Name: MetaDefender NAC
Rating: 4.6 (69 reviews)

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Updated 13th October 2025

What is MetaDefender NAC?

MetaDefender NAC is a software that provides network access control capabilities designed to monitor, assess, and manage devices connecting to organizational networks. The software identifies and authorizes devices based on configurable security policies, ensuring only compliant endpoints can access critical network resources. It enables visibility into device posture by checking parameters such as security updates, antivirus status, and configuration settings before allowing network access. By integrating with other security tools, MetaDefender NAC helps organizations address the challenge of unauthorized access, supports regulatory compliance, and improves overall network security by enforcing adaptive access controls and real-time device assessments.

Overall experience with MetaDefender NAC

Head of Engineering

<50M USD, Software

FAVORABLE

“Device Posture Management Product with Excellent API ToolSet for Integration”

4.0

Mar 6, 2023

Great tool to assess and manage the device posture of endpoints. It provides very good set of APIs to communicate with the dashboard and integrate the results into our application.

Software Engineer

50M - 250M USD, Miscellaneous

CRITICAL

“Review”

3.0

Aug 17, 2020

What went well :- I will recommend this software to every firm dealing with customers and its users. Security provided by this Software is worth using.

About Company

Company Description

OPSWAT is a cybersecurity company that provides solutions aimed at preventing malware and zero-day attacks for critical infrastructure. Adhering to a belief that every file and device potentially poses a threat, the company has developed products that create secure data transfer processes and ensure safe device access. This focus extends to all threat points - entry, exit, and at rest. The ultimate output of these prevention strategies is a system that is both productive and has minimal risk of being compromised.

Company Details

Company type

Private

Year Founded

2002

Head office location

Tampa, United States

Number of employees

501 - 1000

Website

https://www.opswat.com

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MetaDefender NAC Likes & Dislikes

Product capabilities to define the policies on endpoints Ease of deployment Very less footprint Excellent API collection to integrate with thirdparty tools

Security functions.

It is an NAC solution that also provides visibility and control points regarding your sanctioned SAAS application, as we have adopted multiple SAAS applications so we required the NAC solution which caters both requiremetns.

There is no direct customer care support. All the communications happen over email only. There is no Pay-As-You-Go model contract. Licenses needs to be procured on quarterly basis(though you can get on credit model) at a blanket quantity.

Consumes a lot Data.

We are only concerned about Service support in Indian Region. We have also faced multiple challenges during evaluation however it has been resolved by OPSWAT Team.

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<50M USD

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Review Source

Device Posture Management Product with Excellent API ToolSet for Integration

Senior Technical Consultant

50M-1B USD

IT Services

Secure Access : Trust Endpoint Access to your Network and Cloud

5.0

Aug 16, 2021

As we are into IT Service Industry and have multiple locations in the APAC region, We required a NAC which can fulfill our requirement to secure our LAN access and Sanctioned Cloud Application, Opswat MetaAccess NAC has both functionalities and It also offers another pretty good offering like software-defined perimeter: SDP.

Senior Application Engineer

10B+ USD

Superior security platform that protects from unknown devices, threats, viruses

Aug 12, 2021

MetaAccess Network Access Control gives secure access to all remote and cloud networks and end point protection with ease. It allows admin to customize according to the needs and implementation is quick. Easy to use tool and budget friendly. Agent less profiling activities for devices. Protection of infrastructure from unknown devices on real- time basis. It checks the quality of connection and security level in a simplified manner. Super cool UX and navigation is easy. Backup of data is good and it's highly scalable. Support technical team is responsive and quick.

Sr. Procurement Specialist

Banking

A reliable one stop solution security platform with intuitive user interface is very good

Jul 5, 2021

SafeConnect is one of the best Network Control tool that manages corporate networks seamlessly who are trying to connect through wireless devices. Cost of implementation is economical and it verifies the connection quality and connection security to map with the companies guidelines which is truly commendable. Training material is good and support team can be improved on response time. It handle information safely and encryption of the VPN is very secured.

Senior Network And Security Manager

Consumer Goods

One of the best Monitoring tools on the Market

Jul 19, 2021

MetaAccess NAC is an excellent tool with features that it's competitors do not have such as Agentless Device profiling and Contextual Intelligence Publishing. However, the best feature is the multi-layer scanning, definitely recommend.