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Product	Entrust nShield HSM by Entrust View product	Thales payShield by Thales View product
Overview
What it is	Entrust nShield HSM: physical tamper-evident enclosure and hardware cryptographic offload. Built for database TDE root. Compare Encryption alternatives.	Thales payShield is a payment hardware security module for payment transaction processing and EMV chip verification. See features and Encryption alternatives.
Product type	Network Hardware Security Module	Payment Hardware Security Module
Best for	Banking, Enterprise, Defense, Financial Services, Enterprise IT, Government, Telecom	Banking, Financial Services, Retail, Merchant Acquirers, Payment Processors
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	On-Premise	HybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	On-premises hardware; Dedicated hardware security appliance	On-premises; Hybrid; Dedicated 1U/2U physical hardware security appliance
Data residency	On-premises deployment	US; EU; UK; APAC; Global
Key features
What it offers	Physical tamper-evident enclosure Hardware cryptographic offload Root-of-trust protection Multi-tenant Cryptographic transaction processing Master key custody Database TDE root	Payment transaction cryptography PIN issuance and routing EMV chip support Point-to-point encryption Payment transaction processing EMV chip verification PIN translation
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	Enterprise NetworksFinancial Clouds	Banking Data CentersFinancial Clouds
Compliance	FIPS 140-2 Level 3Common Criteria EAL4+	PCI HSMFIPS 140-2 Level 3PCI PIN
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	PKCS#11Microsoft CNGJava JCAWeb serversDatabase engines	Base24PostilionFISFiservVisaMastercard networks
Industries	BankingEnterpriseDefenseFinancial ServicesEnterprise ITGovernment+1 more	BankingFinancial ServicesRetailMerchant AcquirersPayment Processors
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Entrust	Thales
Headquarters	Shakopee, Minnesota, USA	Paris, France
Company size	2,500+	80,000+
Founded	1969	1893

Entrust nShield HSM

by Entrust

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Thales payShield

by Thales

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Overview

What it is

Entrust nShield HSM

Entrust nShield HSM: physical tamper-evident enclosure and hardware cryptographic offload. Built for database TDE root. Compare Encryption alternatives.

Thales payShield

Thales payShield is a payment hardware security module for payment transaction processing and EMV chip verification. See features and Encryption alternatives.

Product type

Entrust nShield HSM

Network Hardware Security Module

Thales payShield

Payment Hardware Security Module

Best for

Entrust nShield HSM

Banking, Enterprise, Defense, Financial Services, Enterprise IT, Government, Telecom

Thales payShield

Banking, Financial Services, Retail, Merchant Acquirers, Payment Processors

Pricing

Pricing model

Entrust nShield HSM

Contact Vendor

Thales payShield

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Entrust nShield HSM

Thales payShield

Deployment

Deployment options

Entrust nShield HSM

On-Premise

Thales payShield

HybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

Entrust nShield HSM

On-premises hardware; Dedicated hardware security appliance

Thales payShield

On-premises; Hybrid; Dedicated 1U/2U physical hardware security appliance

Data residency

Entrust nShield HSM

On-premises deployment

Thales payShield

US; EU; UK; APAC; Global

Key features

What it offers

Entrust nShield HSM

Physical tamper-evident enclosure
Hardware cryptographic offload
Root-of-trust protection
Multi-tenant
Cryptographic transaction processing
Master key custody
Database TDE root

Thales payShield

Payment transaction cryptography
PIN issuance and routing
EMV chip support
Point-to-point encryption
Payment transaction processing
EMV chip verification
PIN translation

Platform & access

API access

Entrust nShield HSM

Thales payShield

Single sign-on (SSO)

Entrust nShield HSM

Thales payShield

Role-based access (RBAC)

Entrust nShield HSM

Thales payShield

Multi-tenant

Entrust nShield HSM

Thales payShield

Mobile app

Entrust nShield HSM

Thales payShield

Supported platforms

Entrust nShield HSM

Enterprise NetworksFinancial Clouds

Thales payShield

Banking Data CentersFinancial Clouds

Compliance

Entrust nShield HSM

FIPS 140-2 Level 3Common Criteria EAL4+

Thales payShield

PCI HSMFIPS 140-2 Level 3PCI PIN

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Entrust nShield HSM

PKCS#11Microsoft CNGJava JCAWeb serversDatabase engines

Thales payShield

Base24PostilionFISFiservVisaMastercard networks

Industries

Entrust nShield HSM

BankingEnterpriseDefenseFinancial ServicesEnterprise ITGovernment+1 more

Thales payShield

BankingFinancial ServicesRetailMerchant AcquirersPayment Processors

Regions

Entrust nShield HSM

Global

Thales payShield

Global

Vendor

Company

Entrust nShield HSM

Entrust

Thales payShield

Thales

Headquarters

Entrust nShield HSM

Shakopee, Minnesota, USA

Thales payShield

Paris, France

Company size

Entrust nShield HSM

2,500+

Thales payShield

80,000+

Founded

Entrust nShield HSM

1969

Thales payShield

1893