price of FortiGate is average and I would say that based on the top five products available on the market, it is in the affordable range.
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Thameem Ansari
Senior solution architect at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
It has a competitive price.
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Ted De Vos
President at simnet
For our organization, the licensing costs are approximately $7,000 per year.
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Fernando Neto
Network Analyst at Aloo Telecom
Before choosing a piece of equipment you have to take into account the cost-benefit offered by each one. Sometimes it is not worth paying a very cheap price to have a minimum level of security.
View full review »Pricing and licensing have to be taken in context with value. Fortinet is usually not the least expensive alternative when considering an upfront investment, but if you take into account the support costs over several years, they are often as cost-effective as the 'cheaper' solutions.
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Simon Chaba
ICT Manager at a aerospace/defense firm
Fortinet licensing is straightforward and less confusing compared to Cisco. Fortinet has one or two license types, and the VPN numbers are only limited by the hardware chassis make.
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Anderson Guedes
Specialist of IT Solutions at InterNexa
The price of Fortinet FortiGate could improve, it is expensive.
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reviewer940329
ICT Systems Administrator at a philanthropy with 11-50 employees
If you compare Fortinet FortiGate with Sophos and other firewall products available in the market, this solution is affordable. If you really want to use Fortinet FortiGate, you'll find that it's affordable.
View full review »The price of Fortinet FortiGate is reasonable for an SME.
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reviewer1465347
IT Infrastructure managerInformation an Communication Services Manager at a agriculture with 5,001-10,000 employees
This is an affordable solution.
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Pier Andrea Gabutto
Owner at Gabutto MArket
It is too expensive for us. My organization is very small, and we have a total of ten users. We have three internal users and seven external users. The FortiGate 100D series is too expensive for renewing the licenses.
AN
reviewer1316841
System Administrator at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Pricing is very competitive. It's cheap for what it offers and for what it does.
It's very affordable.
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Iz
Assistant Manager (Infrastructure) at SISTIC
They have very competitive solutions across the entire product line.
They also offer very clear licensing and pricing.
View full review »The price of Fortinet FortiGate is reasonable.
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Waseem Khan
Network/Systems Administrator at TRSP
If the price of the license in Fortinet FortiGate was less expensive it would be better.
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reviewer1254792
Network Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
The price of Fortinet FortiGate is the lowest in the market.
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Sandhy Ami
Works at Aeon Mall Indonesia
The pricing for the product is alright. Our organization has not yet provided an end budget for this area.
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Adriana Ymeri
IT Infrastructure Engineer at Communication Progress
Fortinet offers four types of licensing - Advanced Threat Protection, Unified Threat Protection and Enterprise Protection and 360 degree Protection. Licensing costs are dependent on the VM or Hardware model, not per features. For example if vm or Hardware model supports 200 IPsec tunnels you can setup 200 IPsec tunnels, it doesn't matter what kind of license you have.
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reviewer1425057
Documentation Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Fortinet bundles FortiGate with other products and because of this, the price is a little expensive to some SMB enterprises.
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reviewer1458159
Officer / General Manager Software R&D Laboratory at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
The pricing isn't too bad. Right now, we find the cost to be manageable.
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DaleYeh
Principal Mining Consultant at senhwabio
Fortinet is reasonable in pricing and licensing. Overall, FortiGate is affordable. The licensing fee can be a little high, depending on the budget for your project.
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Matthew Titcombe
CEO & Sr. Information Security Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Work through partners for the best pricing.
Buy the support package! Upgrades, advice about upgrade paths, and troubleshooting help is paramount. There have been some times where, without it, I'd have been dead in the water.
View full review »You don’t have to buy the Fortigate analyzer, as you can also get the reports using Fortinet.
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EranjayaKumarasiri
Security Engineer at Eguardian lanka
The price of Fortinet FortiGate when compared to other solutions is high. However, my knowledge of the price is from third parties and I am not sure how accurate it is. I typically work in the technical area of my organization.
