Data center networking
Asked as “data center switching platform”, and as “data center network fabric”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 44 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories: how the two compare.
Standing · first-choice share
27%
Contested · HPE Aruba Networking CX Series 7%
27Arista Networks07HPE Aruba Networking CX Series07Juniper Apstra59others
27% of first choices, contested.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
For buyers
All six head-to-head pages: the top four products, each against each
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Arista Networks27%
Arista Networks27%02Cisco5%
Cisco5%03HPE Aruba2%
04Cisco Nexus2%
Cisco Nexus2%05Juniper Networks0%
Juniper Networks0%06VMware NSX0%
VMware NSX0%07Cisco ACI0%
Cisco ACI0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Cisco32%
9 of 28 labels negative · 8 of 14 models
“Some Gartner clients report higher rates of issues compared to other vendors, typically around product complexity, software quality, and support timeliness” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
VMware NSX44%
7 of 16 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Don't over-engineer with ACI/NSX. Cisco ACI and VMware NSX are powerful but carry significant complexity and cost” DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt
Arista Networks13%
6 of 45 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“Cisco ACI, Nexus 9000 with extensive features enabled, or overly rich SD‑N stacks can introduce configuration‑driven bugs if not fully tested.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Cisco ACI58%
7 of 12 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“What I'd Avoid: | **Cisco ACI** | Overly complex and expensive for mid-sized environments” Kimi K2, paraphrase prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
75 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1161 links across 308 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.
vendor site · Cisco44 answers · 85 citations · 13 models
vendor site · G228 answers · 35 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Juniper26 answers · 42 citations · 12 models
26 answers · 39 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Arista23 answers · 37 citations · 12 models
22 answers · 35 citations · 10 models
vendor site · HPE20 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Nokia17 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
14 answers · 40 citations · 9 models
vendor site · FitGap14 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
12 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
14 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 5 models
11 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 9 models
10 answers · 9 models
9 answers · 6 models
9 answers · 8 models
9 answers · 5 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best data center switching platform”, “data center networking platforms”, “data center switching platform”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
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| Arista EOS arista.com Arista Networks 27%, Arista EOS 5%, Arista Converged Cloud Fabric 5% | 36% | 101 | 33,100 | 278 | 46,898 | 3 | ||
| Juniper juniper.net Juniper Apstra 7%, Juniper’s QFX-based data center fabric, managed with Apstra 2% | 9% | 26 | 210 | 6 | 267,308 company | 0 | ||
| HPE Aruba Networking CX Series | 7% | |||||||
| Dell dell.com Dell 2%, Dell Technologies 2%, Dell PowerSwitch S Series 2% | 7% | 64 | 368,000 | 213,970 | 13,697,880 | $10,867 | 63 | 6 |
| Cisco cisco.com | 5% | 199 | 165,000 | 48,352 | 5,114,808 | $683 | 91 | 2 |
| Cumulus Linux | 5% | 260 | 52 | |||||
| FS.com | 5% | |||||||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Nexus 2%, Cisco Nexus Hyperfabric 2% | 5% | 46 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| Edgecore edge-core.com Edgecore 2%, Edgecore Networks 2% | 5% | 6 | 1,900 | 95 | 5,154 | |||
| HPE parent site HPE Aruba 2% | 2% | 28 | 27,100 | 5,522 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cisco.com, gartner.com, hpe.com, reddit.com). The first result for “best data center switching platform” is gartner.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best data center switching platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which data center network fabric would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top data center networking platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best data center switching platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a data center switching platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which data center networking platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceCumulus Linuxno first choiceagainst: CyberPower's PowerPanel Enterprise DCIM platform, Dataprobe's iBoot Power Distribution Unit
Three alternatives
Open Network Operating System, OpenDaylight, OpenSwitchGPT-5.4 miniArista Networksno first choiceChangedArista Networksagainst: DellJuniper’s QFX-based data center fabric, managed with Apstraagainst: Cisco Nexus 9000no first choiceagainst: Arista Networks
Two alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Juniper QFXFour alternatives
Cisco, HPE, Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Spectrum-XOne alternative
Arista EOS-based leaf-spine designGemini 3.5 FlashArista Networksagainst: Cisco SystemsArista NetworksHeldagainst: CiscoArista NetworksDell PowerSwitch S Seriesagainst: Cisco Nexus, FS.com, MikroTik CRS SeriesArista Networksagainst: Cisco, Cisco Nexus Dashboard, Whitebox/DIY SONiCagainst: Apstra, Cisco ACI, Cumulus Linux, HPE, Juniper Networks, Mist AI Ops, SONiC, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
Dell Technologies, HPE Juniper NetworkingOne alternative
HPE JuniperFour alternatives
Cisco, Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Spectrum-X, SONiCFour alternatives
Arista Networks, Celestica, Delta, EdgecoreFour alternatives
Arista CloudVision, Dell Technologies, HPE Juniper, HPE Juniper ApstraPerplexity SonarCisco NexusJuniper ApstraChangedCiscoArista Networksagainst: HPE Arubano first choiceagainst: Cisco, Fortinet fabric-integrated switches, Juniper Networks, Riverbed SteelConnect CX, Ruckus
