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Fortinet FortiAIGate
AI traffic protection inside an established security fabric
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Company overview
FortiAIGate applies Fortinet's network security portfolio to AI traffic, covering prompt attacks, data leakage, model protection and resource-consumption abuse with on-premise deployment options.
Ideal customer: Enterprise security teams with Fortinet infrastructure and on-premise requirements
- Protecting AI traffic as part of a broader security fabric
- Preventing sensitive-data egress through model calls
- On-premise inspection of AI traffic
GateYourAI verdict
FortiAIGate is the natural choice where AI traffic policy is owned by the network security team rather than the platform team. Its documentation set is extensive and per-feature verification is queued before capability marks are published.
Best for: Security organisations standardising AI controls inside an existing Fortinet estate. Read how we assess platforms.
Security capabilities
A capability is marked available only when an official page or documentation says so. “Not publicly documented” means we could not find it — not that the vendor lacks it.
| Capability | Status | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt-injection detectionIdentifies attempts to override system instructions in prompts or tool output.Prompt-injection protection is a headline capability. | AvailableAvailable. Verified from official product page. | Verified from official product page | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
| Prompt-injection blockingBlocks the request before it reaches the model, rather than only logging it.Malicious prompts are blocked inline. | AvailableAvailable. Verified from official product page. | Verified from official product page | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
| Jailbreak detectionDetects known jailbreak and guardrail-evasion patterns. | AvailableAvailable. Verified from official product page. | Verified from official product page | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
| PII detectionIdentifies personal information in prompts or responses.Sensitive-data inspection on AI traffic. | AvailableAvailable. Verified from official product page. | Verified from official product page | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
| PII redactionMasks or removes personal information before it leaves the gateway.Data-loss prevention is described; field-level redaction behaviour not stated. | LimitedLimited. Partially documented. | Partially documented | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
| Secret & credential scanningDetects API keys, tokens and credentials in prompts or output. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Input inspectionInspects outbound requests before they reach the model. | AvailableAvailable. Verified from official product page. | Verified from official product page | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
| Output inspectionInspects inbound model responses before they reach the application. | AvailableAvailable. Verified from official product page. | Verified from official product page | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
| Content moderationClassifies harmful or policy-violating content. Not equivalent to injection defense. | AvailableAvailable. Verified from official product page. | Verified from official product page | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
| Policy enforcementConfigurable rules applied per route, team, key or environment.Policies applied through the FortiGate/Fortinet Security Fabric. | AvailableAvailable. Verified from official product page. | Verified from official product page | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
| Agent & tool controlsConstrains tool calls, autonomous actions and agent permissions. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| MCP securityControls or inspects Model Context Protocol server traffic. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Audit logsDurable, reviewable record of requests and policy decisions.Logging and reporting through FortiAnalyzer. | AvailableAvailable. Verified from official product page. | Verified from official product page | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
| Access controlsRoles, teams, keys and scoped permissions. | AvailableAvailable. Verified from official product page. | Verified from official product page | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
Cost-optimization capabilities
Token reduction, avoided calls, cheaper-model routing, budgets and reporting are tracked separately because they are not interchangeable.
| Capability | Status | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt compressionReduces the number of tokens actually sent to the model. | Not publicly documentedNot publicly documented. Not publicly documented. | Not publicly documented | — |
| Exact cachingReturns a stored response for a byte-identical request.Caching is mentioned for AI traffic; behaviour not detailed. | LimitedLimited. Partially documented. | Partially documented | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
| Semantic cachingReturns a stored response for a semantically similar request using embeddings. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Intelligent model routingChooses a model per request based on task, cost or performance. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Automatic fallbackRetries against an alternate model or provider on failure. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Load balancingDistributes traffic across keys, regions or providers. | AvailableAvailable. Verified from official product page. | Verified from official product page | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
| Token budgetsHard or soft limits expressed in tokens. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Dollar budgetsSpending limits expressed in currency. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Rate limitsRequest throttling. Throttling is not the same as token reduction. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Cost attributionAttributes spend to teams, keys, users or features. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Cost analyticsDashboards and reporting on token and dollar usage. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Savings reportingReports the spend avoided by compression, caching or routing. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
Supported models and deployment options
On-premise deployment advertised. Full deployment matrix: verification pending.
| Capability | Status | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAISupports OpenAI models. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| AnthropicSupports Anthropic models. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Google GeminiSupports Google Gemini models. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| AWS BedrockSupports AWS Bedrock as a provider. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Azure OpenAISupports Azure OpenAI deployments. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Open-source modelsSupports open-weight models or self-hosted inference endpoints. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| SaaS deploymentVendor-hosted managed service. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| VPC / private cloudDeployable inside a customer cloud account. | AvailableAvailable. Verified from official product page. | Verified from official product page | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
| On-premiseDeployable in a customer data centre. | AvailableAvailable. Verified from official product page. | Verified from official product page | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
| Self-hostedCustomer runs and operates the gateway themselves. | AvailableAvailable. Verified from official product page. | Verified from official product page | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
| Open-source optionSource code published under an open-source licence. | Not publicly documentedNot publicly documented. Not publicly documented. | Not publicly documented | — |
| APIProgrammatic API for configuration or traffic. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| SDKOfficial client libraries. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
Pricing status
Not publicly disclosed. Contact vendor.
| Capability | Status | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public pricingList pricing published on the vendor website. | Not publicly documentedNot publicly documented. Not publicly documented. | Not publicly documented | — |
| Free tierA permanently free usage tier. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Free trialA time-limited or credit-limited trial. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Enterprise planA named enterprise tier. | Verification pendingVerification pending. Verification pending. | Verification pending | — |
| Contact sales requiredPricing requires contacting the vendor. | AvailableAvailable. Verified from official product page. | Verified from official product page | Fortinet FortiAIGate product page |
Strengths
- On-premise deployment and established security operations tooling
- Fits organisations where AI policy is owned by network security
Limitations
- Per-feature verification is still queued
- Pricing is not published
Alternatives to Fortinet FortiAIGate
F5 AI GatewayLarge enterprises standardising AI traffic policy on existing F5 infrastructureKong AI GatewayPlatform teams already running Kong that want AI policy in the same data planeAzure API Management AI GatewayOrganisations standardised on Azure that want gateway policy in their existing API layer
You can also compare Fortinet FortiAIGate against up to three other platforms, or read the AI Gate pillar page.
Sources
- Fortinet FortiAIGate product page Fortinet · Official product page · Accessed 2026-07-30
- FortiAIGate documentation library Fortinet · Official documentation · Accessed 2026-07-30Primary source of truth for capability marks.
- Fortinet AI security solutions overview Fortinet · Official product page · Accessed 2026-07-30
Last reviewed: 2026-07-30
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