# Cisco Secure Connect: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cisco-secure-connect

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [SASE platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/sase-platforms/index.md) | 2% | 11 | 25% | 4 |

## What the models said for it

- "Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange and Cisco Secure Connect are the top choices" (Mistral Small, SASE)
- "Good for hybrid B2B setups, but it can be more complex to manage and less "cloud-first" than Prisma" (Grok 4.20, SASE)
- "and Cisco Secure Connect if you're already a Meraki shop" (GPT-6 Luna, SASE)

## And against it

- "their SASE offerings may lack the native convergence and single-pass architecture of more specialized leaders. Vet them heavily" (MiniMax M2.5, SASE)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Cisco Secure Connect, from 11 of the 13 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- techrepublic.com: 8
- netify.co.uk: 6
- sase.cloud: 6
- fortinet.com: 5
- cloudflare.com: 4
- g2.com: 3
- networkworld.com: 3
- thenetworkdna.com: 3
- crn.com: 2
- dope.security: 2

### Pages cited

- https://techrepublic.com/article/secure-access-service-edge-platforms: 8
- https://netify.co.uk/insights/who-are-the-best-rated-sase-vendors: 4
- https://sase.cloud/vendors: 4
- https://thenetworkdna.com/2026/04/top-5-sase-solution-providers-with.html: 3
- https://crn.com/news/security/2024/palo-alto-networks-cato-netskope-top-gartner-s-sase-magic-quadrant-for-2024: 2
- https://dope.security/post/sase-vendors-2026: 2
- https://fortinet.com/products/sase: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/secure-access-service-edge-sase-platforms/small-business: 2

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.