Cato Networks delivers a cloud-native SASE platform that converges SD-WAN networking and network security into a single global service connecting users, sites, and cloud resources.
Cato Networks is a SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) provider founded in 2015 by Shlomo Kramer and Gur Shatz. The company pioneered the convergence of networking and security into a single cloud-native platform, with an Israel base in Tel Aviv and a US office in San Jose, California.
The Cato SASE Cloud connects sites, remote users, and cloud resources over a global private backbone and applies a converged security stack that includes SD-WAN, a firewall as a service, a secure web gateway, zero trust network access, CASB, and DLP.
Cato is a privately held company. Co-founder Shlomo Kramer serves as chief executive officer and co-founder Gur Shatz serves as president.
MSPs and internal IT teams use Cato Networks for Cato SASE Cloud, SD-WAN, Firewall as a Service (FWaaS).
Best for: distributed teams that need secure web, cloud, and private-app access without backhauling traffic.
Cato Networks pricing depends on your organization's size, the modules you enable, and your contract term. Tools in this category are usually licensed by subscription, billed per user, per month, and scale with the users, endpoints, or sites you cover.
Public rate cards are not always available, and many vendors set final pricing through a quote or their MSP and reseller channel. To get an accurate Cato Networks price for your environment, request a quote from Cato Networks directly, or ask a managed IT provider that supports Cato Networks to bundle licensing, deployment, and management into one predictable monthly cost.
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Cato Networks is a SASE provider founded in 2015 that converges SD-WAN networking and cloud security into a single platform, connecting users, sites, and cloud resources over a global private backbone.
Cato Networks is based in Tel Aviv, Israel, and also operates a US office in San Jose, California.
Cato offers the Cato SASE Cloud, which combines SD-WAN, firewall as a service, secure web gateway, zero trust network access, CASB, DLP, remote browser isolation, and XDR in one converged service.
Shlomo Kramer, a co-founder of the company, serves as chief executive officer of Cato Networks.