Top 10 ZTNA Solutions in India (2026): Features and Pricing Compared

Your VPN was built for a handful of people dialling in from home. Today it carries your entire workforce, your contractors, and your partner engineers, and it hands every one of them the same wide open door into your network.

That is the problem ZTNA solves. Instead of connecting people to a network, it connects them to the specific applications they are allowed to use, and checks who they are and what device they are on every single time.

The harder question is which solution to pick. Below are ten worth knowing about, what each one does well, and how to work out which fits your environment.

The 10 ZTNA solutions worth shortlisting

Twingate: the quickest way off a VPN

If your applications already live in the cloud and your IT team is small, this is usually the shortest path to working zero trust access.

Twingate uses lightweight connectors that sit next to your applications and dial outward. Nothing needs to be exposed to the internet, no inbound firewall rules are required, and there is no network redesign involved. Most deployments are running properly within days rather than months.

What it does well

Connectors install in minutes and run anywhere your applications do, including AWS, Azure, GCP and your own data centre. It integrates natively with Google Workspace, Okta, Entra ID and JumpCloud, so your existing identity setup carries straight over. Service accounts let you give automated access to CI/CD pipelines and scripts without handing out human credentials, which engineering teams appreciate. Contractors can be given browser access without installing anything at all.

The administration is the real differentiator. One person with other responsibilities can run it, which is the actual situation in most Indian mid-market IT teams.

Pricing

Genuinely published, which is rare in this category. A free tier covers up to five users, Teams is listed at USD 5 per user monthly and Business at USD 10, with custom pricing above that. Worth confirming current rates directly before you budget.

Worth knowing

Twingate handles application access and deliberately stops there. If you also need data loss prevention, web filtering or industrial protocol support, you will be adding those separately. For most teams replacing a VPN, that focus is a feature rather than a gap.

Our Twingate implementation approach covers what a typical rollout looks like, and there is a detailed Twingate versus Zscaler Private Access comparison if you are weighing the two.

Fortinet Universal ZTNA: you may already own it

This is the one worth checking before you spend anything.

Fortinet does not sell ZTNA as a separate product. The capability is built into FortiOS and delivered through the FortiClient agent, which means organisations already running FortiGate firewalls frequently have access to it under their existing licensing. For a large number of Indian businesses, that makes it the cheapest option on this list by a wide margin.

What it does well

The same access policy applies whether someone is sitting in your office, at a branch, or working from home. Most cloud-delivered solutions treat remote and on-network access as separate problems with separate rules, and Fortinet does not. That consistency removes an entire category of policy gaps.

Because enforcement happens on your own hardware, data residency stops being a question you have to ask a vendor. You already know where your traffic goes. For regulated organisations under RBI, SEBI or DPDP obligations, that is often the deciding factor.

It also handles operational technology properly, which matters if you are securing plant floors, industrial systems or vendor access to production equipment.

Pricing

No separate ZTNA subscription. FortiClient EMS licensing is needed for agent management, and entitlements vary by FortiOS version, so confirm your specific position rather than assuming.

Worth knowing

There is a timing issue you should be aware of. From FortiOS 7.6.3 onward, Fortinet removed SSL VPN tunnel mode completely, and existing configurations do not carry over when you upgrade. If you are running FortiGate SSL VPN today, you have a migration to plan before you can patch, and moving to ZTNA is one of the sensible ways to handle it.

Cato Networks: when access and networking are the same problem

If you run many locations, ZTNA on its own may be solving half your problem.

Cato converges SD-WAN, network security and zero trust access onto a single cloud platform with its own private backbone. Rather than adding an access layer on top of your existing network, it replaces several things at once: MPLS circuits, branch firewalls, and remote access, all under one management console.

What it does well

Branch sites, remote workers and cloud applications all sit behind the same policy. Adding a location is a configuration task rather than a procurement project. Traffic travels over Cato's private backbone instead of the public internet, which usually improves performance for distributed teams considerably.

For manufacturing, retail chains and any business running plants or branches across states, the economics often work out well because you are consolidating multiple line items rather than adding one.

NetNXT implemented Cato SD-WAN with integrated security and zero trust access across twenty-two locations for Shahi Exports.

Pricing

Quote based, usually structured around sites, bandwidth and users. The useful comparison is against your current combined network and security spend, not against a standalone ZTNA licence.

Worth knowing

If you operate from one or two offices and only need remote application access, Cato is more platform than you need. It earns its place when the networking problem is real.