Two alternatives
Arista Networks, HPE Data Center SwitchesThree alternatives
Arista Converged Cloud Fabric, Cisco Nexus fabric / Nexus Hyperfabric, Nokia Data Center FabricSix alternatives
Arista Networks, Console Connect, HPE Aruba, Juniper Networks, Megaport, VMware NSXOne alternative
Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data CenterGrok 4.1 FastHPE Aruba Networking CX Seriesagainst: Arista NetworksArista NetworksChangedArista EOS, Cisco NexusFS.comagainst: Cisco Nexus, Huawei Data Center Networkingno first choiceagainst: Cisco, Juniper Networks, Netgear Orbi, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Juniper NetworksTwo alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Juniper ApstraThree alternatives
Apstra, Juniper QFX, NVIDIA Spectrum/CumulusThree alternatives
Discount Cisco Nexus, Extreme Networks, HPE ArubaMistral SmallCiscono first choiceChangedno first choiceCumulus Linuxno first choiceagainst: Cisco ACI, Dell Fabric Manager, Huawei iMaster NCE-Fabric, VMware NSX
Three alternatives
Arista Networks, Huawei Data Center Networking, Juniper NetworksFive alternatives
Arista Networks, Dell, Dell PowerSwitch, Edge-Core, Juniper EX4600DeepSeek V4 FlashHPE Aruba CX Seriesagainst: Cisco Nexus 9000 SeriesArista Converged Cloud FabricChangedagainst: Juniper Networks, VMware NSXArista EOS + CloudVision, Cisco ACIDell, Edgecoreagainst: Aruba Instant On, MikroTik CRS Series, Ubiquiti UniFiArista Networksagainst: Cisco, NVIDIA Spectrum-Xagainst: Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series, Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) & Firepower Management Center, NVIDIA InfiniBand, Nexus 9000 series, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
Extreme Networks, Juniper QFX SeriesTwo alternatives
Cisco, HPE ArubaTwo alternatives
Juniper Apstra, NVIDIA Spectrum-XTwo alternatives
Arista Networks, Cisco NexusTwo alternatives
HPE Aruba, Juniper NetworksLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceArista Networksagainst: Huawei Data Center Networkingno first choiceagainst: Cisco
One alternative
HPE Aruba EdgeConnectQwen 3.7 FlashCisco, HPE ArubaArista EOS, Juniper ApstraChangedagainst: Cisco ACI, VMware NSXno first choiceDelta Electronics, FS.comagainst: CiscoArista Networksagainst: Cisco ACI or Nexusagainst: Arista Networks, Blue Coat Systems, Cisco ACI, Cisco Nexus 7000 Series, Dell PowerConnect, Extreme Networks, Foundry Networks, VMware NSX-T / VDC Stack
One alternative
Juniper EX SeriesTwo alternatives
Pica8 Picos, SONiCThree alternatives
Arista Networks, Dell Networking, HPE ArubaTwo alternatives
Cumulus Networks, Juniper NetworksKimi K2HPE Aruba Networking CX Seriesagainst: Arista Networks 7000 SeriesJuniper ApstraChangedagainst: Cisco ACI, VMware NSXno first choiceMikroTik CRS SeriesArista Networksagainst: Cisco ACI, Cisco Catalyst 2960-CX series, Cisco Catalyst 3650 series, Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform, Cisco Nexus with proprietary approaches, Community SONiC, EMC/Dell S4048T, RecoverPoint Gen 6, XtremIO X2, HPE, Juniper QFX Line, Juniper QFX5200, ACX6160
Two alternatives
Cisco Nexus 9000, Juniper QFX SeriesThree alternatives
Arista CloudVision, Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller, Cisco Nexus HyperfabricSix alternatives
Arista Networks, Celestica, Cisco Nexus 3000 Series, Dell PowerSwitch Series, Delta Networks, EdgecoreThree alternatives
Cisco, HPE Aruba, Juniper NetworksGLM 4.7 FlashXHPE Aruba Networking CX SeriesDell TechnologiesChangedno first choiceDell Networking S5224F-ON / S5248F-ONno first choiceagainst: Arista CloudVision, Arista Networks, Cisco, Cisco Catalyst Center, Cisco FMC, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Juniper Contrail, Juniper Junos‑Space, Juniper Networks
Three alternatives
Cisco Catalyst 9200/9300 Series, Cisco Nexus 9300 Series, Dell PowerSwitch S SeriesFour alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Extreme Networks, HPE, Juniper NetworksThree alternatives
Cisco Catalyst 9200L Series, H3C S5130S Series, H3C S6850 High-Density Data Center SwitchMiniMax M2.5no first choiceArista Converged Cloud Fabric, Cisco Nexus HyperfabricChangedagainst: Cisco ACICisco Catalyst CenterArista Networksagainst: Huawei Data Center Networkingno first choiceagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco, NVIDIA Spectrum-X
One alternative
HPE JuniperFour alternatives
Arista CloudVision, Huawei iMaster NCE-Fabric, Juniper Apstra, VMware NSXOne alternative
HPE ArubaGPT-6 LunaArista EOSno first choiceChangedArista Networks, CiscoEdgecore switch with Enterprise SONiC supportno first choiceagainst: ACI, Cisco Nexus, NSX, Nexus
Three alternatives
Cisco Nexus 9000, CloudVision, HPE Juniper QFX + ApstraThree alternatives
Arista EOS + CloudVision, Cisco Nexus, Juniper with ApstraFive alternatives
Apstra, Dell Enterprise SONiC, HPE Juniper, NVIDIA Spectrum-X, SONiC-based systemsOne alternative
Juniper QFX5120Muse Glimmer 30BHPE Aruba EdgeConnectagainst: Cisco Nexus 9000, Cisco Nexus HyperfabricArista NetworksChangedArista Networks, CiscoEdgecore Networks, SONiCagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco Catalystno first choiceagainst: Check Point Software, D-Link, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
Two alternatives
Arista Networks, Juniper NetworksTwo alternatives
Aruba CX, CiscoThree alternatives
Apstra, Juniper Networks, VMware NSXThree alternatives
