Cisco · competitors named by the company
Who are Cisco’s competitors?
Cisco names 15 companies we cover as competitors calc.
Named by Cisco in its 10-K filed Sep 2, 2026. This is Cisco’s own statement, not a ranking and not a dependency.
- Amazon AMZN
- Arista ANET
- Broadcom AVGO
- Ciena CIEN
- CrowdStrike CRWD
- Datadog DDOG
- Dell DELL
- Fortinet FTNT
- HPE HPE
- Microsoft MSFT
- Nokia NOK
- NVIDIA NVDA
- Palo Alto Networks PANW
- Zoom ZM
- Zscaler ZS
The filing’s own words (1 sentence) ›
“Our competitors (in each case relative to only some of our products or services) include: Amazon Web Services LLC; Arista Networks, Inc.; Broadcom Inc.; Ciena Corporation; CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.; Datadog Inc.; Dell Technologies Inc.; Dynatrace Inc.; Fortinet, Inc.; Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company; Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.; Microsoft Corporation; Nokia Corporation; Nvidia Corporation; Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; RingCentral, Inc.; Zoom Video Communications, Inc.; and Zscaler, Inc.; among others.”
Names Amazon, Arista, Broadcom, Ciena, CrowdStrike, Datadog, Dell, Fortinet, HPE, Microsoft, Nokia, NVIDIA, Palo Alto Networks, Zoom, Zscaler · 10-K · filed Sep 2, 2026
Method and sources
Companies among the 100 we cover that Cisco names as competitors in its latest annual report (10-K or 20-F), counted by Hollsteen. A company counts only when the quoted sentence itself names it and speaks of competition; hedged sentences (“some of which are competitors”) and quarterly reports are left out.
Competitors outside our coverage are not listed, so the list is not complete. Sentences are quoted exactly as filed; “…” marks list items left out, and square brackets mark table labels from the filing.
SEC filings only. No price or market data.