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PROS

Portnox allows staff to allocate more time and resources to other IT security priorities by providing comprehensive endpoint details.
Portnox ensures system compliance and maintains network security through policy enforcement, covering antivirus updates and system patches.
Portnox offers a holistic view of all connected devices, enabling effective monitoring, segregation, and policy application.
Portnox operates without agents, enhancing scalability, stability, and management.
Portnox integrates with Active Directory and provides robust authentication features, supporting zero-trust architecture.

CONS

Integrating Portnox with firewalls and vendors like Huawei needs improvement.
Licensing costs are high, based on per-port pricing even when unused.
There are stability and resource utilization issues, requiring frequent restarts.
Integration between Portnox CORE and Portnox CLEAR is lacking, with no unified console.
Support is limited, especially outside US and EMI hours, affecting service in other regions.
 

Portnox Pros review quotes

DM
Chief System Engineer at a media company with 501-1,000 employees
Jul 29, 2019
This is a self-sufficient network monitoring and security product that saves time and employee resources.
IS
Consulting Principal at a transportation company with 501-1,000 employees
Jul 31, 2019
The minute people have issues on their network, we can see what is happening right away.
JF
Security Analyst at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Sep 24, 2020
There is an add-on feature for application control to kill unwanted applications when launched on a user's device.
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JK
Systems & Support Engineer at CWG Plc
Dec 5, 2020
It's so easy to set up, you don't need outside assistance.
BL
Vodja projektov sistemskih rešitev at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Aug 26, 2021
Technical support was very helpful when we needed them.
reviewer1242117 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 21, 2022
I like the fact that you can take your device anywhere and still have that visibility from anywhere because it's agent-based.
NenadMijatovic - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Sales at S4E Serbia
Apr 30, 2022
The most important feature is that this solution is agentless. So, you don't have to install any agents on endpoints.
Felix Adikaibe - PeerSpot reviewer
IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND NETWORK ADMIN at Investment One Finance
May 26, 2022
It's a stable product.
KO
Information Security Officer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 31, 2022
The solution has a valuable reporting feature.
JO
CTO at Joan Cross Infosystems Ltd
Aug 13, 2022
The technical support is top-notch.
 

Portnox Cons review quotes

DM
Chief System Engineer at a media company with 501-1,000 employees
Jul 29, 2019
It might be beneficial to improve the ease of integrating the product with firewalls.
IS
Consulting Principal at a transportation company with 501-1,000 employees
Jul 31, 2019
The licensing is based on a per-port price, even when you are not using all of the ports, and this is something that could be improved.
JF
Security Analyst at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Sep 24, 2020
Portnox CORE can improve on support for unmanaged switches (or hubs) and other brands of network devices. These kinds of devices are still in use in organisations, especially SMEs who cannot afford to buy a managed switch.
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JK
Systems & Support Engineer at CWG Plc
Dec 5, 2020
Now, the way security is viewed, maybe including something like AI, to automate some of the things that are required to be done would be great.
BL
Vodja projektov sistemskih rešitev at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Aug 26, 2021
The solution did have some stability issues, however, all I had to do was restart it.
reviewer1242117 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 21, 2022
I believe there is a lot of room for improvement in terms of integration.
NenadMijatovic - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Sales at S4E Serbia
Apr 30, 2022
The integration between Portnox CORE and Portnox CLEAR can be better. These are two different systems, and there is no unique console for both devices. Portnox CORE is agentless, whereas Portnox CLEAR is not agentless.
Felix Adikaibe - PeerSpot reviewer
IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND NETWORK ADMIN at Investment One Finance
May 26, 2022
One of the things for the on-premise is that sometimes you click on it and it takes a while for it to respond.
KO
Information Security Officer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 31, 2022
From a resource perspective, the OEM can do better in terms of resource utilization.
JO
CTO at Joan Cross Infosystems Ltd
Aug 13, 2022
The price could be better.