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Airgap Zero Trust Enterprise vs VMware NSX comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Airgap Zero Trust Enterprise
Ranking in Microsegmentation Software
8th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware NSX
Ranking in Microsegmentation Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
107
Ranking in other categories
Network Virtualization (1st), Cloud and Data Center Security (6th), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (6th), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (8th), Network Automation (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Microsegmentation Software category, the mindshare of Airgap Zero Trust Enterprise is 2.3%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware NSX is 14.2%, down from 16.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Microsegmentation Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMware NSX14.2%
Airgap Zero Trust Enterprise2.3%
Other83.5%
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Featured Reviews

Atul-Yadav - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Cloud and AI Security Architect at a security firm with 10,001+ employees
Implements real-time threat monitoring and reduces false positives with automated remediation
An area for improvement is in integrating AGentic architectures for retrieval-intensive applications in cloud infrastructures. Ensuring that Airgap Zero Trust Enterprise can work with AI agents and protect applications managed by them would be a significant enhancement. In addition, addressing the issue of the occasional hang could improve the product.
Mahesh Bhadoriya - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at Allianz Cloud Private Limited
Micro segmentation has strengthened zero trust security and isolates production from test environments
The advantages of VMware NSX include its micro-segmentation for internal security at the firewall and VM levels, which is very powerful and helps us comply with complete Zero Trust security models. We are able to achieve this and configure network level virtualization with no dependency on VLANs. Micro-segmentation helps improve our security significantly. We are not totally dependent upon our physical upfront firewall, and it makes sense to configure everything using VMware NSX, leading to multiple improvements in our organization. We moved from traditional networking such as VLANs from the firewall and switches to VMware NSX segmentation. We achieve one firewall per VLAN and can stop lateral movement such as ransomware control. The Zero Trust model is the main functionality and architecture it offers, allowing application isolation, such as having a separate production and test environment. Consistent networking and security policies across different environments have a major and very positive impact on our business operations, allowing us to achieve the security posture we want with compliance and regulations.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The return on investment has been significant, as Airgap Zero Trust Enterprise has proved to be cost-effective."
"The most valuable feature of VMware NSX is the ability to set up virtual networking environments."
"It is easy to implement it."
"Any administrator with basic networking knowledge, in a couple of days, can be in full control of their networking without going through a networking engineer."
"The ease in which to install this product and make it work straight away without minimum changes in your physical network is simply astonishing."
"VMware NSX is a stable solution; it's very reliable."
"It's what we use the CIS Benchmarks for. It's for employing hardening rules and keeping them up to date when things happen on our systems. So it's really configurations and stuff that harden and report back."
"NSX can reduce costs and has good service. It is easy for you and your users to use."
"We are happy with the scalability."
 

Cons

"Sometimes, Airgap Zero Trust Enterprise hangs, requiring a process restart."
"There could be an improvement in regards to security."
"The price could be better. The non-enterprise version of the product should also be improved. I would like VMware to expand beyond the network and provide some VLAN technologies and more. I think we have one, but it's more on the distribution side because it's more on the upper side of the network. I'm looking forward to that."
"We have been satisfied with the technical support. They were able to solve our problems. However, they could be faster."
"Some disadvantages of VMware NSX include a price challenge due to the high licensing cost compared to competitors, and it may sometimes require a specific skill set."
"The engineering team has room for improvement. They should have have more of a Knowledge Base about different case studies and should develop more advanced features. These kinds of improvements will change the way things get done."
"It could be more user-friendly, but it's manageable. When we add a specific node to this particular NSX and the configuration changes, it won't push through the errors where required, but it'll accept it. However, while using it, we will have issues. It can also be more stable."
"I have concerns on the stability of VMware NSX, because it breaks multiple times in customer environments, especially when you scale it across a big data center."
"The response time of the technical support team could improve. We also sometimes had the feeling that they didn't properly understand the issue."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The cost of the solution is a bit high."
"The pricing model for VMware NSX is good."
"The pricing is higher than other options from Palo Alto, Fortinet, and Cisco because it is sold in a bundle."
"The subscription is on a yearly basis."
"I would rate the pricing of VMware NSX as seven out of ten"
"The solution is free and the price for the support can be expensive."
"If five is a good price and one is a high price, I would rate the price a one out of five."
"Our customers have definitely complained about its cost. It's expensive. I'd rate it a nine out of ten in terms of pricing where ten represents a high price. There are other products out there that are equally expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business34
Midsize Enterprise23
Large Enterprise70
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Airgap Zero Trust Enterprise?
An area for improvement is in integrating AGentic architectures for retrieval-intensive applications in cloud infrastructures. Ensuring that Airgap Zero Trust Enterprise can work with AI agents and...
What is your primary use case for Airgap Zero Trust Enterprise?
The primary use case for Airgap Zero Trust Enterprise is to implement Zero Trust security architectures for our Identity and Access Management. I use the system to verify identities and provide pro...
What advice do you have for others considering Airgap Zero Trust Enterprise?
I recommend Airgap Zero Trust Enterprise as a very good product for the Zero Trust strategy. It is particularly relevant for financial institutions, banking, insurance, and product-based companies....
What are the biggest differences between Cisco ACI and VMware NSX?
There are some very major differences between both the Products and to name a few. -Cisco ACI have physical network gear (9K Switches) where the Code runs in ACI Policy Mode & the UCS server wh...
What are the biggest differences between Cisco ACI and VMware NSX?
Once you know your way around the Cisco ecosystem, using Cisco ACI is not so difficult. It is a global product, so when you change one interface, changes are automatically reflected on every switch...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware NSX?
When measuring complexity and costs for our organization, we consider some parameters for effectiveness. In terms of effectiveness in reducing operational complexity, I measure it to be high on the...
 

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