FortiGate VM
Virtual Machine (IaaS)
FortiGate VM and CNF: Cloud network security for any scenario.
The same award-winning FortiGate network security trusted by over 775,000 organizations is available in two cloud options designed to secure any cloud-native, hybrid, and multi-cloud environment.
COMPARE SOLUTIONSFortiGate VM and Cloud-Native Firewall (CNF) bring you comprehensive protection and consistent policies—fast.
Getting started is easy and familiar with the same operating system across all Fortinet solutions. Adopt the policies, configurations, and workflows that you've already built and currently use in your existing infrastructure to reduce overhead and configuration time, and get consistent protection faster.
Challenge
Solution
Lack of Visibility Across Environments
Unmatched Visibility
Gain centralized visibility and control over your networks to minimize blind spots.
Managing Disparate Security Tools
Simplified Management
Manage your entire security infrastructure from a single pane of glass and unified operating system.
Difficulty With Scalability
Effortless Scalability
Scales effortlessly to meet the dynamic security needs of your hybrid and multi-cloud environment.
Inconsistent Security Policies
Consistent Security Policies
Enforce consistent security policies across your entire network, regardless of location.
Which is right for you?
Whether you require the flexibility of a virtual machine deployment in FortiGate VM, or the inherent scalability and automation of a cloud-native firewall solution with FortiGate CNF, Fortinet offers a tailored security solution to perfectly match your specific cloud network security needs.
FortiGate VM
FortiGate VM delivers converged networking and security everywhere you need it with built-in SD-WAN and remote access VPN.
It is ideal for hybrid and multi-cloud deployments, offering granular control and flexibility with the same familiar interface and features as our award-winning hardware firewalls.
Choose MarketplaceFortiGate CNF
FortiGate CNF is a Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) that's perfect for cloud-native deployments where workloads reside entirely within the cloud environment.
It prioritizes ease of deployment and automatic scaling for dynamic cloud workloads, without the added infrastructure management of a full virtual firewall.
ExploreExplore FortiGate VM and FortiGate CNF.
Deployment Model
FortiGate CNF
Cloud-native (SaaS), deployed in minutes
Feature Set
FortiGate VM
NGFW, VPN, NAT, SD-WAN, Zero Trust Enforcement
FortiGate CNF
NGFW with cloud-native features
Network Operations
FortiGate VM
More involved, requiring network design, deployment, and management
FortiGate CNF
Simple, the underlying infrastructure and maintenance is managed by Fortinet for zero operations overhead
Scalability
FortiGate VM
Built using FortiOS-native high availability (HA) features and cloud deployment templates
FortiGate CNF
Built-in automatic scaling is available for both AWS- and Azure-based deployments
Security
Complete security effectiveness and threat protection that basic firewalls can't match.
Powered by FortiGuard Labs AI- and ML-based threat intelligence to stay ahead of the latest threats
Best-Fit Use Cases
FortiGate VM
Versatile and customizable, especially where networking is required, such as:
- Adopting hybrid and multi-cloud deployments
- Lift-and-shift migrations to cloud
- Moving legacy, monolithic applications to cloud without or with minor refactoring to use virtual resources
- Securing N/S and E/W traffic both within and across platforms
- Converged networking and security with full-stack routing
- Organizations implementing Universal ZTNA
FortiGate CNF
Focused on cloud workloads, automation, and scalability with simplified management:
- Designing new cloud-native applications or migrating with major re-architecting to take advantage of cloud capabilities
- Creating virtual barriers for each cloud environment to protect networks, workloads, and applications
- Moving part of workloads to the cloud to support bursts in demand
- Addressing scalability for workloads with unknown demand
Price Options
FortiGate VM
- 30-Day Free Trial
- PAYG
- Private Offer and BYOL
- FortiFlex
- Plus cloud infrastructure costs
FortiGate CNF
- 30-Day Free Trial
- PAYG
- Cost-Optimized PAYG
- Private Offer and BYOL
More Information
FortiGate VM
View Datasheets: AWS | Azure | Google Cloud
FortiGate CNF
View Datasheet: FortiGate CNF
The next step to pick up where basic firewalls fall short.
No matter the location or deployment model, extend the proven protection of FortiGate to your entire network. Our solutions are available on major cloud marketplaces—take the next step today.
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