# Portnox Reviews **Vendor:** Portnox **Category:** [Network Access Control Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/network-access-control-nac) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 120 ## About Portnox Portnox offers cloud-native zero trust access control and cybersecurity essentials that enable agile, resource-constrained IT teams to proactively address today’s most pressing security challenges: the rapid expansion of enterprise networks, the proliferation of connected device types, the increased sophistication of cyberattacks, and the shift to zero trust. Hundreds of companies have leveraged Portnox’s award-winning security products to enforce powerful network access, endpoint risk monitoring, and remediation policies to strengthen their organizational security posture. By eliminating the need for any on-premises footprint common among traditional information security systems, Portnox allows companies - no matter their size, geo-distribution, or networking architecture - to deploy, scale, enforce and maintain these critical zero trust security policies with unprecedented ease. Portnox has offices in the U.S. and Israel. For information visit www.portnox.com. ## Portnox Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users find Portnox incredibly easy to use, particularly appreciating its **intuitive setup and seamless integration capabilities**. (24 reviews) - Users highlight the **setup ease** of Portnox, enabling quick deployment and efficient operations from the start. (16 reviews) - Users value the **easy implementation** of Portnox, appreciating its intuitive and cloud-native deployment for larger scales. (13 reviews) - Users commend Portnox for its **excellent customer support** , noting quick responses and knowledgeable assistance when needed. (11 reviews) - Users value the **cloud-based infrastructure** of Portnox, enhancing control and streamlining deployment while reducing maintenance efforts. (10 reviews) - Security (10 reviews) - Deployment Ease (9 reviews) - Cloud Computing (8 reviews) - Users value the **seamless integration process** of Portnox, appreciating its ease and efficiency in complex environments. (8 reviews) - Network Security (8 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users experience **performance issues** with Portnox, including misrepresentation of functionality and frequent authorization problems. (13 reviews) - Users find the **poor interface design** of Portnox challenging, causing difficulties in navigating the system effectively. (6 reviews) - Users often face **connection issues** such as RADIUS timeouts and difficulties in identifying devices, affecting their experience. (5 reviews) - Users find the **interface not intuitive** , requiring time for new admins to become familiar with workflows. (5 reviews) - Users face **authentication issues** with Portnox, including SAML integration problems and timeouts on RADIUS for remote locations. (4 reviews) - Users face a **difficult learning** curve with Portnox, requiring extra time to understand the complex interface. (4 reviews) - Users find the **difficult learning curve** of Portnox challenging, impacting their ability to navigate the interface effectively. (4 reviews) - Users find Portnox's pricing to be **higher than average** , making it challenging for small organizations to adopt. (4 reviews) - Users experience **limited functionality** with Portnox, struggling with device authentication and reporting capabilities. (4 reviews) - Difficult Configuration (3 reviews) ## Portnox Reviews ### 1. Simple and effective **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Pharmaceuticals | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2022 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Ease of setup. It literally took 10 minutes to get integrated with our wireless AP and posture checking integration with inTune. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Nothing I can think of. The cloud management means we don't have to worry about upgrades and arranging downtime to maintain it. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** With the integrated posture checking it gives us confidence our wireless clients are healthy to connect to the network. It also allows us to invest less in wired cabling. ### 2. Effortless to Use with Outstanding Support **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 11, 2025 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Ease of use, easy to implement and if any issues arise, there is great customer support **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Understanding the product initially took the team some more uptake than expected **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Radius-as a service helping secure every device, making it easy for every connection ### 3. Portnox Clear Saves Time, Though Pricing Could Improve **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 30, 2025 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Portnox Clear saves our team at least a month of working on implementing an On-prem radius solution. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Didn't have anything to say except the pricing. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Saas SaaS-based Radius and SCEP provider. ### 4. good to use **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 04, 2025 **What do you like best about Portnox?** ease of use and the support team very helpful **What do you dislike about Portnox?** One thing I’ve found challenging with Portnox is the initial setup and configuration — it can be a bit complex, especially for teams new to NAC solutions. More streamlined onboarding or improved documentation would really help. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Portnox helps us enforce strong network access control across both on-premises and remote environments. It provides clear visibility into all devices connecting to our network, ensures endpoint compliance with security policies, and reduces the risk of unauthorized access. ### 5. Great Product and works as designed. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kenneth W. | IT Security Manager, Banking, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** The most helpful component of portnox is the extensive documentation on intigrating the solution into your network. We found getting the test case setup was verify easy to do and within 30 minutes the account was stood up and we had a working Radius based wifi setup and working. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Although there is a view of all devices, it may list out divices, but if we wanted to see what devices was plugged into a specific switchport it is difficult to see that infomration. