Fortinet FortiFlex

Fortinet FortiFlex is a points-based licensing programme for consuming eligible physical, virtual and cloud-based Fortinet security products through a common commercial model.

Organisations purchase FortiFlex points and use them to activate supported products, configurations and services rather than maintaining separate fixed licences for every deployment. This provides greater flexibility where security requirements, infrastructure or workloads change over time.

FortiFlex works by assigning point values to eligible Fortinet products, configurations and services, with organisations consuming their purchased entitlement according to deployment and duration.

The number of points required varies according to what is deployed and how long it remains active. This gives organisations a more consistent way to manage supported Fortinet licensing across multiple environments instead of maintaining completely separate commercial arrangements for each deployment.

FortiFlex supports eligible Fortinet solutions including selected physical and virtual FortiGate appliances, cloud security technologies and other supported Fortinet security services.

Eligible products, configurations and point requirements can change as the programme develops, so they should be confirmed when designing a deployment. The broad portfolio coverage allows organisations to apply FortiFlex across multiple security technologies rather than a single product family.

Yes, eligible FortiFlex deployments can be stopped and available entitlement reused for other supported configurations or services as organisational requirements change.

This reduces the need to remain permanently committed to one fixed deployment. It can be particularly useful for changing cloud workloads, temporary projects, expanding environments and security estates where infrastructure requirements or service consumption change frequently.

Yes, FortiFlex supports eligible security services across physical infrastructure, virtual environments and public cloud platforms, making it well suited to hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.

Organisations can use a more consistent licensing approach across supported Fortinet technologies while adjusting allocations as workloads move or requirements change. This can reduce licensing fragmentation across security environments spanning data centre, virtual and cloud infrastructure.

FortiFlex uses a flexible points-based model across eligible deployments, while traditional Fortinet licensing typically assigns licences or subscriptions to specific products for defined terms.

The points model can make it easier to adjust licensing across dynamic, distributed or cloud-based infrastructure when requirements change. Traditional licensing can remain appropriate for stable deployments where products, capacity and licensing requirements are expected to remain relatively consistent.

Yes, FortiFlex is well suited to temporary environments, proof-of-concept projects, short-term deployments and workloads where security requirements may change frequently.

Organisations can activate eligible services when required rather than purchasing a separate long-term licence for every temporary deployment. Entitlement can then be adjusted as projects evolve, providing greater commercial flexibility for short-lived or changing infrastructure requirements.

Yes, FortiFlex can support MSSPs and other service providers that need to manage changing Fortinet security requirements across multiple customer environments.

Its consumption model allows eligible Fortinet services to be activated and adjusted as customer requirements change. This can simplify licensing operations, improve responsiveness to demand and provide a more scalable commercial framework for managing supported security services across numerous deployments.

FortiFlex provides centralised tools for monitoring entitlements, active configurations and consumption across supported Fortinet deployments from a common management approach.

Administrators can review available resources and adjust licensing as requirements change. Centralised visibility is particularly useful across larger security estates, where tracking individual product licences, service allocations and renewal requirements can otherwise create significant administrative complexity.

FortiFlex is particularly relevant for organisations with changing security requirements, cloud workloads, multiple sites, temporary deployments or large numbers of Fortinet solutions.

Its points-based model provides greater portability and commercial flexibility where security services need to change over time. Organisations operating highly predictable and static deployments may instead find conventional product-specific licensing sufficient for their requirements.