# Fortinet Universal ZTNA alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 238 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Fortinet Universal ZTNA 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/fortinet-universal-ztna/alternatives/

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

- Cloudflare One: 82
- Twingate: 52
- Zscaler Private Access: 42
- Tailscale: 9
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access: 6
- Cato Networks: 4

## Zero trust network access

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Fortinet Universal ZTNA.

- Cloudflare One: first choice in 50 of those 84
- Twingate: first choice in 29 of those 84
- Tailscale: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Check Point Harmony SASE: first choice in 2 of those 84
- NordLayer: first choice in 1 of those 84
- OpenVPN CloudConnexa: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Fortinet Universal ZTNA (Fortinet Universal ZTNA is #10 of 11 at 0%).

- Cloudflare One: first choice in 23 of those 77
- Twingate: first choice in 23 of those 77
- Zscaler Private Access: first choice in 7 of those 77
- Cato Networks: first choice in 4 of those 77
- NordLayer: first choice in 2 of those 77
- OpenVPN CloudConnexa: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Tailscale: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Check Point Harmony SASE: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Fortinet Universal ZTNA (Fortinet Universal ZTNA is #7 of 8 at 0%).

- Zscaler Private Access: first choice in 35 of those 77
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 9 of those 77
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access: first choice in 6 of those 77
- Microsoft Entra Private Access: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Akamai Enterprise Application Access: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Netskope Private Access: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Cloudflare Zero Trust Access: first choice in 1 of those 77

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