Forescout Platform vs Nozomi Networks comparison

Forescout and Nozomi are both solutions in the IoT Security category. Forescout is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.2, while Nozomi is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.8. Forescout holds a 14.9% mindshare in IS, compared to Nozomi’s 31.8% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Forescout users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Nozomi users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

Forescout Platform and Nozomi Networks are network security solutions designed to provide visibility and control. While Forescout excels with its integration flexibility and agentless capabilities, Nozomi Networks is recognized for its robust security features and ease in managing OT assets.

Features: Forescout Platform offers comprehensive endpoint visibility and control, dynamic policy enforcement, and a wide integration spectrum. It excels in managing both 802.1x and non-802.1x network access control and is flexible enough for centralized or decentralized deployments. In contrast, Nozomi Networks stands out for advanced network visualization and asset management, essential for OT environments.

Room for Improvement: Forescout is critiqued for its user interface, management of dual-homed devices, false positives, and high pricing. Improvements are needed in third-party integration and reporting features. Nozomi Networks could enhance its pricing strategy and provide more configuration options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Forescout Platform provides on-premises and hybrid cloud deployment options but can be complex. Nozomi Networks offers simpler deployment. Both have mixed reviews on customer service, with Forescout's support noted as sometimes slow, while Nozomi Networks is seen as more responsive.

Pricing and ROI: Forescout’s pricing is perceived as high due to endpoint licensing and integration costs, but ROI is positive when considering security effectiveness. Nozomi Networks is viewed as reasonably priced, with its ROI aligning with its feature set.

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Forescout Platform

Ranking in IoT Security

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Access Control (NAC) (4th), Endpoint Compliance (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (16th)

Nozomi Networks

Ranking in IoT Security

2nd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Operational Technology (OT) Security (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the IoT Security category, the mindshare of Forescout Platform is 14.9%, down from 19.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nozomi Networks is 31.8%, up from 28.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Odai Halawani

Sr. Security Engineer at Topvision

It's an easy and effective solution, especially for device profiling without agents

Forescout Platform's most valuable aspect is its excellent device profiling for devices without agents, which is crucial for our work due to challenges with agent-based devices. Its isolation and blocking actions are particularly effective for network security. The device compliance feature helps us ensure device compliance through immediate actions like updating antivirus software. We have already integrated Forescout with antivirus and vulnerability assessment tools, allowing it to monitor vulnerability scores and automatically isolate devices if critical vulnerabilities are detected.

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Massimiliano La Camera

Business Development Account Manager at Xenia Network Solutions

Provides cost saving and offers device visibility

I think it's a stable solution and don't foresee any problems in the future. It's a leading security platform and is widely used in Italy. This gives them full visibility of all devices, which is often difficult to achieve. IT managers usually lack visibility into all products and security solutions. However, this platform lets customers gain visibility of their entire device environment. I rate its stability an eight out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This is clearly the best product for the NAC use cases in this field for Forescout."

"I have noticed that in the last year the license model has changed from licensing the whole appliance to licensing the number of devices. It's more simple for a large installation, or a user to have CounterACT as their peripheral site in the company. It's a good choice to have changed the license policy."

"Forescout Platform has granular features and one of the most impressive features is the agentless feature."

"Being able to actively identify the client without a certificate allows you to control every device on your network regardless of the make, model, and software running. This allows for end-to-end security."

"You can quickly filter your view of devices and zero in on the ones you want using a variety of tools, such as what subnet it is on or what it has been classified as."

"The most valuable feature of Forescout Platform is that it has everything that Aruba has at significantly less cost."

"The most valuable feature of the Forescout Platform is the large capacity it can handle. Additionally, the interface of the platform is good."

"The product is very easy to work with and easy to deploy."

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"The most valuable feature of Nozomi Networks is its security features."

"I chose Nozomi because it is far ahead of other competitors, like Curator and Elastic."

"It has impacted security operations in a better way."

"The tool's visibility is good. We can see the traffic flow."

"Nozomi Networks is an easy-to-use and powerful tool."

"Provides security for our operational technology environment for OT and IoT."

"The network visualization feature of Nozomi impacts security operations positively."

"The feature I like best is its stability."

Cons

"The solution does have a bit of complexity, and there's some complexity in the deployment. Users need to be trained before undertaking an initial setup."

"The cost is too high."

"The product needs to improve its support. I know a case that dragged on for about one and a half years. They eventually suggested professional services and closed the ticket. We followed their advice, engaging the account manager and professional service team, only to discover that the issue was a bug. After reopening the case, it's been about six months, and the problem still hasn't been resolved."

"It's scalable, but not without a big investment. It doesn't do so well at the branch. At the home office, it does okay and not so well at the branch."

"Forescout needs to upgrade its development in the future."

"In the next release of the solution, it could benefit from being more flexible to allow for more freedom."

"Forescout Platform would benefit from using AI. Everything has to be set up manually, but AI can learn and suggest rules over time. It also lacks visualization, and some interface configurations need improvement. The visualization seems a couple of years behind compared to other products."

"For improvements, I think technical support could be enhanced. The time zone difference makes remote support difficult - I'm in Indonesia, and they're in the US. Maybe the Forescout Platform could provide engineers from Asia Pacific."

