

Updates are not automatic and one needs to be vigilant to ensure they are not missing any in order to stay current. The cost of the solution is also competitive.įortinet FortiGate VM can be challenging to deploy. Valuable features include integration into the overall cloud platform, autoscaling, and the ability for users to create virtual IP addresses.


This solution has an amazing VPN offering, which can help filter traffic to ensure the right traffic is getting through while blocking the rest.Īzure Firewall is easy to use and provides excellent support. It is very easy to use, provides greater security than many other solutions, and is very scalable and flexible. The alternative is having Fortimanager to do so.Both of these solutions are excellent options that provide flexible scalability and solid security.įortinet Fortigate VM integrates well and has excellent centralized reporting. Internet access: Fortigate VM has to have Internet access to activate the license. See the reference at the bottom for details. The rest of limitations: additional limitations (CPU/Memory/etc.) that were present in 15 days license, are still enforced as well. One license per one FortiCloud account: this means that to have multiple evaluation licenses for multiple Fortigates, we need to create multiple FortiCloud accounts, nuisance but doable. And on top of it, it also counts Loopback interfaces as well. This counts also interfaces that are in state disabled/ down. Number of interfaces: maximum 3, was unlimited. Currently (FortiOS 7.2.1), though, there is no actual enforcement of this limit - I configured BGP and few static routes, 6 all in all, and it worked without any issue. This means severe limiting of dynamic protocols labs like OSPF/BGP. Number of routes: the limit is also 3, while was unlimited before. Security Rules: the limit is 3, instead of 5.
