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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 234 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where FortiNAC 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/fortinac/alternatives

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

- Portnox Cloud: 68
- Cisco Identity Services Engine: 41
- PacketFence: 24
- HPE Aruba ClearPass: 10
- Portnox CLEAR: 9
- Aruba ClearPass: 7

## Network access control

**Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name FortiNAC (FortiNAC is #8 of 11 at 0%).

- Portnox Cloud: first choice in 37 of those 80
- PacketFence: first choice in 11 of those 80
- NordLayer NAC: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Portnox CLEAR: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Cisco Meraki: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Foxpass: first choice in 2 of those 80
- OPSWAT MetaAccess: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Portnox Cloud NAC: first choice in 2 of those 80

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name FortiNAC (FortiNAC is #9 of 10 at 0%).

- Portnox Cloud: first choice in 21 of those 77
- PacketFence: first choice in 11 of those 77
- Cisco Identity Services Engine: first choice in 10 of those 77
- Fortinet FortiNAC: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Aruba ClearPass: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Portnox CLEAR: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Forescout: first choice in 2 of those 77
- NordLayer NAC: first choice in 2 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name FortiNAC (FortiNAC is #7 of 7 at 0%).

- Cisco Identity Services Engine: first choice in 31 of those 77
- HPE Aruba ClearPass: first choice in 10 of those 77
- Portnox Cloud: first choice in 10 of those 77
- Aruba ClearPass: first choice in 4 of those 77
- HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass: first choice in 2 of those 77
- PacketFence: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Portnox CLEAR: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager: first choice in 1 of those 77

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