# Forescout alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 196 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Forescout holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/forescout/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Portnox Cloud: 69
- PacketFence: 24
- Cisco Identity Services Engine: 13
- Portnox CLEAR: 7
- NordLayer NAC: 6
- Aruba ClearPass: 5

## Network access control

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Forescout (Forescout is #10 of 11 at 0%).

- Portnox Cloud: first choice in 41 of those 84
- PacketFence: first choice in 11 of those 84
- NordLayer NAC: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Portnox CLEAR: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Cisco Meraki: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Foxpass: first choice in 2 of those 84
- OPSWAT MetaAccess: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Portnox Cloud NAC: first choice in 2 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Forescout (Forescout is #6 of 10 at 2%).

- Portnox Cloud: first choice in 21 of those 67
- PacketFence: first choice in 11 of those 67
- Portnox CLEAR: first choice in 3 of those 67
- Aruba ClearPass: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Cisco Identity Services Engine: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Fortinet FortiNAC: first choice in 2 of those 67
- NordLayer NAC: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Foxpass: first choice in 1 of those 67

**Enterprise**: 45 of 84 answers did not name Forescout (Forescout is #5 of 7 at 0%).

- Cisco Identity Services Engine: first choice in 11 of those 45
- Portnox Cloud: first choice in 7 of those 45
- Aruba ClearPass: first choice in 3 of those 45
- PacketFence: first choice in 2 of those 45
- Arbiter Cloud NAC: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Genian NAC: first choice in 1 of those 45
- HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Keytos Shield: first choice in 1 of those 45

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