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Zero trust network access · November 2026 Edition

Twingate vs Cato Networks

Five of fourteen models named Twingate first on the direct prompt; seven named Cato Networks. Twingate was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Cato Networks by eleven and Twingate carries 48 labels and Cato Networks 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Twingate

endorsed leader

Named in four 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#2#3A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels4815A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Twingate reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Cloudflare One was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Cloudflare One vs Twingate · Cloudflare One vs Cato Networks · Twingate vs Microsoft Entra 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.
TwingateFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCato Networks
Direct57
Paraphrase100
Comparative00
Budget-constrained40
Scale-constrained00
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, Twingate and Cato Networks were named in the same answer thirty times, of the 187 answers naming Twingate and the 143 naming Cato Networks. In those answers Cato Networks took the first choice five times and Twingate nine.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Twingate 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
Twingate Cato Networks first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Twingate on the left and Cato Networks on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Claude Haiku 4.5Cato Networks, Twingate alternatives: Cloudflare One, Fortinet Universal ZTNA, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange

Twingate first, Cato Networks an alternative

4 of 14 modelsCato Networks was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashTwingate alternatives: Cloudflare One, Harmony SASE / Perimeter 81, Microsoft Entra Private Access
Grok 4.20Cloudflare One, Twingate alternatives: Cato Networks SASE
DeepSeek V4 FlashCloudflare One, Twingate alternatives: Cato Networks, Microsoft Entra Private Access
GLM 4.7 FlashXTwingate alternatives: Cato Networks, Cloudflare One, NordLayer

Cato Networks first, Twingate an alternative

6 of 14 modelsTwingate was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
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

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Kimi K2Check Point Harmony SASE, Cloudflare One alternatives: Cato Networks, Fortinet FortiZTNA, Twingate
GPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Entra Private Access alternatives: Cloudflare One, Twingate

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniZscaler Private Access alternatives: Cato Networks Universal ZTNA, Cloudflare One, Netskope Private Access, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access

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
Twingate leads by thirty-seven points.
Twingate37%#2 of 8
Cato Networks0%#– of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Twingate leads by twenty-three points.
Twingate36%#2 of 11
Cato Networks13%#3 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Twingate0%#8 of 9
Cato Networks0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Twingate

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

“For most mid-sized B2B companies, Twingate offers the best balance of ease of deployment, granular access control, and cost-effectiveness.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Twingate as the top zero trust remote access tool for a mid-sized B2B company” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Twingate and Cloudflare Access are especially strong choices for small teams and startups” Mistral Small · budget 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.