Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass, Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC and Portnox lead our NAC ranking on device visibility, policy enforcement and deployment effort.
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Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass, Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC and Portnox lead our NAC ranking on device visibility, policy enforcement and deployment effort.
Not sure which to pick? See the top 3 side by side: FortiNAC, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout Platform.
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Deployment
Cloud
Integrations
FortiGate, FortiSwitch, FortiAP +4
Target Users
Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers
Cisco Identity Services Engine delivers BYOD onboarding for network access control. Explore its Identity Security capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.
Deployment
Cloud, On-Premise
Integrations
Cisco Catalyst Center, Cisco Cyber Vision, Cisco Secure Client +3
Target Users
Cross-industry, Healthcare, Higher Education, Financial Services, Government, Retail
Forescout Platform offers agentless device discovery and multi-vendor network access control. Use it for agentless asset discovery. See Network Security alternatives.
Deployment
SaaS, Cloud, Hybrid
Integrations
Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, ServiceNow +3
Target Users
Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Manufacturing, Energy, Retail, Critical Infrastructure
Looking for Network Security software? Aruba ClearPass by HPE provides 802.1X authentication for network access control. Compare features and alternatives.
Deployment
Cloud, On-Premise
Integrations
Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Check Point +2
Target Users
Higher Education, Healthcare, Financial Services, Government, Enterprise IT, Retail
Try Macmon NAC free: a network access control & centralized device security with dynamic VLAN assignment. See who it suits and how it stacks up against other NAC tools.
Deployment
Cloud, On-Premise
Integrations
Cisco, HPE Aruba, Extreme Networks +3
Target Users
Enterprise IT, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Education, Government, Financial Services
Portnox built Portnox Cloud for zero-trust network access control. Explore Certificate-as-a-Service, review cloud deployment and compare similar Zero Trust products.
Deployment
SaaS, Cloud
Integrations
Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, Okta +4
Target Users
Enterprise IT, Education, Healthcare, Retail, Financial Services, Technology
Ivanti Policy Secure delivers 802.1X authentication for Endpoint Posture Assessment. Explore its Network Security capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.
Deployment
Cloud, On-Premise
Integrations
Cisco, Aruba, Active Directory +1
Target Users
Enterprise, Healthcare, Banking
ExtremeControl from Extreme Networks focuses on IoT segmentation. Key capabilities: guest onboarding. Compare it with the leading Network Security alternatives.
Deployment
Cloud
Integrations
Active Directory, ExtremeCloud IQ, Microsoft InTune +2
Target Users
Higher Education, Healthcare, Financial, Enterprise, Financial Services, Large Enterprise
Shortlisting Network Security tools? Juniper Mist Access Assurance by Juniper Networks brings policy enforcement, with cloud deployment. See strengths and alternatives.
Deployment
SaaS, Cloud
Integrations
Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Google Workspace +2
Target Users
Education, Healthcare, Retail, Enterprise, Enterprise Campus, Higher Education
Quick answers about Top Network Access Control (NAC) Vendors.
Top Network Access Control (NAC) Vendors currently lists 9 products, in editorial order: #1 FortiNAC (Fortinet), #2 Cisco Identity Services Engine, #3 Forescout Platform, #4 Aruba ClearPass (HPE), #5 Macmon NAC, #6 Portnox Cloud, #7 Ivanti Policy Secure, #8 ExtremeControl (Extreme Networks), #9 Juniper Mist Access Assurance (Juniper Networks).
FortiNAC by Fortinet is ranked first by the Cyber Rank editorial team.
View FortiNAC →The Cyber Rank editorial team selects the products on this list and decides their order after reviewing each product's features, deployment options, integrations, industry fit and vendor background. It is not a market-share or customer-review ranking.
Products that our editors picked for NAC and that have a published Cyber Rank profile.
Yes. Editors can list a product in any ranking where it is a strong fit, so it may appear in several.