More on the architecture is on our SASE services page.

Other solutions you will come across

Zscaler Private Access is the most widely deployed ZTNA platform globally and the standard choice for large multinationals. Its inside-out architecture keeps applications off the internet entirely. Pricing is quote based and rises quickly with add-on modules, and it assumes a security team with capacity to run it.

Palo Alto Prisma Access makes most sense if you already run Palo Alto firewalls and Cortex, because the value comes from unified policy across the stack. Generally sits at the higher end of the market.

Netskope One Private Access takes a data-first approach, pairing ZTNA with mature DLP and CASB capability. Strong choice where the concern is what happens to data after access is granted, less compelling if you only need private application access.

Cisco Secure Access integrates with Duo, Umbrella and ISE, and offers a phased migration path from legacy Cisco remote access. Best suited to organisations already committed to Cisco.

Microsoft Entra Private Access extends Conditional Access to private applications and is licensed within the Entra Suite. If you are already standardised on Microsoft 365, check your entitlement before buying anything separately.

Cloudflare Zero Trust publishes its pricing, with a free tier up to 50 users and paid plans from USD 7 per user monthly. Good performance and easy to trial, though it requires routing through a shared cloud data plane.

Seqrite ZTNA is the notable Indian option, priced and supported domestically. Worth evaluating if local support and rupee procurement matter more than ecosystem breadth.

Which one fits your setup?

If two rows describe you, take both options into a short pilot with real applications and real users. Vendor demos all look the same. Your own environment is where the differences show up.

Four things to check before you sign

Where your access logs are stored. A network presence in India is not the same as data being processed in India. Ask for it in writing, particularly if CERT-In's 180 day retention requirement applies to you.

Whether unmanaged devices are handled. Contractors and auditors always arrive after the rollout starts. If your solution cannot give browser access without installing an agent, you will end up keeping the VPN running alongside it.

What your identity setup needs first. ZTNA depends on a working identity provider with MFA enforced. If that is not in place, it becomes part of this project and it is usually the longest part.

The total cost, not the licence cost. Connectors, professional services, log storage and running your VPN in parallel during migration all add up. Our cost calculator gives you a realistic figure to work from.

So which should you choose?

For most Indian organisations, the answer comes down to what you already have.

If your applications are in the cloud and your IT team is small, start with Twingate. It is the fastest to deploy, the easiest to run without a dedicated administrator, and it publishes its pricing so you can budget before talking to anyone.

If you already run FortiGate firewalls, check your Fortinet licensing before you buy anything. Universal ZTNA may already be available to you, and it gives you consistent policy on and off the network with your data staying on your own infrastructure.

If you operate across many sites and MPLS costs are becoming a problem, Cato Networks is worth a serious look, because it solves the networking and access problems together instead of leaving you managing both separately.

The larger enterprise platforms are strong products, but they assume a security team with room to operate them. If that is not your situation, a simpler solution configured properly will protect you better than a sophisticated one configured halfway.

NetNXT implements and manages all three of the solutions above, which means our recommendation depends on your setup rather than on what we happen to sell. If you want help working out which fits, book a zero trust assessment and we will map your applications, users and compliance obligations to a shortlist that makes sense.

FAQs

1) Which ZTNA solution is cheapest?

If you already run FortiGate, Fortinet Universal ZTNA usually costs least because there is no separate licence to buy. For everyone else, Cloudflare and Twingate have the lowest published entry pricing, both with free tiers.

2) Does ZTNA replace my firewall?

No. ZTNA controls who reaches which application. Your firewall still handles traffic inspection, segmentation and threat prevention. The two work together.

3) Can it work without installing software on devices?

Yes, for web-based applications. Most solutions offer browser access, which is how contractors and unmanaged devices are normally handled. Posture checks are lighter without an agent, so many organisations run both.

4) How long does implementation take?

Four to eight weeks is realistic for under 200 users with identity already sorted. Larger estates with legacy applications and multiple sites usually run three to six months. Your application inventory affects the timeline more than the product choice does.

5) Does ZTNA help with DPDP compliance?

It supports it. Least privilege access with per session verification and full audit logging is far easier to evidence than a flat VPN. It does not cover consent, governance or breach response, which the Act also requires.

6) Is ZTNA cheaper than a VPN?

The licence usually costs more. The total often costs less once you account for concentrator hardware, refresh cycles, support tickets and the risk that flat network access creates. Compare over three years rather than per user.