SASE platforms
Asked as “SASE platform”, and as “secure access service edge solution”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 43 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
28%
Contested · Cato Networks 26%
28Cato SASE Cloud26Cato Networks23Cloudflare One23others
28% of first choices, contested.
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.
The standing
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. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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 fifteen head-to-head pages: the top six products, each against each
Cato SASE Cloud vs Check Point Harmony SASECato SASE Cloud vs Netskope OneCato Networks vs Cloudflare OneCato Networks vs Cisco UmbrellaCato Networks vs Check Point Harmony SASECato Networks vs Netskope OneCloudflare One vs Cisco UmbrellaCloudflare One vs Check Point Harmony SASECloudflare One vs Netskope OneCisco Umbrella vs Check Point Harmony SASECisco Umbrella vs Netskope OneCheck Point Harmony SASE vs Netskope One
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 →
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Key
01Cato SASE Cloud28%
Cato SASE Cloud28%02Cato Networks26%
Cato Networks26%03Cloudflare One23%
Cloudflare One23%04Cisco Umbrella7%
Cisco Umbrella7%05Check Point Harmony SASE5%
Check Point Harmony SASE5%06Netskope One2%
Netskope One2%07Fortinet FortiSASE0%
Fortinet FortiSASE0%08Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange0%
Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange0%09Cisco Secure Access0%
Cisco Secure Access0%10Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE0%
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE0%What they warned about
Five of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash and Kimi K2 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 Exchange28%
13 of 46 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“generally not recommended for mid-sized B2B companies” Gemini 3.5 Flash, paraphrase prompt
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE36%
12 of 33 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“you might want to avoid the enterprise-heavy giants like Cisco and Palo Alto” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Cisco Secure Access23%
6 of 26 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid single-vendor solutions that are essentially two separate platforms (like Cisco Secure Access and Catalyst SD-WAN)” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Fortinet FortiSASE15%
6 of 41 labels negative · 5 of 12 models
“has historically suffered from a steep learning curve and complex setup compared to born-in-the-cloud alternatives” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
What they cite
Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
66 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 909 links across 185 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
35 answers · 55 citations · 12 models
25 answers · 49 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Fortinet24 answers · 37 citations · 12 models
24 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
vendor site · OpenVPN23 answers · 23 citations · 10 models
22 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
20 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
19 answers · 22 citations · 11 models
19 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Cato Networks18 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 19 citations · 7 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.
29 answers · 11 models
24 answers · 9 models
23 answers · 10 models
21 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 9 models
19 answers · 8 models
18 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 10 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 |
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| Cato catonetworks.com Cato SASE Cloud 28%, Cato Networks 26% | 53% | 133 | 5,400 | 120 | 20,161 company | 10 | 4 | |
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare One 23% | 23% | 355 | 550,000 | 10,897 | ||||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Umbrella 7%, Cisco Secure Access 0%, Cisco Secure Connect 0%, Cisco Meraki 0% | 7% | 175 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| Check Point checkpoint.com Check Point Harmony SASE 5% | 5% | 139 | 14,800 | 4,487 | 370,648 company | $255 | 48 | |
| NordLayer nordlayer.com | 5% | 52 | 2,900 | 28 | 136,857 | $985 | 120 | |
| Netskope netskope.com Netskope One 2% | 2% | 119 | 18,100 | 830 | 42,119 company | 27 | 8 | |
| OpenVPN openvpn.net OpenVPN CloudConnexa 2% | 2% | 22 | 90 | 3 | 71,447 company | 15 | ||
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Copilot for Security 2% | 2% | 1 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| Fortinet parent site Fortinet FortiSASE 0%, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN 0% | 0% | 190 | 49,500 | 2,339 | ||||
| Zscaler parent site Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange 0%, Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) + Zscaler Internet Access 0% | 0% | 169 | 60,500 | 3,104 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 19 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (catonetworks.com, fortinet.com, sasecompare.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 SASE Cloudno first choiceChangedZscaler Zero Trust ExchangeOpenVPN CloudConnexano first choiceagainst: Cisco Umbrella, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access
Two alternatives
Check Point Harmony SASE, OpenVPN CloudConnexaThree alternatives
Cato Networks, Cisco Secure Access, Versa SASEGPT-5.4 miniCato SASE CloudNetskope OneChangedno first choiceCloudflare Oneagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchangeno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Cisco Secure Access, Fortinet FortiSASE, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeTwo alternatives
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeOne alternative
Netskope OneGemini 3.5 FlashCato Networksagainst: Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCato NetworksHeldagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchangeno first choiceCloudflare Oneagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCato Networksagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchangeagainst: Cisco Secure Access, Fortinet FortiSASE, HPE Aruba, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, VMware SASE
Three alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope OneThree alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope OneOne alternative
Cloudflare OneThree alternatives
Check Point Harmony SASE, Fortinet FortiSASE, NordLayerThree alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Todyl Security PlatformPerplexity SonarCato Networksagainst: Cloudflare OneCheck Point Harmony SASEChangedagainst: Barracuda SecureEdge, OpenVPN CloudConnexano first choiceCloudflare One, NordLayeragainst: Cisco Umbrellano first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Check Point Harmony SASE, Fortinet FortiSASE, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASETwo alternatives
Fortinet FortiSASE, Lumen Managed SASETwo alternatives
Cato Networks, Fortinet FortiSASEGrok 4.20Cato SASE Cloudagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASECato SASE CloudHeldagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASEno first choiceCloudflare Oneagainst: Forcepoint ONE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCato Networks, Cloudflare Oneagainst: Cloudflare One, Forcepoint ONE, Fortinet FortiSASE, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, iboss
Two alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASEThree alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeOne alternative
Cisco UmbrellaFour alternatives
Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeMistral SmallCato SASE Cloudagainst: Zscaler Private AccessCato NetworksChangedno first choiceCato SASE Cloud, Cloudflare Oneno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Fortinet FortiSASETwo alternatives
Cloudflare One, Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) + Zscaler Internet AccessOne alternative
Cisco UmbrellaDeepSeek V4 FlashCato Networksagainst: Cisco Secure Access, Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCato NetworksHeldCato Networks, Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASECloudflare Oneagainst: Cisco Umbrellano first choiceagainst: Cato Networks, Check Point Harmony SASE, Cisco Secure Access, Netskope One, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Two alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASETwo alternatives
Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASEFour alternatives