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Portnox is funtioning as our NAC solution for wired and wireless connections. It authenticates the device to the network and ensures only authorized devices are allowed to connect. ### 6. Portnox: A CLEAR Winner! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Food & Beverages | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2022 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Portnox CLEAR was so easy to install and both the Proof of Concept and Support team have been readily available at all stages. The fact it can be rolled out in a phased approach, even on a switch port by switch port basis, made onboarding simple and stress free (unlike other post-authentication solutions where it's always a scary time when you hit that enable button!). The dynamic VLAN assignment feature is also fantastic, meaning we no longer have concern with users moving devices and plugging into a network socket configured for a different VLAN. Portnox will simply identify and authenticate the device, before telling the switch which VLAN to put it on. Another great experience for us was when we initially started using the product, the email alerts that trigger when untrusted devices attempt a connection did not contain which site the device was connected to and only includes the device itself. Therefore, multiple teams may end up logging into Portnox to identify the device, when if the email included at least the site it came from, it would save the wider team a lot of time. We put in a feature request for this and within a few months the email alerts where updated! It was also very easy to integrate into our switch environment (Aruba) as there are plenty of guides / documentation for the various vendors. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** There are a couple of minor nuances to Portnox that initially makes it harder to understand how the system hangs together. The conecepts of accounts, groups and policies all make sense once you have been through them a couple of times, but at first glance, the relationship between them isn't obvious (particularly as to which should be configured first). This is probably just to do with the layout within the GUI more than anything else, but once you work past that it is fine. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Portnox of course is solving the issue of untrusted devices being connected to our network. We previously deployed post-authentication NAC which worked most of the time, but you were never confident it would pick up everything. Portnox and the pre-authentication method ensures devices are not even allowed onto the network without being trusted. ### 7. it's good Service **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 05, 2025 **What do you like best about Portnox?** IOT Security part is best.that is the advantage of the Portnox. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** I have to feel Password manage method is not reliable **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** it's good for the NOC part.monitering and security management ### 8. Best option for RADUIS services **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Derrek K. | Solution Architect, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 12, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** The service just works. it has all the features that we were looking for and each component or configuration that we put in place just worked. We really didn't need to go thru a lot of difficulty or complex test/issue resolution cycles. This made it an easy to implement solution for us. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** The pricing structure is a bit confusing and may be high for very small organizations. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps us ensure that only validated devices are able to connect to our wired and wireless networks. ### 9. Review of Portnox CORE and CLEAR **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Olusegun R. | Pre-Sales Security Consultant, Consulting, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 12, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** The ease of use and deployment of Portnox CORE and Portnox CLEAR. For Portnox CORE - Integration with various networking gears to be able give full visibility into all connected devices across an infrastructure, agentless approach to Network Access Control, fast roll-out. For Portnox CLEAR - The conditional access into SaaS applications is very good and the application and services inventory based on the agent-based deployment is also very good **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Portnox CORE - The heavy reliance on WMI and remote registry as a source of authenticating devices based on vulnerabilities that can be explored using these services makes it difficult to convince customers to authenticate devices using these methods. The time it takes to detect rogue systems on the network could be longer if devices are connected to remote branches, pre-authentication options are very limited, and managing guest on a Wired network is extremely difficult and cumbersome. No integration to vulnerability or patching solutions eg. Intune, SCCM, Mobile device management solutions. Integration into Endpoint detection and response solutions is very basic, just checking of relevant services there is no direct integration into those solutions to understand the current state of the device from an EDR perspective Portnox CLEAR - The ability to integrate with other radius servers for authentication and authorization will be a good addon, there is almost no reporting feature on Portnox CLEAR which makes it very difficult to show the value to upper management, There is no overall compliance score for all devices connected on the network to show if there has been improvements in terms of device compliance to show some sort of improvements over some time. The fallback for when a Radius server is down is not essentially scalable, there has to be other means of authenticating devices if the cloud radius is down, the local radius should be able to take up the full functionality of cloud radius server. Direct Integration into NextGen AVs and EDR via APIs is very key, the current integration seems obscure and you cannot ascertain what criteria it is using to be able to determine if a device is updated or has the correct agent versions. Remediation based on ingestions from alerts from other solutions is extremely limited and Role-based and Multi-tenancy configuration on the solution is extremely limited **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Portnox solves network access control and also applies to zero network implementation. We have been able to deploy the solution to a couple of organizations and they are seeing the benefit as it fits into their cyber security maturity program. ### 10. Cloud RADIUS requirement met! Fast and efficent onboarding **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ted L. | Senior Principal IT Technologist and Security Officer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Our company needed a cloud RADIUS solution for our internal Wi-Fi as we moved away from on-prem hardware. I researched some solutions, but Portnox allowed a free trial and free onboarding assistance before committing to the product. They have great documentation on setting it up on your own if you're so inclined, but their onboarding team was responsive, friendly, and followed up continually to make sure our needs were being met. They even were kind enough to extend our trial when some other high priority items arose, and we had to shelve the trial for a while. The experience with their team and helpfulness in onboarding and finding the right license package for our size sold us on the product. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** There's not much I dislike about the product. It took a bit for me to understand how to navigate around in their platform, but once I figured out the flow of settings, it made sense. I have not found a way to control the daily email log notification regularity (we get them daily and wish we could turn this off) but it's possible I'm missing the setting somewhere. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our company needed a cloud RADIUS solution for our internal Wi-Fi as we moved away from on-prem hardware. I researched some solutions, but Portnox allowed a free trial and free onboarding assistance before committing to the product. They have great documentation on setting it up on your own if you're so inclined, but their onboarding team was responsive, friendly, and followed up continually to make sure our needs were being met. They even were kind enough to extend our trial when some other high priority items arose, and we had to shelve the trial for a while. The experience with their team and helpfulness in onboarding and finding the right license package for our size sold us on the product. ### 11. Easy implementation, very clear and comprehensive guidance, and a thorough onboarding experience **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 20, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Honestly, the guidance they provide. They have guidance for every scenario, and it's all very well written and comprehensive **What do you dislike about Portnox?** There's a bit of a learning curve, so learning your way around the portal **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Contractors and visitors plugging in to the corporate LAN. By combining portnox with meraki, we've made it super simple and hands off for IT ### 12. more visibility simple deployment **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** alex a. | system administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 04, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** portnox is amazing solution easy to setup portnox gives more then just a NAC solutions because of all the extra capbalities. portnox give you great insight in and out of the network with ease **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Nothing to dislike portnox solution has all the features we need so far. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** portnox help us to improve network security and compliance by preventing unauthorized or compromised devices from accessing sensitive data and resources. Additionally, it can reduce network complexity and costs by streamlining and automating NAC policies and processes across different network segments and devices. ### 13. Portnox for 802.1x Wireless Radius as a Service **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 10, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Portnox is easy to use and their implementation team is knowledgeable and walks you through setup step by step. It's great for a distributed organization and works well for our wireless 802.1x implementation (Certs on devices). Anytime we had a question, support was able to help quickly and thoroughly. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** So far, nothing. It does everything it advertises to do and does it well with great support. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are a globally distributed organization that had no NAC in place. Portnox helped us to get 802.1x Wireless NAC in place using their Radius as a service and we have since standardized on SSIDs around the globe and distributed machine certs through intune policies so all our machines auto-connect to our business wireless network without issue and securely. ### 14. A breath of fresh air in the 802.1x field **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 10, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** I cant even begin to express how easy this was to impliment and how well it works. After using two leading competitors products in the field, this was so easy to impliment and maintain. We had been plauged with outages from one product. The other was just a management nightmare. Changing to Portnox fixed all of these problems. If you are on the fence, just do it. You will love the product. It integrated perfectly with all of our MDM products. It works with Azure perfectly as well. The customer support during implementation and demo was top notch as well. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** I have zero downsides so far with Portnox. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** 802.1x in a 100% cloud infrastructure environment. ### 15. Seamless integration with Microsoft Intune to extend a ZTNA Network **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kyle N. | IT Supervisor, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 14, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Detailed documentation on setting up all corners of Portnox CLEAR. Intune integration works very easily. Support was great, even before I purchased the product they worked with me on an issue. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Device Compliance Rating user interface is a little convoluded. The rating system could be streamlined to become easier to get going. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Providing an extension of cloud ZTNA services to our local network with the integration of MS Intune ### 16. Easy to setup, deploy, manage and support. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 12, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Integrates well with Azure, Intune, JAMF and on-prem AD. Setup guides are simple and easy to follow. Could PKI works effortlessly in conjuntion with our Intune and JAMF MDM to deploy and manage device certs. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** TACACS-as-a-service pricing model per admin user can become costly if you have multiple 3rd party managed service provider team members to account for. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** NAC, PKI RADIUS Guest WiFi Saves us using Cisco ISE in an on-prem deployment ### 17. quick and not dirty **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Chemicals | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2022 **What do you like best about Portnox?** great price, service for the implementation already included, nice support, Interface is simple and intuitive, offline radius server (as proxy) is available with an easy template **What do you dislike about Portnox?** there is a lack of ready templates for the common switch manufacturers on different software versions. Sometimes we need a lot of attempts for the implementation. I would have liked more experience instead of trial and error. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easier and faster to implement than e.g. a windows radius. The solution is also easy to expandable worldwide. The settings can be easily adjusted to different normal needs ### 18. Phenomenal product & service team from sales to implementation **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jared P. | Director of IT, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Being a cloud-forward company it was incredibly valuable to have 802.1x RADIUS authentication over the cloud in our network. This has allowed us to completely lock down our employee WiFi, LAN, and IoT network behind Portnox using InTune management to deploy the SCEP certificate. The transition was seamless too. Once InTune reported that all recently checked in machines had the new certificate we were able to easily turn off our old SSID's and force all traffic through our RADIUS backed SSID's without a hitch. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** So far I haven't found much I don't like. The product is simple to use but offers complexity when you want to build it in. The user interface is clean. Support is easy to get a hold of. Everything just works. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Portnox has allowed us to remove all static passwords on our network devices securing our network behind certificate based authentication. ### 19. Portnox Powerhouse **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 18, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Portnox is a powerhouse of a NAC solution that integrates seemlessly with our Azure AD/Microsoft Intune environment. It is easy to implement and the ability to control NAC via Intune groups has been a game changer for us. Having visibilty to authentication alerts provides all the details you require to troubleshoot. We use Portnox every day. I haven't personally needed to contact customer support, but have heard they are helpful. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Sometimes when deleting devices within Portnox, a stale record will remain. Make sure to search for the device name again to ensure all records are cleared. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** NAC groups synced via MS Intune. Visibility to authentication attempts across our network. ### 20. Vital Piece of the Security Puzzle **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 13, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Portnox has an easy to understand interface and easy to use. The support team has been great over the 4 years we have been with them and is always responsive and effective. Once the system it is up and running, there is very little "maintenance" that needs to be done. It has been a great addition to our security profile. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** The only issues we've had with Portnox is when we tried to upgrate to the cloud platform, but that actually wasn't the fault of Portnox but our current switch environment didnt support the necessary configuration. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Prevents all non-organiztioaln devices from connecting physically and wirelessly ### 21. Easy to use and 100% cloud - exactly what we were looking for **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Andy M. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** This is the perfect solution for us. We are transitioning our environment to 100% cloud using Intune to manage all our endpoints. This enabled us to rapidly remove legacy and complex on-prem NAC and PKI solutions. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** The interface is dull and not the easiest to use. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allowing us to secure access to our wired and wireless networks without needing any VPN tunnels or server infrastructure. A must as we move to primarily cloud/SaaS solutions. ### 22. Early adopter **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mark C. | Director, Information Technology, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Managed service capabilities and room to grow **What do you dislike about Portnox?** uncertain about the exit strategy if services are ended **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** overhead to administer ### 23. Really satisfied with the solution especially with the Agent **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 25, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Portnox Agent is a great add to Portnox Clear . **What do you dislike about Portnox?** would like more automation option and features **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Security,monitoring and network access control ### 24. It has been an extremely useful asset to the district. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Derek R. | Business Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 10, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** It helps both financially and acedemically. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Nothing! It has been a great tool for all! **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** The reality of others hacking our systems. ### 25. Radius Authentication **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 07, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** We use Portnox for RADIUS authentication and the RADIUS service is working great, there are no complaints. It is easy to use and implement. Easy integration and great customer support. