Jan 2027 License (Bursting Model)

Overview

The Cato Networks licensing model is designed to support secure connectivity for sites, users, and cloud resources on a single platform. All services are delivered through the Cato Cloud and managed through the Cato Management Application (CMA).

The model is primarily based on sites and users, enabling organizations to support a wide variety of networking use cases, including site connectivity and remote access, as well as secure access to the internet, SaaS, and private applications. Security capabilities are provided as integrated add-ons and are applied consistently across the deployment.

The licensing framework is built for flexibility, scalability, and predictability. Customers can adapt their deployment over time without changes to the underlying architecture. Usage is measured using clearly defined rules and is continuously visible through the CMA, providing insight into current consumption, historical trends, and proximity to licensed capacity. The model also supports controlled flexibility during growth or temporary changes in demand, allowing customers to exceed licensed capacity when needed, with clear visibility and defined mechanisms to align licensing if higher usage becomes sustained.

Licensing Layers

Cato’s licensing model is organized into layers that reflect how customers build and extend their deployments.

• Base Products - provide the foundation for connectivity to the Cato Cloud, covering:

• Bandwidth Pool - provides connectivity for sites and consumes licensed bandwidth capacity
• ZTNA User - provides secure remote access for users

• Premium Security - provides additional security capabilities for traffic and user activity across the Cato Cloud, including threat prevention, application and data protection, and advanced security functions, based on the underlying Bandwidth Pool and ZTNA Users.

• Insights - provide monitoring, visibility, and operational intelligence across users, sites, and applications.

• Services - provide operational, advisory, and support capabilities to deploy, manage, and optimize the Cato Cloud environment.

Customers typically start with the required base products, then add security capabilities aligned with their use cases, and extend their deployment with insights and services as needed. Each layer is clearly scoped, measured using a consistent framework, and designed to scale independently.