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Product	Fortinet FortiPAM by Fortinet View product	Tailscale SSH by Tailscale View product
Overview
What it is	Fortinet FortiPAM is a privileged access management platform used for privileged access control. Highlights include access workflows. Compare it with other PAM tools.	Tailscale SSH helps teams with audit compliance. Explore features like MFA check-ins and keyless SSH access, cloud deployment and the closest ZTNA competitors.
Product type	Privileged access management platform	Identity-Aware Zero Trust SSH Access Solution
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Technology, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Financial Services, Healthcare, Software Development
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Physical/virtual appliance and cloud deployment options; Physical/virtual appliance and cloud deployment options	Cloud Control Plane / Mesh; Embedded in Tailscale client
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Metadata in cloud; traffic peer-to-peer
Key features
What it offers	Privileged account discovery Credential vaulting Privileged session management Password rotation Access workflows Session recording Just-in-time access Audit trails	Keyless SSH access Identity provider authentication Declarative access control rules MFA check-ins Session recording and replay Tamper-proof audit trails Keyless SSH server management Centralized terminal access control
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 applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSMicrosoft Azure	Linux serversmacOSDeveloper workstations
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiAuthenticatorFortiTokenFortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerdirectory services	Tailscale ACLsOktaMicrosoft Entra IDGoogle Workspace
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	TechnologyDevOpsCloud InfrastructureFinancial ServicesHealthcareSoftware Development
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Tailscale
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Company size	10,000+	201-500
Founded	2000	2019

Fortinet FortiPAM

by Fortinet

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Tailscale SSH

by Tailscale

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Overview

What it is

Fortinet FortiPAM

Fortinet FortiPAM is a privileged access management platform used for privileged access control. Highlights include access workflows. Compare it with other PAM tools.

Tailscale SSH

Tailscale SSH helps teams with audit compliance. Explore features like MFA check-ins and keyless SSH access, cloud deployment and the closest ZTNA competitors.

Product type

Fortinet FortiPAM

Privileged access management platform

Tailscale SSH

Identity-Aware Zero Trust SSH Access Solution

Best for

Fortinet FortiPAM

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

Tailscale SSH

Technology, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Financial Services, Healthcare, Software Development

Pricing

Pricing model

Fortinet FortiPAM

Contact Vendor

Tailscale SSH

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Fortinet FortiPAM

Tailscale SSH

Deployment

Deployment options

Fortinet FortiPAM

Cloud

Tailscale SSH

Cloud

Deployment details

Fortinet FortiPAM

Physical/virtual appliance and cloud deployment options; Physical/virtual appliance and cloud deployment options

Tailscale SSH

Cloud Control Plane / Mesh; Embedded in Tailscale client

Data residency

Fortinet FortiPAM

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

Tailscale SSH

Metadata in cloud; traffic peer-to-peer

Key features

What it offers

Fortinet FortiPAM

Privileged account discovery
Credential vaulting
Privileged session management
Password rotation
Access workflows
Session recording
Just-in-time access
Audit trails

Tailscale SSH

Keyless SSH access
Identity provider authentication
Declarative access control rules
MFA check-ins
Session recording and replay
Tamper-proof audit trails
Keyless SSH server management
Centralized terminal access control

Platform & access

API access

Fortinet FortiPAM

Tailscale SSH

Single sign-on (SSO)

Fortinet FortiPAM

Tailscale SSH

Role-based access (RBAC)

Fortinet FortiPAM

Tailscale SSH

Multi-tenant

Fortinet FortiPAM

Tailscale SSH

Mobile app

Fortinet FortiPAM

Tailscale SSH

Supported platforms

Fortinet FortiPAM

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSMicrosoft Azure

Tailscale SSH

Linux serversmacOSDeveloper workstations

Compliance

Fortinet FortiPAM

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

Tailscale SSH

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Fortinet FortiPAM

FortiAuthenticatorFortiTokenFortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerdirectory services

Tailscale SSH

Tailscale ACLsOktaMicrosoft Entra IDGoogle Workspace

Industries

Fortinet FortiPAM

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Tailscale SSH

TechnologyDevOpsCloud InfrastructureFinancial ServicesHealthcareSoftware Development

Regions

Fortinet FortiPAM

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Tailscale SSH

Global

Vendor

Company

Fortinet FortiPAM

Fortinet

Tailscale SSH

Tailscale

Headquarters

Fortinet FortiPAM

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Tailscale SSH

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company size

Fortinet FortiPAM

10,000+

Tailscale SSH

201-500

Founded

Fortinet FortiPAM

2000

Tailscale SSH

2019