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Phil Horst
President at Integral Design Software
The price of FortiGate is reasonable. In terms of the market, it's not a cheap product, but it's cost-effective.
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MaheshPatel
Sr. Corporate Marketing Executive at Amity Infosoft Pvt. Ltd.
It's a little bit higher than Cyberoam but the security is More higher compared to the other vendor.
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Ferrianto Suryanto
Director Of Technology at PT Exa Teknologi Indonesia
In terms of price, FortiGate's price is reasonable. Most of the customers stand by it, and are aware that the price is worth it for the performance.
View full review »We have a three-year license.
View full review »The price is pretty much standard with the competition. It's not overly expensive.
That said, if you want to have a good security VPN or firewall, then you should invest more than money and pay interest in local devices. If you want a better network structure and better security, then you need more local devices.
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Kofi Osei-Appaw
Consultant at WorldNet ICT Solutions Limited
The pricing for this solution is good.
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Kevin Stephens
ICT Administrator at a mining and metals company with 11-50 employees
Compared to Palo Alto, which we have used in the past, pricing and licensing are okay.
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Yousef Altaj
Tech Manager at Global tec
The price, in comparison to other products is very cheap.
View full review »The full license is UTM Bundle Full Guard. The license fee varies according to the Fortigate model; prices can be low or too high.
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Madalena Carvalho
System ADM at a recreational facilities/services company with 501-1,000 employees
The price could be lower.
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Leo_Wong
Consultant at Resolve Technology Limited
The solution is on the cheaper side. There are other products that are competitors that are much more expensive.
That said, the pricing isn't just based on licensing costs. There are add-on costs as well a company will need to consider.
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Directcust4564
Directorate at a wholesaler/distributor with 51-200 employees
Each feature costs money, so it is important to study your needs.
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reviewer1784964
Head Of Technology at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Licensing is usually on a three-year period.
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reviewer1282434
IT Operations Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The solution is pretty expensive. That said, we see the value of the solution as it provides great value to our organization.
We pay to license the product on a yearly basis.
I'm not sure of the exact amount we pay, however, as it is not an aspect of the solution I handle directly.
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Ahamed Ali Hameed
IT Manager at Hadef & Partners
They are very competitive, but we like to have the factory warranty taken care of.
We had to pay a large amount for the first year contract and support.
View full review »With Fortinet licensing, you have to buy a license for every product: for the stamp, for the email, for the firewall, for everything. This is all the same for all vendors. You have to buy a license for each service.
In terms of pricing, they are reasonable compared to Palo Alto Networks. FortiGate is much cheaper than Palo Alto Networks with more efficiency in operations.
View full review »The projects' initial costs were high but right now we can do most things, and the only costs now are the annual license fees.
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reviewer1136826
Manager at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Compared to other vendors and other firewalls, the Fortinet pricing is reasonable.
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reviewer1485723
Compliance Officer at a venture capital & private equity firm with 11-50 employees
The solution offers good value for your money. It isn't too expensive.
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Avantha Malalage
Chief Information Officer at teamddt
Fortinet FortiGate's price can be reduced.
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reviewer1084257
IT Infrastructure Specialist at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
We just pay an affordable flat monthly fee to the vendor for the monitoring and support.
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Vandy Va
Head Of IT Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
This product could be a little cheaper although compared to other similar solutions, it's more reasonably priced.
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reviewer1192146
Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The solution isn't too expensive.
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Derrick Slaton
IT Specialist 3 at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
There are no additional costs aside for the standard licensing fees.
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ReviewerO136
CTO at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
It is an inexpensive solution.
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Eric TOURE
System & Network Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Licensing for Fortinet FortiGate is on a yearly basis. Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper.
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reviewer1474071
Data Center Operations and Customer Support Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
As far as I'm aware, in our case, it's just a yearly pricing arrangement with no additional licensing costs.
