Note: There is another evaluation license - for 60 days, that you can only get from Fortinet Account Manager. Unfortunately, it comes with some limitations you should be aware of so not to waste your time trying to debug them. So, after reading this article, make sure to read this one as well: Fortigate free VM Evaluation License is now permanent, not limited to 15 days, here is how to get it.Įach Fortigate Virtual Machine (VM) image (until FortiOS 7.2.1) comes with built-in 15 days evaluation license which starts the moment you spin this image in your virtual environment - VMWare ESXi/WorkStation, KVM, GNS3, EVE-NG.
Update August 2022: All the said below is still true, but starting with FortiOS 7.2.1 the process of issuing the evaluation license has changed.