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Product	Azure Defender for IoT by Microsoft View product	Forescout eyeInspect by Forescout View product
Overview
What it is	Azure Defender for IoT offers asset discovery, network monitoring and threat detection. Use it for OT security and IoT monitoring. See IoT Security alternatives.	What does Forescout eyeInspect do? It covers zero downtime risk. See typical use cases, on-premises or hybrid deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Product type	IoT Security Platform	Operational Technology (OT) & Industrial Network Security
Best for	Manufacturing, Energy, Healthcare, Utilities, Cross-industry, Transportation	Manufacturing, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Critical Infrastructure, Chemical
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybridOn-Premise	HybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Azure; On-premises sensor	On-premises Appliance; Hybrid; On-premises physical/virtual appliances; Hybrid
Data residency	Depends on deployment and Azure region	On-premises local deployment
Key features
What it offers	Asset discovery Network monitoring Threat detection Vulnerability assessment OT security Security alerts IoT monitoring Asset inventory	Passive industrial traffic analysis OT protocol decoding Asset inventory across Purdue model Anomaly and threat detection Vulnerability assessment Zero downtime risk OT cyber threat detection Industrial asset discovery
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: no
Supported platforms	IoT and OT networks	ICSSCADAPLCDCSRTUIndustrial IoT networks
Compliance	Azure compliance portfoliodeployment dependent	IEC 62443NERC CIPNIST SP 800-82NIS2 Directive
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Microsoft SentinelMicrosoft Defender XDRAzureSIEM/SOAR platforms	Forescout eyeSightSplunkIBM QRadarServiceNowPalo Alto NetworksCisco
Industries	ManufacturingEnergyHealthcareUtilitiesCross-industryTransportation	ManufacturingEnergyUtilitiesOil & GasCritical InfrastructureChemical
Regions	GlobalAzure region dependent	Global
Vendor
Company	Microsoft	Forescout
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington, USA	San Jose, California, USA
Company size	200,000+	1,000+
Founded	1975	2000

Azure Defender for IoT

by Microsoft

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Forescout eyeInspect

by Forescout

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Overview

What it is

Azure Defender for IoT

Azure Defender for IoT offers asset discovery, network monitoring and threat detection. Use it for OT security and IoT monitoring. See IoT Security alternatives.

Forescout eyeInspect

What does Forescout eyeInspect do? It covers zero downtime risk. See typical use cases, on-premises or hybrid deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Product type

Azure Defender for IoT

IoT Security Platform

Forescout eyeInspect

Operational Technology (OT) & Industrial Network Security

Best for

Azure Defender for IoT

Manufacturing, Energy, Healthcare, Utilities, Cross-industry, Transportation

Forescout eyeInspect

Manufacturing, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Critical Infrastructure, Chemical

Pricing

Pricing model

Azure Defender for IoT

Contact Vendor

Forescout eyeInspect

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Azure Defender for IoT

Forescout eyeInspect

Deployment

Deployment options

Azure Defender for IoT

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Forescout eyeInspect

HybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

Azure Defender for IoT

Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Azure; On-premises sensor

Forescout eyeInspect

On-premises Appliance; Hybrid; On-premises physical/virtual appliances; Hybrid

Data residency

Azure Defender for IoT

Depends on deployment and Azure region

Forescout eyeInspect

On-premises local deployment

Key features

What it offers

Azure Defender for IoT

Asset discovery
Network monitoring
Threat detection
Vulnerability assessment
OT security
Security alerts
IoT monitoring
Asset inventory

Forescout eyeInspect

Passive industrial traffic analysis
OT protocol decoding
Asset inventory across Purdue model
Anomaly and threat detection
Vulnerability assessment
Zero downtime risk
OT cyber threat detection
Industrial asset discovery

Platform & access

API access

Azure Defender for IoT

Forescout eyeInspect

Single sign-on (SSO)

Azure Defender for IoT

Forescout eyeInspect

Role-based access (RBAC)

Azure Defender for IoT

Forescout eyeInspect

Multi-tenant

Azure Defender for IoT

Forescout eyeInspect

Mobile app

Azure Defender for IoT

Forescout eyeInspect

Supported platforms

Azure Defender for IoT

IoT and OT networks

Forescout eyeInspect

ICSSCADAPLCDCSRTUIndustrial IoT networks

Compliance

Azure Defender for IoT

Azure compliance portfoliodeployment dependent

Forescout eyeInspect

IEC 62443NERC CIPNIST SP 800-82NIS2 Directive

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Azure Defender for IoT

Microsoft SentinelMicrosoft Defender XDRAzureSIEM/SOAR platforms

Forescout eyeInspect

Forescout eyeSightSplunkIBM QRadarServiceNowPalo Alto NetworksCisco

Industries

Azure Defender for IoT

ManufacturingEnergyHealthcareUtilitiesCross-industryTransportation

Forescout eyeInspect

ManufacturingEnergyUtilitiesOil & GasCritical InfrastructureChemical

Regions

Azure Defender for IoT

GlobalAzure region dependent

Forescout eyeInspect

Global

Vendor

Company

Azure Defender for IoT

Microsoft

Forescout eyeInspect

Forescout

Headquarters

Azure Defender for IoT

Redmond, Washington, USA

Forescout eyeInspect

San Jose, California, USA

Company size

Azure Defender for IoT

200,000+

Forescout eyeInspect

1,000+

Founded

Azure Defender for IoT

1975

Forescout eyeInspect

2000