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Port lock down.
Helps by tracking port VLAN configurations.
14 months.
None.
None.
5/5.
In-house team -- would rate them 9/10.
Good Product.
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Portnox and Cisco NAC Manager and Server [EOL] compete in the network access control sector. Portnox leads in ease of deployment and customer service, while Cisco is renowned for feature robustness despite its end-of-life status.
Features: Portnox offers cloud-based versatility, adaptability across network environments, and simplicity in management. Cisco NAC Manager and Server [EOL] provides comprehensive integration capabilities, a more expansive feature set, and robust integration with existing IT infrastructures.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Portnox is known for straightforward setup, reducing implementation time and effort, coupled with responsive customer service. Cisco NAC Manager and Server [EOL] requires extensive configuration and maintenance, favored by those with existing Cisco ecosystem integrations.
Pricing and ROI: Portnox offers competitive setup costs with clear ROI through lower operational expenses and minimal maintenance. Cisco NAC Manager and Server [EOL] typically involves higher initial investments but can provide significant long-term ROI for businesses heavily reliant on Cisco solutions.
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| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 19 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 9 |
| Large Enterprise | 15 |
Portnox NAC is a cloud-native network access control solution built for today's hybrid, distributed enterprises. Get real-time visibility into every device on your network, enforce risk-based access policies automatically, and maintain continuous compliance — all without deploying a single on-premises appliance.
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About Portnox Security
Portnox is a cloud-native enterprise access control provider that helps organizations secure every identity - human and non-human - across networks, applications, and infrastructure. As identities, devices, and workloads multiply across modern environments, Portnox enables continuous access verification based on identity context, device posture, and risk signals. Its unified platform brings together passwordless authentication, access control, continuous policy enforcement, and automated response through a single policy engine.
Portnox gives security and IT teams real-time visibility into everything connecting and the ability to quickly restrict, quarantine, or revoke non-compliant access. Today, Portnox actively manages more than one million devices worldwide, secures 40 million authentication sessions, and blocks over one million unauthorized access attempts every day. Learn more at portnox.com.
CAPABILITIES:
• Discover and assess users, devices, and identities connecting to corporate resources
• Unify continuous zero trust access control on networks, applications, and infrastructure
• Enforce identity- and context-aware access policies
• Enable secure remote work without complexity
• Deliver passwordless authentication, device posture checks, and continuous access enforcement
• Control administrative access to routers, switches, firewalls, and other network devices
• Improve audit readiness with visibility, access logs, and policy-based compliance controls
BUILT FOR:
Portnox is designed for distributed organizations that need to manage access across employees, contractors, service accounts, managed devices, unmanaged devices, IoT, network infrastructure, SaaS applications, private applications, and AI agents. The platform helps reduce reliance on on-premises appliances, legacy VPNs, and fragmented access tools by centralizing access policy enforcement from a single cloud-native policy engine.
INTEGRATIONS:
Portnox integrates with the tools you already use (including Azure AD / Entra ID, Okta) and works with your existing network appliances, (such as Meraki, Fortinet, and more), and many other identity and network infrastructure tools.
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