4 categories · RankedCisco Secure Access
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Cloudflare One is first at 68%.
Cato Networks is first at 30%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE is first at 24%.
Why models recommend it
“1. Cisco Secure Access + Catalyst SD-WAN — Best Overall”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Direct question · first choice
“if you have an existing Cisco environment or need strong enterprise integration, Cisco Secure Access would be more suitable”MiniMax M2.5 · Direct question · alternative
“Small business needing the lowest per-seat cost: Cisco Umbrella from $2-4/user/month is the cheapest listed SASE/SSE”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Strong all-around (8.4/10 avg), Talos security, ThousandEyes monitoring | More complex for smaller IT teams”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Scale-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“the combination of low independent test effectiveness scores and the elevated ransomware entry-vector risk is a common reason for caution”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
“Rebadging concerns: Questions about whether it's truly integrated or just "re-badged Umbrella with extra steps"”Kimi K2 · Negative question · warning
“Some practitioners consider Cisco Umbrella a "legacy option" rather than a true SASE platform”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Complex implementation and management (often cited as overly intricate for non-Cisco shops)”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Cisco Secure Access, over the 143 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 104 | 33 | Compare → | |
| 98 | 15 | Compare → | |
| 86 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 71 | 16 | View → | |
| 71 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 60 | 18 | Compare → | |
| 45 | 0 | View → | |
| 35 | 2 | View → | |
| 30 | 12 | View → | |
| 25 | 5 | View → |
What the models named instead of Cisco Secure Access →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Cisco Secure Access's own site, not checked by Gane.
- Customers named
- LogicalisUS
- Also from Cisco
- Cisco ACE, Cisco ACI, Cisco ACI / Tetration, Cisco AI Defense, Cisco ASA/Firepower, Cisco AnyConnect and 70 more
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
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Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 136 of the 143 answers that named Cisco Secure Access and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
350 of the 375 domain citations in answers naming Cisco Secure Access came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |