A Claroty alternative that is 17x cheaper and up in a day.
Claroty shows you every asset and every risk on the plant network. Access Gate controls who can reach each machine and records every session. It installs in a day and costs $5,745 a year per small site. Claroty's plans start at $100,000 a year.
Seeing a risk does not block it.
A visibility platform gives you the asset list, the vulnerabilities and the alerts. Acting on them is a second project: firewall rules, network changes and a maintenance window, run by the network team. Many sites never finish it, and vendors keep connecting to the machines the way they always did.
Installed in a day, priced per site
One appliance per site plugs into your existing switch. Each person logs in with MFA, reaches only allowed machines and is recorded. $5,745 a year per small site and $11,240 per main site, hardware, software and support included.
Claroty is built for threat detection.
Claroty sells xDome as an annual plan: $100,000 a year for Essential, up to $1,200,000 for Advanced, the only plan on its AWS Marketplace listing that includes Secure Access. It runs sensors on the network and a platform to manage them, and it relies on your firewalls to block traffic. It is a strong choice for deep threat detection across a large estate.
| Feature | Access Gate | Claroty xDome |
|---|---|---|
| Price per year | $5,745 per small site, $11,240 per main site, hardware, software and support included | $100,000 (Essential) to $1,200,000 (Advanced), per the AWS Marketplace listing |
| Time to the first protected machine | Up in a day. 4 hours per site at Thales | Sensors, platform setup, then firewall integration, per Claroty's deployment pages |
| What you install | One appliance per site, plugged into your existing switch | Sensors on each network segment, plus xDome (cloud) or CTD (on site) |
| Asset list | The machines it sees, and every session to them | Deep discovery, vulnerabilities and threat detection: its core strength |
| Who can reach each machine | Enforced by the appliance: login, MFA, only the allowed machines | Policy recommendations; your firewall or NAC does the blocking. Secure Access covers remote users |
| Session recording | Every session, remote and on site, stored on site | Remote sessions, with xDome Secure Access |
| Cloud required | None. Works with no internet connection | xDome runs as SaaS; CTD is the on-site option |
Claroty figures come from Claroty's public pages and its AWS Marketplace listing, checked on 2026-09-28: Claroty xDome on AWS Marketplace · Claroty xDome · Claroty xDome Secure Access · Thales deployment
Faster: up in a day
Thales deployed Access Gate in 4 hours per site, from installation to the first controlled session. There are no sensors to place, no platform to set up and no firewall change to schedule.
17x cheaper for one site.
One site costs $5,745 a year, hardware, software and support included. Claroty's entry plan costs $100,000 a year. You can see the full price before you talk to anyone.
Keep Claroty if you have it
If Claroty already gives you the asset map and the alerts, Access Gate controls access to the machines it found. It sends its logs to your SIEM and does not need Claroty to work.
Why OT teams look for a Claroty alternative
Most teams that search for a Claroty alternative already know what visibility gives them: the asset list, the vulnerability scores, the alerts. Their question is different. How do we stop the wrong person from reaching a machine, this quarter, on the budget we have?
Two things usually stand in the way. The first is cost: Claroty's plans on AWS Marketplace start at $100,000 a year, before anything changes about who can connect to a PLC. The second is time: turning alerts into blocking means firewall rules and network changes, which wait for the network team and a maintenance window.
Access Gate answers both. One site costs $5,745 a year, and it runs the same day. The machines keep their addresses and their cabling, and production does not stop.
How much does Claroty cost compared with Access Gate?
Claroty lists four annual plans on AWS Marketplace. Access Gate is priced per appliance per year. The table compares them for two estates.
| Your sites | Access Gate per year | vs Claroty Essential ($100,000) | vs Claroty Advanced ($1,200,000, with Secure Access) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 main site and 3 small sites | $28,475 | 3.5x less | 42x less |
| 2 main sites and 6 small sites | $56,950 | 1.8x less | 21x less |
Claroty's listing does not say how many sites or assets each plan covers, and its prices include technical services. Access Gate prices are list prices per year, without shipping or tax; your certified partner sets the final price. All figures in US dollars.
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ManufacturingWhat happens on the day Access Gate is installed
A technician racks the appliance and connects it to a switch that is already on the plant network. At Thales, each deployment took 4 hours from installation to enforcement.
From then on, a maintenance contractor who needs a PLC logs in with MFA, sees only the machines they were granted, and every session is recorded on site. The access ends after the time you set. Your team can see who connected, to which machine, and for how long.
If you already run Claroty, nothing changes on that side. It keeps mapping the network and raising alerts, and Access Gate controls access to the machines it finds.
What are the alternatives to Claroty?
Most Claroty alternatives do the same job as Claroty, visibility and threat detection: Nozomi Networks, Dragos and Forescout. OPSWAT MetaDefender OT Access handles remote access. Access Gate controls who reaches each machine, installs in a day and publishes its price.
Access Gate vs Claroty xDome FAQ
less per year for one site than Claroty's entry plan: $5,745 against $100,000.
Claroty lists xDome on AWS Marketplace as four annual plans: Essential at $100,000, Essential Plus at $275,000, Enterprise at $350,000 and Advanced at $1,200,000. Advanced is the only one that includes Secure Access. The listing does not say how many sites or assets each plan covers. Access Gate costs $5,745 a year per small site and $11,240 per main site, hardware, software and support included.
For visibility and threat detection: Nozomi Networks, Dragos and Forescout. For remote access alone: OPSWAT MetaDefender OT Access. For controlling who reaches each machine, with a public price and a one-day install: Trout Access Gate. Many sites keep a visibility tool and add Access Gate.
A day per site. Thales runs Access Gate in several environments, and each deployment took 4 hours from installation to enforcement. A technician plugs the appliance into the existing switch. There is no sensor placement and no network redesign.
It lists the machines it sees and every session to them. Claroty goes further on vulnerability data and threat detection across a large estate. If you need that depth, keep Claroty and add Access Gate to control access.
Yes. Keep Claroty for the asset map and the alerts, and put Access Gate in front of the machines to control who reaches them. Access Gate sends its logs to your SIEM and does not need Claroty to work.
They do three different jobs. MetaDefender OT Access is documented as a remote-access broker: identity, session control and recording for users who reach OT assets. Claroty xDome is documented as visibility, exposure and threat detection, with a Secure Access module. Access Gate covers remote and on-site sessions on one appliance, controls which machines each person reaches, and needs no cloud.
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