Fortinet is proud to announce that we have again been named a Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for SD-WAN. This marks the fourth year in a row that Fortinet has received this distinction based on user reviews of our Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solution. What's more, Fortinet has received the highest reviews of all vendors in the SD-WAN Market as of December 2022, based on 159 reviews with 96% of reviewers willing to recommend Fortinet's Secure SD-WAN solution. Fortinet continues to receive analyst recognitions year after year, but receiving this Peer Recognition based on customer reviews and feedback is truly an honor for us.

Why we Feel the Fortinet Secure SD-WAN Solution is a Leader

Fortinet Secure SD-WAN has led the industry in converging networking and security. Fortinet has been recognized as Leader in the 2022 Gartner? Magic Quadrant? for SD-WAN for a third consecutive year and was placed highest in the ability to execute in the quadrant with consistent recognition for completeness of vision. It is powered by a single operating system, FortiOS, and unified management, simplifying and integrating critical functions and services. FortiOS, as well as FortiGuard Labs Security Services, enables Fortinet to continue innovating and helping customers on their journey to Single-Vendor SASE. With its embedded ZTNA application gateway, integrated security and network functions, and end-to-end visibility and analytics capabilities, organizations are able to drive toward their zero-trust initiatives using a single platform that eliminates architectural complexity.

Fortinet Secure SD-WAN Receives Recognition from Analysts

We attribute the recognitions from top industry analysts and our customers in part to Fortinet's commitment to innovation, evidenced by achieving nearly 1,300 global patents-not just the most in the industry, but three times more than comparable cybersecurity companies.

For over 20 years, Fortinet has been a driving force in the evolution of a cybersecurity mesh platform and the convergence of networking and security into a unified offering. This vision continues to receive recognition from industry analysts.

Fortinet was recognized as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner? Magic Quadrant? report for Network Firewalls. Fortinet was also ranked highest in three out of five Use Cases for two years in a row identified in the 2022 Gartner Critical Capabilities for SD-WAN. These include Security-Sensitive WAN, Remote Home Workers, and WAN for Small Branches.

Similarly, Fortinet has been named a Leader in the latest IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SD-WAN Infrastructure 2021 Vendor Assessment (doc#US47279821, November 2021) report, and named a top vendor in the 2022 Frost Radar?: Global SD-WAN Vendor Market, 2022 report.

Customers Give Fortinet Secure SD-WAN Rave Reviews

But the greatest achievement for us, by far, is the glowing reviews we receive from customers of all sizes from around the world and spanning all industries. In our opinion, one important way the industry measures customer sentiment is by reviewing the information posted to the Gartner Peer Insights site by actual customers. They are able to rate and provide feedback for the solutions they have deployed in their networks. And when it comes to SD-WAN, we have now been recognized for a fourth consecutive year as a Customers' Choice.

Here is a sample of some of the 5-star reviews that Fortinet's Secure SD-WAN solution has received on the Gartner Peer Insights page:

"Fortinet SD-WAN is the solution you have to been looking for"

Company size:$10B-$30B

Industry: Consumer Goods

Overall Comment:"We had a delightful experience while the whole Fortinet SD-WAN experience We were wonderfully surprised on the features of the product and would recommend this further across people in similar industries."

Cost effectiveness - This allows to aggregate the bandwidth even from the Broadband providers which are significantly less costly. Agility - I can modify the template to be deployed across all 200 locations with use of FortiManger. We save a lot of time and turnaround time for the troubleshooting has been easier.

"Secure cost-effective, easy to handle without compromising the quality"

Company size:$10B-$30B

Industry: Retail

Overall Comment:"SD-WAN is really easy to implement and the best part, we can fine tune the utilization based on the priority. We have to migrated the traditional approach (Leased line...). With SD-WAN , we managed it the support of Fortinet and to be honest, any one can manage it as they explains in detail"

Strong Security, Easy to deploy and manage, SD-WAN flexibility

"Wonderful product for SD-WAN deployment"

Company size:$3B-$10B

Industry: Consumer Goods

Overall Comment:"We are very Happy with the Product. It offers very good visibility and easy configuration."

"Secure and reliable SD-WAN"

Company size:$1B-$3B

Industry: Real Estate

Overall Comment:"The overall experience is satisfying as it helps in balancing the WAN link traffic with a depth view of traffic flow. Also, it comes with a UTM bundle, so no additional licenses are required. "

We are honored to have been recognized as a 2023 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for SD-WAN. When looking for a critical networking and security solution, we believe peer reviews from organizations that are your size and in your own industry are invaluable. From our perspective, Gartner Peer Insights is an excellent source that provides that level of critical feedback.

To learn more about Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice distinction or to read the reviews written about our products by IT professionals, please see the SD-WAN page on Gartner Peer Insights. 

And to all of our customers who submitted reviews, thank you! These reviews mold our products and our customer journey, and we look forward to building on the experiences that earned us this distinction. If you have a Fortinet story to share, we encourage you to weigh in on Gartner Peer Insights.

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