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Zero trust network access · September 2026 Edition

Cloudflare One vs Cato Networks

Two of twelve models named Cloudflare One first on the direct prompt; five named Cato Networks. Cloudflare One was named by eleven of the twelve models and Cato Networks by eleven and Cloudflare One carries 29 labels and Cato Networks 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Cloudflare One

endorsed leader

Named in two categories this edition.

Cato Networks

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share35%12%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2916A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Cloudflare One reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Twingate was named alongside these two in nine of the twelve direct answers. Cloudflare One vs Twingate · Twingate vs Cato Networks

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the zero trust network access page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Cloudflare OneFirst choices, of twelve modelsCato Networks
Direct25
Paraphrase30
Comparative10
Budget-constrained90
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Cloudflare One and Cato Networks stood in it.

Cloudflare One first, Cato Networks an alternative

2 of 12 modelsCato Networks was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Cloudflare One, Twingate alternatives: Cato Networks, NordLayer, Zscaler Private Access
GPT-5.4 miniCloudflare One alternatives: Microsoft Entra Private Access, Zscaler Private Access

Cato Networks first, Cloudflare One an alternative

5 of 12 modelsCloudflare One was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastCato Networks alternatives: Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare One, Twingate, Zscaler Private Access
Mistral SmallCato Networks alternatives: Netskope, NordLayer, Twingate
DeepSeek V4 FlashCato Networks alternatives: Check Point Harmony SASE, Twingate
Kimi K2Cato Networks alternatives: Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare One, OpenVPN CloudConnexa, Twingate
GLM 4.7 FlashXCato Networks alternatives: Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare One, OpenVPN CloudConnexa, Twingate

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashTwingate alternatives: Cato Networks, Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare Zero Trust / Cloudflare Access, Microsoft Entra Private Access
Perplexity SonarCloudflare Access / Cloudflare One alternatives: Cato Networks, Cisco Duo / Secure Access, Twingate, Zscaler Private Access
Llama 4 MaverickOpenVPN CloudConnexa alternatives: Cato Networks, Microsoft Entra ID, NordLayer, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Qwen 3.7 FlashTwingate alternatives: Cato Networks, Cloudflare One

Neither was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
MiniMax M2.5no first choice

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Cloudflare One leads by fifty-one points.
Cloudflare One51%#1 of 9
Cato Networks0%#– of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Cloudflare One leads by twenty-two points.
Cloudflare One35%#1 of 13
Cato Networks12%#3 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Cloudflare One leads by twenty-one points.
Cloudflare One21%#2 of 11
Cato Networks0%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Cloudflare One

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“The best ZTNA solution for a company with a limited budget is Cloudflare Zero Trust (free tier) + Duo Essentials (from $3/user).” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Cloudflare Zero Trust is free up to 50 users ... making it an accessible and powerful choice for businesses of all sizes.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“the best ZTNA choice is usually Cloudflare Zero Trust if you want the lowest-cost practical option for a small team” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Cato Networks

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared
Cloudflare One vs TwingateTwingate vs Cato NetworksThe full ZTNA standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.