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Product	Azure Bastion by Microsoft View product	Tectia SSH Server by SSH Communications Security View product
Overview
What it is	Azure Bastion is a managed secure remote access service used for secure VM administration. Highlights include browser access. Compare it with other Remote Access tools.	Tectia SSH Server: hardware-accelerated SFTP transfers and quantum-resistant SSH cryptography. Built for enterprise SSH administrative access. Compare ZTNA alternatives.
Product type	Managed Secure Remote Access Service	Enterprise SSH Key Management & Encrypted File Transfer Server
Best for	Cross-industry	Banking, Financial Services, Government, Defense, Healthcare, Telecommunications
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	CloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; Azure	On-premises; Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises Server; Virtual Machine; Cloud Virtual Appliance
Data residency	Selected Azure region	Customer Datacenter / Private Cloud Hosting Dependent
Key features
What it offers	RDP/SSH over TLS Browser access No public IP required on target VM Azure VM integration Native client options Secure VM administration Private RDP Private SSH	Hardware-accelerated SFTP transfers Quantum-resistant SSH cryptography PKI smart card & certificate authentication Granular command restrictions Session recording Enterprise SSH administrative access Secure high-speed SFTP file transfer Quantum-ready encrypted communication
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Azure VMs	Enterprise Datacenter ServersMainframesCloud VMsFinancial Gateways
Compliance	Azure compliance portfolioregion dependent	FIPS 140-2Common CriteriaPCI-DSSHIPAASOXFISMA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Azure Virtual NetworkAzure VMsMicrosoft Entra ID	Microsoft Active DirectoryLDAPKerberosPKISplunkSyslog
Industries	Cross-industry	BankingFinancial ServicesGovernmentDefenseHealthcareTelecommunications
Regions	Azure regions	Global
Vendor
Company	Microsoft	SSH Communications Security
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington, USA	Helsinki, Finland
Company size	200,000+	201-500
Founded	1975	1995

Azure Bastion

by Microsoft

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Tectia SSH Server

by SSH Communications Security

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Overview

What it is

Azure Bastion

Azure Bastion is a managed secure remote access service used for secure VM administration. Highlights include browser access. Compare it with other Remote Access tools.

Tectia SSH Server

Tectia SSH Server: hardware-accelerated SFTP transfers and quantum-resistant SSH cryptography. Built for enterprise SSH administrative access. Compare ZTNA alternatives.

Product type

Azure Bastion

Managed Secure Remote Access Service

Tectia SSH Server

Enterprise SSH Key Management & Encrypted File Transfer Server

Best for

Azure Bastion

Cross-industry

Tectia SSH Server

Banking, Financial Services, Government, Defense, Healthcare, Telecommunications

Pricing

Pricing model

Azure Bastion

Contact Vendor

Tectia SSH Server

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Azure Bastion

Tectia SSH Server

Deployment

Deployment options

Azure Bastion

Cloud

Tectia SSH Server

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

Azure Bastion

Cloud; Azure

Tectia SSH Server

On-premises; Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises Server; Virtual Machine; Cloud Virtual Appliance

Data residency

Azure Bastion

Selected Azure region

Tectia SSH Server

Customer Datacenter / Private Cloud Hosting Dependent

Key features

What it offers

Azure Bastion

RDP/SSH over TLS
Browser access
No public IP required on target VM
Azure VM integration
Native client options
Secure VM administration
Private RDP
Private SSH

Tectia SSH Server

Hardware-accelerated SFTP transfers
Quantum-resistant SSH cryptography
PKI smart card & certificate authentication
Granular command restrictions
Session recording
Enterprise SSH administrative access
Secure high-speed SFTP file transfer
Quantum-ready encrypted communication

Platform & access

API access

Azure Bastion

Tectia SSH Server

Single sign-on (SSO)

Azure Bastion

Tectia SSH Server

Role-based access (RBAC)

Azure Bastion

Tectia SSH Server

Multi-tenant

Azure Bastion

Tectia SSH Server

Mobile app

Azure Bastion

Tectia SSH Server

Supported platforms

Azure Bastion

Azure VMs

Tectia SSH Server

Enterprise Datacenter ServersMainframesCloud VMsFinancial Gateways

Compliance

Azure Bastion

Azure compliance portfolioregion dependent

Tectia SSH Server

FIPS 140-2Common CriteriaPCI-DSSHIPAASOXFISMA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Azure Bastion

Azure Virtual NetworkAzure VMsMicrosoft Entra ID

Tectia SSH Server

Microsoft Active DirectoryLDAPKerberosPKISplunkSyslog

Industries

Azure Bastion

Cross-industry

Tectia SSH Server

BankingFinancial ServicesGovernmentDefenseHealthcareTelecommunications

Regions

Azure Bastion

Azure regions

Tectia SSH Server

Global

Vendor

Company

Azure Bastion

Microsoft

Tectia SSH Server

SSH Communications Security

Headquarters

Azure Bastion

Redmond, Washington, USA

Tectia SSH Server

Helsinki, Finland

Company size

Azure Bastion

200,000+

Tectia SSH Server

201-500

Founded

Azure Bastion

1975

Tectia SSH Server

1995