SASE platforms
Asked as “SASE platform”, and as “secure access service edge solution”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 49 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
35%
Contested · Cloudflare One 33%
35Cato Networks33Cloudflare One10Cato SASE Cloud22others
35% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Cato Networks (35%) replaces Cato SASE Cloud (28% then, 7% now), 28 points clear, past the 11-point floor.Cato Networks leads at 35%, replacing Cato SASE Cloud, which led at 28% and stands at 7% now: 28 points clear, past the floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Cloudflare One69%Clear leader▲+14Since September 2026: 54% → 68%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-market
Cato Networks35%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Cato Networks (35%) replaces Cato SASE Cloud (28% then, 7% now), 28 points clear, past the 11-point floor.This pageEnterprise
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE26%Contested▼−5Since September 2026: 31% → 26%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →
Cloudflare One69%Clear leader▲+14Since September 2026: 54% → 68%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketCato Networks35%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Cato Networks (35%) replaces Cato SASE Cloud (28% then, 7% now), 28 points clear, past the 11-point floor.This pageEnterprisePalo Alto Networks Prisma SASE26%Contested▼−5Since September 2026: 31% → 26%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Cato Networks35%15%40endorsed leader▲+9Since September 2026: 26% → 35%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.26% → 35%
Cato Networks35%15%40endorsed leader▲+9Since September 2026: 26% → 35%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.26% → 35%02Cloudflare One33%13%62endorsed leader▲+9Since September 2026: 23% → 33%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.23% → 33%
Cloudflare One33%13%62endorsed leader▲+9Since September 2026: 23% → 33%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.23% → 33%03
Cato SASE Cloud10%17%18accepted challenger▼−21Since September 2026: 28% → 7%, −21 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.28% → 7%
Cato SASE Cloud10%17%18accepted challenger▼−21Since September 2026: 28% → 7%, −21 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.28% → 7%04
Fortinet FortiSASE6%10%58accepted challenger▲+7Since September 2026: 0% → 7%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 7%
Fortinet FortiSASE6%10%58accepted challenger▲+7Since September 2026: 0% → 7%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 7%05
Netskope One6%19%42accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 7%
Netskope One6%19%42accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 7%06
Check Point Harmony SASE2%39%18criticized challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 5% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 2%
Check Point Harmony SASE2%39%18criticized challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 5% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 2%07
Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange2%43%53criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange2%43%53criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Cisco Secure Access0%29%14criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Cisco Secure Access0%29%14criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%08Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE0%27%44criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE0%27%44criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%10
Cisco0%20%15accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Cisco0%20%15accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%09
Versa SASE0%8%12accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Versa SASE0%8%12accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Cato Networks vs Netskope OneCato Networks vs Check Point Harmony SASECato Networks vs Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCloudflare One vs Cato SASE CloudCloudflare One vs Fortinet FortiSASECloudflare One vs Netskope OneCloudflare One vs Check Point Harmony SASECloudflare One vs Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCato SASE Cloud vs Fortinet FortiSASECato SASE Cloud vs Netskope OneCato SASE Cloud vs Check Point Harmony SASECato SASE Cloud vs Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeFortinet FortiSASE vs Netskope OneFortinet FortiSASE vs Check Point Harmony SASEFortinet FortiSASE vs Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeNetskope One vs Check Point Harmony SASENetskope One vs Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCheck Point Harmony SASE vs Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
0102030405060708091011Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Cato Networks35%
Cato Networks35%02Cloudflare One33%
Cloudflare One33%03Cato SASE Cloud10%
Cato SASE Cloud10%04Fortinet FortiSASE6%
Fortinet FortiSASE6%05Netskope One6%
Netskope One6%06Check Point Harmony SASE2%
Check Point Harmony SASE2%07Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange2%
Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange2%08Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE0%
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE0%09Versa SASE0%
Versa SASE0%10Cisco0%
Cisco0%11Cisco Secure Access0%
Cisco Secure Access0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange43%
23 of 53 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“**Frequent Outages**: Over 2,855 tracked incidents over six years on Downdetector” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Cloudflare One13%
8 of 62 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“lacks mature security features ... **Avoid if**: You need comprehensive security features alongside connectivity” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Netskope One19%
8 of 42 labels negative · 7 of 14 models
“enterprises should not assume it automatically matches the routing depth, local services, appliance variety, or failure behavior of competitors” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Cato Networks15%
