Cisco Meraki SD-WAN vs Cato SASE Cloud
Two of fourteen models named Cisco Meraki SD-WAN first on the direct prompt; one named Cato SASE Cloud. Cisco Meraki SD-WAN was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Cato SASE Cloud by eleven and Cisco Meraki SD-WAN carries 44 labels and Cato SASE Cloud 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in five categories this edition.
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 SD-WAN page.
By framing
Cisco Meraki SD-WANFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCato SASE Cloud
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN and Cato SASE Cloud were named in the same answer fifty-seven times, of the 131 answers naming Cisco Meraki SD-WAN and the 131 naming Cato SASE Cloud. In those answers Cato SASE Cloud took the first choice one time and Cisco Meraki SD-WAN twenty-six.
Every model, every framing
| 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 | | | | |
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN Cato SASE Cloud first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN on the left and Cato SASE Cloud on the right.The direct prompt
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN first, Cato SASE Cloud an alternative
2 of 14 modelsCato SASE Cloud was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Cato SASE Cloud first, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN an alternative
1 of 14 modelsCisco Meraki SD-WAN was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN40%#2 of 7Cato SASE Cloud0%#5 of 7Cisco Meraki SD-WAN9%#2 of 8Cato SASE Cloud2%#4 of 8Cato SASE Cloud4%#4 of 11Cisco Meraki SD-WAN0%#9 of 11What the models said about Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“criticized for weak traditional routing features... Better for smaller or cloud-heavy setups.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“| Cisco Meraki | $450+/site | Required | Ease of use (premium) |” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · soft negative
“Cons: More expensive — roughly $4,500–$7,500/site/year” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Cisco Meraki or HPE Aruba EdgeConnect would be the strongest starting points” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Fortinet and Cisco Meraki are the most frequently recommended options due to their affordability” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“Start with Cisco Meraki if you want the simplest, most intuitive management experience.” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Cato SASE Cloud
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Lack of pricing transparency — customers report being told certain features were "included" only to find them excluded later” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“For a typical greenfield mid-market B2B company, I'd start with Cato Networks” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice
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.