Cybersecurity · ranked shortlist
Best Cybersecurity software for Remote Teams in 2026
20 approved cybersecurity listings, ordered by published rating with the method stated below rather than assumed. Remote teams pay per person and add people unevenly, which makes the billing model the first thing to check here rather than the headline price.
- Tools ranked
- 20
- Entry price range
- $2-$4.99
- Publish a $0 plan
- 1 of 20
How this ranking is derived
The sort key
Published rating, highest first. Ties break on the number of ratings behind the score, then on product name so the order never depends on what the API happened to return first. That is the whole rule, there is no weighting, no score of our own, and nothing paid: no sponsored slot runs on these pages.
Where the ratings come from
No listing in this set carries a rating, so the order falls back to name. Those scores are aggregated from public sources rather than collected here, Softwr hosts no reviews of its own, which is also why no rating on this page is marked up as ours in structured data.
What the pool is
Approved cybersecurity listings, capped at 20 per page; 20 came back for this one. It is not the whole market, and a tool being absent means we hold no record of it rather than that it failed a test. The unranked full set is on the cybersecurity category page.
The ranking
Each entry lists why it sits where it sits, drawn from its own published rating and pricing.
- #1
Beyond Identity
Highest rated herePhishing-resistant passwordless authentication with device trust enforced at every login
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Passwordless, Phishing Resistant Mfa, Device Trust, zero-trust
- #2
BeyondTrust
Privileged access management, endpoint privilege management and secure remote access
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Pam, Privileged Access, Endpoint Privilege, Remote Access
- #3
Camio
AI video search that runs on cameras you already own, starting near five dollars per camera per month
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $4.99 a month, with no free plan.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- Per camera per month
- Published tiers
- 2 tiers
- Tags
- Video Analytics, ai, Video Search, retail
- #4
Dahua Technology
Large Chinese video platform that US federal buyers and federal contractors cannot lawfully use
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Video Surveillance, Vms, access-control, Ip Cameras
- #5
Delinea
Privileged access management from the merged Thycotic and Centrify
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 3 tiers
- Tags
- Pam, Privileged Access, secrets-management, Credential Vault
- #6
DTiQ
Managed video loss prevention with human auditors for restaurants, convenience stores and retail
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Loss Prevention, restaurants, retail, Video Audit
- #7
Eagle Eye Networks
Cloud video surveillance billed per camera per month, where retention length drives the bill more than anything else
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- Per camera per month
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Cloud Vms, Video Surveillance, Multi Site, Physical Security
- #8
Entrust Identity as a Service
Workforce and customer authentication from a certificate authority
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Paid from $2 a month, with no free plan.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- Per user per month
- Published tiers
- 2 tiers
- Tags
- Mfa, sso, Pki, Passwordless
- #9
Envysion
Managed video for restaurants and convenience stores that pairs camera footage with point of sale transaction data
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Loss Prevention, Video Surveillance, restaurants, retail
- #10
Featurespace ARIC Risk Hub
Adaptive behavioural analytics for payment fraud and financial crime
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- fraud-detection, payments, machine-learning, Aml
- #11
Feedzai
Real-time transaction fraud and financial crime detection for banks and payment processors
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- fraud-detection, Aml, payments, machine-learning
- #12
Fenergo
Client lifecycle management and KYC onboarding for regulated financial institutions
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Kyc, Aml, Client Lifecycle, Regtech
- #13
Genetec Security Center
Unified video, access control and licence plate platform sold in perpetual channel licences plus an annual maintenance contract
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- video-management, access-control, Alpr, Physical Security
- #14
Google Authenticator
Free TOTP two-factor authentication app that gained optional cloud sync in 2023
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Free, no paid tier is published at all.