6 of 40 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“Platform to Approach with Caution: Cato Networks. ... peer reviews consistently highlight a lack of granularity” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
77 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1021 links across 205 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 26 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Guideflow48 answers · 48 citations · 11 models
25 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G223 answers · 50 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Fortinet23 answers · 48 citations · 10 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Cato Networks20 answers · 26 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Cyberhaven19 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
vendor site · CloudSEK18 answers · 18 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Check Point17 answers · 18 citations · 7 models
17 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Netskope17 answers · 17 citations · 10 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
48 answers · 11 models
25 answers · 10 models
21 answers · 12 models
19 answers · 8 models
18 answers · 10 models
18 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best sase platform”, “sase platform”, “sase platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cato catonetworks.com Cato Networks 35%, Cato SASE Cloud 10% | 45% | 122 | 5,400 | 120 | 20,161 company | 10 | 4 | |
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare One 33% | 33% | 372 | 550,000 | 10,897 | ||||
| Fortinet parent site Fortinet FortiSASE 6%, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN 0% | 6% | 174 | 49,500 | 2,339 | ||||
| Netskope netskope.com Netskope One 6% | 6% | 112 | 18,100 | 830 | 42,119 company | 27 | 8 | |
| Cisco parent site Cisco Secure Connect 2%, Cisco Secure Access 0%, Cisco Meraki 0% | 2% | 86 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| Check Point parent site Check Point Harmony SASE 2% | 2% | 139 | 14,800 | 4,487 | ||||
| Zscaler zscaler.com Zscaler Private Access 2% | 2% | 195 | 60,500 | 3,104 | 103,886 company | $9,116 | 66 | 5 |
| Zscaler parent site Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange 2% | 2% | 154 | 60,500 | 3,104 | ||||
| Cato Networks' Cato SASE Cloud | 2% | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks parent site Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE 0%, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access 0% | 0% | 115 | 40,500 | 1,088 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 19 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (catonetworks.com, fortinet.com, g2.com, netskope.com). The first result for “best sase platform” is reddit.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best SASE platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which secure access service edge solution would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top SASE platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best SASE platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a SASE platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which SASE platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Cato Networksno first choiceChangedno first choiceCloudflare Oneno first choiceagainst: Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Umbrella, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Prisma Cloud
Three alternatives
Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASEThree alternatives
Check Point Harmony SASE, Fortinet FortiSASE, OpenVPN CloudConnexaGPT-5.4 miniCato SASE CloudNetskope OneChangedno first choiceCloudflare Oneagainst: Cato SASE Cloud, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchangeno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeFour alternatives
Cisco Secure Access, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeGemini 3.5 FlashCato Networksagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCato NetworksHeldagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangePalo Alto Networks Prisma SASECheck Point Harmony SASEagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCato Networksagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchangeagainst: Cisco, Netskope One, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Three alternatives
Cisco Secure Connect, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASEThree alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope OneFive alternatives
Cato Networks, Cisco, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeFour alternatives
Cato Networks, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, TwingateThree alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope OnePerplexity SonarCato Networksagainst: Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeNetskope OneChangedno first choiceCloudflare Oneagainst: Check Point Harmony SASEno first choiceagainst: Cisco, Cloudflare One, HPE Aruba, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Two alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASEThree alternatives
Cisco Secure Access, Hughes Managed SASE, Verizon Secure Services EdgeOne alternative
Cato NetworksGrok 4.1 FastCato Networksagainst: Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCato Networks' Cato SASE CloudChangedagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASEPalo Alto Networks Prisma SASECloudflare Oneagainst: Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Umbrella, Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCato Networks, Cloudflare Oneagainst: Cato Networks, Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare One, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Two alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASEThree alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeThree alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Netskope One, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeTwo alternatives
Fortinet FortiSASE, TodylThree alternatives
Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeMistral SmallCato Networksagainst: Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCisco Secure Connect, Zscaler Private AccessChangedZscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCloudflare Oneno first choiceagainst: Forcepoint ONE, Versa SASE
One alternative
