Switch to Open Systems

Everything your SASE does. Plus what it can't.

Zscaler, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cato, Check Point, Netskope: strong products, each missing the same three things. AI-run autonomy on 35 years of data, Level-3 human accountability, and sovereignty by design. See how your stack maps over.

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Coming from

Pick your starting point.

Coming from Zscaler
See the comparison →Coming from Fortinet
See the comparison →Coming from Palo Alto
See the comparison →Coming from Cato
See the comparison →Coming from Check Point
See the comparison →Coming from Netskope
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Parity, and then some

We match the checklist. Then we keep going.

Every capability your incumbent lists, the platform delivers. The difference is the last three rows, which no product-only vendor can replay.

Capability	Open Systems
Secure Access · SSE (ZTNA, SWG, CASB)	Full
Secure Network · SD-WAN	Full
Global private backbone	Full
Converged single platform	Full
AI-native autonomous operations	Fullon 35 years of data
24/7 human escalation	Level-3 engineers, alwaysno L1, no L2
Appliance-free, cloud-native	Full
Sovereign by design (EU/CH residency)	FullSwiss Post backing
Years of operational data	35 yearssince 1990, end to end
Flexible operating model	FullProduct / AIOps / Managed

Full

Why incumbents can't follow

Three things you can't buy off the shelf.

AI-native, not bolted on

Autonomy learned from 35 years of real operational decisions, not a model wrapper added last quarter.

Level-3 human accountability

Every escalation goes straight to a senior engineer who owns the outcome. No L1, no L2.

Sovereign by design

EU and Swiss data residency with Swiss Post backing. Sovereignty as evidence, not a slogan.

Vendor names and marks are trademarks of their respective owners, used for identification only. Comparisons across this section reflect publicly available vendor information as of August 2026; verify current capabilities directly with each vendor. Spotted something inaccurate or out of date? Let us know - we will review it promptly.

Before you move

What everyone asks before switching.

The objections we hear in the first call, answered without the sales detour.

How can you compete with Palo Alto, Fortinet and Zscaler?

AI reset the race. On capabilities alone the platform competes head-to-head: the comparison above is a full row of parity. The difference is the last three rows, autonomous operations learned from 35 years of data, Level-3 human accountability and sovereignty by design. A product-only vendor can ship features; it cannot ship an operations record it never had.

Do I have to rip out my incumbent to start?

No. Migrations run as a parallel deployment: the existing setup keeps carrying production while sites move onto the platform in controlled waves, with rollback at every step. Most customers replace capability by capability as contracts fall due rather than in one cutover. The full path is on the migration page.

What happens to the policies we spent years building?

They come with you. We export and map your existing rulebase onto the platform's policy model, then run both in parallel so you can compare enforcement before anything is cut over. Nobody rewrites a zero-trust policy from a blank page on a deadline.

How long does a switch actually take?

It depends on sites and circuits, not on the platform. Assess and design, inventory, parallel run and phased cutover are the four stages, and each site clears in a planned window with a defined rollback. A Level-3 engineer owns every step, so the timeline you agree is the one that is actually worked to.

What if we only want to replace part of the stack?

That works. The platform is sold as capability modules you can buy on their own, so replacing only the WAN, or only the SSE layer, is a normal starting point. The rest can follow at the next renewal, or never.

We are mid-contract with our current vendor. Is it worth talking now?

Usually yes, because the assessment and design work is where the timeline is won or lost. Mapping sites, circuits and policy ahead of a renewal date means the migration starts the day the contract ends instead of six months later. Talk to a Level-3 engineer and we will scope it against your renewal calendar.

Bring your policies. Leave the ceiling behind.

A guided, de-risked migration: assess and map, import policy, parallel run, phased cutover. Level-3 engineers own every step.

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