Top 5 SASE Solutions for Modern Enterprise Security

The traditional network perimeter has effectively become a thing of the past for enterprises. With remote work now happening at scale and cloud adoption accelerating with each passing year, organizations need security that follows their users and data wherever they go.

This is where Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) excels, providing a framework that merges security and networking in the cloud. In this blog, we have evaluated the five leading SASE solutions to help find the right fit for your organization.

Quick Comparison

Before diving deep into each solution, here’s how these SASE leaders stack up across key criteria:

Each of these platforms brings its own set of unique strengths, from Check Point’s deep security heritage to Cloudflare’s massive global network. The right choice depends on your current infrastructure, security priorities, and organizational needs.

1. Check Point

Check Point has used its more than three decades of security expertise to create a leading SASE platform that prioritizes threat prevention and detection. Their solution, Harmony SASE, combines on-device protection with cloud security to deliver what Check Point claims is 10x faster internet security without the usual performance penalties that security teams have come to expect from cloud-only solutions.

Key Strengths

• Industry-leading threat prevention: 99% malware block rate in Miercom’s 2025 Enterprise and Hybrid Mesh Firewall Security Report
• Hybrid mesh architecture: On-device + cloud protection delivers faster internet security without backhauling
• Comprehensive mobile security: Seamless BYOD and corporate device protection with privacy controls

Standout Features: AI Copilot is a standout feature that provides instant support and management recommendations without requiring you to delve into the documentation. The platform also offers full-mesh private access and SD-WAN optimization for 10,000+ applications.

2. Cisco

Cisco uses its networking dominance to deliver SASE by integrating Umbrella cloud security with its SD-WAN capabilities. The Cisco SD-WAN and Umbrella integration allows you to infuse adequate cloud security throughout your SD-WAN fabric. Cloud security can be deployed to thousands of branches in a matter of minutes, which means you instantly gain protection against online threats.

Key Strengths

• Seamless enterprise integration: Natural fit for organizations that are already invested in Cisco infrastructure
• Talos threat intelligence: Powered by Umbrella’s global network and Cisco Talos threat intelligence, providing world-class security insights
• Mature SD-WAN platform: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN works with your existing infrastructure to let you connect any user to any application, anywhere in the world.

Standout Features: Cisco’s approach shows its real value in DNS-layer security and automated tunnel creation. Securing users and applications at the DNS layer before any connections are established, thus reducing consequent packet processin,g resulting in faster protection.

3. VMware

VMware has rejuvenated the VeloCloud brand (after a 2017 acquisition) and built what many consider the gold standard for SD-WAN technology. Now, under Broadcom ownership and rebranded as VeloCloud, the platform combines this SD-WAN excellence with Symantec’s security capabilities to create a comprehensive SASE offering that excels in branch office connectivity and application performance optimization.

Key Strengths

• SD-WAN expertise: VeloCloud’s Cloud Delivered SD-WAN was one of the first SD-WAN offerings and the earliest proponents of delivering SD-WAN from the cloud
• Global infrastructure: VMware and its partners offer over 200 points of presence (PoPs) worldwide to simplify connectivity to the Cloud and SaaS.
• Dynamic optimization: Dynamic Multipath Optimization (DMPO) ensures high bandwidth, reliable connectivity, and lower latency for business-critical application traffic

Standout Features: VeloCloud’s architecture eliminates the complexity of traditional WAN deployments by handling everything in the cloud. The platform automatically adapts to network conditions and application requirements without manual intervention.

4. Cloudflare

Cloudflare brings its massive global network and developer-friendly approach to the SASE market. Built on the same infrastructure that powers an estimated 20% of the web, Cloudflare One provides enterprises with security and networking services that deliver exceptional performance and scale. Rather than adding security onto existing infrastructure, they’ve built SASE capabilities directly into their global edge network. This means they can inspect and secure traffic at unprecedented scale while maintaining the performance that has made them a cornerstone of the modern internet.

Key Strengths

• Unmatched global scale: Network presence in over 300 cities across 100+ countries, connected to over 12,000 Internet networks
• Performance focus: Network sits approximately 50 ms from 95% of Internet users globally, ensuring superior user experiences
• Integrated DDoS protection: Cloud-native protection, network firewalling, and Zero Trust functionality delivered as a unified service

Standout Features: Magic WAN provides any-to-any connectivity with built-in DDoS protection and traffic acceleration. The platform offers true single-vendor SASE with Zero Trust connectivity, including mesh and peer-to-peer networking capabilities for DevOps workflows.

5. Zscaler

Zscaler was one of the pioneers behind cloud-delivered security, completely reimagining how enterprise security should work. Their Zero Trust Exchange platform operates on a simple but powerful principle. That is to connect users directly to applications, not to the networks themselves. This proxy-based architecture eliminates the traditional network perimeter, making applications invisible to the internet while enabling full TLS/SSL inspection at scale.

Key Strengths

• Zero Trust leadership: Pure cloud-native architecture explicitly built for zero trust principles from inception
• Massive scale: Distributed across 150+ data centers globally with proven ability to handle enterprise-scale deployments
• Advanced AI integration: Adaptive AI engine continuously assesses risk using telemetry from 500 trillion daily signals

Standout Features: Some of Zscaler’s recent innovations include its Zero Trust Branch solutions and B2B Exchange, which help enterprises with secure partner collaboration. The platform’s proxy architecture enables one-to-one connections between users and applications, based on identity and context. This eliminates lateral threat movement and reduces the attack surface.

Framework Selection Matrix

Here is a quick framework selection matrix to help you see which solution may be the best fit for your organizational needs:

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