Forescout Platform vs Ruckus Cloudpath comparison

Forescout and Ruckus are both solutions in the Network Access Control (NAC) category. Forescout is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.2, while Ruckus is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.3. Forescout holds a 13.4% mindshare in NAC, compared to Ruckus’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Forescout users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Ruckus users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 5, 2024

Forescout Platform and Ruckus Cloudpath compete in the network security category, with Forescout having the upper hand in comprehensive endpoint visibility and integration, whereas Ruckus Cloudpath offers a cost-effective and user-friendly onboarding solution.

Features: Forescout Platform offers network access control with agentless visibility, integration with third-party products, and detailed policy management. Ruckus Cloudpath specializes in secure onboarding, CA certification for enhanced security, and a user-based licensing model that reduces device management costs.

Room for Improvement: Forescout Platform could benefit from reducing false positives, improving user interface intuitiveness, and refining its pricing model. Ruckus Cloudpath needs to expand partner support, enhance multi-vendor environment capabilities, and improve logging and analysis features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Forescout Platform deploys on-premises with hybrid cloud options, receiving mixed reviews for deployment ease and support. Ruckus Cloudpath supports various cloud deployments and is generally praised for its responsive and competent customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Forescout Platform is often seen as expensive with a comprehensive licensing model that accommodates enterprise needs but can get costly. Its ROI is linked to enhanced network security rather than cost savings. Ruckus Cloudpath offers more accessible user-based pricing, ensuring a balance of cost and network security with its competitive ROI.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Forescout Platform

Ranking in Network Access Control (NAC)

4th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IoT Security (1st), Endpoint Compliance (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (17th)

Ruckus Cloudpath

Ranking in Network Access Control (NAC)

11th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Network Access Control (NAC) category, the mindshare of Forescout Platform is 13.4%, up from 12.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Ruckus Cloudpath is 1.8%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Access Control (NAC)

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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Xander Janse Van Rensburg

Head Of Technical Services at Emtelle

Helps to onboard corporate users based on certificate-based authentication

The tool's most valuable features include the phenomenal functionality of DPSK. The ease of use, particularly when it is correctly set up, is remarkably simple. Tracking users is straightforward and dynamic. This allows us to identify where a user might encounter issues within the process. Its most valuable feature is CA certification. You cannot get access without this. The tool's device policy enforcement feature has had a positive impact on customer network security. Customers are now more at ease, knowing that their employees connect to a secure network, and unauthorized individuals cannot easily access the corporate network. Overall, it has positively influenced their security measures. The user experience when connecting to networks via Ruckus Cloudpath is seamless. I would highly recommend it to anyone in need of an onboarding system for multiple users. Whether you want to move away from the standard connection, Active Directory, or even free keys, it is a reliable choice. Additionally, the product's licensing is user-based, not device-based. This means that regardless of the number of devices, the licensing is per-user.

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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

"Forescout Platform's most valuable features are that it is very granular. We are able to cull out a lot of information about our particular device or endpoint. The configuration and the visibility are very seamless. Overall the solution is very easy to handle and it's very comprehensive."

"Forescout Platform's best feature is plug-in integration."

"I help customers use the Forescout Platform for compliance enforcement. We can specify what needs to be installed on devices connecting to the network, like antivirus, updates, and security software."

"The Forescout Platform's most valuable features include its agentless configuration, which allows for easy integration with switches, and its broad customizability of rules and conditions for policy configuration. By leveraging its Network Access Control capabilities, the tool controls network access, allowing administrators to enforce policies tailored to the organization's needs."

"Forescout is easy to integrate with a lot of end systems."

"The plugins are very robust -- the ability scanner, patch management system, and SQL integrator."

"The most valuable features of the Forescout Platform are ease of management and outstanding visibility. The visibility is simple to obtain."

"It allows for good detection of all the vendor products we have on-site."

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"The wireless devices are used to control access, transmit messages, and integrate with the main system."

"The solution is easy to use, well designed, robust, and has good traffic capacity."

"The ease of use is great, and the automation wizards can do a lot."

"The solution has good features for authentication, policies, and allowing users to self-provision devices for network access via their logins."

"Ruckus technical support is very good and helpful whenever we need them."

"Ruckus Cloudpath is very stable."

"I have found it easy to use with no significant issues once the small initial problems were resolved."

"I find the solution to be very rich in features."

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Cons

"The reporting feature needs improvement."

"Custom integrations need to be better."

"This solution is not that easy to scale but this depends on a company's needs."

"The ability to block external devices in Mac is lacking and needs to be added."

"When we automate an email to send to a user, sometimes it gets blocked, but that has nothing to do with Forescout. It depends on the mail gateway that we use or integrate with."

"I should be able to integrate my Forescout with any other third party security technology, to build that connected security strategy."

"The licensing costs are quite high. With the amount of hardware we have, we need too many licenses to make the product effective and it's ultimately just too costly."

"The fact that Forescout Platform doesn't have a presence in the South African region is a weakness because of which you can't ask for help from them if you have any problems."

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"The setup had a few initial small problems, however, everything was resolved and it is very good now."

"There is room for improvement in deployment."

"The hardest part we've had to deal with is trying to find some physical product recently as everything is going like hotcakes."

"There is room for improvement in deployment. I would like to see more effort put into troubleshooting."

"The tool needs to support multi-vendor environments. Currently, my experience with it has been primarily within Ruckus environments. However, I haven't explored it for multi-vendor scenarios. It would be great to see newer builds that are multi-vendor capable of full integration."

"The scalability could be better."

"The solution could improve by adding more detailed information that customers have available on the dashboards."

"The setup process is a bit complex."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product's pricing is reasonable."

"The cost of the solution depends on the customer's requirement because the customer is asking for different integration with a different product. Forescout Platform's price would start to get a bit higher. However, overall the price is a little expensive. It's can fit within the customer budget."

"The solution’s pricing is fine."

"The ROI is priceless."

"We have a very clear licensing model for business. I don't have to have a Ph.D. to be able to understand the licensing model as you might need for other solutions. If I know exactly what we want, it can tell you which license you need. The solution is easy for purchasing, ordering, and ease of deployment as well."

"Forescout is more expensive than Cisco because Cisco gives high discounts."

"The setup cost, pricing, and licensing are on the high side."

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

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"I would rate the tool's pricing as a seven on a scale of one to ten. Compared to others, it's not overly expensive, but it does come with a cost. Since it's a licensed-based product, it can become expensive, especially if there is a need for additional licenses."

"The cost was somewhere around $700 for the access points, however, there was a discount."

"The licensing of the solution is user-based and the price is good."

"The pricing is a little bit high."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

32%

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Comms Service Provider

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Construction Company

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 Ruckus Cloudpath?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Ruckus Cloudpath?

Ruckus Cloudpath is a bit above medium in terms of pricing. On a scale of one to ten, I rate it a seven.

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What needs improvement with Ruckus Cloudpath?

There is room for improvement in deployment. I would like to see more effort put into troubleshooting.

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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

Cloudpath Enrollment System is a software/SaaS platform that delivers secure wired and wireless network access for BYOD, guest users and IT-owned devices. It streamlines getting devices on the network and secures every connection with powerful encryption. Cloudpath software gives you granular policy control over what network resources users can access. It lets you deliver a great end-user experience and virtually eliminates helpdesk tickets related to network access. Choose from cloud-based or virtualized on-premises deployment. Cloudpath software supports any user, any device, and any network infrastructure.

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Sample Customers

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

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