Cisco Secure Access, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeTwo alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet FortiSASELlama 4 MaverickCato SASE CloudCheck Point Harmony SASEChangedCato SASE CloudCisco Umbrellano first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Barracuda SecureEdge, Fortinet FortiSASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeFour alternatives
Cloudflare One, Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeTwo alternatives
Forcepoint ONE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeQwen 3.7 FlashCato Networksagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeMicrosoft Copilot for SecurityChangedno first choiceCisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Oneagainst: Fortinet FortiSASE, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASEno first choiceagainst: Barracuda SecureEdge, Check Point Harmony SASE, Cisco Secure Access, Fortinet FortiSASE, Juniper, McAfee, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE
Two alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Fortinet FortiSASETwo alternatives
Cisco Meraki, Cloudflare OneSix alternatives
Cato Networks, Cisco Secure Access, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeOne alternative
NordLayerKimi K2Cato Networksagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCato SASE CloudChangedPalo Alto Networks Prisma SASECloudflare One, NordLayerCato Networksagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco Secure Access, Cloudflare One, Extreme Networks, Fortinet FortiSASE, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Two alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Netskope OneFour alternatives
Cisco Secure Access, Cisco Secure Connect, Cloudflare One, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeSix alternatives
Cato Networks, Cisco Secure Access, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeTwo alternatives
Check Point Harmony SASE, OpenVPN CloudConnexaFour alternatives
Cloudflare One, Netskope One, Prisma Cloud, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeGLM 4.7 FlashXCato SASE CloudCato SASE CloudHeldagainst: Cloudflare One, Forcepoint ONECisco Secure Access, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASECloudflare Oneno first choiceagainst: Cato Networks, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Secure Access, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Six alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeFour alternatives
Cisco Secure Access, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeSix alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Check Point CloudGuard, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeTwo alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeMiniMax M2.5Cato SASE CloudCato SASE CloudHeldPalo Alto Networks Prisma SASECisco Umbrellano first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Fortinet FortiSASE, Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeTwo alternatives
Check Point Harmony SASE, Cisco Secure ConnectTwo alternatives
Cato Networks, Netskope OneTwo alternatives
Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare OneBold 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.
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:39 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:35 | yes | 3 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:48 | yes | 18 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:35 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:35 | yes | 28 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:29 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:29 | yes | 14 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 5 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:24 | yes | 20 | 62 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:50 | yes | 12 | 87 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:24 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:38 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 12 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 27 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:23 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 8 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:32 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:29 | no | 0 | 44 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:35 | yes | 9 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:36 | yes | 15 | 45 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:27 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:21 | yes | 6 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:31 | yes | 20 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:23 | yes | 25 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 17 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:26 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:25 | yes | 10 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:28 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:49 | yes | 10 | 39 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:39 | yes | 22 | 67 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:28 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:25 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:39 | yes | 21 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:26 | yes | 16 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:26 | yes | 33 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:22 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 16 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:36 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:37 | yes | 9 | 62 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:25 | yes | 10 | 43 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:27 | yes | 26 | 75 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:28 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:21 | yes | 17 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:34 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:26 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:43 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 20 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:28 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:36 | yes | 17 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 19 | 108 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:36 | yes | 13 | 60 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:41 | yes | 13 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:25 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:43 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 20 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:22 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:36 | yes | 44 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:21 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:34 | yes | 19 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:34 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:22 | yes | 10 | 86 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:29 | yes | 14 | 77 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:45 | yes | 27 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:43 | yes | 10 | 20 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
5 of 5 flipped
GPT-5.4 mini
2 of 3 flipped
Gemini 3.5 Flash
2 of 5 flipped
Perplexity Sonar
1 of 3 flipped
Grok 4.20
2 of 5 flipped
Mistral Small
3 of 3 flipped
DeepSeek V4 Flash
4 of 5 flipped
Llama 4 Maverick
1 of 4 flipped
Qwen 3.7 Flash
3 of 5 flipped
Kimi K2
3 of 5 flipped
GLM 4.7 FlashX
2 of 4 flipped
MiniMax M2.5
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
Barracuda read as Barracuda SecureEdge
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 (R8x / Harmony Endpoint) read as Check Point Harmony SASE
Check Point Harmony read as Check Point Harmony SASE
Cisco read as Cisco Secure Access
Cisco (Cisco Secure Access / SD-WAN) read as Cisco Secure Access
Cisco (SVA) read as Cisco Secure Access
Cisco (Secure Access / Secure Connect) read as Cisco Secure Access
Cisco (Secure Access) read as Cisco Secure Access
Cisco (Umbrella + Viptela/ Meraki SD-WAN) read as Cisco Secure Access
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare One
Cloudflare (Cloudflare One) read as Cloudflare One
Cloudflare (One) read as Cloudflare One
Forcepoint read as Forcepoint ONE
Fortinet 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) read as Netskope One
Netskope (One SASE) read as Netskope One
Palo Alto 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
Todyl read as Todyl Security Platform
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 (Zscaler Private Access + Internet Access) read as Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Unresolved, counted raw
Lumen Managed SASE
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.