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Product	FortiGate by Fortinet View product	Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks View product
Overview
What it is	FortiGate helps teams with network firewalling. Explore features like firewall, IPS and application control, cloud deployment and the closest Firewall competitors.	Prisma Access: globally distributed cloud fabric, Zero Trust Network Access and Cloud Secure Web Gateway. Built for hybrid workforce security. Compare SASE alternatives.
Product type	Next-generation firewall and secure networking platform	Cloud-Delivered Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Financial Services, Retail, Technology, Healthcare
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service; Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service	Cloud SaaS; Cloud-delivered Anycast SASE nodes in 100+ global locations
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Multi-region hyperscale cloud fabric with regional compliance guarantees
Key features
What it offers	Firewall IPS Application control Antivirus SSL inspection VPN SD-WAN Web filtering	Globally distributed cloud fabric Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA 2.0) Cloud Secure Web Gateway Cloud CASB Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) Autonomous DEM Single-pass inspection engine Hybrid workforce security
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: yes
Supported platforms	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMNutanix AHVAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more	Cloudremote laptopsmobile devicesbranch SD-WAN gateways
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Moderate
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiClientFortiAuthenticatorFortiNACFortiSandboxFortiGuardFortiSwitch+1 more	Strata Cloud ManagerOktaMicrosoft Entra IDPing IdentityAWSAzureServiceNow
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	Cross-industryEnterpriseFinancial ServicesRetailTechnologyHealthcare
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Palo Alto Networks
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Santa Clara, California, USA
Company size	10,000+	15,000+
Founded	2000	2005

FortiGate

by Fortinet

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Prisma Access

by Palo Alto Networks

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Overview

What it is

FortiGate

FortiGate helps teams with network firewalling. Explore features like firewall, IPS and application control, cloud deployment and the closest Firewall competitors.

Prisma Access

Prisma Access: globally distributed cloud fabric, Zero Trust Network Access and Cloud Secure Web Gateway. Built for hybrid workforce security. Compare SASE alternatives.

Product type

FortiGate

Next-generation firewall and secure networking platform

Prisma Access

Cloud-Delivered Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)

Best for

FortiGate

Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers

Prisma Access

Cross-industry, Enterprise, Financial Services, Retail, Technology, Healthcare

Pricing

Pricing model

FortiGate

Contact Vendor

Prisma Access

Contact Vendor

Free trial

FortiGate

Prisma Access

Deployment

Deployment options

FortiGate

Cloud

Prisma Access

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

FortiGate

Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service; Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service

Prisma Access

Cloud SaaS; Cloud-delivered Anycast SASE nodes in 100+ global locations

Data residency

FortiGate

Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region

Prisma Access

Multi-region hyperscale cloud fabric with regional compliance guarantees

Key features

What it offers

FortiGate

Firewall
IPS
Application control
Antivirus
SSL inspection
VPN
SD-WAN
Web filtering

Prisma Access

Globally distributed cloud fabric
Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA 2.0)
Cloud Secure Web Gateway
Cloud CASB
Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS)
Autonomous DEM
Single-pass inspection engine
Hybrid workforce security

Platform & access

API access

FortiGate

Prisma Access

Single sign-on (SSO)

FortiGate

Prisma Access

Role-based access (RBAC)

FortiGate

Prisma Access

Multi-tenant

FortiGate

Prisma Access

Mobile app

FortiGate

Prisma Access

Supported platforms

FortiGate

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMNutanix AHVAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more

Prisma Access

Cloudremote laptopsmobile devicesbranch SD-WAN gateways

Compliance

FortiGate

Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment

Prisma Access

SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Moderate

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

FortiGate

FortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiClientFortiAuthenticatorFortiNACFortiSandboxFortiGuardFortiSwitch+1 more

Prisma Access

Strata Cloud ManagerOktaMicrosoft Entra IDPing IdentityAWSAzureServiceNow

Industries

FortiGate

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Prisma Access

Cross-industryEnterpriseFinancial ServicesRetailTechnologyHealthcare

Regions

FortiGate

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Prisma Access

Global

Vendor

Company

FortiGate

Fortinet

Prisma Access

Palo Alto Networks

Headquarters

FortiGate

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Prisma Access

Santa Clara, California, USA

Company size

FortiGate

10,000+

Prisma Access

15,000+

Founded

FortiGate

2000

Prisma Access

2005