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Product	Fortinet FortiPAM by Fortinet View product	WALLIX Bastion by Wallix 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.	Evaluating WALLIX Bastion? See how this PAM tool handles OT/SCADA support and agentless PAM gateway, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Privileged access management platform	Privileged Access Management (PAM) & Zero-Trust Session Gateway
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Manufacturing, Telecom, Telecommunications, Energy
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Physical/virtual appliance and cloud deployment options; Physical/virtual appliance and cloud deployment options	On-premises; Cloud; Virtual Appliance; Virtual Appliance (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM); Cloud Virtual Appliance (AWS/Azure)
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	France; European Union; Customer Datacenter Enclave Dependent
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	Agentless PAM gateway Real-time video session recording & keystroke logging Automated password vaulting and rotation Just-in-time access approvals OT/SCADA support Privileged access management Administrative session auditing Automated credential rotation
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	Enterprise Datacenter ServersCloud VMsOT/SCADA DevicesNetwork Hardware
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	ISO 27001SOC 2NIS 2DORAGDPRCommon Criteria EAL3+ANSSI Certified
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiAuthenticatorFortiTokenFortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerdirectory services	Active DirectoryLDAPMicrosoft Entra IDSplunkQRadarServiceNowCyberArk
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentManufacturingTelecomTelecommunications+1 more
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Wallix
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Paris, France
Company size	10,000+	201-500
Founded	2000	2003

Fortinet FortiPAM

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WALLIX Bastion

by Wallix

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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.

WALLIX Bastion

Evaluating WALLIX Bastion? See how this PAM tool handles OT/SCADA support and agentless PAM gateway, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

Fortinet FortiPAM

Privileged access management platform

WALLIX Bastion

Privileged Access Management (PAM) & Zero-Trust Session Gateway

Best for

Fortinet FortiPAM

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

WALLIX Bastion

Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Manufacturing, Telecom, Telecommunications, Energy

Pricing

Pricing model

Fortinet FortiPAM

Contact Vendor

WALLIX Bastion

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Fortinet FortiPAM

WALLIX Bastion

Deployment

Deployment options

Fortinet FortiPAM

Cloud

WALLIX Bastion

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Fortinet FortiPAM

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

WALLIX Bastion

On-premises; Cloud; Virtual Appliance; Virtual Appliance (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM); Cloud Virtual Appliance (AWS/Azure)

Data residency

Fortinet FortiPAM

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

WALLIX Bastion

France; European Union; Customer Datacenter Enclave Dependent

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

WALLIX Bastion

Agentless PAM gateway
Real-time video session recording & keystroke logging
Automated password vaulting and rotation
Just-in-time access approvals
OT/SCADA support
Privileged access management
Administrative session auditing
Automated credential rotation

Platform & access

API access

Fortinet FortiPAM

WALLIX Bastion

Single sign-on (SSO)

Fortinet FortiPAM

WALLIX Bastion

Role-based access (RBAC)

Fortinet FortiPAM

WALLIX Bastion

Multi-tenant

Fortinet FortiPAM

WALLIX Bastion

Mobile app

Fortinet FortiPAM

WALLIX Bastion

Supported platforms

Fortinet FortiPAM

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSMicrosoft Azure

WALLIX Bastion

Enterprise Datacenter ServersCloud VMsOT/SCADA DevicesNetwork Hardware

Compliance

Fortinet FortiPAM

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

WALLIX Bastion

ISO 27001SOC 2NIS 2DORAGDPRCommon Criteria EAL3+ANSSI Certified

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Fortinet FortiPAM

FortiAuthenticatorFortiTokenFortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerdirectory services

WALLIX Bastion

Active DirectoryLDAPMicrosoft Entra IDSplunkQRadarServiceNowCyberArk

Industries

Fortinet FortiPAM

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

WALLIX Bastion

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentManufacturingTelecomTelecommunications+1 more

Regions

Fortinet FortiPAM

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

WALLIX Bastion

Global

Vendor

Company

Fortinet FortiPAM

Fortinet

WALLIX Bastion

Wallix

Headquarters

Fortinet FortiPAM

Sunnyvale, California, USA

WALLIX Bastion

Paris, France

Company size

Fortinet FortiPAM

10,000+

WALLIX Bastion

201-500

Founded

Fortinet FortiPAM

2000

WALLIX Bastion

2003