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASETwo alternatives
Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare OneSix alternatives
Cato Networks, Check Point Harmony SASE, Cisco, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, VMware SASEOne alternative
Cato SASE CloudDeepSeek V4 FlashCato Networksagainst: Cisco Secure Connect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCato SASE CloudChangedagainst: Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchangeno first choiceagainst: Check Point Harmony SASE, Cisco Secure Access, Cloudflare One, VMware SASECloudflare Oneagainst: Check Point Harmony SASECato Networksagainst: Zscaler Zero Trust Exchangeagainst: Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare One, HPE Aruba, SonicWall, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Two alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASETwo alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASEFive alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope Intelligent SSE / SASE, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeTwo alternatives
Cato Networks, Fortinet FortiSASEFour alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASELlama 4 MaverickCato SASE CloudNetskope OneChangedno first choiceCloudflare Oneno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
COSGrid Z3 SASE, Fortinet FortiSASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Access, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeOne alternative
Cato SASE CloudQwen 3.7 FlashCato Networksagainst: Cisco Secure Access, Fortinet FortiSASE, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler ZIAFortinet FortiSASEChangedCato NetworksCloudflare Oneagainst: Zscaler Internet Accessno first choiceagainst: Cato Networks, Cisco Secure Access, Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
One alternative
Cloudflare OneFour alternatives
Cisco Meraki, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeSix alternatives
Cisco, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Versa SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeTwo alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Fortinet FortiSASEKimi K2Cato Networksagainst: Netskope One, Prisma Cloud, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCato NetworksHeldagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASEno first choiceCloudflare OneCato Networks, Cloudflare Oneagainst: Cato Networks, Cisco, Forcepoint ONE, McAfee, Netskope One, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Two alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASETwo alternatives
Cloudflare One, Netskope OneTwo alternatives
Cato Networks, Fortinet FortiSASETwo alternatives
Fortinet FortiSASE, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASEGLM 4.7 FlashXFortinet FortiSASEFortinet FortiSASEHeldno first choiceCloudflare Oneagainst: Fortinet FortiSASEno first choiceagainst: Cato Networks, Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Two alternatives
Cato Networks, Cloudflare OneTwo alternatives
Cloudflare One, Netskope OneTwo alternatives
Check Point Harmony SASE, NordLayerMiniMax M2.5Cato NetworksCloudflare OneChangedno first choiceCloudflare One, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchangeno first choiceagainst: Cato Networks, Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Todyl
Two alternatives
Cloudflare One, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeOne alternative
Versa SASETwo alternatives
Cato Networks, Fortinet FortiSASEGPT-6 LunaCato NetworksCato SASE CloudChangedNetskope OneCloudflare Oneno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Access, Cloudflare One, Skyhigh, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Three alternatives
Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeThree alternatives
Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASEFour alternatives
Cato Networks, Fortinet FortiSASE, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeOne alternative
Fortinet FortiSASEMuse Glimmer 30BCato NetworksCato SASE CloudChangedagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeNetskope One, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCloudflare Oneno first choiceagainst: Cato Networks, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Three alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope OneThree alternatives
Cisco Secure Access, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASEFive alternatives
Cato Networks, Cisco Secure Access, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASETwo alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Fortinet FortiSASEBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 07:27 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:06 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:18 | yes | 26 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:23 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:49 | yes | 23 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:56 | yes | 24 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:45 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:55 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:32 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:24 | yes | 9 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:40 | yes | 25 | 77 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:28 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:14 | yes | 4 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:20 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:23 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:50 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:33 | yes | 17 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:48 | yes | 15 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:53 | yes | 25 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:10 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:52 | yes | 24 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 07:56 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:22 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:42 | yes | 18 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:47 | yes | 8 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:31 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:52 