AI-Driven SD-WAN Alternatives

If you're looking for a different approach to AI-Driven SD-WAN, Cato has a cloud-native, converged service that combines SD-WAN, security and a global backbone into a single, scalable service. Cato SASE Cloud has a global private backbone with 80+ PoPs and 99.999% uptime, automated AI/ML models for threat hunting and incident detection, and a single pane of glass management application. It's geared for companies in the midst of network and security transformation, like moving from MPLS to SD-WAN and integrating hybrid cloud.

Another contender is Juniper Networks, which offers an AI-Native Networking Platform that provides reliable, measurable and secure connections everywhere in the network. The platform includes AI-Native Networking for end-to-end networking, automation for insight and assurance, cloud solutions for rapid application and service delivery, and real-time threat prevention. It's designed to lower networking trouble tickets, OpEx, and time to incident resolution, so it's a good choice for IT teams and service providers trying to modernize their network infrastructure.

And Fortinet has a unified and integrated platform that converges security and networking across all edges, users and devices. Its broad suite of cybersecurity products includes secure networking with next-generation firewalls, switching and wireless LAN, unified SASE with cloud-delivered security, secure SD-WAN and zero-trust network access. With AI-powered security tools like FortiAI and FortiAIOps, Fortinet can better detect and respond to threats, too, making it a good alternative for those with secure networking and cloud security needs.