Publisher

Fortinet

Fortinet licenses FortiGate hardware per unit with attached FortiGuard and FortiCare Service Contracts, FortiGate-VM by vCPU band, FortiClient per endpoint, FortiManager per managed device or VDOM, FortiAnalyzer per GB/day of logs and FortiSASE per user, with FortiFlex points as a consumption alternative, all under one EULA that reserves an audit right.

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Overview articleFortinet licensingFortinet licenses FortiGate hardware per unit with attached FortiGuard and FortiCare Service Contracts, FortiGate-VM by vCPU band, FortiClient per endpoint, FortiManager per managed device or VDOM, FortiAnalyzer per GB/day of logs and FortiSASE per user, with FortiFlex points as a consumption alternative, all under one EULA that reserves an audit right.Cited · Edited 2026-09-30 · 20 references

Guides

FortiGate-VM licensingCited · Edited 2026-09-30

FortiGuard and FortiCare licensingCited · Edited 2026-09-30

FortiFlex and FortiPointsCited · Edited 2026-09-30

FortiClient, FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer licensingCited · Edited 2026-09-30

Licensing Data

From the Fortinet catalog: how usage is counted, the rules that apply, the programs licences are bought through and the SKUs. Backed by 70 verbatim excerpts from 28 Fortinet documents.

Metrics 11

Administrative domain (ADOM)ADOM FortiAnalyzer Cloud logging deviceDevice FortiAnalyzer GB/Day of LogsGB/day FortiClient endpointDevice FortiFlex PointPoint FortiGate-VM vCPUvCPU FortiManager managed device/VDOMDevice FortiPointPoint

Rules 41

A Customer buys for internal use, not to provide chargeable servicesUse rights Each Service Contract covers one Product unit and cannot be movedCounting EMS assigns EPP or ZTNA licences from the endpoint profileCounting EMS free trial: three endpoints and three Chromebooks, not for productionEvaluation Enterprise Agreement contracts are registered by Fortinet, outside the grace-period rulesTerm start Evaluation software: 60 days, no production useEvaluation Expired EMS licence: ten-day grace, then read-only and no new registrationsExpiry Expired FortiGuard licences stop updates and real-time services; lapses must be covered back to expiryExpiry

Programs 7

FortiCare Support ServicesSupport FortiFlex EnterpriseCommitment / consumption FortiFlex MSSPConsumption (postpaid)FortiGuard Security BundlesBundle Fortinet co-termContract alignment Fortinet Enterprise Agreement ProgramEnterprise agreement FortiPointsPoints / prepaid credit

SKUs 21

FortiAnalyzer Cloud GB/Day Subscription 5 GB/dayFC1-10-AZCLD-463-01-DD FortiAnalyzer VM perpetual 5 GB/day (FAZ-VM-GB5)FAZ-VM-GB5 FortiAnalyzer VM Subscription 5 GB/dayFC1-10-AZVMS-465-01-DD FortiCare Elite add-on for FortiGate 100FFC-10-F100F-204-02-DD FortiClient Cloud EPP/ATP 500-packFC2-10-EMS05-429-01-DD FortiClient Cloud VPN/ZTNA 500-packFC2-10-EMS05-428-01-DD FortiClient EMS on-premise VPN/ZTNA 25-packFC1-10-EMS04-428-01-DD FortiFlex 50K bulk point packLIC-FLXPTS-BULK-50K-DD

Products

All 19 Products

Network Management Tools 6

FortiAnalyzer, FortiAnalyzer Cloud, FortiAnalyzer-VM, FortiManager, FortiManager Cloud, FortiManager-VM

Network Security Software 5

FortiCare, FortiFlex, FortiGuard Security Services, FortiPoints, FortiSASE

Endpoint Protection Software 3

FortiClient, FortiClient Cloud, FortiClient EMS

Firewall Hardware 2

FortiGate, FortiGate-VM

Indoor Access Points 1

FortiAP

LAN Switches 1

FortiSwitch

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