Alternatives to Pangolin

{"intro": "Pangolin combines a WireGuard-based VPN, reverse proxy, privileged access management, and an identity-aware AI Gateway. Administrators can restrict users to approved apps, hosts, and network ranges, while tunnels and NAT traversal can keep inbound site firewall ports closed. Its gateway routes provider-native requests to cloud or self-hosted models with identity controls, budgets, session history, and usage analytics. Pangolin supports self-hosting, desktop and mobile clients, a free plan, and paid plans from $4/user/mo.\n\nAn alternative may suit you better when you need a wider SASE suite, specialized email or web protection, or a firewall-centered service. Pangolin’s paid plans use per-user pricing, Enterprise uses custom pricing, and its free Enterprise eligibility has usage and revenue conditions. Compare whether you need its resource-level access and AI gateway or prefer CASB, SD-WAN, DLP, threat scanning, private application brokering, or centralized internet security. Also weigh each product’s access model, supported platforms, deployment approach, and available pricing before switching.", "rows": [{"ref": "sw:cloudflare-one", "name": "Cloudflare One", "best_for": "Broad SASE, email, web, and AI security", "pricing": "Free plan", "key_difference": "Cloudflare One adds SASE services including email security, CASB, DLP, web filtering, and private-backbone connectivity beyond Pangolin’s access and AI gateway.", "choose_when": "Choose it when broad workforce, branch, email, web, and AI controls matter more than Pangolin’s self-hosted model gateway."}, {"ref": "sw:check-point-harmony-sase", "name": "Check Point Harmony SASE", "best_for": "Hybrid SASE with secure internet and SD-WAN", "pricing": "Pricing on request", "key_difference": "Harmony SASE combines secure Internet Access, ZTNA, SaaS security, and SD-WAN, while Pangolin combines VPN, reverse proxy, privileged access, and AI gateway functions.", "choose_when": "Choose it when a unified hybrid SASE platform and secure internet service fit better than Pangolin’s resource-focused access model."}, {"ref": "sw:sangfor-easyconnect", "name": "Sangfor EasyConnect", "best_for": "Remote access to desktops and business systems", "pricing": "Pricing on request", "key_difference": "EasyConnect focuses on VPN-based remote access to Windows desktops, applications, and business systems, rather than Pangolin’s broader resource policies and AI gateway.", "choose_when": "Choose it when users mainly need remote desktop and business-system access through supported desktop, mobile, and browser clients."}, {"ref": "sw:watchguard-firecloud", "name": "WatchGuard FireCloud", "best_for": "Managed firewall protection for remote users", "pricing": "30-day trial", "key_difference": "FireCloud is a managed cloud firewall service with antivirus, threat, spam, and data-leakage scanning, unlike Pangolin’s access and networking emphasis.", "choose_when": "Choose it when managed internet threat scanning and local-network access without a VPN are more important than Pangolin’s AI gateway."}, {"ref": "sw:zscaler-private-access", "name": "Zscaler Private Access", "best_for": "Zero-trust private application and workload access", "pricing": "Pricing on request", "key_difference": "Zscaler Private Access brokers one-to-one connections to private apps and workloads without exposing them or granting corporate-network access, unlike Pangolin’s broader platform.", "choose_when": "Choose it when application-level brokering and hybrid or multicloud workload segmentation are your priority."}, {"ref": "sw:fortinet-unified-sase", "name": "Fortinet Unified SASE", "best_for": "Unified SASE across branches and clouds", "pricing": "Pricing on request", "key_difference": "Fortinet Unified SASE combines SD-WAN, ZTNA, FWaaS, secure web gateway, CASB, and DLP on one management plane, beyond Pangolin’s core access stack.", "choose_when": "Choose it when dispersed branches, cloud integrations, and integrated security-service-edge controls outweigh Pangolin’s self-hosted flexibility."}, {"ref": "sw:broadcom-symantec-sase", "name": "Broadcom Symantec SASE", "best_for": "Cloud and on-premises web security controls", "pricing": "Pricing on request", "key_difference": "Symantec SASE adds proxy inspection, SSL/TLS decryption, sandboxing, web isolation, CASB visibility, and unified SWG management beyond Pangolin’s networking and AI gateway.", "choose_when": "Choose it when deep web inspection, cloud-application control, and hybrid SWG deployment matter more than Pangolin’s resource policies."}]}