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"I believe there is room for improvement regarding on-premises AI."

"I would like more customizable options for configurations."

"Nozomi Networks should improve its pricing."

"Creating custom queries is time-consuming."

"Proof of concept could be improved. It could be more tangible to the customer and the end users to have a video presentation or something like that."

"It should support more programmable logic controllers (PLCs)."

"The solution should include an integration library."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They base the license on the number of devices, which is quite misleading."

"Time savings in finding rogue devices as well as identifying potentially unwanted devices on the network has saved the organization time and money."

"We went with the virtual appliance option. The biggest cost to running these types of appliances would be to either have multiple virtual appliances at every data center or running Remote SPAN hardware to provide you the real-time network visibility."

"The tool's pricing is expensive but reasonable."

"Devices with multiple IP's count multiple times against your license count."

"It is expensive because you have to pay for their CSM, the customer's access manager, and their professional services on top of that, and they charge you roughly $400 per hour, which is overhead."

"For one license, we pay around 3,000 Indian rupees."

"I would rate Forescout Platform's pricing as four out of five."

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"The solution's pricing is good and cheaper than that of Claroty."

"I have not seen any competition in terms of pricing, and it is quite reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

33%

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Manufacturing Company

15%

Computer Software Company

12%

Energy/Utilities Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What advice do you have for others considering Forescout Platform?

Forescout is a very powerful NAC product that does not rely on port level configuration. It can detect and block unauthorized devices very quickly. But it has a lot of capabilities and really would...

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What advice do you have for others considering Forescout Platform?

I would rate the Forescout Device and Visibility Control Platform at a six out of ten.

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What advice do you have for others considering Forescout Platform?

I recommend doing a compression demo. If people use it, they will buy it. So they have to see the product in place. That's the main recommendation is to do a proof of concept. If they do, they will...

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What do you like most about Nozomi Networks?

The most valuable feature of Nozomi Networks is its security features.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nozomi Networks?

It is probably mid-range in pricing. It's not cheap, yet it is also not super expensive either.

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What needs improvement with Nozomi Networks?

I believe there is room for improvement regarding on-premises AI.

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Also Known As

Forescout Platform, CounterACT for Endpoint Compliance, ForeScout CounterACT

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Overview

Forescout Platform provides today’s busy enterprise organizations with policy and protocol management, workflow coordination, streamlining, and complete device and infrastructure visibility to improve overall network security. The solution also provides concise real-time intelligence of all devices and users on the network. Policy and protocols are delineated using gathered intelligence to facilitate the appropriate levels of remediation, compliance, network access, and all service operations. Forescout Platform is very flexible, integrates well with most of today’s leading network security products, and is a very cost-effective solution.

Forescout Platform Features

Real-time complete visibility: With Forescout eyeSight, each and every device is classified when any attempt to access your network has been made. This includes - but is not limited to - desktops, laptops, android devices, virtual machines, switches, VoIP phones, USB memory sticks, webcams, IoT devices, and more.
Policy-based and manual controls: In today’s busy robust environment, networks are continually changing; there are different types and amounts of devices connected, various software applications, network compliance requirements, and the constant potential for risk make managing an IT network a very daunting challenge. The Forescout Console is used to simplify the administration and management of important alerts, remediation, and access controls to keep the network secure.
Intuitive real-time dashboards: Forescout Dashboards, a component of Forescout WebClient, is a comprehensive web-based intelligence center that gives full visibility and real-time insight of the complete network using both out-of-the-box and user-created widgets. The dashboards are very intuitive and deliver robust, easy-to-understand information about device visibility, compliance, health monitoring, and more.
Advanced reporting capabilities: The Forescout Reports Plugin will generate numerous valuable reports indicating real-time and overall status information about endpoint compliance, device details, networks guests, protocols, and more. The reports help to ensure IT administrators, executives, security teams, and other important shareholders stay well-informed about all network activity at all times.
Comprehensive third-party overview: Forescout eyeExtend facilitates seamless information sharing with third-party vendors, networks, and IT management solutions supporting improved automated workflows, productivity, cost-effectiveness, and overall security.

Real User Reviews

An important main feature of Forescout is the visibility the solution offers.

One reviewer who is a Consultant at a tech services company, says, "Within three or four days, you can have complete visibility of your infrastructure on the network. Compared to other solutions, the deployment of the solution is easier and we can close the project quickly."

Users also appreciate that the user interface is clear and easy to understand.

An Instructor at a tech services company, shares, "The most valuable feature of the Forescout Platform is the large capacity it can handle. Additionally, the interface of the platform is good."

Forescout

Nozomi Networks enhances ICS and OT cybersecurity through threat detection, monitoring, and comprehensive asset management. Users value its real-time anomaly detection, advanced threat detection via machine learning, and intuitive interface, which streamline workflows and boost efficiency, ensuring compliance and robust network security.

Nozomi

Sample Customers

NHS Sussex, SAP, SEGA, Vistaprint, Miami Children's Hospital, Pioneer Investments, New York Law School, OmnicomGroup, Meritrust

Enel, FireEye, GlaxoSmithKline, VEC, TAGSEC Group

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