Everyone's rushing to Zscaler like it's the only SASE game in town. Let's talk about Fortinet's stack for a moment. We're a 200-person finance shop, heavy on compliance, and I'm not convinced the "zero trust" buzzword justifies the premium.
FortiSASE ties into our existing FortiGate hardware. That's either a huge cost advantage or a massive vendor lock-in trap, depending on who you ask. Zscaler's agent-based model is cleaner on paper, but I've seen their bandwidth costs spiral for data-heavy teams. For a finance firm, Fortinet's baked-in SD-WAN and security reporting might actually make sense, even if the UI feels like a 2010 firewall console.
Anyone actually running FortiSASE at this scale? I want real numbers on performance for remote trader workstations, not the "seamless integration" slides.
If it sounds too good, read the release notes