- Billing
- Free, no in-app purchases
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Two Factor Authentication, Totp, security, google
- #15
Hanwha Vision
Korean camera maker whose Wisenet WAVE VMS licences are perpetual per channel with no annual renewal
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- One-time purchase
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Video Surveillance, Ndaa Compliant, Vms, Ip Cameras
- #16
HID Global
Physical access control, credential issuance and workforce authentication hardware and software
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Physical Access Control, Credentials, authentication, Badging
- #17
iDenfy
Identity verification and AML screening bundled into a single per-verification price
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- Per verification
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Identity Verification, Kyc, Aml, Liveness
- #18
IDnow
Identity verification and qualified electronic signature for regulated European markets
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Identity Verification, Kyc, Eidas, Electronic Signature
- #19
Jumio
Document-based identity verification for regulated onboarding
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Identity Verification, Kyc, Liveness Detection, Aml
- #20
March Networks
Banking and retail video with transaction overlay, sold by a Canadian firm that changed from Chinese to Taiwanese ownership
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Its top tier is unpriced and sold by quote.
- Billing
- quote
- Published tiers
- 1 tier
- Tags
- Video Surveillance, Banking, retail, Loss Prevention
What cybersecurity software costs
Counted from the published pricing of the 20 listings on this page. A tool counts as free only where it publishes a $0 plan, an open-source licence or a starting price of zero.
- Paid entry price
- $2Entrust Identity as a Service
- Publish a $0 plan
- 1of 20
Paid cybersecurity plans in this set start anywhere from $2 a month for Entrust Identity as a Service to $4.99 for Camio. The median entry price across the 2 tools that publish one is $3.50, half of them start below that figure and half above it.
1 of 20 publish a $0 plan, and 1 of those charge nothing at all. 2 tools have no free tier of any kind.
19 of 20 keep at least one tier unpriced and sold by quote, which in practice means the number you end up paying at the top end is not on this page or on theirs.
Entrust Identity as a Service pricingCamio pricingCamio plans
How these vendors bill
The billing model each of the 20 cybersecurity listings publishes, counted. Two tools at the same headline price are not the same purchase if one of them charges per seat.
- quote
- 14
- Per camera per month
- 2
- Free, no in-app purchases
- 1
- One-time purchase
- 1
- Per user per month
- 1
- Per verification
- 1
Separately, 19 of 20 publish at least one tier with no price attached. Those are sold by quote, so the top of the ladder is negotiable, and unknowable, until you talk to sales.
What “Cybersecurity” covers in practice
The subject tags that recur across these 20 listings, with the number of tools carrying each. A category label is a filing decision; this is the closer read of what is actually filed under it.
- Aml5
- retail5
- Video Surveillance5
- Kyc4
- Vms4
- Identity Verification3
- Loss Prevention3
- Physical Security3
- access-control2
- authentication2
- fraud-detection2
- Ip Cameras2
Carried by a single tool: ai, Client Lifecycle, Device Trust, government, Mfa, Phishing Resistant Mfa, secrets-management, Video Analytics. If one of those is the reason you are here, the category page is the wrong lens, go straight to that product.
How to choose between them
Four things the numbers above should change about your shortlist.
Start with the free tiers if there are enough of them
1 of 20 cybersecurity tools here publish a $0 plan, which is enough to run a real trial without a purchase order. A free tier is worth more than a free trial when you are evaluating: a trial expires on the vendor's schedule, a free plan expires when you outgrow it. The thing to check before you commit is which of the capabilities below sit above the free line, starting with cloud or on premises deployment, the single most frequently named capability in this category's published tiers.
Read the spread before you read the features
$2 to $4.99 is a $2.99 spread on entry price alone, and a spread that wide is never about polish, it is about who the vendor built for. Tools at the bottom of this ladder are priced for one person or a small team; tools near $4.99 are priced for a department with a procurement process. Decide which of those you are before you compare capability, or you will shortlist four tools that were never competing for the same buyer.
Check which tier you actually land on
1 of 20 tools here publish three or more tiers, and the median vendor in this category ships 1 of them. The advertised price is the first rung, and the things teams tend to need, cloud or on premises deployment, no published rate card, are named in higher plans far more often than in entry ones. Price your shortlist at the tier that contains what you need, not at the tier on the pricing page's left edge.
