SASE platforms · November 2026 Edition
Cloudflare One vs Fortinet FortiSASE
Zero of fourteen models named Cloudflare One first on the direct prompt; one named Fortinet FortiSASE. Both were named by all fourteen models and Cloudflare One carries 45 labels and Fortinet FortiSASE 61, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in ten categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share28%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%11%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels4561A 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.Cato Networks was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Cato Networks vs Cloudflare One · Cato Networks vs Fortinet FortiSASE · Cloudflare One vs Cato SASE Cloud
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 SASE platforms page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Cloudflare OneFirst choices, of fourteen modelsFortinet FortiSASE
Direct01
Paraphrase10
Comparative001 against Cloudflare One
Budget-constrained120
Scale-constrained00
Negative003 against Cloudflare One · 7 against Fortinet FortiSASE
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Cloudflare One and Fortinet FortiSASE were named in the same answer 118 times, of the 421 answers naming Cloudflare One and the 165 naming Fortinet FortiSASE. In those answers Fortinet FortiSASE took the first choice two times and Cloudflare One forty-six.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Cloudflare One and Fortinet FortiSASE stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | | |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Cloudflare One Fortinet FortiSASE first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cloudflare One on the left and Fortinet FortiSASE on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Cloudflare One and Fortinet FortiSASE stood in it.
Fortinet FortiSASE first, Cloudflare One not the choice
1 of 14 modelsCloudflare One was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniFortinet FortiSASE alternatives: Cato Networks, Cisco Secure Access, Netskope One, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Neither was the first choice, one was named
11 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Cato SASE Cloud alternatives: Check Point Harmony SASE, Cisco Umbrella, Fortinet FortiSASE
Gemini 3.5 FlashCato Networks alternatives: Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE
Perplexity SonarCato SASE Cloud alternatives: Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access
Mistral SmallCato Networks alternatives: Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
DeepSeek V4 FlashCato Networks alternatives: Cisco Secure Access, Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One
Llama 4 MaverickCato Networks alternatives: Cloudflare One
Qwen 3.7 FlashCato Networks alternatives: Cloudflare One, Prisma Access, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Kimi K2Cato Networks alternatives: Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One
GLM 4.7 FlashXCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Secure Access alternatives: Cato Networks, Fortinet FortiSASE, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
GPT-6 LunaCato Networks alternatives: Fortinet FortiSASE, Netskope One, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Muse Glimmer 30BCato Networks Cato SASE Cloud alternatives: Check Point Harmony SASE, Cisco Secure Access, Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Grok 4.20Cato Networks' Cato SASE Cloud alternatives: Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE
MiniMax M2.5Cato Networks alternatives: Cisco Secure Access, Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
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 sixty-four points.
Cloudflare One68%#1 of 12Fortinet FortiSASE5%#3 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Cloudflare One leads by twenty-six points.
Cloudflare One28%#2 of 10Fortinet FortiSASE2%#5 of 10Enterprise
Cloudflare One leads by four points.
Cloudflare One11%#4 of 9Fortinet FortiSASE7%#5 of 9What 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 four in this category shown.
“CyberRatings' 2025 SSE evaluation rated the tested Cloudflare product "Caution,"” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Be cautious for highly customized WAN, routing, or branch-control requirements.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Cloudflare is a Visionary with the best network but the least mature SSE.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
What the models said about Fortinet FortiSASE
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Users and analysts advise avoiding it due to significant architectural and usability concerns.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“mentioned as being "poorly thought out" and to "avoid at all costs" in a Reddit comment” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“Gartner moved it from Leader to Challenger in 2026; coverage of the report cited delayed feature enhancements and below-average customer experience.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd pick FortiSASE for the most common mid-market B2B scenario” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“Known for being considerably cheaper than top-tier competitors, making it a strong value proposition for mid-market organizations.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · alternative
“if you're already invested in the Fortinet ecosystem, FortiSASE is arguably the most pragmatic and cost-efficient choice” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · alternative
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.