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Side-by-side comparison of FortiGate Secure SD-WAN, Cisco Secure Access, Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN
Product	FortiGate Secure SD-WAN by Fortinet View product	Cisco Secure Access by Cisco View product	Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN by Palo Alto Networks View product
Overview
What it is	Shortlisting SD-WAN tools? FortiGate Secure SD-WAN by Fortinet brings application-aware routing and SD-WAN rules, with cloud deployment. See strengths and alternatives.	Cisco Secure Access by Cisco: Secure Web Gateway and Firewall-as-a-Service. Ideal for CASB SaaS defense. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top SSE alternatives.	Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN helps teams with MPLS replacement. Explore features like bandwidth aggregation, appliance or cloud deployment and the closest SD-WAN competitors.
Product type	Secure software-defined wide area networking solution	Security Service Edge (SSE) Platform	Application-Defined SD-WAN Platform
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Cross-industry, Remote Workforces, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology	Cross-industry, Retail Chains, Financial Services, Healthcare, Distributed Enterprises
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	Cloud	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	FortiGate physical, virtual and cloud deployments using FortiOS; FortiGate physical, virtual and cloud deployments using FortiOS	Cloud; 100% Cloud-delivered Security Service Edge (SSE)	Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud; Physical Instant-On Network (ION) appliances; Virtual ION appliances in cloud VPCs
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Global distributed cloud points of presence (PoPs)	On-premises branch routing / Cloud orchestration regional options
Key features
What it offers	Application-aware routing SD-WAN rules Link steering Performance monitoring Secure overlays Integrated firewall IPS VPN	Converged SSE platform Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) Secure Web Gateway (SWG) Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) Cisco Talos intelligence CASB SaaS defense	Layer 7 application-defined routing Autonomous AIOps troubleshooting Bandwidth aggregation Dynamic path failover CloudBlades third-party API integration Granular flow visibility Zero-touch provisioning Branch WAN transformation
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: yes	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMNutanix AHVAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more	Distributed endpointscloud applicationsweb trafficprivate data centers	Enterprise branch officesdata centersAWSAzureGoogle Cloud
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	FedRAMP Moderate Authorized, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiSASEFortiAuthenticatorFortiAPFortiSwitch	Cisco Secure ClientCisco DuoCisco UmbrellaCisco ThousandEyesMicrosoft Entra IDOkta	Prisma AccessServiceNowMicrosoft TeamsZoomEquinixAWSAzureGCP
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	Cross-industryRemote WorkforcesFinancial ServicesHealthcareTechnology	Cross-industryRetail ChainsFinancial ServicesHealthcareDistributed Enterprises
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Cisco	Palo Alto Networks
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	San Jose, California, USA	Santa Clara, California, USA
Company size	10,000+	80,000+	15,000+
Founded	2000	1984	2005

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

by Fortinet

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Cisco Secure Access

by Cisco

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Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

by Palo Alto Networks

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Overview

What it is

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Shortlisting SD-WAN tools? FortiGate Secure SD-WAN by Fortinet brings application-aware routing and SD-WAN rules, with cloud deployment. See strengths and alternatives.

Cisco Secure Access

Cisco Secure Access by Cisco: Secure Web Gateway and Firewall-as-a-Service. Ideal for CASB SaaS defense. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top SSE alternatives.

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN helps teams with MPLS replacement. Explore features like bandwidth aggregation, appliance or cloud deployment and the closest SD-WAN competitors.

Product type

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Secure software-defined wide area networking solution

Cisco Secure Access

Security Service Edge (SSE) Platform

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Application-Defined SD-WAN Platform

Best for

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers

Cisco Secure Access

Cross-industry, Remote Workforces, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Cross-industry, Retail Chains, Financial Services, Healthcare, Distributed Enterprises

Pricing

Pricing model

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Contact Vendor

Cisco Secure Access

Contact Vendor

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Contact Vendor

Free trial

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Cisco Secure Access

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Deployment

Deployment options

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Cloud

Cisco Secure Access

Cloud

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

FortiGate physical, virtual and cloud deployments using FortiOS; FortiGate physical, virtual and cloud deployments using FortiOS

Cisco Secure Access

Cloud; 100% Cloud-delivered Security Service Edge (SSE)

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud; Physical Instant-On Network (ION) appliances; Virtual ION appliances in cloud VPCs

Data residency

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region

Cisco Secure Access

Global distributed cloud points of presence (PoPs)

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

On-premises branch routing / Cloud orchestration regional options

Key features

What it offers

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Application-aware routing
SD-WAN rules
Link steering
Performance monitoring
Secure overlays
Integrated firewall
IPS
VPN

Cisco Secure Access

Converged SSE platform
Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
Secure Web Gateway (SWG)
Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
Remote Browser Isolation (RBI)
Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS)
Cisco Talos intelligence
CASB SaaS defense

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Layer 7 application-defined routing
Autonomous AIOps troubleshooting
Bandwidth aggregation
Dynamic path failover
CloudBlades third-party API integration
Granular flow visibility
Zero-touch provisioning
Branch WAN transformation

Platform & access

API access

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Cisco Secure Access

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Single sign-on (SSO)

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Cisco Secure Access

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Role-based access (RBAC)

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Cisco Secure Access

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Multi-tenant

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Cisco Secure Access

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Mobile app

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Cisco Secure Access

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Supported platforms

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMNutanix AHVAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more

Cisco Secure Access

Distributed endpointscloud applicationsweb trafficprivate data centers

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Enterprise branch officesdata centersAWSAzureGoogle Cloud

Compliance

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment

Cisco Secure Access

FedRAMP Moderate Authorized, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

FortiGateFortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiSASEFortiAuthenticatorFortiAPFortiSwitch

Cisco Secure Access

Cisco Secure ClientCisco DuoCisco UmbrellaCisco ThousandEyesMicrosoft Entra IDOkta

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Prisma AccessServiceNowMicrosoft TeamsZoomEquinixAWSAzureGCP

Industries

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Cisco Secure Access

Cross-industryRemote WorkforcesFinancial ServicesHealthcareTechnology

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Cross-industryRetail ChainsFinancial ServicesHealthcareDistributed Enterprises

Regions

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Cisco Secure Access

Global

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Global

Vendor

Company

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Fortinet

Cisco Secure Access

Cisco

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Palo Alto Networks

Headquarters

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Cisco Secure Access

San Jose, California, USA

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

Santa Clara, California, USA

Company size

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

10,000+

Cisco Secure Access

80,000+

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

15,000+

Founded

FortiGate Secure SD-WAN

2000

Cisco Secure Access

1984

Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN

2005