eval license registration is frustrating

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April 3, 2026
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This is the most frustrating experience that I ever had with a 30day eval license registration. My customer wants to evaluate Fortigate against another solution and I can't create a PoC without using 1vCPU and a 2GB ram?
I have registered the license and the instance still requires a license

Description

Partner

Product Model

FortiGate VM Trial

Registration Date

2026-04-03

Lost more than 2 hours as the documentation is not clear (does not even have a link on what is the portal to create a user on how to get a 30 day license - I actually need it for a week)

FortiGate

farhanahmed

Staff

You can reach out to your Fortinet Sales Rep or SE to get actual Eval License with no CPU/vdom/interface limitations.

And for a trial Trial License:

Maximum of one free evaluation copy per FortiCloud account <---
And several other limitations.

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.6.6/administration-guide/441460/permanent-trial-mode-for-fortigate-vm

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/Customer-Service/Customer-Service-Tip-Free-trial-licenses-available-for-Fortinet/ta-p/435317

---> If you already have the FGT VM registered on your FortiCloud account then login there and see if you can download the license file and upload to your FGT.

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