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As the market shift to Secure Networking accelerates, Fortinet customers are reaping the benefits, evident in their overwhelmingly positive reviews of our cybersecurity solutions. Fortinet is one of only two vendors to be named a 2025 Gartner Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure. This is the eighth time in a row that Fortinet has been recognized by customers on Gartner Peer Insights.
The Customers’ Choice distinction is a recognition of vendors in this market based on feedback and ratings from 458 verified end users of our product as of September 30, 2025. Overall, Fortinet reviewers gave us a 4.9 out of 5 rating, with 97% saying they would recommend our product!
In addition to being one of two vendors recognized as a Customers’ Choice for 2025, Fortinet was one of four vendors named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure. We believe this is due to our Secure Networking approach, converging networking and security to offer unmatched value and leadership in innovation.
The wired and wireless markets are transitioning focus to the services enabled within the local area network, rather than simple speeds and feeds. And, because deploying and securing wired and wireless networks is more challenging than ever, organizations and their boards of directors have elevated cybersecurity as a serious agenda item. Many businesses that still rely on point solutions from multiple vendors often create security gaps that leave their deployments vulnerable. To address this challenge, Fortinet first integrated wireless management and control technology into the FortiOS operating system over 10 years ago. Add to that the challenges of the cybersecurity skills gap, tight budgets, and AI-driven attacks, and the need for a platform approach is palpable.
A Platform Approach Delivers Better Outcomes
The Fortinet Security Fabric platform integrates a broad portfolio of security and networking products, including hybrid mesh firewalls, wired and wireless LAN access, SD-WAN, 5G gateways, network access control, and SASE, into a single, unified platform running on FortiOS. Our simple, intelligent, platform addresses the business risks posed by poorly integrated security and network product designs while delivering innovative capabilities.
Part of the Security Fabric, Fortinet Secure LAN solutions can easily scale from the thin edge to the branch office, campus, and data center with a wide-ranging portfolio of hardware to meet virtually any task. We eliminate security overlays by integrating enterprise networking features into our FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls via the FortiLink protocol. As a result, security is automatically extended to Ethernet ports and wireless LANs. This includes network access control (NAC) with role-based access and control and secure onboarding for IoT devices. With the security visibility provided by FortiOS and the granular control offered by FortiLink and FortiLink NAC, devices can be virtually patched when known vulnerabilities are discovered. Virtual patching is included at no extra charge and provides IT the time needed to patch devices on their schedule, rather than as a fire-drill exercise.
Only Fortinet converges enterprise networking and security in this way. Organizations that use Fortinet wired and wireless LAN offerings benefit from a feature-rich solution with all necessary functionality built in so there is no need for additional licenses. This reduces complexity, lowers costs, and improves performance, all while lowering business risk. Tools driven by AI and ML further simplify day-to-day management, which reduces the burden on network administrators so they can be proactive, not reactive. Highlights of our platform approach include:
- Better security, easier management and configuration, improved visibility, and more control
- High ROI and predictable costs—no extra charge for key features
- Automation of tedious tasks such as secure onboarding of IoT devices and role-based access and control
- Centralized management agentic AI enabled through FortiAIOps and FortiAI-Assist
97% of Customers Recommend Us
We are honored to be named a 2025 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure again by the people who use our solutions in their organizations worldwide. Organizations of every size across all industries use Fortinet to optimize digital acceleration by deploying a converged secure networking approach. We believe this strong customer response is the most powerful endorsement of the value and efficacy of our solutions.
Customer Reviews
Below are some of our customer reviews:
FortiAP Integration Delivers Scalable Wireless Networking and Streamlined
Administration
"FortiAP with FortiGate offers a seamless, secure, and scalable wireless networking experience with centralized management and zero-touch deployment."
Fortinet Switch Offers Seamless Integration and Reliable Security Management Features
"Overall experience with the Fortinet switch has been outstanding. The Products are reliable, secure and easy to manage. The integration with FortiGate has allowed us to unify out network security operations."
AI Adoption Enhances Wireless Integration and Management in Campus Environments
“We use FortiAP solution to have a consistent, better and reliable wireless experience for our campus network. With AI adoption (post recent upgrade) the overall experience has enrich further."
Fortinet AP Offers Straightforward Setup and Seamless Security Ecosystem Integration
"Fortinet AP was quite positive about the setup process being straightforward and the integration with the Fortinet security ecosystem is seamless allowing for centralized management and enhanced network visibility.Performance wise, the access point delivers reliable and strong wifi coverage with minimal latency, which is crucial for both everyday tasks and high density environments."
Seamless integration of networking and security with Fortinet solutions
"FortiSwitch and FortiAP have significantly streamline our network operations by integrating security and networking into unified management platform. Their onboard NAC feature ensure secure devices onboarding, reduces vendor complexity and enhancing operation efficiency."
Centralized Console Simplifies FortiSwitch Deployment in Branch Locations With FortiGate
"Using FortiSwitch in branches has been a very good experience since its seamless integration with FortiGate firewalls and it enhances the security level and its is easier to deploy and configure. Manageability with central console becomes less headache. It also gives better access control, visibility and segmentation in critical cases."
FortiAP Offers a secure and high performance wireless solution for enterprise
"FortiAP is one of the most secure wireless solutions offered by Fortinet. It also offers a good amount of wireless coverage, better strenth and performance. It is very easy to manage and operate."
FortiSwitch simplifies network access and centralized configuration & policy management
"We use FortiSwitch to manage network access across our RMX sites, and the deployment has been smooth. Integration & management using FortiGate is easier - overall day-to-day operation has been reliable with minimal efforts."
To learn more about the Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice distinction or to read the reviews written about our products by IT professionals, see the Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure page on Gartner Peer Insights.
Thank you to all of our customers who participated and wrote reviews. If you have a Fortinet story to share, we encourage you to weigh in on Gartner Peer Insights.
Learn more about Fortinet’s switching and wireless solutions here.
Note for Gartner Peer Insights: Reviews from vendor partners or end users of companies with less than $50M in revenue are excluded from this methodology. See the full “Voice of the Customer” methodology
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