Cato Networks vs Aryaka Networks
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Tel Aviv SASE pioneer (founded 2015, Check Point co-founder) at $300M+ ARR (Sep 2025) and $4.8B valuation (Series G Jun 2025); first acquisition Aim Security AI Sep 2025 competing with Palo Alto Prisma SASE and Zscaler.
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Cato Networks is a Tel Aviv, Israel-based SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) network security company — having raised over $1 billion in total funding including a Series G round in June 2025 at a $4.8 billion valuation — providing enterprises with a converged SD-WAN, network security (firewall, CASB, DLP, ZTNA), and XDR platform delivered as a cloud-native service from a global Points of Presence (PoPs) network. Founded in 2015 by CEO Shlomo Kramer (co-founder of Check Point Software, pioneer of the commercial firewall in 1993, and founder of Imperva in 2002) and President Gur Shatz (co-founder of Incapsula, cloud web application security), the company defined the SASE category before Gartner formally named it in 2019. Cato surpassed $250 million in ARR in 2024 (+46% year-over-year growth) and reached $300+ million ARR by September 2025, serving 3,500+ enterprises across 190 countries with 50,000 connected sites and 1.5 million remote users protected by zero trust network access (ZTNA). In September 2025, Cato completed its first acquisition — Aim Security — to expand AI security capabilities for enterprise AI agent adoption.
Aryaka is a global managed SD-WAN and Unified SASE-as-a-Service provider with $192M raised; recognized G2 Leader Spring 2026 across SD-WAN and cloud security; serves 587 employees and enterprise customers in 100+ countries.
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Aryaka Networks is a fully managed SD-WAN and Unified SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) provider that delivers secure, high-performance networking to distributed enterprises as a complete managed service. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Aryaka differentiates from software-only SD-WAN vendors by owning and operating a global private network — a dedicated Layer 2 backbone with Points of Presence in major cities worldwide — that provides predictable, low-latency connectivity for enterprise applications and cloud workloads without relying on the public internet for the core network path.
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