G2

Ayush K.

Network engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/27/2026

"Flexible, Feature-Rich Virtual Firewall That Scales Easily"

4/5

What do you like best about FortiGate-VM NGFW?

What I like about FortiGate-VM is its flexibility and the wide range of security features available in a virtual environment. It provides firewalling, NAT, routing, IPS, application control, web filtering, IPsec VPN, SD-WAN, and centralized management through FortiManager. I particularly like its scalability because it can be deployed in cloud or virtualized environments without requiring dedicated hardware. Its CLI troubleshooting capabilities, packet capture, flow debugging, and integration with FortiAnalyzer are also useful for monitoring and troubleshooting network issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about FortiGate-VM NGFW?

One thing I dislike about FortiGate-VM is that its performance depends heavily on the underlying virtual infrastructure, such as CPU, memory, network interfaces, and hypervisor configuration. Licensing can also become a consideration when scaling deployments. In addition, troubleshooting in a complex virtual or cloud environment can sometimes be more challenging because issues may involve the FortiGate configuration as well as the hypervisor, virtual networking, or cloud platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is FortiGate-VM NGFW solving and how is that benefiting you?

FortiGate-VM helps us secure the network and applications while giving us the flexibility to run the firewall in a virtual environment. It helps with VPN connectivity, traffic control, security policies and troubleshooting. For me, it also makes day-to-day network security work easier and helps me gain more practical experience with firewall and cloud networking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.