COMPARISON · INDIAN ZTNA ALTERNATIVE
Tunnex vs Seqrite
Seqrite is the enterprise arm of Quick Heal — one of India's best-known security companies. Its ZTNA is a SaaS platform granting least-privilege, application-level access as part of a broader security portfolio (EPP, XDR, SASE). Tunnex is a different shape: an open-core Zero Trust VPN you self-host, enforcing default-deny network policy at gateways you own. Here is the honest comparison.
THE SHORT VERSION
Security-suite ZTNA vs. a self-hosted Zero Trust VPN.
CHOOSE SEQRITE IF
You are standardizing on the Seqrite stack
If endpoint protection, XDR, and access already come from one console, adding its ZTNA keeps procurement and operations unified.
You want managed SaaS with Indian support
No infrastructure to run, an established Indian vendor, and enterprise support channels your IT team already knows.
Application-level access is the whole requirement
Publishing internal web apps and SaaS to authenticated users covers many remote-work needs without full network tunnels.
CHOOSE TUNNEX IF
You need real private networking
WireGuard tunnels at the network layer: thick clients, site-to-site routing between offices and VPCs, hub failover, split-horizon DNS.
The control plane and logs must be yours
Self-hosted end to end on your VPS or Kubernetes cluster — useful for DPDP-aligned residency postures where traffic and logs never sit on a vendor platform.
Default-deny down to the port
Policies scoped by subject, destination, port, and protocol, enforced at the gateway kernel — not just app-level grants.
AI agents need governed access
Owned non-human principals, MCP server scoping by host and port, expiring grants, attributed audit — not part of suite ZTNA today.
SIDE BY SIDE
The details that decide it.
CAPABILITY
Tunnex
SELF-HOSTED · OPEN CORE
Seqrite
Deployment model
Fully self-hosted on your infrastructure; offline licence verification
SaaS platform operated by the vendor
Access layer
Network-layer WireGuard tunnels under default-deny policies scoped by port and protocol
Application-level least-privilege access for users and devices
Site-to-site networking
First-class sites, route propagation, multi-hub failover, cross-cloud DNS
Not the product’s focus
Identity & directory sync
OIDC SSO (Google, Entra ID); IdP groups sync directly into policy subjects
Contextual authentication within the Seqrite ecosystem
Device posture
Admin approval gate plus OS and disk-encryption checks (Enterprise)
Device visibility through the broader platform
AI agents & MCP governance
Owned agent principals, port-scoped MCP destinations, time-boxed grants, attributed audit
Not offered
Audit trail
Per-rule flow logs plus audit log with system actors and stated causes
User-activity visibility in the management console
Breadth vs depth
Focused: private networking and access governance done deeply
Broad portfolio: EPP, XDR, SASE, MDM alongside ZTNA
Licence & pricing model
Open core (Apache-2.0) free unlimited devices; paid Enterprise tier
Commercial subscription within the Seqrite portfolio
STATED PLAINLY
Where Seqrite is the better choice today.
- One throat to choke: endpoint security, threat intelligence, and access from a single Indian vendor with enterprise support. Consolidation has real operational value.
- Managed operation: no control plane, gateways, or upgrades on your side — the SaaS model removes an entire class of work.
- Brand assurance at scale: Quick Heal’s decades of presence in Indian enterprises and consumer security carries weight in risk reviews.
QUESTIONS
Seqrite → Tunnex, answered.
Is there an open-source alternative to Seqrite ZTNA?+
Yes — Tunnex is an Apache-2.0 open-core Zero Trust VPN that replaces the VPN-replacement job of suite ZTNA with something you self-host and can fully inspect. What it does not offer is the surrounding EPP/XDR portfolio; if endpoint and access must come from one vendor, Seqrite’s bundle is coherent.
How is a Zero Trust VPN different from Seqrite’s application-level ZTNA?+
Suite ZTNA typically brokers per-application sessions through vendor infrastructure. Tunnex establishes WireGuard tunnels through gateways you run and enforces default-deny policies scoped by subject, destination, port, and protocol at the gateway kernel — covering thick clients, site-to-site links, and full subnets, not only published apps.
Which option fits DPDP data-residency requirements better?+
Both keep data in India-capable environments, but differently: Seqrite operates the SaaS from its platforms, while Tunnex lets you run the entire control plane and log store on infrastructure you choose. If your compliance posture requires operating the storage yourself, self-hosting is the stronger answer.
Does either govern AI agents accessing internal systems?+
Only Tunnex today: AI agents get owned non-human principals with non-operator roles, port-scoped access to MCP servers, automatically expiring grants, and per-agent attribution in the audit log.
Can Tunnex coexist with an existing Seqrite deployment?+
Yes. Tunnex handles private networking and access governance while Seqrite continues covering endpoints and threats. They operate at different layers and integrate through your existing identity provider.
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