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Fortinet FortiNAC vs Impulse Point SafeConnect comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiNAC
Ranking in Network Access Control (NAC)
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Impulse Point SafeConnect
Ranking in Network Access Control (NAC)
17th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Network Access Control (NAC) category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiNAC is 11.7%, down from 17.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Impulse Point SafeConnect is 1.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Network Access Control (NAC) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Fortinet FortiNAC11.7%
Impulse Point SafeConnect1.7%
Other86.6%
Network Access Control (NAC)
 

Featured Reviews

Mohamed Fouad - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Team Leader at EMAK For Computer Manufacturing (ECM)
Network access control has centralized device profiling and automated user isolation
The best features Fortinet FortiNAC offers include great integration with other Fortinet products. We have most of the cybersecurity products from Fortinet, including FortiMail, FortiGate, and FortiManager, among many Fortinet products. The best feature is the integration with these products. Fortinet FortiNAC can also integrate with any switching vendor using SSH to manage switches. This integration capability is very beneficial. The integration with other Fortinet products and managing switches from different vendors has helped my workflow by providing automation that makes it easy to run actions. We execute and trigger actions through Fortinet FortiNAC on FortiGate. We set up trigger actions on FortiGate to be run through Fortinet FortiNAC directly. Whenever an action happens, it is triggered on Fortinet FortiNAC, allowing us to disable and isolate a user if that machine is infected. The automation and response functionality is powerful, and the integration is very good. Fortinet FortiNAC has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to control our network and save time. We manage multiple switches that allow many users, including guest users and corporate users. We have saved time and secured our resources while accomplishing a lot with Fortinet FortiNAC.
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Director of Computer Information Services at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
Easy to scale, enforces policies well, and has responsive technical support
A lot of campuses use SafeConnect. It gives us good visibility and enforces policies. It helps enforce network security by scanning devices, making sure they have current and valid antivirus solutions with up-to-date antivirus definitions, and steers our end users by enforcing policy groups and steering them to the right access. Technical support is responsive. The stability is pretty good. It is very easy to scale the product.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"There are quite a number of things that are valuable about this solution, having dealt with Cisco ISE, I realize that FortiNAC is different in a way that gives you granular visibility of the entire network infrastructure related to IOT devices (Who, What, When, Which information)."
"The most valuable aspect of Fortinet FortiNAC is the control it offers."
"The initial setup was easy and straightforward."
"The interface is good and simple to use."
"The device fingerprinting feature allowed for easy creation and enforcement of access policies."
"This solution is very easy to implement and use. The interface is user-friendly."
"The solution provides good performance, is easy to use and easy to configure."
"The features are more expandable."
"It is very easy to scale the product."
"It gives us good visibility and enforces policies, helps enforce network security by scanning devices, making sure they have current and valid antivirus solutions with up-to-date antivirus definitions, and steers our end users by enforcing policy groups and steering them to the right access."
 

Cons

"Fortinet FortiNAC could improve its hardware for use with cloud-based firewalls."
"As there is currently not any UK based support – Poor."
"The admin UI is not that good; it could be better matched and more friendly to use and it cannot work as a RADIUS server."
"The problem with Fortinet is that if you want to be 100% secure then you have to buy other products."
"Cisco ISE has full integration but FortiNAC doesn't."
"Our users have been asking for simpler documentation and training materials to facilitate the deployment process."
"The technical support is bad. We've had to escalate to Tier 2 and Tier 3. My customer relationship manager on the other side of this has stopped returning phone calls and emails, because there has been such a constant back and forth."
"Fortinet FortiNAC can be improved as the GUI is very poor compared to other competitors such as Cisco ISE."
"The solution would be much better if it offered self-service onboarding."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is fair and reasonable for our clients."
"Fortinet FortiNAC is reasonably priced."
"FortiNAC's price has gone up in the last year. However, compared to other solutions, such as Cisco ISE, it is cheaper."
"If one is bad and ten is good, I rate the product price as a seven out of ten."
"The licensing fees are a little bit high."
"The pricing is similar to that of other solutions."
"It's a subscription-based license, which is based on the usage and number of concurrent users."
"The price of Fortinet FortiNAC is less than Cisco's solution. However, the price could improve by being reduced."
"For our tier group, for one year, the cost is probably around $10,000 for the license. If you do multi-year, you could get two years, and you could get it for about $8,000 per year. If you do three years, you get it around $7,000 a year."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise13
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Also Known As

FortiNAC, Bradford Networks, Bradford Networks Sentry, Network Sentry Family
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Sample Customers

Isavia, Pepperdine University, Medical University of South Carolina, Columbia University Medical Center, Utah Valley University
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