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Zero trust network access · November 2026 Edition

Cloudflare One vs Cato Networks

Three of fourteen models named Cloudflare One first on the direct prompt; seven named Cato Networks. Cloudflare One was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Cato Networks by eleven and Cloudflare One carries 64 labels and Cato Networks 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Cloudflare One

endorsed leader

Named in ten categories this edition.

Cato Networks

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share36%13%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels6415A 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.Twingate was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Cloudflare One vs Twingate · Cloudflare One vs Microsoft Entra Private Access · Cloudflare One vs Zscaler Private Access

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 zero trust network access 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 modelsCato Networks
Direct37
Paraphrase40
Comparative10
Budget-constrained110
Scale-constrained10
Negative00
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 Cato Networks were named in the same answer 104 times, of the 421 answers naming Cloudflare One and the 143 naming Cato Networks. In those answers Cato Networks took the first choice twenty-eight times and Cloudflare One thirty-two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Cloudflare One and Cato Networks stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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 Cato Networks first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cloudflare One on the left and Cato Networks on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Cloudflare One and Cato Networks stood in it.

Cloudflare One first, Cato Networks an alternative

3 of 14 modelsCato Networks was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.20Cloudflare One, Twingate alternatives: Cato Networks SASE
DeepSeek V4 FlashCloudflare One, Twingate alternatives: Cato Networks, Microsoft Entra Private Access
Kimi K2Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare One alternatives: Cato Networks, Fortinet FortiZTNA, Twingate

Cato Networks first, Cloudflare One an alternative

7 of 14 modelsCloudflare One was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Cato Networks, Twingate alternatives: Cloudflare One, Fortinet Universal ZTNA, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Perplexity SonarCato Networks alternatives: Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare One Access, Twingate
Mistral SmallCato Networks alternatives: Zscaler Private Access
Llama 4 MaverickCato Networks alternatives: Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare One, Twingate
Qwen 3.7 FlashCato Networks alternatives: Cloudflare One, Fortinet Universal ZTNA, Twingate
MiniMax M2.5Cato Networks, Check Point Harmony SASE alternatives: Cloudflare One, FortiZTNA, Okta Identity-Driven Security
Muse Glimmer 30BCato Networks alternatives: Cloudflare One, Microsoft Entra Private Access, Okta Identity-Driven Security, Twingate

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniZscaler Private Access alternatives: Cato Networks Universal ZTNA, Cloudflare One, Netskope Private Access, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access
Gemini 3.5 FlashTwingate alternatives: Cloudflare One, Harmony SASE / Perimeter 81, Microsoft Entra Private Access
GLM 4.7 FlashXTwingate alternatives: Cato Networks, Cloudflare One, NordLayer
GPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Entra Private Access alternatives: Cloudflare One, Twingate

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 fifty-three points.
Cloudflare One53%#1 of 8
Cato Networks0%#– of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Cloudflare One leads by twenty-three points.
Cloudflare One36%#1 of 11
Cato Networks13%#3 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Cloudflare One leads by twenty-one points.
Cloudflare One21%#2 of 9
Cato Networks0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Cloudflare One

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Cloudflare Zero Trust: A cloud-based service that provides secure access to applications and resources without the need for a VPN. It offers a free tier for up to 50 users and can replace legacy VPNs in days, not months.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Cato Networks

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Want networking and security converged in one mid-market SASE platform: Cato Networks – the mid-market SASE convergence pick.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.