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# FortiGate-VM NGFW vs FortiSandbox Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Reviews

**FortiGate-VM NGFW** [

4.5/5(308)

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**FortiSandbox** [

4.5/5(24)

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Pricing

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**
Free Trial

No pricing available

**FortiSandbox**
No pricing available

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**
2 months

Based on 33 responses

**FortiSandbox**
Not enough reviews yet

Return on Investment

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**
14 months

Based on 33 responses

**FortiSandbox**
Not enough reviews yet

Perceived Cost

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**
$$$$$

**FortiSandbox**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**
11%

**FortiSandbox**
Not enough reviews yet

Pros & Cons

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**
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Ease of Use (12)
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Features (10)
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Difficult Learning Curve (4)
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Expensive (4)
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**FortiSandbox**
Not enough data

Integrations

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**
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Amazon EC2

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AWS Graviton

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AWS Lambda

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**FortiSandbox**
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Screenshots

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**
No screenshot available

**FortiSandbox**
 ![FortiSandbox screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/74231/expirable-direct-uploads_2F1d3eb505-975c-4581-8c14-b329899ccd7f_2FFORTINET_C2_AE_1.png)

Ratings

Meets Requirements

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**

9.0

9.0234

**FortiSandbox**

9.0

9.017

Ease of Use

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**

8.9

8.9240

**FortiSandbox**

8.9

8.917

Ease of Setup

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**

8.8

8.8206

**FortiSandbox**

8.6

8.613

Ease of Admin

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**

9.0

9.0187

**FortiSandbox**

8.7

8.710

Quality of Support

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**

8.6

8.6230

**FortiSandbox**

8.6

8.617

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**

8.9

8.9183

**FortiSandbox**

8.8

8.810

Product Direction (% positive)

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**

9.5

9.5229

**FortiSandbox**

8.6

8.617

Features

Network Sandboxing[Hide 5 FeaturesShow 5 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

9.0

17

Sandbox

Sandbox

Not enough data

9.5(won by default)

14

Evaluation

Malware Evaluation

Not enough data

9.2(won by default)

14

Automatic Submission

Not enough data

9.2(won by default)

13

Automatic Evaluation

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

14

Malware Probability Scores

Not enough data

8.6(won by default)

14

Unified Threat Management (UTM)[Hide 8 FeaturesShow 8 Features](javascript:void(0);)

9.3

155

Not enough data

Security - Unified Threat Management

Antivirus

9.3(won by default)

107

Not enough data

Whitelists

9.4(won by default)

112

Not enough data

Antispam Filtering

9.0(won by default)

100

Not enough data

Content Filtering

9.2(won by default)

106

Not enough data

Web Filtering

9.6(won by default)

114

Not enough data

Firewall

9.8(won by default)

123

Not enough data

Administration

Reports & Analytics

8.8(won by default)

103

Not enough data

Dashboard

9.4(won by default)

109

Not enough data

Data Center Security Solutions[Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features](javascript:void(0);)

9.3

103

Not enough data

Prevention

Intrusion Prevention

9.5(won by default)

72

Not enough data

Firewall

9.5(won by default)

80

Not enough data

Encryption

9.3(won by default)

63

Not enough data

Security hardening

9.3(won by default)

61

Not enough data

Cloud Data Protection

Feature Not Available

Not enough data

Detection

Intrusion Detection

9.3(won by default)

66

Not enough data

Security Monitoring

9.4(won by default)

66

Not enough data

Anti-Malware / Malware Detection

9.2(won by default)

62

Not enough data

Administration

Compliance

9.3(won by default)

59

Not enough data

Administration Console -

9.5(won by default)

66

Not enough data

API / integrations

9.1(won by default)

58

Not enough data

Firewall Software[Hide 62 FeaturesShow 62 Features](javascript:void(0);)

8.9

166

Not enough data

Administration

Policy Management

9.3(won by default)

125

Not enough data

Logging and Reporting

8.8(won by default)

117

Not enough data

Application Gateway

9.2(won by default)

96

Not enough data

Concurrent Sessions

9.3(won by default)

99

Not enough data

Access Management

10.0(won by default)

6

Not enough data

Uptime Reporting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Web Traffic Reporting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Compliance Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Incident Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Remote Monitoring & Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Firewall Software