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** There is nothing that I dislike about Portnox. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use Portnox Radius-as-a-Service for authentication. It is a cloud-based service, so we have never faced any downtime issues. It is a very reliable, smooth, and secure service. It is easy to implement and use. ### 26. Robust NAC, Radius service and security service **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Very easy to setup, configure and use. the learning curve is short and very easy to adopt. Licensing model is flexible. Customer support is very helpful and easy to work with. It was very easy to integrate with our Azure **What do you dislike about Portnox?** No downside, I love all the features of Portnox **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Solving secure corporate wifi access and network acces control, by providing cloud radius service and zero trust network access controll ### 27. Portnox Cloud NAC Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Its has both a cloud and onpremise offering **What do you dislike about Portnox?** The fact that the engineers are in the US and the timing difference interferes with support **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Network Access Control interms of port security and wifi access and Zero Trust security for rogue machines. ### 28. Excellent Port Protection **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Phil R. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Ability to lockdown network ports to verified appliances **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Sometimes assistancew needed by our network team to assist in Port configuration or whitelisting. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Prevent unautorized network access ### 29. Portnox CLEAR - An Infrastructure Engineer's review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Craig D. | Technical Analyst, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 10, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Portnox CLEAR has helped my company to secure 5 sites around the UK and Northern Ireland from unauthorised access to the LAN and WAN. Using Microsoft Intune to deliver 802.1x certificates to enrolled devices, each device is authenticated, at switch port or wireless access point level, to a Cloud RADIUS server provided by Portnox. This ensures only company owned, MDM enrolled and compliant devices can access the company network and resources. As it **What do you dislike about Portnox?** The web based user interface isn't as user friendly as it could be. Some time spent developing the aesthetic and function of each part of the Portnox CLEAR product would give a much better UX. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our company's network infrastructure was open to connections from any device, company owned or BYOD, leaving our network vulnerable to attack at any one of our five sites, from internal or external bad actors. Portnox CLEAR has eliminated the surface of these attack vectors to ensure only company owned, compliant or approved devices have access to any wired or wireless connection to our company network. ### 30. It works very well - our systems have been properly separated from our partner company's **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Joe F. | IT Support, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2022 **What do you like best about Portnox?** We are able to use a shared space with confidence that our data is safe. It allows us to have another company in our office without worrying that our data is being accessed. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** We had a few issues of licenses not automatically freeing up but otherwise no problems at all! The setup did not take long at all but, because the system is quite complex, it required a lot of testing. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have two companies in one office, using the same network ports. We have used Portnox to give the other company access to our network, but not our data. This keeps us safe and secure. ### 31. Good Product **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 15, 2024 **What do you like best about Portnox?** It is fast, efficent, and user friendly. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Interface could be clearer but other than that it is a great platform. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Portnox does not require appliances, agent software, 802.1X or changes to existing networking infrastructure such as mirror or span ports. ### 32. review on portnox **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mohit Y. | Undergraduate Student, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 02, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Provides visibility and control over all devices accessing the network, including IoT and BYOD devices Enforces security policies and protocols to protect against cyber threats Integrates with other security solutions and tools Offers flexible deployment options, including cloud, virtual, and physical appliances Provides real-time monitoring and reporting capabilities Offers a user-friendly interface and easy-to-use features **What do you dislike about Portnox?** May require some configuration and setup to work optimally Can be expensive, depending on the size of the organization and the level of functionality required May require additional training or expertise to use effectively Some features may be more complex than necessary for smaller organizations with simpler network environments As with any security solution, it is not a guarantee against all cyber threats and attacks. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Portnox is a cybersecurity company that provides network access control and visibility solutions. Their platform, Portnox CLEAR, enables organizations to gain visibility and control over all devices accessing their network, including Internet of Things (IoT) and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) devices, and to enforce security policies and protocols to protect against cyber threats. ### 33. Easy deploy. Great NAC. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Zachary S. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 03, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** SaaS based product. Deploy was ridiculously easy. The support was great. