# Portnox Cloud alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 116 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Portnox Cloud 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/portnox-cloud/alternatives

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

- Cisco Identity Services Engine: 16
- PacketFence: 10
- Portnox CLEAR: 9
- Aruba ClearPass: 4
- Fortinet FortiNAC: 3
- HPE Aruba ClearPass: 3

## Network access control

**Small business**: 35 of 84 answers did not name Portnox Cloud (Portnox Cloud is #1 of 11 at 41%).

- PacketFence: first choice in 5 of those 35
- Portnox CLEAR: first choice in 4 of those 35
- Cisco Meraki: first choice in 2 of those 35
- NordLayer NAC: first choice in 2 of those 35
- Portnox Cloud NAC: first choice in 2 of those 35
- Ubiquiti UniFi: first choice in 2 of those 35
- Aruba ClearPass: first choice in 1 of those 35
- Cisco Access Manager: first choice in 1 of those 35

**Mid-market**: 40 of 84 answers did not name Portnox Cloud (Portnox Cloud is #1 of 10 at 46%).

- PacketFence: first choice in 4 of those 40
- Cisco Identity Services Engine: first choice in 3 of those 40
- Fortinet FortiNAC: first choice in 3 of those 40
- Portnox CLEAR: first choice in 3 of those 40
- Aruba ClearPass: first choice in 2 of those 40
- Forescout: first choice in 1 of those 40
- HPE Aruba ClearPass: first choice in 1 of those 40
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access: first choice in 1 of those 40

**Enterprise**: 41 of 84 answers did not name Portnox Cloud (Portnox Cloud is #2 of 7 at 18%).

- Cisco Identity Services Engine: first choice in 13 of those 41
- HPE Aruba ClearPass: first choice in 2 of those 41
- Portnox CLEAR: first choice in 2 of those 41
- Aruba ClearPass: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Cisco Identity Services Engine ISE: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Genian NAC: first choice in 1 of those 41
- HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass: first choice in 1 of those 41
- PacketFence: first choice in 1 of those 41

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