Small business▼−2Since September 2026: 6% → 5%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
5%from 6% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 9 pointsRank 3 of 52, unchanged
Fortinet · 2 categories · RankedFortinet FortiSASE
163Judge labels
6First choices
26Negative labels
14 / 14Models named it
2Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.8, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
6% in SASE for mid-market buyers
Rank 4 of 45 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger
1 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 10% of its 58 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of Fortinet FortiSASE →By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
Small business3 of 57
4%47 labels
accepted challenger
Mid-market4 of 45
6%58 labels
accepted challenger
Enterprise12 of 48
0%46 labels
criticized challenger
In sase · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named Fortinet FortiSASE for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SASE platforms | Network and edge | 6% | 4 of 45 | 10% | 58 | accepted challenger | ▲+7Since September 2026: 0% → 7%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Zero trust network access | Network and edge | 0% | 55 of 66 | 33% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Twingate at 39% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
Movement
Since September 2026, Fortinet FortiSASE held within the floor in all two categories: no change cleared 11 points.
Best category · SASE · by segment
Mid-market▲+7Since September 2026: 0% → 7%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
7%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 4 pointsRank 10 → 3 of 43
Enterprise▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 2% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 9 pointsRank 7 → 11 of 46
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SASE | 0% | 7% | ▲+7Since September 2026: 0% → 7%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 10 → 4 of 45 |
| ZTNA | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 55 of 66, unchanged |
Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.
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 · The editions
By model
How each model treated Fortinet FortiSASE across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
How each model treated Fortinet FortiSASE across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ShowHide| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct34 labels1
Paraphrase21 labels2
Comparative36 labels1not counted in share
Budget-constrained25 labels2
Scale-constrained17 labels1
Negative30 labels2not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative163 labels in all, every segment counted; 6 of the 9 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Fortinet FortiSASE offers the best balance of price, features, and reliability.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · SASE · direct prompt · first choice
“The Best All-Rounder: Fortinet (FortiGate)... Fortinet offers the highest "bang for your buck."” Qwen 3.7 Flash · SASE · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: FortiSASE” GLM 4.7 FlashX · SASE · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Fortinet offers a highly cost-effective path to SASE. It is a very strong, budget-friendly option if you have a hardware-heavy network.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · SASE · scale prompt · alternative
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“Critical Compliance Failures: Fails FedRAMP authorization, HIPAA-BAA, and PCI-DSS” GLM 4.7 FlashX · SASE · negative prompt · hard negative
“Good if you are already heavily invested in Fortinet hardware at your branches, though it can sometimes be more complex to implement.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · SASE · direct prompt · soft negative
“The platform struggles with integration challenges, particularly integrating with legacy applications” Claude Haiku 4.5 · SASE · negative prompt · soft negative
“While affordable, it has limited compliance certifications (20% score across key compliance checks)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · SASE · budget prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Fortinet FortiSASE, over the 163 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Fortinet FortiSASE was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Fortinet FortiSASE, over the 163 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Fortinet FortiSASE was named but was not.
ShowHideProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Fortinet FortiSASE. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 148 of the 163 answers that named Fortinet FortiSASE and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
guideflow.com86
fortinet.comYour site60
esecurityplanet.com47
techrepublic.com44
g2.com41
pickmysoft.com39
en.softonic.com35
netify.co.uk34
catonetworks.com33
sase.checkpoint.com33
392 of the 452 domain citations in answers naming Fortinet FortiSASE came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
Where Fortinet FortiSASE stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.ShowHide
Search and answers
Where Fortinet FortiSASE stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimates- Searches for its name, Google
- 20 a month (“fortinet fortisase”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 0 a month
- Its own site
- It sits on Fortinet's site (fortinet.com), so there are no site figures for it alone
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
6%
rank 4 of 45 in SASE
Segment leader
35%
Cato Networks
- First choices
- 6 across its categories
- Named in
- 163 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 148 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Names read as Fortinet FortiSASE
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Fortinet FortiSASE; a claim can dispute any of them.
Fortinet 14Fortinet (FortiSASE) 9FortiSASE 6Fortinet (FortiGate) 1Fortinet (Fortinet Unified SASE) 1Fortinet FortiSASE/FortiNAC 1Fortinet SASE 1Fortinet Unified SASE 1Fortinet's FortiSASE 1
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The company
Fortinet is the company behind Fortinet FortiSASE.ShowHide
The company
Fortinet is the company behind Fortinet FortiSASE.
ShowHideOn record
Company records- Also from Fortinet
- Fortinet FortiADC, Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Fortinet FortiClient, Fortinet FortiClient / FortiNAC, Fortinet FortiDeceiver, Fortinet FortiDeceptor, Fortinet FortiEDR, Fortinet FortiGate and 17 more
In its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- delivers both a consistent security posture and an optimal user experience for users working from anywhere
- For
- users working from anywhere
- Free plan or trial
- FREE PRODUCT DEMO fortinet.com/products/sase
- Hosting
- AWSGoogle CloudOracle Cloud
- Customers named
- KalsecThe Y QueenslandUpper Grand District School BoardCharlotte FCCarolina PanthersAdvocacia-Geral da União
- Not stated on the pages read
- Price, starting price, integrations, certifications
What Fortinet FortiSASE's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: community.fortinet.com/fortisase-58, fortinet.com/products/sase, videocms.corp.fortinet.com/products/fortisase, fortinet.com/products/fortisase-sovereign, videocms.corp.fortinet.com/watch/fortisase-remote-browser-isolation. A claimed page can correct any of them.
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A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Fortinet FortiSASE by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where Fortinet FortiSASE is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name Fortinet FortiSASE, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.