Evidence-Backed Side-by-Side Comparison

Fortinet FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall vs. Endpoint Privilege Manager

Comparing documented technical capabilities, SLA commitments, and verified pricing models without synthetic scores.

Cross-Category Comparison: The selected solutions are categorized under different security specializations (Network security and firewalls vs Privileged access management). Ensure you evaluate capability specifications within your targeted architecture.
Comparing 2 solutions side-by-side
Evaluation Criteria
Classification & Vendor
Offering Type
Software Product
Software Product
Vendor Headquarters
Sunnyvale, CA
Newton, MA / Petah Tikva, Israel
Corporate Identity Status
Unverified ProfileUnverified Profile
Primary Security Specialization
Network security and firewalls
Privileged access management
Architecture & Deployment
Deployment Models
Hardware physical appliances, virtual machines (FortiGate-VM), or cloud-native marketplace instances
Not documented in our sources
Supported Platforms / OS
FortiOS 7.4 / 7.2 purpose-built security operating system
Windows, Linux. Supported versions and feature coverage depend on the vendor support matrix.
Pricing & Commercial Model
Pricing Transparency Status
Publicly Documented
Pricing Not Publicly Documented
Entry List Pricing
$549.00 (appliance-plus-annual-fortiguard)
Custom quote required / Not publicly listed
Commercial Licensing Scope
Entry-level hardware appliances (FortiGate 40F) start around $549 with annual FortiGuard Unified Threat Protection (UTP) bundles.
Contact vendor or channel partner for pricing.
Network Architecture
Architecture Type
Architectural delivery model (Unified SASE, Cloud-Delivered SSE, Hybrid Mesh NGFW).
Hybrid Mesh Next-Generation Firewall & SD-WAN
Not documented in our sources
Global Edge PoP Footprint
Published edge data center points of presence providing direct peering and low latency.
On-premise hardware + FortiSASE Cloud POPs
Not documented in our sources
Platform & Architecture
Supported Operating Systems
Operating systems supported by the endpoint sensor agent.
Not documented in our sources
Windows, macOS, Linux
Agent Architecture
Kernel or user-space architecture of the endpoint agent.
Not documented in our sources
Lightweight privilege elevation agent
Management Console Deployment
Console delivery options (Cloud SaaS, GovCloud, On-premises).
Not documented in our sources
CyberArk Identity Security Cloud (SaaS)
Secure Access & Connectivity
Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) Engine
Application-level micro-segmentation without placing users on the corporate network.
Not documented in our sources
Threat Prevention Engine & Sandboxing
In-line deep packet inspection, TLS decryption, and zero-day sandboxing.
Not documented in our sources
Detection & Prevention
Autonomous Offline Protection
Ability to detect and mitigate threats when disconnected from the cloud.
Not documented in our sources
Ransomware Remediation & Rollback
Native capability to revert encrypted or tampered files to pre-attack state.
Not documented in our sources
Not supported
Evaluation & Benchmarks
MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation Published
Public evaluation results participated in official MITRE ATT&CK enterprise evaluations.
Not documented in our sources
Data Provenance Notice: “Not documented in our sources” indicates the absence of publicly verifiable vendor technical documentation. SecurifyA never synthesizes unverified capabilities or assumes capabilities without documentation.
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