# Cato SASE Cloud alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 423 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Cato SASE Cloud holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/cato-sase-cloud/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Cloudflare One: 61
- Fortinet Secure SD-WAN: 51
- Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN: 33
- Cato Networks: 31
- Cisco Meraki SD-WAN: 31
- Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange: 23

## SASE platforms

**Small business**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Cato SASE Cloud (Cato SASE Cloud is #6 of 10 at 2%).

- Cloudflare One: first choice in 39 of those 70
- Cato Networks: first choice in 4 of those 70
- Fortinet FortiSASE: first choice in 4 of those 70
- Check Point Harmony SASE: first choice in 3 of those 70
- Cisco Secure Access: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange: first choice in 2 of those 70
- AT&T Managed SASE: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Cisco: first choice in 1 of those 70

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Cato SASE Cloud (Cato SASE Cloud is #3 of 11 at 10%).

- Cato Networks: first choice in 18 of those 75
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 14 of those 75
- Netskope One: first choice in 5 of those 75
- Fortinet FortiSASE: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Cato Networks' Cato SASE Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Check Point Harmony SASE: first choice in 1 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Cato SASE Cloud (Cato SASE Cloud is #5 of 10 at 6%).

- Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE: first choice in 19 of those 77
- Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange: first choice in 18 of those 77
- Cato Networks: first choice in 9 of those 77
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 8 of those 77
- Netskope One: first choice in 5 of those 77
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Fortinet FortiSASE: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Palo Alto Networks - Prisma SASE: first choice in 1 of those 77

## SD-WAN

**Small business**: 68 of 84 answers did not name Cato SASE Cloud (Cato SASE Cloud is #5 of 9 at 2%).

- Cisco Meraki SD-WAN: first choice in 26 of those 68
- Fortinet Secure SD-WAN: first choice in 19 of those 68
- Peplink: first choice in 4 of those 68
- Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN: first choice in 3 of those 68
- Ubiquiti UniFi: first choice in 3 of those 68
- Cisco SD‑WAN: first choice in 1 of those 68
- FortiGate SD-WAN: first choice in 1 of those 68
- Fortinet FortiSecure SD-WAN: first choice in 1 of those 68

**Mid-market**: 63 of 84 answers did not name Cato SASE Cloud (Cato SASE Cloud is #4 of 10 at 6%).

- Fortinet Secure SD-WAN: first choice in 19 of those 63
- Cisco Meraki SD-WAN: first choice in 5 of those 63
- Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN: first choice in 4 of those 63
- Cisco: first choice in 3 of those 63
- HPE Aruba EdgeConnect: first choice in 3 of those 63
- Peplink: first choice in 2 of those 63
- VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN: first choice in 2 of those 63
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN: first choice in 1 of those 63

**Enterprise**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Cato SASE Cloud (Cato SASE Cloud is #3 of 9 at 9%).

- Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN: first choice in 26 of those 70
- Fortinet Secure SD-WAN: first choice in 13 of those 70
- Cisco: first choice in 4 of those 70
- HPE Aruba EdgeConnect: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN: first choice in 1 of those 70

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