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Product	FortiGate by Fortinet View product	Versa NGFW by Versa 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.	Versa NGFW by Versa Networks is a next-generation firewall. Key features include anti-malware. Compare deployment, integrations and top Firewall alternatives.
Product type	Next-generation firewall and secure networking platform	Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Cross-industry, Retail, Financial Services, Healthcare, Service Providers
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service; Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service	Hardware appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Firewall as a Service; Physical appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud; Firewall as a Service
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Customer-controlled or selected Versa cloud gateways
Key features
What it offers	Firewall IPS Application control Antivirus SSL inspection VPN SD-WAN Web filtering	Single-pass inspection Application identification User and device-aware policies Intrusion prevention Anti-malware URL and DNS filtering SSL/TLS decryption AI-based threat detection
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: no
Supported platforms	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMNutanix AHVAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more	Versa appliancesVMware ESXiKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	FIPS 140-2 (select platforms)
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiClientFortiAuthenticatorFortiNACFortiSandboxFortiGuardFortiSwitch+1 more	Versa ConcertoVersa DirectorMicrosoft Entra IDOktaAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudSIEM tools
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	Cross-industryRetailFinancial ServicesHealthcareService Providers
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Versa Networks
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Santa Clara, California, USA
Company size	10,000+	1,000+
Founded	2000	2012

FortiGate

by Fortinet

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Versa NGFW

by Versa 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.

Versa NGFW

Versa NGFW by Versa Networks is a next-generation firewall. Key features include anti-malware. Compare deployment, integrations and top Firewall alternatives.

Product type

FortiGate

Next-generation firewall and secure networking platform

Versa NGFW

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)

Best for

FortiGate

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

Versa NGFW

Cross-industry, Retail, Financial Services, Healthcare, Service Providers

Pricing

Pricing model

FortiGate

Contact Vendor

Versa NGFW

Contact Vendor

Free trial

FortiGate

Versa NGFW

Deployment

Deployment options

FortiGate

Cloud

Versa NGFW

CloudOn-Premise

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

Versa NGFW

Hardware appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Firewall as a Service; Physical appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud; Firewall as a Service

Data residency

FortiGate

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

Versa NGFW

Customer-controlled or selected Versa cloud gateways

Key features

What it offers

FortiGate

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

Versa NGFW

Single-pass inspection
Application identification
User and device-aware policies
Intrusion prevention
Anti-malware
URL and DNS filtering
SSL/TLS decryption
AI-based threat detection

Platform & access

API access

FortiGate

Versa NGFW

Single sign-on (SSO)

FortiGate

Versa NGFW

Role-based access (RBAC)

FortiGate

Versa NGFW

Multi-tenant

FortiGate

Versa NGFW

Mobile app

FortiGate

Versa NGFW

Supported platforms

FortiGate

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

Versa NGFW

Versa appliancesVMware ESXiKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud

Compliance

FortiGate

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

Versa NGFW

FIPS 140-2 (select platforms)

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

FortiGate

FortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiClientFortiAuthenticatorFortiNACFortiSandboxFortiGuardFortiSwitch+1 more

Versa NGFW

Versa ConcertoVersa DirectorMicrosoft Entra IDOktaAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudSIEM tools

Industries

FortiGate

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Versa NGFW

Cross-industryRetailFinancial ServicesHealthcareService Providers

Regions

FortiGate

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Versa NGFW

Global

Vendor

Company

FortiGate

Fortinet

Versa NGFW

Versa Networks

Headquarters

FortiGate

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Versa NGFW

Santa Clara, California, USA

Company size

FortiGate

10,000+

Versa NGFW

1,000+

Founded

FortiGate

2000

Versa NGFW

2012