SASE platforms · November 2026 Edition
Cloudflare One vs Netskope One
Zero of fourteen models named Cloudflare One first on the direct prompt; zero named Netskope One. Both were named by all fourteen models and Cloudflare One carries 45 labels and Netskope One 44, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in ten categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share28%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%25%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels4544A 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.Fortinet FortiSASE was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Cato Networks vs Cloudflare One · Cato Networks vs Netskope One · 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 modelsNetskope One
Direct00
Paraphrase121 against Netskope One
Comparative011 against Cloudflare One
Budget-constrained1204 against Netskope One
Scale-constrained00
Negative003 against Cloudflare One · 6 against Netskope One
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 Netskope One were named in the same answer eighty times, of the 421 answers naming Cloudflare One and the 127 naming Netskope One. In those answers Netskope One took the first choice three times and Cloudflare One twenty.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Cloudflare One and Netskope One 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 Netskope One first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cloudflare One on the left and Netskope One on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Cloudflare One and Netskope One stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
12 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniFortinet FortiSASE alternatives: Cato Networks, Cisco Secure Access, Netskope One, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
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
Grok 4.20Cato Networks' Cato SASE Cloud alternatives: Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE
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
MiniMax M2.5Cato Networks alternatives: Cisco Secure Access, Netskope One, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, 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.Claude Haiku 4.5Cato SASE Cloud alternatives: Check Point Harmony SASE, Cisco Umbrella, Fortinet FortiSASE
GLM 4.7 FlashXCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Secure Access alternatives: Cato Networks, Fortinet FortiSASE, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, 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-eight points.
Cloudflare One68%#1 of 12Netskope One0%#10 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Cloudflare One leads by twenty-three points.
Cloudflare One28%#2 of 10Netskope One4%#4 of 10Enterprise
Cloudflare One leads by six points.
Cloudflare One11%#4 of 9Netskope One6%#6 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 Netskope One
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Netskope | Higher-tier pricing with add-ons” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Top-tier Security Service Edge (SSE) platforms (like Zscaler or Netskope) excel at web and data security, but if you need a true single-vendor SASE platform, check their SD-WAN capabilities carefully.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Netskope was inaccessible to the testers... also price Cato's deployment and Netskope's licensing carefully.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd usually recommend Netskope One SASE as the default starting point” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I would recommend Netskope ONE as the primary SASE solution” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“start with Cato, Netskope, Palo Alto Networks, and Zscaler” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared
Cato Networks vs Cloudflare OneCato Networks vs Netskope OneCloudflare One vs Cato SASE CloudCloudflare One vs Fortinet FortiSASECloudflare One vs Cisco Secure AccessCloudflare One vs Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCato SASE Cloud vs Netskope OneNetskope One vs Fortinet FortiSASENetskope One vs Cisco Secure AccessNetskope One vs Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeAll twenty-one head-to-head pages and the full SASE standing
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.