Fortinet has always been committed to finding ways to simplify how customers acquire and adopt Fortinet solutions and services. Earlier this year, we introduced FortiFlex, a usage-based licensing program designed to empower customers with the flexibility to only use those services they need. And today, we are announcing a new universal points-based licensing program called FortiPoints that further simplifies acquisition and delivery across all of Fortinet's offerings.

Introducing FortiPoints and the FortiMarketplace

The FortiPoints program allows customers and partners to access Fortinet products and solutions as needed using a common currency-whether you are looking for usage-based access or an annual contract. FortiPoints can be purchased through Fortinet's channel or via cloud marketplaces and can be redeemed in the new FortiMarketplace.

This flexibility frees you from having to pre-plan and pre-size your deployment purchases, which can risk undersizing or oversizing your solutions-resulting in either being unable to meet business demands or paying for solutions and services you don't need.

FortiPoints covers all our credits-based consumption programs, including FortiFlex (usage-based consumption), FortiSIEM points, advanced services points, and incident response (IR) services points. It also covers self-service purchasing for annual contract details.

Customers can use FortiPoints to acquire advanced services and training programs, as well as the following:

Annual contracts, including renewals, co-term, and upgrades, for:

• FortiGate
• FortiAP
• FortiSwitch
• FortiExtender
• FortiManager
• FortiAnalyzer

Flexible usage-based licensing via FortiFlex for:

• Virtual machines like FortiGate VM and related services
• FortiGate hardware services
• FortiSASE and SaaS services
• Select endpoint offerings, like FortiEDR

Ready When You Are

If you're looking to support ongoing digital acceleration efforts while optimizing your security investments, FortiPoints simplifies license visibility and management, enables on-demand scalability and flexibility, and provides cost controls that eliminate overspending surprises.

Within FortiMarketplace, you can view and use your points balance to purchase solutions and renew or update contracts. You can also transfer solutions and services into programs like FortiFlex or even acquire ad hoc services, like incident response or training. And FortiMarketplace facilitates near-instantaneous delivery of these solutions and services, shortening your procurement lead times from weeks to minutes.

And because FortiPoints is a unified points-based program, you are assured of not overspending your budget beyond your available points-but if you need more, they can be quickly added at any time. And for even greater flexibility, you have up to three years to use your registered FortiPoints balance.

Partners can also use FortiPoints to deliver services faster, reducing lead time from weeks to minutes. The program simplifies order and SKU management, increases operational efficiency by reducing overhead, and simplifies upsell opportunities.

Get Started with FortiPoints Today

Visit the FortiPoints site to see how easy it can be to manage and scale the services you need to meet your evolving business demands. Taking control of your licensing challenges has never been simpler.