FortiFlex by Fortinet is a points-based cybersecurity licensing system that enables usage-based security licensing and provisioning across cloud, hybrid cloud, and on-premises environments. The platform delivers dynamic deployment capabilities with elastic scalability, eliminating the need to size for exact services in advance. The system allows organizations to provision FortiGate VM instances and FortiCare/FortiGuard services for FortiGate hardware appliances through a flexible consumption model. It operates through points packages that can be applied to deploy solutions and services of any size and quantity, with daily-based entitlement charging that can be terminated at any time. FortiFlex integrates with cloud marketplaces like AWS and Google Cloud through private offers and provides API capabilities for license management.
