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Product	FortiDeceptor by Fortinet View product	Thinkst Canary by Thinkst View product
Overview
What it is	Evaluating FortiDeceptor? See how this Network Security tool handles decoy assets, deceptive credentials and lures, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.	Thinkst Canary helps teams with intruder detection. Explore features like multi-cloud decoys, cloud or appliance deployment and the closest Threat Detection competitors.
Product type	Deception-based breach detection platform	High-Fidelity Cyber Deception & Canary Honeypot System
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Government, Defense, Retail
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Physical appliance, virtual appliance and supported cloud/virtual environments; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and supported cloud/virtual environments	Cloud SaaS; Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance (VMware/KVM); Cloud Virtual Machine
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Key features
What it offers	Decoy assets Deceptive credentials Lures High-interaction deception Automated deployment Attacker engagement Incident telemetry Early breach detection	Hardware and virtual Canary honeypots Canarytokens embedded lures Zero false-positive alerts Instant Slack/Teams/SMS notifications Multi-cloud decoys Intruder detection Ransomware early warning Lateral movement 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	Hardware appliance (including rugged OT models)VMware ESXiKVMMicrosoft Hyper-VAWSMicrosoft Azure	Corporate LANsDatacentersMulti-Cloud VPCsEndpointsShared Drives
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRNIST CSF
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiAnalyzerFortiSIEMFortiSOARFortiNDRFortiEDR	SlackMicrosoft TeamsPagerDutySplunkWebhooksSyslogAWSAzure
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	Financial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyGovernmentDefenseRetail
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Thinkst
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Cape Town, South Africa
Company size	10,000+	51-200
Founded	2000	2010

FortiDeceptor

by Fortinet

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Thinkst Canary

by Thinkst

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Overview

What it is

FortiDeceptor

Evaluating FortiDeceptor? See how this Network Security tool handles decoy assets, deceptive credentials and lures, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Thinkst Canary

Thinkst Canary helps teams with intruder detection. Explore features like multi-cloud decoys, cloud or appliance deployment and the closest Threat Detection competitors.

Product type

FortiDeceptor

Deception-based breach detection platform

Thinkst Canary

High-Fidelity Cyber Deception & Canary Honeypot System

Best for

FortiDeceptor

Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers

Thinkst Canary

Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Government, Defense, Retail

Pricing

Pricing model

FortiDeceptor

Contact Vendor

Thinkst Canary

Contact Vendor

Free trial

FortiDeceptor

Thinkst Canary

Deployment

Deployment options

FortiDeceptor

Cloud

Thinkst Canary

SaaSCloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

FortiDeceptor

Physical appliance, virtual appliance and supported cloud/virtual environments; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and supported cloud/virtual environments

Thinkst Canary

Cloud SaaS; Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance (VMware/KVM); Cloud Virtual Machine

Data residency

FortiDeceptor

Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region

Thinkst Canary

United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Key features

What it offers

FortiDeceptor

Decoy assets
Deceptive credentials
Lures
High-interaction deception
Automated deployment
Attacker engagement
Incident telemetry
Early breach detection

Thinkst Canary

Hardware and virtual Canary honeypots
Canarytokens embedded lures
Zero false-positive alerts
Instant Slack/Teams/SMS notifications
Multi-cloud decoys
Intruder detection
Ransomware early warning
Lateral movement discovery

Platform & access

API access

FortiDeceptor

Thinkst Canary

Single sign-on (SSO)

FortiDeceptor

Thinkst Canary

Role-based access (RBAC)

FortiDeceptor

Thinkst Canary

Multi-tenant

FortiDeceptor

Thinkst Canary

Mobile app

FortiDeceptor

Thinkst Canary

Supported platforms

FortiDeceptor

Hardware appliance (including rugged OT models)VMware ESXiKVMMicrosoft Hyper-VAWSMicrosoft Azure

Thinkst Canary

Corporate LANsDatacentersMulti-Cloud VPCsEndpointsShared Drives

Compliance

FortiDeceptor

Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment

Thinkst Canary

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRNIST CSF

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

FortiDeceptor

FortiGateFortiAnalyzerFortiSIEMFortiSOARFortiNDRFortiEDR

Thinkst Canary

SlackMicrosoft TeamsPagerDutySplunkWebhooksSyslogAWSAzure

Industries

FortiDeceptor

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Thinkst Canary

Financial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyGovernmentDefenseRetail

Regions

FortiDeceptor

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Thinkst Canary

Global

Vendor

Company

FortiDeceptor

Fortinet

Thinkst Canary

Thinkst

Headquarters

FortiDeceptor

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Thinkst Canary

Cape Town, South Africa

Company size

FortiDeceptor

10,000+

Thinkst Canary

51-200

Founded

FortiDeceptor

2000

Thinkst Canary

2010