The billing model matters more than the headline number
This category splits across 6 billing models: quote on 14 listings, Per camera per month on 2, and 4 other arrangements across the rest. A per-user price and a flat subscription at the same headline figure are not the same purchase, the first one grows with headcount and the second does not. Multiply by your real team size before you compare two numbers side by side.
Compare cybersecurity tools directly
Every pairing below is a full comparison: the same checklist applied to both, so a gap in one is a gap in the other.
- Beyond Identity vs BeyondTrust
- BeyondTrust vs Camio
- Camio vs Dahua Technology
- Dahua Technology vs Delinea
- Delinea vs DTiQ
- DTiQ vs Eagle Eye Networks
- Eagle Eye Networks vs Entrust Identity as a Service
- Entrust Identity as a Service vs Envysion
Go straight to the numbers
- Beyond Identitypricingalternatives
- BeyondTrustpricingalternatives
- Camiopricingalternatives
- Dahua Technologypricingalternatives
- Delineapricingalternatives
- DTiQpricingalternatives
Questions people ask about cybersecurity software
Answered from the listings on this page, and nowhere else.
- How is this cybersecurity ranking decided?
- Mechanically. The 20 approved cybersecurity listings on this page are sorted by their published rating, highest first, with the number of ratings behind each score as the tie-break and the product name as a final tie-break so the order is stable. Those ratings are aggregated from public sources, not collected from Softwr readers, this site hosts no reviews, so the order is a summary of what is already published elsewhere, not a verdict of our own. Nothing on this page is paid placement.
- Is this list re-ordered for remote teams?
- No, and it would be dishonest to imply otherwise. The catalogue records no data about which team sizes or roles each tool suits, so the ranking is the same published-rating order as the unsegmented list. What the remote teams framing changes is which of the figures below matter most. Remote teams pay per person and add people unevenly, which makes the billing model the first thing to check here rather than the headline price.
- How much does cybersecurity software cost?
- Across the 20 cybersecurity tools listed here, paid plans start between $2 and $4.99 a month, with a median entry price of $3.50. The most expensive single tier published in the category is $4.99 a month (Camio). 1 of 20 also publish a $0 plan.
- What is the cheapest cybersecurity software?
- 1 of the 20 tools listed here cost nothing at all. Among the ones that charge, Entrust Identity as a Service has the lowest published entry price at $2 a month. Cheapest and best value are different questions: check which tier the capability you need actually appears in before you compare starting prices.
- Is there free cybersecurity software?
- Yes, 1 of 20 tools in this category publish a plan priced at $0. 1 of them are free outright, with no paid tier above. A tool is only counted as free here when it publishes a $0 plan, an open-source licence, or a starting price of zero, a free trial does not count.
- How is cybersecurity software usually billed?
- quote (14), Per camera per month (2), Free, no in-app purchases (1), One-time purchase (1), plus 2 less common arrangements, counted across the 20 listings on this page. The distinction that costs money is per-seat versus flat: a per-user plan at the same headline price scales with your headcount and a flat subscription does not. 19 of 20 tools also keep at least one tier unpriced and sold by quote.
- What does cybersecurity software actually cover?
- The 20 tools on this page do not describe themselves the same way. The subject tags they carry most often are aml (5), retail (5), video surveillance (5), kyc (4), vms (4). That spread is the honest answer to what the category means in practice: it is not one product shape, and two tools filed under cybersecurity may overlap on very little.
- How many pricing tiers do cybersecurity tools offer?
- 20 of 20 tools here publish a plan breakdown, and the median one has 1 tiers. 1 of 20 publish three or more. More tiers is not generosity, it usually means the capability you are buying for sits two rungs above the advertised price, so price your shortlist at the tier that contains it.
- How many cybersecurity tools are listed on Softwr?
- 20 approved cybersecurity listings appear on this page, including Beyond Identity, BeyondTrust, Camio, Dahua Technology. Each links to a full breakdown with its pricing tiers and plan detail, and the category can be filtered by price and sorted by rating above. You can also read the shortlist view at /best/cybersecurity, which ranks the same set by published rating.
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Neighbouring categories
Adjacent in the same taxonomy, not a ranking.