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One category · what the models named instead

Alternatives to Fortinet FortiNAC, as AI models named them

In the November 2026 Edition, 202 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Fortinet FortiNAC holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Portnox Cloud62
Cisco Identity Services Engine22
PacketFence22
HPE Aruba ClearPass7
NordLayer NAC6
Portnox CLEAR6
First choices in the 202 answers that did not name Fortinet FortiNAC, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Network access control

Network and edge. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Fortinet FortiNAC is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessFortinet FortiNAC is #9 of 11 here at 0% of first choices, 18 labels.

Seventy-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name Fortinet FortiNAC; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-eight answers, twenty-four products in all, the eight most named:

Portnox Cloud36 of 78Head to head →
PacketFence10 of 78Head to head →
NordLayer NAC4 of 78Head to head →
Portnox CLEAR4 of 78
Cisco Meraki2 of 78
Foxpass2 of 78
OPSWAT MetaAccess2 of 78
Portnox Cloud NAC2 of 78
16 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketFortinet FortiNAC is #3 of 10 here at 6% of first choices, 31 labels.

Sixty of the eighty-four answers did not name Fortinet FortiNAC; it was the first choice in four. The first choices in those sixty answers, twelve products in all, the eight most named:

Portnox Cloud17 of 60Head to head →
PacketFence10 of 60Head to head →
Cisco Identity Services Engine4 of 60Head to head →
HPE Aruba ClearPass2 of 60Head to head →
NordLayer NAC2 of 60Head to head →
OPSWAT MetaAccess2 of 60
Aruba ClearPass1 of 60Head to head →
Foxpass1 of 60
4 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseFortinet FortiNAC is #6 of 7 here at 0% of first choices, 31 labels.

Sixty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Fortinet FortiNAC; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-four answers, sixteen products in all, the eight most named:

Cisco Identity Services Engine18 of 64Head to head →
Portnox Cloud9 of 64Head to head →
HPE Aruba ClearPass5 of 64Head to head →
Aruba ClearPass3 of 64Head to head →
HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass2 of 64
PacketFence2 of 64Head to head →
Portnox CLEAR2 of 64
Arbiter Cloud NAC1 of 64
8 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Fortinet FortiNAC neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Fortinet FortiNAC only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Fortinet FortiNAC's side.

The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Fortinet FortiNAC was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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