Gartner Research Report — July 2026

2026 Gartner® Critical Capabilities for SASE Platforms

This Gartner report is a detailed companion to the annual Gartner Magic Quadrant for SASE Platforms report and assesses the SASE offerings of 12 vendors – including Versa – across 15 capabilities (e.g., uniform platform, SD-WAN, inline security, adaptive access) and these five use cases:

  • Foundational SASE platforms
  • Zero-trust SASE platforms
  • Secure branch network modernization
  • “Coffee shop” networking
  • Sovereign SASE

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Gartner Critical Capabilities for SASE Platforms 2026 — Secure Branch Network Modernization use case

Scores assigned to vendors for Secure Branch Network Modernization

1Gartner, Critical Capabilities for SASE Platforms, By Jonathan Forest, Andrew Lerner, Thomas Lintemuth, John Watts, 29 July 2026.

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