BackBox vs Forward Enterprise
BackBox
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Forward Enterprise
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| Figure | BackBox | Forward Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 1 |
| Spec score · Autonomous Networks | 8.3 (#1) | 7.7 (#4) |
| Spec score · Network Automation Software | 8.4 (#3) | 7.7 (#14) |
| Spec score · Network Management Software | 8.4 (#5) | 7.7 (#14) |
| Founded | BackBox says it has pursued its network-automation mission since 2009. | 2013 |
| Headquarters | The corporate headquarters is listed at 14135 Midway Road, Greenhill Towers, Suite G250, Addison, Texas 75001. | The company lists its headquarters at 2390 Mission College Blvd., Suite 401, Santa Clara, California 95054. |
| Integrations | BackBox lists ITSM, CMDB, PAM, observability, SD-WAN/SASE, identity, messaging and DevOps integrations, including ServiceNow, LogicMonitor, CyberArk, Kentik, Cisco Meraki and Slack. | The maker lists integrations and partnerships including Infoblox, NetBox, Arista CloudVision, ServiceNow, Itential, Ansible, Axonius, and Rapid7. |
| Support | BackBox's SLA says standard support targets next-business-day responses for all priority levels, while premium targets range from one to four hours for priorities 1–3. | The maker describes customer success, a Forward Community, and professional services as part of its customer support offering. |
| What it does | BackBox, marketed with the Kilter platform, automates security, compliance and lifecycle management for multi-vendor network infrastructure. | Forward Enterprise builds a mathematical digital twin of a hybrid network from device state and configuration data. |
Plans
BackBox
- Kilter AIPriced on request
- Kilter ALMPriced on request
- Kilter EnterprisePriced on request
- PremiumPriced on request
- StandardPriced on request
Forward Enterprise
- Forward Enterprise (modular subscription: Base, Network, Security)Priced on request
In their own words
Forward Enterprise
Forward Enterprise has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.