FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Virtual Appliance
Adaptive multi-cloud security with AI-powered advanced threat protection
Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls
Proven NGFW Security for Cloud Networks
FortiGate-VM delivers protection from a broad array of network security threats. It offers the same security and networking services included in the FortiOS 7.0 operating system and is available for public cloud, private cloud, and Telco Cloud (VNFs). With a consistent operational model across hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, and service provider environments, it reduces the training burden on security teams.
Scalable, Cloud-Native Security and VPN

Securely connect to your application workloads without performance bottlenecks
Improve productivity with a better application experience for your users at remote locations, branch offices, or headquarters with high-speed private and encrypted network connections.

Move at cloud speed without compromising security
Ensure agility with cloud-native security automation and robust protection. This includes identity-based segmentation, micro-segmentation, and AI-powered security to stop advanced threats.

Seamlessly scale your cloud protection without increasing operational burden
Break free from scaling limitations—whether you’re a cloud-first startup or a mature cloud enterprise rapidly expanding your dev, test, and production environments—by leveraging FortiGate virtual firewall integrations with cloud-native scaling services.

Secure your cloud transformation without impacting business outcomes, with flexible consumption models
Innovate faster while minimizing cybersecurity risks. Right-size your migration, expansion, and cloud-native architecture on any cloud with an array of choices. These include licensing and on-demand usage models.
Get to Know the FortiGate Virtual Firewall
No matter where you are with your cloud transformation, there’s a FortiGate virtual firewall that meets your needs.
Your business runs on one or more clouds and it needs security that protects without slowing you down and creating silos.
Look beyond traditional perimeter security. Protect your application workloads against lateral propagation of threats.
Building a Cybersecurity Workforce
Advanced training for security professionals, technical training for IT professionals, and awareness training for teleworkers.
Per saperne di piùFortiGate Virtual Next-generation Firewall Models and Specifications
FortiGate-VM next-generation firewall can be deployed as a virtual appliance in private and public cloud environments, either as a BYOL instance or provisioned on-demand via public cloud marketplaces.
Download the brief - Performance as a key attribute of Virtual Firewalls.
Throughput |
12 Gbps |
vCPU | 1x vCPU core, (up to) 2 GB RAM |
Throughput |
12 Gbps |
vCPU | 1x vCPU core, (up to) 2 GB RAM |
Throughput |
15 Gbps |
vCPU | 2x vCPU cores, (up to) 4 GB RAM |
Throughput |
28 Gbps |
vCPU | 4x vCPU cores, (up to) 6 GB RAM |
Throughput |
33 Gbps |
vCPU | 8x vCPU cores, (up to) 12 GB RAM |
Throughput |
36 Gbps |
vCPU | 16x vCPU cores, (up to) 24 GB RAM |
Throughput |
50 Gbps |
vCPU | 32x vCPU cores, (up to) 48 GB RAM |
vCPU | Unlimited vCPU cores and RAM |
“V” Series VMs do not include VDOM licenses by default. VDOM licenses can be added separately.
Actual performance may vary depending on the network and system configuration. Performance metrics were observed using a DELL R740 (CPU Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 2.7 GHz, Intel X710 network adapters), running FOS v5.6.3. Tested with VMware vSphere 6.5 Enterprise Plus. SR-IOV is enabled.
FortiGate NGFW is available in many different models to meet your needs ranging from entry-level hardware appliances to ultra high-end appliances to meet the most demanding threat protection performance requirements. This ensures that enterprise campus, core data-center, or internal segments, FortiGate can fit seamlessly into your environment.
Broad Protection for Multi-Cloud Infrastructures and Applications
As public cloud adoption accelerates, organizations are increasingly reliant on cloud-based services and infrastructures. Yet, organizations often end up with a heterogeneous set of technologies in use, with disparate security controls in various cloud environments. FortiGate-VM provides broad protection across cloud infrastructure, enabling applications security and secure connectivity among cloud networks, different clouds, and users accessing the cloud. FortiGate-VM has native integration of security capabilities with public cloud platforms and leverages cloud automation services for ease of deployment.
Fortinet secures applications and workloads in public clouds to ensure privacy and confidentiality while leveraging the cloud benefits of scalability, metering, and time-to-market. FortiGate cloud connector provides container-aware security by enabling awareness of container labels when defining security policies. FortiGate-VM, in concert with other elements of the Security Fabric, enables common deployment scenarios such as cloud security services hub, cloud workload protection, secure remote access, container security, and web application security.
Native integration into your cloud provider
Built for the cloud, FortiGate-VM is available in all major cloud providers.
Secure Your Virtualized Data Center and Private Cloud
Virtualization and SDN security are rapidly transforming data centers into agile, innovative, software-defined, and cost-effective private clouds. Unlike public clouds, organizations are responsible for managing all aspects of the virtualization, compute, networking, and security. FortiGate-VM protects private cloud infrastructure using application-centric security policies to protect the private cloud and the data within that cloud for a variety of use cases such as North-South L7 security protection, East-West Security Protection, Form Factor consolidation, Virtual CPE for NFVs and security for the telco cloud via VNFs. It provides broad eco-system system integration by supporting all major hypervisors including Nutanix, KVM, Hyper-V, Nutanix, VMware and orchestration systems including VMware NSX-T, OpenStack, Nuage Networks.
Native integration into your private cloud and virtualization platforms
Built for the cloud, FortiGate-VM is available on all private cloud platforms.
Securing Carrier Infrastructure with High Performing FortiGate VNF
For virtualized service provider infrastructures, Fortinet offers a broad range of next-generation virtual firewalls virtualized network functions (VNFs). Powered by Fortinet’s Virtual SPU Technology, FortiGate VNFs deliver significant increases in application and carrier security performance through innovative security processing optimizations and the latest packet processing acceleration technologies. The FortiGate NGFW VNFs provide comprehensive network security capabilities along with deep application visibility and control.
These VNFs also have a small footprint, boot within seconds, and require less storage, enabling service providers to protect their virtual networks and cloud platforms cost effectively. In addition, for the efficient and agile deployment and utilization of these security VNFs, Fortinet delivers integrations with NFV platforms and SDN vendors.