Fortigate 709 New Direct

However, as the threat landscape evolved, the limitations of the 60-series chassis began to show. The rise of TLS 1.3, the shift to hybrid work, and the need for built-in switches created a gap. The "new" 70F series (replacing the 70F's predecessors and effectively superseding the high-end 60 series in performance metrics) enters the market as a solution to the "Encrypted Traffic Paradox"—the need to inspect traffic that is increasingly designed to be opaque.

The Palo Alto is easier to manage for pure policy, but the 709 obliterates it in raw throughput per dollar. The Sophos is cheaper but cannot handle 10GbE with security on. For performance-hungry networks, the 709 is the winner. fortigate 709 new