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Some documentation is outdated. I wish they would update it. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Simple NAC for a company that has little to no on prem presence. ### 34. Excellent product with great onboarding **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Steven T. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 17, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Cloud Product with no on-prem services required Easy to set up with great onboarding assistance Actually does what it promises **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Nothing, great experience, the fact we have also been able to remove our radius server is an added bonus as well as the legacy Portnox server by moving to the Cloud service is a bonus. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Stops unverified users connecting to our wired and wireless networks ### 35. Great RADIUS Service **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Travis F. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 19, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Ease of setup, advanced configuration options, and security features **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Different instances require different logins. It would be nice to have 1 login that shows all my company's RADIUS solutions rather than logging into each one specifically. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cert-based authentication has elevated our employee's experience tremendously and improved our security posture. We no longer have complex keys (that employees ended up writing down) or have to manage key rotation, and we have given our employees the same work experience for wired or wireless connectivity, improving productivity and lowering frustration. ### 36. Takes the complexity out of multi-site RADIUS **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Goods | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2022 **What do you like best about Portnox?** First, working with Portnox support from the beginning was a great experience. They answered all my questions and have been there from PoC to now. The product is easy to use, pretty much set and forget when it's going. I'm using this across three sites in US, UK, and China, and having centralized management is fantastic. Most importantly, it does the job by only allowing devices on the network per my requirements. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Portnox Clear (Radius as a Service) works great, but be sure you run the latest firmware on your switches; otherwise, some RADIUS settings may not be available. The only issue I've had is with some older switches; newer ones work great. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** We needed a solid NAC solution. We tried other hardware appliances that were so-so or even caused network issues when they blocked devices they shouldn't have. I also needed easy-to-view logging; the user interface makes it very simple. ### 37. Making secure WiFi authentication as easy as 123 **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kiril T. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 15, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Within an hour we established a fully functional and easy to manage certificate based WiFi authentication solution which works flawlessly. Any other vendor we tried either couldn't provide a solution in the topology we wanted or didn't have the right compliance certificates. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Sometimes there's a weird behavior when enrolling new users into the system. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Securing a LAN WiFi network and preventing unmanaged device from connecting to it. ### 38. Simple cloud based NAC solution. Easy to deploy **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Medical Devices | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 11, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Cloud based solution, easy to deploy. Simple and reliable. No hardware needed and scalable. Works with hardware vendors. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Lack of advance features. WebGUI can be buggy. Still need a lot of improven to compete with market leaders. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** We need to deploy a simple NAC solution in a short period. Portnox did it well with simeple implementation. ### 39. Great NAC for simple cases **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Real Estate | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 12, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Easy to use compared to other NACs. The GUI is really intuitive. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** The support when I have a problem with new switch integration **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy SNMP, Fingerprint, SSH/telnet and domain checks - this is for the core solution Great cloud management - this is for the CLEAR solution ### 40. "Best nac tool for your organization" **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sonali G. | Cloud AI intern, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 19, 2022 **What do you like best about Portnox?** It is extremely easy to set-up. You don't find a whole lot of that with others tools along with all the features. Easy interface with the ability to manage remote devices. The application control to kill unwanted ones and along with alerts and reports it generates add extra security options. The server can manage several ports simultaneously. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** The refresh rates of the pages could be improved. Customisation for specified solutions needs working with the pricing model. Strategy for integration with other tools can be improvised because most organisations need that support. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is a switch monitoring tool that helps with your network requiremnets. It is faster and more efficient which is a great quality for a nac tool. With this you know exactly who enters or messing with your network. ### 41. Overall Great Product **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sameer K. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Very user-friendly GUI. Ease of use with great features. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** It's still not a fully robust product yet but making good progress. