Fortinet Mid-Sized Business firewalls


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A lot of mid-sized businesses struggle to find firewalls with the specs they need. That’s why we compiled this list of Fortinet Mid-Sized firewalls perfect for mid-sized businesses. We included firewalls that range from 500 users to 10,000 users to help you compare features and decide which is right for your environment.

FortiGate Mid-Sized firewalls

FortiGate 100F

IPv4 Firewall Throughput – 20 Gbps

Threat Protection – 1 Gbps

SSL/VPN Throughput – 1 Gbps

Supported FortiAPs (Total/Tunnel) – 128 / 64

Concurrent Sessions (TCP) – 1.5 Million

FortiGate 101F

IPv4 Firewall Throughput – 20 Gbps

Threat Protection – 1 Gbps

SSL/VPN Throughput – 1 Gbps

Supported FortiAPs (Total/Tunnel) – 128 / 64

Concurrent Sessions (TCP) – 1.5 Million

FortiGate-101F is like Fortigate-100F, but with added localized storage – 480 GB

FortiGate 101F

NGFW Throughput – 3.1 Gbps

Threat Protection – 2.8 Gbps

IPS Throughput – 5.3 Gbps

Supported FortiAPs (Total/Tunnel) – 128 / 64

Concurrent Sessions (TCP) – 3M

FortiGate 200F

NGFW Throughput – 3.1 Gbps

Threat Protection – 2.8 Gbps

IPS Throughput – 5.3 Gbps

Supported FortiAPs (Total/Tunnel) – 128 / 64

Concurrent Sessions (TCP) – 3M

FortiGate-121G is like Fortigate-120G, but with added localized storage – 480 GB

FortiGate 200F

NGFW Throughput – 3.5 Gbps

Threat Protection – 3 Gbps

IPS Throughput – 5 Gbps

Supported FortiAPs (Total/Tunnel) – 256 / 128

Concurrent Sessions (TCP) – 3M

Fortinet Firewalls for 5,000 Users


Fortinet FG-200G firewall

Firewall Throughput – 39 Gbps

Threat Protection – 6.4 Gbps

VPN Throughput – 35 Gbps

IPS Throughput – 8 Gbps

NP7Lite and CP10 hardware accelerated

AI-powered security and machine learning

11 million Concurrent Sessions

Fortinet FG-201G Next-Gen Firewall

Firewall Throughput – 39 Gbps

Threat Protection – 6.4 Gbps

VPN Throughput – 35 Gbps

IPS Throughput – 8 Gbps

448GB of onboard SSD storage

AI-powered security and machine learning

11 million Concurrent Sessions

Firewall Throughput – 32 Gbps

Threat Protection – 5 Gbps

SSL/VPN Throughput       – 4.5 Gbps

Supported FortiAPs (Total/Tunnel) – 512 / 256

Maximum Connections (TCP) – 4 Million

Fortinet FG-400F firewall

Firewall Throughput – 80 Gbps

Threat Protection – 6 Gbps

VPN Throughput – 55 Gbps

IPS Throughput – 10 Gbps

Maximum Connections (TCP) – 8 Million

Fortinet Firewalls for 10,000 Users


Fortinet FG600F firewall

Firewall Throughput – 140 Gbps

Threat Protection Throughput – 8 Gbps

VPN Throughput – 55 Gbps

IPS Throughput – 12 Gbps

8 million concurrent sessions

500,000 new sessions/second

FortiGate 900D Next-Gen firewall

Firewall Throughput – 160 Gbps

Threat Protection Throughput – 30 Gbps

SSL/VPN Throughput – 10 Gbps

Supported FortiAPs (Total/Tunnel) – 2048 / 1024

Concurrent Sessions (TCP) – 16 Million

FortiGate-1000D Next-Gen firewall

Firewall Throughput – 52 Gbps

Threat Protection Throughput – 4 Gbps

SSL/VPN Throughput – 3.6 Gbps

Supported FortiAPs (Total/Tunnel) – 4,096 / 2,048

Maximum Connections (TCP) – 11 Million

FortiGate 1100E Next-Gen firewall

Firewall Throughput – 80 Gbps

Threat Protection – 7.1 Gbps

SSL/VPN Throughput – 8.4 Gbps

Supported FortiAPs (Total/Tunnel) – 4,096 / 2,048

Maximum Connections (TCP) – 8 Million

FortiGate 1200D Next-Gen firewall

Firewall Throughput – 72 Gbps

Threat Protection – 4 Gbps

SSL/VPN Throughput – 3.6 Gbps

Supported FortiAPs (Total/Tunnel) – 4,096 / 2,048

Maximum Connections (TCP) – 11 Million

FortiGate 1500D Next-Gen firewall

Firewall Throughput – 80 Gbps

Threat Protection – 5 Gbps

SSL/VPN Throughput – 4 Gbps

Supported FortiAPs (Total/Tunnel) – 4,096 / 2,048

Maximum Connections (TCP) – 12 Million

FortiGate 1800F Next-Gen firewall

IPv6 Firewall Throughput – 198 Gbps

Threat Protection – 15 Gbps

SSL/VPN Throughput       – 11 Gbps

Supported FortiAPs (Total/Tunnel) – 4,096 / 2,048

Maximum Connections (TCP) – 12 Million


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