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Index › IT › Products › Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN › Alternatives · November 2026 Edition
One category · what the models named instead

Alternatives to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, as AI models named them

In the November 2026 Edition, 172 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN49
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN40
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN3
Cisco2
FlexPrem SD-WAN2
Fortinet's FortiGate Secure SD-WAN2
First choices in the 172 answers that did not name Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

SD-WAN

Network and edge. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessCisco Catalyst SD-WAN is #3 of 7 here at 4% of first choices, 39 labels.

Seventy-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN; it was the first choice in three. The first choices in those seventy-two answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:

Cisco Meraki SD-WAN36 of 72Head to head →
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN20 of 72Head to head →
Fortinet's FortiGate Secure SD-WAN2 of 72
FlexPrem SD-WAN1 of 72
NetMotion1 of 72
Riverbed SteelConnect1 of 72
SonicWall1 of 72
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN1 of 72
1 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketCisco Catalyst SD-WAN is #3 of 8 here at 9% of first choices, 48 labels.

Sixty-one of the eighty-four answers did not name Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN; it was the first choice in nine. The first choices in those sixty-one answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:

Fortinet Secure SD-WAN19 of 61Head to head →
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN4 of 61Head to head →
Cato SASE Cloud1 of 61Head to head →
FatPipe SD-WAN1 of 61
FlexPrem SD-WAN1 of 61
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect1 of 61Head to head →
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN1 of 61
Turnium SD-WAN1 of 61
1 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseCisco Catalyst SD-WAN is #1 of 11 here at 45% of first choices, 66 labels.

Thirty-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN; it was the first choice in twenty-seven. The first choices in those thirty-nine answers, three products in all:

Fortinet Secure SD-WAN10 of 39Head to head →
Cisco2 of 39
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN2 of 39
The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN's side.

The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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