Autonomous Task Execution

6.9(won by default)

6

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI/Machine Learning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Functionality

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

9.3(won by default)

123

Not enough data

Antivirus

9.1(won by default)

98

Not enough data

URL Filtering

9.4(won by default)

111

Not enough data

Availability

9.6(won by default)

105

Not enough data

IP Filtering

7.5(won by default)

6

Not enough data

Content Filtering

Not enough data

Not enough data

Monitoring

Load Balancing

9.2(won by default)

95

Not enough data

Continuous Analysis

9.1(won by default)

101

Not enough data

Intrusion Prevention

9.2(won by default)

119

Not enough data

Intrusion Detection

9.3(won by default)

103

Not enough data

Intrusion Detection System

Not enough data

Not enough data

Intrusion Prevention System

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

AI Text Summarization

8.2(won by default)

21

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Artificial Intelligence - Firewall

AI Firewall

8.1(won by default)

7

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

SSL Security

9.0(won by default)

5

Not enough data

Spam Blocker

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Escalation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Role-Based Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Network Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Visual Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customizable Reports

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting & Statistics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Anti Spam

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Tracking

Not enough data

Not enough data

Hardware Integration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Summary Reports

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Server Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Two-Factor Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Log Access

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting/Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multi-Location

Not enough data

Not enough data

Behavior Tracking

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Event Logs

Not enough data

Not enough data

Vulnerability Scanning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Risk Alerts

Not enough data

Not enough data

Single Sign On

Not enough data

Not enough data

Dashboard Creation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Show 2 feature categories with incomplete data

Network Security[Hide 40 FeaturesShow 40 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

Penetration Testing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Trail

Not enough data

Not enough data

Anti Virus

Not enough data

Not enough data

Vulnerability Scanning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Remote Monitoring & Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

VPN

Not enough data

Not enough data

Behavior Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting/Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

SSL Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Patch Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Event Logs

Not enough data

Not enough data

Anomaly/Malware Detection

Not enough data

Not enough data

DNS Leak Protection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Server Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Compliance Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Network Provisioning

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Email Alerts

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security Auditing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Intrusion Detection System

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Visualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Two-Factor Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Firewalls

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Anti Spam

Not enough data

Not enough data

Threat Response

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Risk Alerts

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Loss Prevention

Not enough data

Not enough data

Single Sign On

Not enough data

Not enough data

Intrusion Prevention System

Not enough data

Not enough data

Secure Login

Not enough data

Not enough data

Policy Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Security[Hide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Compliance

Access Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

At-Risk Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

DLP Configuration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Sensitive Data Compliance

Not enough data

Not enough data

Administration

Database Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Deduplication 

Not enough data

Not enough data

Backup

Not enough data

Not enough data

API / integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security 

Multi-Factor Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Transport

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Types

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security Tools

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Insights

Reviewers' Company Size

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FortiGate-VM NGFW

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

26.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

53.7%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

20.4%

[![FortiSandbox](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_b37b6ded30d6618261e77601c541937e/fortisandbox.png "FortiSandbox")](https://www.g2.com/products/fortisandbox/reviews)

FortiSandbox

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

31.8%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

45.5%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

22.7%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

26.0%

31.8%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

53.7%

45.5%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

20.4%

22.7%

Reviewers' Industry

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FortiGate-VM NGFW

Information Technology and Services

23.3%

Computer & Network Security

13.7%

Telecommunications

8.8%

Financial Services

6.5%

Computer Software

6.1%

Other

41.6%

[![FortiSandbox](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_b37b6ded30d6618261e77601c541937e/fortisandbox.png "FortiSandbox")](https://www.g2.com/products/fortisandbox/reviews)
FortiSandbox

Computer & Network Security

27.3%

Information Technology and Services

13.6%

Computer Software

9.1%

Textiles

4.5%

Retail

4.5%

Other

40.9%

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## FortiGate-VM NGFW vs FortiSandbox

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found them equally easy to use. However, FortiGate-VM NGFW is easier to set up and administer.reviewers also preferred doing business with FortiGate-VM NGFW overall.

- FortiGate-VM NGFW and FortiSandbox both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, FortiGate-VM NGFW and FortiSandbox provide similar levels of assistance.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of FortiGate-VM NGFW over FortiSandbox.