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Side-by-side comparison of Cisco, Fortinet
	Cisco	Fortinet
Headquarters	San Jose, California, USA	Sunnyvale, California, USA
Founded	1984	2000
Categories	Primary category: Networking Edge & IoT Security Hybrid & Multicloud	Primary category: Security Networking
What they do	Cisco is a US networking and security company founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, California. It sells enterprise, data centre and service provider networking (Catalyst, Nexus, Meraki, Silicon One), security…	Fortinet is a US cybersecurity company known for its FortiGate next-generation firewalls, built on its FortiOS operating system and custom security processors. Its Fortinet Security Fabric spans secure networking,…
Solutions listed	None listed yet	None listed yet
Evidence	Building (how this is worked out) Well evidenced: 5 or more published reviews plus 5 or more answered questions or community mentions. Some evidence: at least 1 published review, or 3 or more answered questions and community mentions combined. Building: anything less. Counts include published, moderated material only.	Building (how this is worked out) Well evidenced: 5 or more published reviews plus 5 or more answered questions or community mentions. Some evidence: at least 1 published review, or 3 or more answered questions and community mentions combined. Building: anything less. Counts include published, moderated material only.
Published reviews	None yet	None yet
Answered questions	None yet	None yet
Community mentions	None yet	None yet
Latest story	10 Oct 2026	None yet
Profile last verified	Not yet	Not yet
Activity this monthAttention, not quality. 0 to 100, relative to other companies.	26	0

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