10 categories · RankedCloudflare One
Cloudflare One is a SASE platform from Cloudflare that covers zero trust network access, data loss prevention, firewall and web application protection for enterprise networks and workforces · cloudflare.com ↗
Leads at small business. Ranked 4 of 52 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first. Next is Cato Networks at 11%.
Cato Networks is first at 30%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE is first at 24%.
Why models recommend it
“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 question · first choice
“If your company has up to 50 employees, Cloudflare Zero Trust is the best choice since it's completely free with full filtering capabilities.”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Start with Cloudflare for Teams. It offers the best User Experience (UX) for employees, lowest latency, and easiest management interface”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Paraphrase question · first choice
“the best DNS filtering service is usually Cloudflare Zero Trust (Gateway DNS filtering) if you want the lowest-cost entry point”GPT-5.4 mini · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“CyberRatings' 2025 SSE evaluation rated the tested Cloudflare product "Caution,"”GPT-6 Luna · Negative question · warning
“Be cautious for highly customized WAN, routing, or branch-control requirements.”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“Cloudflare is a Visionary with the best network but the least mature SSE.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
“notable but often rank slightly lower in overall enterprise adoption”Grok 4.20 · Comparative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Cloudflare One, over the 421 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 153 | 32 | Compare → | |
| 144 | 51 | Compare → | |
| 118 | 15 | Compare → | |
| 118 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 116 | 4 | View → | |
| 104 | 28 | Compare → | |
| 104 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 101 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 80 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 76 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Cloudflare One →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Cloudflare One's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, and CFOs
- Price stated
- Predictable bundled pricing without per-region surcharges or bandwidth fees
- Integrations
- 60
- Customers named
- Canva, SoFi, Shopify
- Also from Cloudflare
- Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 for Families, Cloudflare AI Gateway, Cloudflare API Gateway, Cloudflare API Security, Cloudflare API Shield, Cloudflare Access and 43 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.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
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 355 of the 421 answers that named Cloudflare One and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
542 of the 763 domain citations in answers naming Cloudflare One came from a third party's page. Sixty-three were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Grok 4.20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Kimi K2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 |