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

Thales payShield

by Thales

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Entrust nShield HSM

by Entrust

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Overview

What it is

Thales payShield

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

Entrust nShield HSM

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

Product type

Thales payShield

Payment Hardware Security Module

Entrust nShield HSM

Network Hardware Security Module

Best for

Thales payShield

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

Entrust nShield HSM

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

Pricing

Pricing model

Thales payShield

Contact Vendor

Entrust nShield HSM

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Thales payShield

Entrust nShield HSM

Deployment

Deployment options

Thales payShield

HybridOn-Premise

Entrust nShield HSM

On-Premise

Deployment details

Thales payShield

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

Entrust nShield HSM

On-premises hardware; Dedicated hardware security appliance

Data residency

Thales payShield

US; EU; UK; APAC; Global

Entrust nShield HSM

On-premises deployment

Key features

What it offers

Thales payShield

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

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

Platform & access

API access

Thales payShield

Entrust nShield HSM

Single sign-on (SSO)

Thales payShield

Entrust nShield HSM

Role-based access (RBAC)

Thales payShield

Entrust nShield HSM

Multi-tenant

Thales payShield

Entrust nShield HSM

Mobile app

Thales payShield

Entrust nShield HSM

Supported platforms

Thales payShield

Banking Data CentersFinancial Clouds

Entrust nShield HSM

Enterprise NetworksFinancial Clouds

Compliance

Thales payShield

PCI HSMFIPS 140-2 Level 3PCI PIN

Entrust nShield HSM

FIPS 140-2 Level 3Common Criteria EAL4+

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Thales payShield

Base24PostilionFISFiservVisaMastercard networks

Entrust nShield HSM

PKCS#11Microsoft CNGJava JCAWeb serversDatabase engines

Industries

Thales payShield

BankingFinancial ServicesRetailMerchant AcquirersPayment Processors

Entrust nShield HSM

BankingEnterpriseDefenseFinancial ServicesEnterprise ITGovernment+1 more

Regions

Thales payShield

Global

Entrust nShield HSM

Global

Vendor

Company

Thales payShield

Thales

Entrust nShield HSM

Entrust

Headquarters

Thales payShield

Paris, France

Entrust nShield HSM

Shakopee, Minnesota, USA

Company size

Thales payShield

80,000+

Entrust nShield HSM

2,500+

Founded

Thales payShield

1893

Entrust nShield HSM

1969