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reviewer1448211
System Administrator at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
The price is okay.
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Gamal Al-Hamzah
Network Engineer at LinkTech
There is only one issue with Fortinet FortiGate: It's the price. If the company makes its products cheaper then we can convince our clients to buy more.
View full review »Go for long term pricing negotiated at the time of purchase.
View full review »The appliances and licenses are expensive, and I know some people use other vendors because of this.
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reviewer1457130
CIO at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
The pricing is fair.
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Lenos Jacob
Head of Customer Success at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The Indian market is different than the European and American markets. When you compare, they need to be a bit more aggressive on pricing.
View full review »Pricing is good. They offer a lot of things, the most important is the support. Every time you upgrade your license, you also get insurance for the equipment. If you have any problem with equipment, they send in new equipment.
View full review »It is difficult as an end-user to setup continuing license contracts. It is possible to do between emails and their website, but it is practically impossible to find a phone number to call anyone directly.
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Mauricio Lazaro
Director/Owner at Miodesk
The price of FortiGate is good.
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reviewer1462002
Network Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I think the price of Fortinet FortiGate is very reasonable.
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reviewer943938
Branch Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
I don't handle the pricing side of the product and therefore can't speak to anything in regards to the licensing or costs.
View full review »The beauty is the price performance ratio is great with FortiGate. It provides all the features we needed and the price is comparable with others' firewalls. The price is quite competitive with the firewalls with similar features.
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reviewer1255635
Head of the Satellite Infrastructure and Operation System Department at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
The price is fair compared to the other competitors.
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Rodolfo Bento Matos
CEO e confundador at Infinity Learning
The license is too expensive to renew. The license renewal process is also complex.
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reviewer1247301
Founder, Chairman of the Board at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
It is expensive. You need to pay for the subscription every year, which is very expensive. The subscription includes technical support and hardware exchange in case of failure.
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reviewer1483797
Service Delivery Engineer - Network Security Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The pricing of the solution is very competitive. The license price can vary depending on the product you have and the different types of licenses you need. For example, they have an enterprise and UTM license. It depends on the type of license and the size of the company.
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reviewer1238931
Junior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The price of FortiGate support is too expensive.
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Anderson Clivati
Specialist of IT Solutions at INTERNEXA
We pay an annual license fee - I get a good price on this product.
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Truc Ngo
Sales engineer/Technical support engineer at Vietnet
I think the pricing is fair.
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Edd Bautista
Engineering Manager at Primatel Communication Snd Bhd
They need to be competitive with other solutions.
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Bruno Barretto
IT Analyst at Comdados
The price of the license and warranty can be better because it is very expensive.
The license renewal is very expensive.
There are no additional costs in addition to the standard license fees.
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reviewer1486140
System Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The price for the device and software is high. However, the solution is of good quality and has a lot of features. Licensing is on a yearly basis, it can also be purchased for a couple of years ahead. For example, for a single year or three years. If you purchase a license for a longer period you receive a discount or some type of credit.
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reviewer981903
IT Management at a marketing services firm with 501-1,000 employees
The price of the solution is not expensive. It is affordable.
View full review »Easy to understand licensing requirements.
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Mohamed Abdullah
Senior Security Engineer at crystal networks
Our licensing costs are on a yearly basis.
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reviewer1487706
Head of Technical at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It's expensive, but compared to the competition it's okay. Fortinet's pricing is more attractive than some of its competitors. There's also an annual support license that you can buy with it.
View full review »Price-wise, it's at a good price point for our market.
View full review »They are very cheap compared to other vendors.
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reviewer991773
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Setup costs and pricing depends on many variables, but it's mostly affordable.
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reviewer1465677
Group Leader – FM Operations Team at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
We purchased a five-year bundle package, which worked out cheaper than competing solutions.
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Reviewer3147
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
I do not have personal experience with the pricing of the solution because my boss has been taking care of that aspect of the relationship with the solution.
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March 2024
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