If you've searched for FortiGate licence prices in rand, you'll have noticed something: nobody publishes them. Here's why, what actually drives your renewal cost, and how to get an exact, VAT-inclusive rand figure for your appliance without a sales call.
Fortinet licences reach South Africa through its distribution channel, priced in dollars and converted at prevailing rates. Distributor pricing moves with the exchange rate and with Fortinet's own price list, so any rand figure printed on a website is stale the month after it's published. International sites list dollar prices; local hardware shops list appliance-plus-licence bundles — but a licence-only renewal in rand is always quoted per deal. That's not obfuscation; it's how the channel works.
What we can do is make the quote instant and transparent: serial in, verified model and expiry out, formal rand quote — usually within business hours.
Bigger appliance, bigger licence. A FortiGate 40F renewal costs a fraction of a 200F renewal for the same bundle — the licence price scales with the hardware class. This is the single biggest factor.
From cheapest to most comprehensive: FortiCare (support and firmware only) → ATP (adds IPS, anti-malware, sandboxing) → UTP (adds web/DNS filtering, antispam — the most popular choice) → Enterprise (adds OT security and attack-surface management). Each step up adds meaningfully to the price, which is why it's worth checking which bundle you actually use before renewing what was quoted last time.
12, 24 or 36 months. Multi-year terms are priced lower per year — typically a meaningful discount against renewing annually — and they lock the rate against currency movement for the term. If the appliance is mid-life and doing its job, 36 months is usually the best value; we'll tell you if it isn't.
Serial-verified rand quote, VAT included, usually within business hours.