SASE vendor comparison
Independent reviews scored across five dimensions. No affiliate links, no vendor sponsorship — just deployment experience.
Independent Cisco Secure Access review. Talos-powered SSE, ZTNA with unified client, ThousandEyes DEM, and MSP multi-tenant management. Full scoring across five dimensions.
Updated Feb 2026Independent Fortinet FortiSASE review. Best-in-class SD-WAN, FortiOS policy consistency, and trusted sovereign SASE for data residency. CyberRatings AAA. Full scoring across five dimensions.
Updated Feb 2026Independent Palo Alto Prisma SASE review. ZTNA 2.0 continuous trust, WildFire ML threat prevention, AI Access Security for GenAI, ADEM, and Prisma SD-WAN. Full scoring across five dimensions.
Updated Feb 2026Independent Check Point Harmony SASE review. Hybrid on-device SSE processing, ThreatCloud AI with 50+ engines, 15-minute user onboarding, and mid-market pricing. Full scoring across five dimensions.
Updated Feb 2026Independent Zscaler review. Zero Trust Exchange with ZIA, ZPA, ZDX, SSMA proxy architecture, 100% CyberRatings security efficacy, and honest SD-WAN and pricing assessment. Full scoring.
Updated Feb 2026Independent Netskope One review. Best-in-class CASB and DLP, NewEdge backbone with 75+ PoPs, GenAI data protection, and Borderless SD-WAN. Full scoring across five dimensions.
Updated Feb 2026Independent Cato Networks review. Cloud-native SASE with private backbone, SPACE single-pass engine, MSP multi-tenant platform, and honest DLP/CASB gap assessment. Full scoring.
Updated Feb 2026Independent Cloudflare One review. 330+ city anycast edge, Gateway SWG, Access ZTNA, Magic WAN, free tier for 50 users, and developer-first architecture. Full scoring.
Updated Feb 2026How we score
Each vendor is scored 1–10 across five dimensions: Cloud-native (architecture maturity), SSE depth (SWG, CASB, ZTNA, DLP, FWaaS breadth), SD-WAN (routing, failover, WAN optimization), MSP ready (multi-tenant management and partner tooling), and PoP coverage (global presence and latency). Scores reflect production deployment experience, published third-party testing (Gartner, CyberRatings, Forrester), and peer review data — not vendor briefings or roadmap promises.
No vendor has paid for placement or influenced their score. We have no affiliate relationships. If a score changes, we publish the update with a date and rationale.