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Portnox

4.0/5
activpayroll logoactivpayroll

activpayroll

4.0/5
ROI categoryrisk compliancerisk compliance
Time-to-ValueDays to a few weeks (~14d)About 6 months for a multi-country rollout (~180d)
Typical annual TCO$0/yr$0/yr
Starting price$0/yr$0/yr
Implementation feeNoneNone
Seat tiersDevice-count based (TACACS+: 1 admin per 100 devices); volume discounts available; full-capability free trial for 30 daysNot published; engagement scoped per country and employee count
Implementation friction2/54/5
Friction meter
Best forMid-market to Fortune 500 IT/security teams replacing legacy on-premises NAC appliances; Organizations standardizing passwordless 802.1X access across wired, wireless and VPN; Teams that want agentless ZTNA to replace or reduce dependence on VPN for remote staff; Regulated environments needing audit-ready visibility of devices, connections and privileged admin actions; Environments with large BYOD, IoT/OT and unmanaged device populations that must be profiled and quarantinedMultinational employers running payroll in many countries who want one provider and one governance model; Companies consolidating multiple in-country payroll providers into a single global model; HR and finance teams that need payroll wired into HRIS/HCM systems such as Workday, UKG, HiBob, Sage People or Cornerstone; Organisations with internationally mobile staff needing assignment payroll, expat tax and mobility coordination
Not forBuyers who need public list pricing before talking to sales; Organizations requiring fully on-premises or air-gapped deployment of the access control layer; Very small sites with a few hundred devices and no compliance driver; Teams looking for a broad SASE/SSE suite rather than network and application access control; Networks that cannot deploy 802.1X or certificate-based authentication at allSingle-country employers with simple domestic payroll needs; Buyers who want self-serve payroll software with no managed-service layer; Teams that require published, self-checkout pricing before evaluation; Very small headcounts where a global managed payroll model is disproportionate

Stack fit matrix

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SlackIntegrationNot supported
MCP (Model Context Protocol)Not supportedNot supported

Compliance

SOC 2
ISO 27001
GDPR
HIPAA
FedRAMP
ISO 42001
IAPP AIGPnamed staff

Company & support

Who is behind each solution, and how you reach support. “Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention a channel, not that it is unavailable.

FoundedNot recorded2001 (25 yrs)
HeadquartersNot recordedNot recorded
PhoneNot listedNot listed
EmailPaid plansNot listed
Live chatNot listedNot listed
Support portal / ticketsPaid plansNot listed
Community forumAll plansNot listed
Help centre / docsAll plansNot listed
Dedicated account managerNot listedPlan not stated
In person / on-siteNot listedNot listed
Support hours24/7Not recorded
Response timeNot statedNot stated

AI & MCP readiness

Whether each solution can join your AI stack, and what it asks of you to do so.

MCP connectionreaches AI clientsNot supportedNot supported
AI featuresNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Model keyNot recordedNot recorded
AI usage auditNot recordedNot recorded

Quadrant view

Where the 2 selected solutions land on the same value plane. Toggle axes to compare on cost, speed, friction, or buyer score.

Quadrant view

Typical annual cost × Time-to-value

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