FortiGate SD-WAN Reviews & Product Details

FortiGate SD-WAN is a comprehensive solution that integrates software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) capabilities with advanced security features into a single platform. Designed to enhance network performance and security, it enables organizations to manage and optimize their WAN infrastructure efficiently. Key Features and Functionality: - Integrated Security and Networking: Combines SD-WAN functionalities with next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, intrusion prevention, and secure web gateway services, eliminating the need for separate security appliances at branch locations. - High Performance: Utilizes purpose-built ASIC processors to deliver accelerated performance for application identification, steering, and overlay performance, ensuring low latency and optimal user experience for business-critical applications. - Flexible Deployment Options: Available in various form factors, including physical appliances and virtual machines, to accommodate diverse branch sizes and bandwidth requirements. - Centralized Management: Offers single-pane-of-glass management through FortiManager, simplifying operations and providing unified visibility and control over the entire network. - Advanced Routing and WAN Optimization: Supports advanced routing protocols and WAN optimization techniques, such as protocol optimization and caching, to enhance application performance and bandwidth efficiency. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: FortiGate SD-WAN addresses the challenges of modern WAN management by reducing operational costs, simplifying network complexity, and improving application performance. By integrating security and networking functions, it ensures consistent policy enforcement and protection against cyber threats across all WAN connections. The solution's high-performance capabilities and flexible deployment options make it suitable for organizations transitioning from traditional MPLS to broadband, seeking to enhance their network agility and user experience without compromising security.

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Fortinet

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Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

17 months

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FortiGate SD-WAN Reviews (56)

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Seid H.

Senior Network Security Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/20/2025

"Seamless Security and Centralized Management in One Cost-Effective Platform"

4.5/5

What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

What I like best about FortiGate SD-WAN is its native integration with security, application-aware traffic steering, and easy centralized management, all in a single, cost-effective platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

What I dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN is that advanced configurations can be complex, the learning curve is steep for new users, and some features require higher licenses or FortiOS versions to fully utilize. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you?

FortiGate SD-WAN solves issues related to poor application performance, high WAN costs, and complex branch connectivity by intelligently routing traffic based on real-time link health and application requirements. This results in better user experience, higher link utilization, improved reliability, and reduced dependency on expensive MPLS links. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

EMIL M.

Network Specialist

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/30/2025

"A great way to manage your IPS's"

5/5

What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

The thing that I like the most about this FortiGate feature it's that, it's very easy to understand for anyone with basic networking knowledge, easy to manage with a hand full of options on the interface gui, and a thon of options and settings on the cli as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

I dislike, or would like this solution to be more cost friendly, for it's advanced features, like telemetry, automatization and detail reports, these type of features depending on the organization are very handy and useful, but they have additional license cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you?

In the very much side, it helps a lot with the redundancy within the intenternal LAN and the wan-edge side of the whole network, segmentating the traffic for each internet service provider and putting policies for each service that I or the organization prioritazies their traffic for. Very useful and helping to have an easy way to load manage the bandwidth for various internet service providers and idolize them to the most efficient way possible for the organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/27/2025

"Easy Setup and Scalability, But Needs to Be More Competitive"

3.5/5

What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Easy to Setup, manage and scalable with Zero Touch Setup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

High pricing compared to other vendors and difficult for 3rd party integration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

zafar u.

AVP Information Security

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/29/2025

"An extensive analysis of FortiGate Secure SD-WAN's capabilities and functionality."

5/5

What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

simplified administration, enhanced performance and security, and flexibility across a range of network conditions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Currently there is no dislike. Will update if any Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sanchit p.

IT Administrator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/9/2024

"Best in class wan management"

5/5

What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Fortigate SD-WAN is very easy to use. Very easy implementation. Fortigate customer support is also very impressive which responds to your tickets quickly. We use it daily to observe our multiple wan utilisation.There are many features whic is better than other similar products i market. Fortigate-SD-WAN is very easier to integrate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Licences or Subscription cost, Training to IT Staff,Bandwidth management and clarity of SD wan usage against the link. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jose M.

Information Technology Network Administrator

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/16/2024

"Fortigate SD WAN"

5/5

What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Very stable and easy to configured. With load balancer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Nothing, fortigate sd wan are very usefull in large scale network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/18/2024

"Enhanced Security and Connectivity with FortiGate SD-WAN"

5/5

What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

The intuitive management interface and cloud-based deployment options simplify the configuration and monitoring processes, allowing IT teams to allocate resources effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Deploying and managing the solution may demand significant hardware resources and infrastructure investment, potentially increasing operational costs and complexity.The upgrade process can pose difficulties as well, sometimes leading to compatibility issues or service disruptions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you?

Traditional WAN architectures often struggle to deliver consistent performance for critical applications, particularly in distributed environments with multiple branch offices. FortiGate SD-WAN improves application performance by dynamically optimizing traffic flow based on application priorities and network conditions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mahendra R.

Data analyst

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/12/2023

"Secure workspace with modern cloud based SD-WAN solution"

4.5/5

What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Managing thosand of users workload traffic most secured and providing valuble insights about security gaps and improving overall security posture of org. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Needs improvment in areas like , VLAN with quick connectivity options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lokesh S.

Network Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/10/2023

"Easy Implementation"

5/5

What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

Easy implementation, set up your model into centralize console, then, plug and play Easy to use. A lot of options and operationnal actions could be done with Web Console and CLI is not mandatory but it us a must during N3 debug. Also its scalable and you can setup small appliance on a small agency, and when need more you can upgrade the appliance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

If you want to set up all security functions, it is slowing the appliance performance. So, it is better to not using the function and take a vertical appliance to do it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you?

Well, it provides the visibility and insights needed to identify and resolve common SD-WAN issue quickly, ensuring optimal network performance.

Its benefiting us with real time monitoring tool and detailed analytics amd reporting also easy interface and support multiple network protocol and devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yih How F.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/6/2023

"SD-WAN Provide You Advanced Solution To Combines Multiple Wan Link With Integrated Security Features"

4.5/5

What do you like best about FortiGate SD-WAN?

- Fortigate Offer Centralized Management And Analytic Capabilities, Providing Administrator A Holistic View of Network Performance

- Integrated Multiples Internet Link With Wan Load Balancing

- WAN Link SLA Detection

- WAN Seamless Failover Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate SD-WAN?

- Complexity On The Initial Stage Of Setup On Multiple Wan Link, It Require A Experience Engineer To Understand The Design Before Implemented The SD Solution InTo The Production

- SD WAN Gui Could Be More Intuitive And User Friendly Requiring Additional Effort To Navigate & Configure Setting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.