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Alternatives to Fortinet FortiGate, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 89 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Fortinet FortiGate holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often

Palo Alto Networks NGFW2

First choices in the 89 answers that did not name Fortinet FortiGate, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Next-generation firewalls

Network and edge. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Fortinet FortiGate is not its first choice or an alternative in it.

Small businessFortinet FortiGate is #1 of 8 here at 51% of first choices, 63 labels.

Twenty-six of the eighty-four answers did not name Fortinet FortiGate; it was the first choice in thirty-nine. The first choices in those twenty-six answers, eleven products in all, the eight most named:

Sophos Firewall4 of 26Head to head →

WatchGuard Firebox4 of 26

FortiGate 50G1 of 26

FortiGate 90G1 of 26

FortiGate-VM NGFW1 of 26

Fortinet FortiGate 40F or 60F1 of 26

Fortinet FortiGate entry models1 of 26

Fortinet FortiGate entry-level models1 of 26

3 more in the record.The full small business standing →

Mid-marketFortinet FortiGate is #1 of 8 here at 73% of first choices, 68 labels.

Thirty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Fortinet FortiGate; it was the first choice in forty-six. The first choices in those thirty-two answers, twelve products in all, the eight most named:

Check Point Quantum1 of 32

FortiGate 50G1 of 32

FortiGate-100F/200F1 of 32

FortiGate-80F1 of 32

FortiGate-VM NGFW1 of 32

Fortinet FortiGate 60E / 60F1 of 32

Fortinet FortiGate 80F1 of 32

Fortinet FortiGate FG-40F1 of 32

4 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →

EnterpriseFortinet FortiGate is #1 of 5 here at 37% of first choices, 66 labels.

Thirty-one of the eighty-four answers did not name Fortinet FortiGate; it was the first choice in twenty-five. The first choices in those thirty-one answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:

Palo Alto Networks NGFW2 of 31Head to head →

Palo Alto Networks VM-Series2 of 31

Check Point Quantum1 of 31

Cisco Secure Firewall1 of 31Head to head →

FortiGate1 of 31

FortiGate-VM NGFW1 of 31

Fortinet FortiSASE1 of 31

Palo Alto Networks PA-5400 Series or PA-7000 Series1 of 31

1 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Fortinet FortiGate neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Fortinet FortiGate only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Fortinet FortiGate's side.

Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Fortinet FortiGate was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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