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Side-by-side comparison of FortiNAC, Google Cloud Armor, Cisco Secure Firewall
Product	FortiNAC by Fortinet View product	Google Cloud Armor by Google Cloud View product	Cisco Secure Firewall by Cisco View product
Overview
What it is	Evaluating FortiNAC? See how this NAC tool handles device discovery, network access control and endpoint profiling, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.	Google Cloud Armor covers layer 7 filtering, DDoS mitigation and OWASP Top 10 rules for web application defense and bot mitigation. Compare top Network Security tools.	Cisco Secure Firewall from Cisco focuses on perimeter threat defense. Key capabilities: URL filtering. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives.
Product type	Network access control and device visibility platform	Web Application Firewall & DDoS Mitigation	Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) & Threat Defense
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, Media, Cross-industry, Public Sector	Cross-industry, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Energy, Manufacturing, Retail
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	CloudHybrid	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Physical/virtual appliance and centralized management; Physical/virtual appliance and centralized management	Cloud; Hybrid; Multi-cloud; Google Cloud; Hybrid deployments; Multi-cloud origins	Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud-native; Hardware appliances (Firewall 1000/3100/4200 series); Virtual FTDv (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI); Containerized CNF
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Multi-region; regional endpoints available	On-premises data retention / Cloud control region-specific hosting
Key features
What it offers	Device discovery Network access control Endpoint profiling Policy enforcement Segmentation Guest access IoT visibility Quarantine	Layer 7 filtering DDoS mitigation OWASP Top 10 rules Adaptive protection Rate limiting IP allow/denylist Bot management reCAPTCHA integration	Snort 3 deep packet inspection Application visibility and control Hardware-accelerated crypto Encrypted traffic analytics Advanced malware defense URL filtering Dynamic network segmentation Perimeter threat defense
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSMicrosoft Azure	Google CloudHybrid web workloadsKubernetes	On-premises hardwareAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudVMware ESXiKVM
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	SOC 1/2/3ISO/IEC 27001PCI-DSSFedRAMPHIPAA	FIPS 140-2/3, Common Criteria (NDcPP), USGv6, SOC 2, ISO 27001
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiSwitchFortiAPFortiClientFortiAuthenticatorFortiManagerthird-party switches/APs	Cloud Load BalancingCompute EngineGKECloud RunSecurity Command CenterCloud Logging	Cisco Security Cloud ControlCisco ISECisco Secure WorkloadCisco XDRCisco TalosSplunkMicrosoft Sentinel
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	Financial ServicesRetailHealthcareMediaCross-industryPublic Sector	Cross-industryGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareEnergyManufacturing+1 more
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Google Cloud	Cisco
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Mountain View, California, USA	San Jose, California, USA
Company size	10,000+	100,000+	80,000+
Founded	2000	2008	1984

FortiNAC

by Fortinet

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Google Cloud Armor

by Google Cloud

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Cisco Secure Firewall

by Cisco

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Overview

What it is

FortiNAC

Evaluating FortiNAC? See how this NAC tool handles device discovery, network access control and endpoint profiling, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Google Cloud Armor

Google Cloud Armor covers layer 7 filtering, DDoS mitigation and OWASP Top 10 rules for web application defense and bot mitigation. Compare top Network Security tools.

Cisco Secure Firewall

Cisco Secure Firewall from Cisco focuses on perimeter threat defense. Key capabilities: URL filtering. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives.

Product type

FortiNAC

Network access control and device visibility platform

Google Cloud Armor

Web Application Firewall & DDoS Mitigation

Cisco Secure Firewall

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) & Threat Defense

Best for

FortiNAC

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

Google Cloud Armor

Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, Media, Cross-industry, Public Sector

Cisco Secure Firewall

Cross-industry, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Energy, Manufacturing, Retail

Pricing

Pricing model

FortiNAC

Contact Vendor

Google Cloud Armor

Contact Vendor

Cisco Secure Firewall

Contact Vendor

Free trial

FortiNAC

Google Cloud Armor

Cisco Secure Firewall

Deployment

Deployment options

FortiNAC

Cloud

Google Cloud Armor

CloudHybrid

Cisco Secure Firewall

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

FortiNAC

Physical/virtual appliance and centralized management; Physical/virtual appliance and centralized management

Google Cloud Armor

Cloud; Hybrid; Multi-cloud; Google Cloud; Hybrid deployments; Multi-cloud origins

Cisco Secure Firewall

Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud-native; Hardware appliances (Firewall 1000/3100/4200 series); Virtual FTDv (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI); Containerized CNF

Data residency

FortiNAC

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

Google Cloud Armor

Multi-region; regional endpoints available

Cisco Secure Firewall

On-premises data retention / Cloud control region-specific hosting

Key features

What it offers

FortiNAC

Device discovery
Network access control
Endpoint profiling
Policy enforcement
Segmentation
Guest access
IoT visibility
Quarantine

Google Cloud Armor

Layer 7 filtering
DDoS mitigation
OWASP Top 10 rules
Adaptive protection
Rate limiting
IP allow/denylist
Bot management
reCAPTCHA integration

Cisco Secure Firewall

Snort 3 deep packet inspection
Application visibility and control
Hardware-accelerated crypto
Encrypted traffic analytics
Advanced malware defense
URL filtering
Dynamic network segmentation
Perimeter threat defense

Platform & access

API access

FortiNAC

Google Cloud Armor

Cisco Secure Firewall

Single sign-on (SSO)

FortiNAC

Google Cloud Armor

Cisco Secure Firewall

Role-based access (RBAC)

FortiNAC

Google Cloud Armor

Cisco Secure Firewall

Multi-tenant

FortiNAC

Google Cloud Armor

Cisco Secure Firewall

Mobile app

FortiNAC

Google Cloud Armor

Cisco Secure Firewall

Supported platforms

FortiNAC

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSMicrosoft Azure

Google Cloud Armor

Google CloudHybrid web workloadsKubernetes

Cisco Secure Firewall

On-premises hardwareAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudVMware ESXiKVM

Compliance

FortiNAC

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

Google Cloud Armor

SOC 1/2/3ISO/IEC 27001PCI-DSSFedRAMPHIPAA

Cisco Secure Firewall

FIPS 140-2/3, Common Criteria (NDcPP), USGv6, SOC 2, ISO 27001

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

FortiNAC

FortiGateFortiSwitchFortiAPFortiClientFortiAuthenticatorFortiManagerthird-party switches/APs

Google Cloud Armor

Cloud Load BalancingCompute EngineGKECloud RunSecurity Command CenterCloud Logging

Cisco Secure Firewall

Cisco Security Cloud ControlCisco ISECisco Secure WorkloadCisco XDRCisco TalosSplunkMicrosoft Sentinel

Industries

FortiNAC

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Google Cloud Armor

Financial ServicesRetailHealthcareMediaCross-industryPublic Sector

Cisco Secure Firewall

Cross-industryGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareEnergyManufacturing+1 more

Regions

FortiNAC

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Google Cloud Armor

Global

Cisco Secure Firewall

Global

Vendor

Company

FortiNAC

Fortinet

Google Cloud Armor

Google Cloud

Cisco Secure Firewall

Cisco

Headquarters

FortiNAC

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Google Cloud Armor

Mountain View, California, USA

Cisco Secure Firewall

San Jose, California, USA

Company size

FortiNAC

10,000+

Google Cloud Armor

100,000+

Cisco Secure Firewall

80,000+

Founded

FortiNAC

2000

Google Cloud Armor

2008

Cisco Secure Firewall

1984