Quantum Networks India: ZTNA and cloud Wi-Fi from Rs 290/user

Indicative 2026 India pricing through Sirius Star: Quantum Networks ZTNA runs around Rs 290 per user per month for per-application zero-trust remote access. The Quantum Cloud Wi-Fi access point subscription runs around Rs 180 per access point per month. A Q-810 Wi-Fi 6 indoor access point costs around Rs 14,000 per unit as a one-time hardware fee. The Sirius Star managed Quantum Networks operations service starts around Rs 24,500 per tenant per month. Most Indian businesses buy ZTNA first to retire the VPN concentrator, then add cloud Wi-Fi at the next access-point refresh. We never quote before running the free readiness review.

Quantum Networks is the Indian-built cloud-managed platform for ZTNA, cloud Wi-Fi 6, cloud-managed switches and cloud-managed firewalls, run from one controller with the data plane resident in Mumbai. Cato Networks SASE is the broader single-vendor platform that converges SD-WAN with the full security stack on a global private backbone, built for mid-market and enterprise Indian buyers. Cisco Meraki is the premium Cisco cloud-networking brand for Cisco-incumbent estates. Fortinet FortiGate plus FortiAP is the firewall-vendor convergence story for Fortinet-incumbent estates. Quantum wins for Indian SMBs that want an Indian-built, India-resident platform on a smaller footprint without the global-platform price band.

Most Indian businesses still run a VPN concentrator, such as Cisco AnyConnect, FortiGate SSL VPN, SonicWall, or Palo Alto GlobalProtect, that gives every remote worker a full network tunnel into the corporate LAN. That over-grants reachability. A sales rep signing in for one CRM app gets network-layer reach to the HR database, the finance system and every internal admin panel too. Quantum ZTNA replaces the tunnel with per-application access through Microsoft Entra ID SAML SSO and Microsoft Intune device compliance. Every access decision gets logged for the SOC. At around Rs 290 per user per month, it sits well below the broader SASE price band.

Yes. Quantum Networks is an Indian-built platform with the cloud controller and the data plane resident inside India on Mumbai-region infrastructure. The ZTNA policy state, the Wi-Fi controller state, the switch and firewall configuration, the audit-log archive and the identity-binding metadata all sit on Mumbai infrastructure by default, so there is no cross-border data path on the management plane. Quantum maintains an India MSA and DPDP-aligned data handling terms. For hard-residency estates, pair Quantum Networks with Secure Data Guard at Rs 749 per device per month for the endpoint data-loss-prevention layer.

Quantum Cloud Wi-Fi is the Indian-built cloud-managed Wi-Fi 6 platform, priced around Rs 180 per access point per month plus around Rs 14,000 per indoor access point in hardware. Cisco Meraki sits at the premium global-brand band with the strongest dashboard and the highest list price. Aruba HPE Central sits at a similar premium band with a deeper Wi-Fi 6E and 7 feature set. Ubiquiti UniFi sits below Quantum on price but uses a self-managed controller that adds operational work for a cross-branch IT team. Quantum sits in the value-to-mid-market band with cloud-managed multi-site policy, a captive portal, RADIUS integration and the India-resident control plane Indian businesses prefer for DPDP.

Quantum Networks supports SAML 2.0 federation with Microsoft Entra ID for ZTNA agent sign-in and cloud controller admin sign-in, so every access decision flows through corporate identity. SCIM auto-provisioning maps Entra ID security groups to Quantum ZTNA policies, so a leaver loses access the moment they leave the Entra ID group. Conditional access policies in Entra ID gate the Quantum ZTNA agent to compliant managed devices through Microsoft Intune. Audit logs stream into Microsoft Sentinel for cross-source SOC correlation. Estates that also want an optimised Microsoft 365 traffic path pair Quantum with Cato Networks SASE.

The Q-810 indoor access point covers small-to-medium branches under 50 users on a single-AP-per-floor design. The Q-820 covers medium-to-large branches at 50 to 150 users on a multi-AP design. The Q-830 covers high-density spaces such as conference rooms, training centres and open-plan floors above 150 users. The Q-870 outdoor unit covers warehouse yards, manufacturing-plant grounds, hotel grounds and campus outdoor coverage. Typical Indian sizing: a 30-user retail outlet runs 2 to 3 Q-810s, a 75-user regional office runs 4 to 6 Q-820s, a 200-user manufacturing office runs 8 to 12 Q-820s plus 2 to 4 Q-870 outdoor units, and a 500-user hub office runs 20-plus Q-820s plus a handful of Q-830s in conference rooms.

A ZTNA-only rollout, keeping the existing Wi-Fi and switches in place, goes live in 2 to 4 weeks: cloud controller configured, SAML SSO wired to Microsoft Entra ID, SCIM provisioning live, the ZTNA agent pushed to the first 100 remote workers through Microsoft Intune, and the first 20 applications published. Adding Quantum Cloud Wi-Fi to a 5-branch, 20-access-point estate adds 4 to 6 weeks for procurement, PoE readiness checks, per-branch surveys and the wave-by-wave cutover. Adding cloud-managed switches adds 4 to 8 weeks per wave. A managed operations engagement starts within 2 weeks of the readiness report.

Quantum Networks is the cheapest correct answer for Indian SMB and mid-market estates with 25 to 1,500 users, 1 to 25 branches, a remote-worker cohort that needs ZTNA, and a Wi-Fi requirement in the value-to-mid-market band, with a preference for an India-resident control plane. Cato Networks SASE is the right answer above that footprint, for businesses with 5-plus branches, 100-plus users, an MPLS renewal coming up, or multi-cloud workloads on AWS or Azure that want the whole network-and-security estate on one converged platform. Large Indian estates sometimes run Quantum for the SMB-style branches and Cato for the headquarters, both federating identity through the same Entra ID tenant.