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Product	Azure Bastion by Microsoft View product	Twingate ZTNA by Twingate 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.	Twingate ZTNA, from Twingate, provides encrypted p2p mesh. Common uses: software-defined perimeter. Check deployment options and top ZTNA competitors.
Product type	Managed Secure Remote Access Service	Zero Trust Network Access Architecture
Best for	Cross-industry	Enterprise IT, Cloud-Native Organizations, Fintech
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Azure	Cloud-Delivered; Lightweight Connectors; Cloud Controller; Private Subnet Connectors
Data residency	Selected Azure region	United States; Global
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	Zero-trust private access No inbound firewall ports Automated Terraform provisioning Least-privilege entitlements Encrypted p2p mesh Software-defined perimeter Private application access Automated infrastructure security
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: yes
Supported platforms	Azure VMs	Multi-Cloud VPCsOn-Premises DatacentersKubernetes
Compliance	Azure compliance portfolioregion dependent	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Azure Virtual NetworkAzure VMsMicrosoft Entra ID	AWSAzureGCPTerraformKubernetesOktaEntra ID
Industries	Cross-industry	Enterprise ITCloud-Native OrganizationsFintech
Regions	Azure regions	Global
Vendor
Company	Microsoft	Twingate
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington, USA	Redwood City, California, USA
Company size	200,000+	201-500
Founded	1975	2019

Azure Bastion

by Microsoft

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Twingate ZTNA

by Twingate

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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.

Twingate ZTNA

Twingate ZTNA, from Twingate, provides encrypted p2p mesh. Common uses: software-defined perimeter. Check deployment options and top ZTNA competitors.

Product type

Azure Bastion

Managed Secure Remote Access Service

Twingate ZTNA

Zero Trust Network Access Architecture

Best for

Azure Bastion

Cross-industry

Twingate ZTNA

Enterprise IT, Cloud-Native Organizations, Fintech

Pricing

Pricing model

Azure Bastion

Contact Vendor

Twingate ZTNA

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Azure Bastion

Twingate ZTNA

Deployment

Deployment options

Azure Bastion

Cloud

Twingate ZTNA

Cloud

Deployment details

Azure Bastion

Cloud; Azure

Twingate ZTNA

Cloud-Delivered; Lightweight Connectors; Cloud Controller; Private Subnet Connectors

Data residency

Azure Bastion

Selected Azure region

Twingate ZTNA

United States; Global

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

Twingate ZTNA

Zero-trust private access
No inbound firewall ports
Automated Terraform provisioning
Least-privilege entitlements
Encrypted p2p mesh
Software-defined perimeter
Private application access
Automated infrastructure security

Platform & access

API access

Azure Bastion

Twingate ZTNA

Single sign-on (SSO)

Azure Bastion

Twingate ZTNA

Role-based access (RBAC)

Azure Bastion

Twingate ZTNA

Multi-tenant

Azure Bastion

Twingate ZTNA

Mobile app

Azure Bastion

Twingate ZTNA

Supported platforms

Azure Bastion

Azure VMs

Twingate ZTNA

Multi-Cloud VPCsOn-Premises DatacentersKubernetes

Compliance

Azure Bastion

Azure compliance portfolioregion dependent

Twingate ZTNA

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Azure Bastion

Azure Virtual NetworkAzure VMsMicrosoft Entra ID

Twingate ZTNA

AWSAzureGCPTerraformKubernetesOktaEntra ID

Industries

Azure Bastion

Cross-industry

Twingate ZTNA

Enterprise ITCloud-Native OrganizationsFintech

Regions

Azure Bastion

Azure regions

Twingate ZTNA

Global

Vendor

Company

Azure Bastion

Microsoft

Twingate ZTNA

Twingate

Headquarters

Azure Bastion

Redmond, Washington, USA

Twingate ZTNA

Redwood City, California, USA

Company size

Azure Bastion

200,000+

Twingate ZTNA

201-500

Founded

Azure Bastion

1975

Twingate ZTNA

2019