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:07 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 13:03 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:13 | yes | 8 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:55 | yes | 19 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:16 | yes | 17 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:53 | yes | 22 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:06 | yes | 8 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:17 | yes | 24 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 07:27 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:49 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:35 | yes | 15 | 34 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:40 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:57 | yes | 8 | 17 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:20 | yes | 8 | 44 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 07:49 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:00 | yes | 9 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:40 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:23 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:44 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:19 | yes | 21 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:50 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:16 | yes | 24 | 38 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:18 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:36 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:40 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:52 | yes | 11 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 07:27 | yes | 7 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:51 | yes | 2 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:57 | yes | 13 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:36 | yes | 18 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:55 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:46 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:39 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:23 | yes | 19 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:07 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:58 | yes | 13 | 49 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:33 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:59 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:08 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:43 | yes | 22 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:12 | yes | 8 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:28 | yes | 3 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 12:17 | yes | 13 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:39 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:41 | yes | 0 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:53 | yes | 17 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:53 | yes | 19 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:17 | yes | 24 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:49 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:50 | yes | 23 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:19 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:55 | yes | 5 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:37 | yes | 24 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:43 | yes | 23 | 46 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:34 | yes | 14 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:49 | yes | 3 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:35 | yes | 13 | 27 s |
Noise floor in this category
Flips between the edition run and its calibration repeat. Six prompts per model is a small sample; the index-wide floor is the number to trust.
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Claude Haiku 4.5
2 of 3 flipped
GPT-5.4 mini
0 of 3 flipped
Gemini 3.5 Flash
2 of 5 flipped
Perplexity Sonar
1 of 3 flipped
Grok 4.1 Fast
2 of 5 flipped
Mistral Small
3 of 4 flipped
DeepSeek V4 Flash
4 of 5 flipped
Llama 4 Maverick
1 of 3 flipped
Qwen 3.7 Flash
3 of 5 flipped
Kimi K2
4 of 6 flipped
GLM 4.7 FlashX
3 of 4 flipped
MiniMax M2.5
2 of 3 flipped
GPT-6 Luna
2 of 4 flipped
Muse Glimmer 30B
3 of 4 flipped
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Cato read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cato Networks SASE Cloud read as Cato SASE Cloud
Check Point read as Check Point Harmony SASE
Check Point (Harmony SASE / Quantum SD-WAN) read as Check Point Harmony SASE
Check Point (Quantum SASE) read as Check Point Harmony SASE
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare One
Cloudflare (Cloudflare One) read as Cloudflare One
Forcepoint read as Forcepoint ONE
Fortinet read as Fortinet FortiSASE
Fortinet (FortiGate) read as Fortinet FortiSASE
Fortinet (FortiSASE) read as Fortinet FortiSASE
Fortinet (Fortinet Unified SASE) read as Fortinet FortiSASE
HPE read as HPE Aruba
Netskope read as Netskope One
Netskope (Netskope One SASE) read as Netskope One
Palo Alto read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE
Palo Alto (Prisma SASE) read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE
Palo Alto Networks read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE
Palo Alto Networks (Prisma Access) read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE
Palo Alto Networks (Prisma SASE) read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE
Palo Alto Networks (Prisma) read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE
VMware (SASE with SD-WAN by VeloCloud) read as VMware SASE
Versa read as Versa SASE
Zscaler read as Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Zscaler (Zero Trust Exchange) read as Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Zscaler (Zero Trust SASE) read as Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Zscaler Zero Trust read as Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Unresolved, counted raw
COSGrid Z3 SASE
Cato Networks' Cato SASE Cloud
Cisco Secure Encrypt, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
Hughes Managed SASE
Netskope Intelligent SASE
Netskope Intelligent SSE / SASE
Skyhigh
Verizon Secure Services Edge
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.