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Solving the purpose of NAC with End Point Security along with the features of RADIUS/TACACS in the cloud. ### 42. Portnox - Well planned, integrated and easy go-to NAC tool **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aman A. | Software Developer Specialist , Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 06, 2022 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Portnox is a highly rated Network access tool amongst global users today. It has a large base and has won many prominent organizations' trust. It ticks the various boxes, some of them are listed below - 1. Cost factor - This is something that definitely drives the purchases and Portnox scores here. The prices are optimal and fairly done. 2. It provides excellent visibility of all the end devices connected to your network. 3. You can easily control and monitor them. 4. There is a minimal effort in setting up the system. It can be done quickly and efficiently. 5. One of the essential things is after-sales support. Portnox scores here as well. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** There is not much to criticize Portnox about. It has been able to deliver much of the promised things. However, there are always some areas where improvement can be done. Couple of them are listed below - 1. UI - It can improve the User interface. Some of the screens need improvement. 2. Page loads can be a little faster. 3. Navigation between different pages is something that the development team of Portnox can look into and address. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Portnox is solving a lot of the below problems - 1. It provides excellent support to organizations looking to manage and control all the endpoints connected to their LAN. 2. Excellent support channels and fair prices have been instrumental in building an efficient customer base. 3. Effective integration even in environments were there were multiple devices belonging to different vendors. ### 43. Great cloud NAC and TACACS solution **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 09, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** I'm using the Portnox mainly as NAC. It's straightforward to implement and maintain. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Not much at this point; I love their support. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** We were using Cisco ISE for NAC, which gave me a lot of headaches, and now it's gone after adopting Portnox. ### 44. Very Good Zero trust Enterprise Solution **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 11, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Speed, performance, and integration with LDAP, and Azure cloud. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** Inability to delete old users in a row. You have to select each user one by one. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Solving problem with accessing the network and authorizing users for internal resourses. ### 45. Portnox for SMB **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Natalee S. | IT Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 03, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** I like that I can manage ports and see all the computers that trying to connect to our internal network, it's also an easy solution for port security **What do you dislike about Portnox?** sometimes it takes several seconds to update and see what computer connected **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's solving the need in RADIUS server, that make it easy to set up ### 46. Great product **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 17, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** Security and visibility of the system using the agent. how easy is it to implement in the org. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** the limited functions of security policies regarding linux machines **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** security ### 47. Portnox Clear - agile and simple to use **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 17, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** The clousd-based NAC product is simple and contains multiple usefull functions. The support engineers who helped us deploy the product was extremely proffecional and kind. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** The beautiful GUI interface known from the legacy "core" product was not introduced the the "Clear" product. But it's still efficient and gives you excellent visibility. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Enforcement of security policy at the endpoint level. ### 48. Secure and Reliable **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 12, 2023 **What do you like best about Portnox?** I like that portnox is instrumental in giving secure wifi. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** The struggles of downloading it. It's not really portnox's fault. my place is just very secure. **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** It help decrease out chances of being hacked as the wifi is not visible from the outside. I would have to be logged into my portnox account for me to have wifi. ### 49. Robust and reasonably priced cloud-native network access control (NAC) solution - simple to set up **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Firoj k. | digital marketing manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 25, 2022 **What do you like best about Portnox?** I have been using Portnox for over a year now and it has been a great investment. It is easy to roll out and maintain, and the pricing is also reasonable. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a robust cloud-native NAC solution. **What do you dislike about Portnox?** I think Portnox is an excellent tool with potential for innovation and growth, but it needs more tutorials that explain how the advanced features work and to find a new way to reach the full potential of this software to ensure a higher level of cybersecurity in organizational information **What problems is Portnox solving and how is that benefiting you?** Portnox is an excellent company. They have helped us to decrease cyber attacks and phishing activity in our client IT framework by 70%. I would recommend them to anyone looking for a high-end security solution ### 50. GUI is good and User Manual is helpful, but some functions are not easily to be found from GUI **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alex N. | Technical Specialist - Cyber/IT, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2022 **What do you like best about Portnox?** To Portnox GUI is great and NAS view is very clear **What do you dislike about Portnox?** To install portnox, internet access is needed. 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