FS.com, MikroTik CRS Series, Ubiquiti UniFiBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:34 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:32 | yes | 13 | 35 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:04 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 21 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:56 | yes | 12 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:16 | yes | 23 | 70 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:58 | yes | 10 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:26 | yes | 25 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:21 | yes | 24 | 53 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:23 | yes | 5 | 61 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:23 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 22 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:01 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:30 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:26 | yes | 6 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:16 | yes | 18 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:22 | yes | 24 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:41 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:34 | yes | 24 | 41 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:32 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 23 | 142 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:52 | yes | 23 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:10 | yes | 25 | 84 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:07 | yes | 5 | 50 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:23 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:07 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:56 | yes | 18 | 13 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:03 | yes | 8 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:42 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:50 | yes | 17 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 24 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:30 | yes | 25 | 14 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 25 | 46 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:21 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:34 | yes | 20 | 56 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:38 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 25 | 42 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:57 | yes | 19 | 31 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:47 | yes | 7 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 15 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:14 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 4 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:33 | yes | 27 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:35 | yes | 32 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:31 | yes | 22 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 15 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:57 | yes | 25 | 48 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:36 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:35 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 20 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:30 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:13 | yes | 9 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:48 | yes | 2 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 22 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:53 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:18 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:36 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:49 | yes | 14 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:56 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:51 | yes | 25 | 81 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:32 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:42 | yes | 24 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:22 | yes | 15 | 48 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:55 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 2 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:43 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:55 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:20 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 17 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:47 | yes | 24 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:00 | yes | 23 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:47 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:42 | yes | 25 | 55 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:35 | no | 0 | 37 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:11 | yes | 24 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:02 | yes | 15 | 45 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:34 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:19 | yes | 1 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:44 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Arista read as Arista Networks
Arista (CloudVision) read as Arista Networks
Arista (EOS + CloudVision) read as Arista Networks
Huawei read as Huawei Data Center Networking
Juniper read as Juniper Networks
Juniper (Apstra) read as Juniper Networks
Juniper (QFX/EX) read as Juniper Networks
Juniper (e.g., QFX, Apstra) read as Juniper Networks
MikroTik read as MikroTik CRS Series
NVIDIA read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
NVIDIA (Spectrum) read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
Ubiquiti read as Ubiquiti UniFi
Unresolved, counted raw
ACI
AWS Direct Connect
Arista EOS-based leaf-spine design
Arista Networks 7000 Series
Arista Networks Platform
Arista with CloudVision
Azure ExpressRoute
Big Switch
Blue Coat Systems (Symantec/Radware)
Check Point Software
Cisco ACI or Nexus
Cisco Catalyst
Cisco Catalyst 2960-CX series
Cisco Catalyst 3650 series
Cisco FMC
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) & Firepower Management Center (FMC)
Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
Cisco Nexus fabric / Nexus Hyperfabric
Cisco Nexus with proprietary approaches
CloudVision
Community SONiC
Console Connect
Cruz Fabric Controller
Cumulus Networks
CyberPower's PowerPanel Enterprise DCIM platform
Dataprobe's iBoot Power Distribution Unit
Dell Enterprise SONiC
Dell Networking (PowerSwitch)
Dell Networking S5224F-ON / S5248F-ON
Dell PowerSwitch Series
Delta Networks
Discount Cisco Nexus
EMC/Dell S4048T, RecoverPoint Gen 6, XtremIO X2
EVPN/VXLAN
Edgecore switch with Enterprise SONiC support
Enterprise SONiC distributions
Equinix Fabric
Extreme
Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center
Fortinet fabric-integrated switches
Foundry Networks (Broadcom)
H3C S5130S Series
H3C S6850 High-Density Data Center Switch
HP ProCurve/Aruba 2530 Series
HPE Aruba CX Series (8000/9300)
HPE Aruba Networking CX
HPE Data Center Switches
HPE Juniper QFX + Apstra
HPE-Aruba
Huawei Quidway S1700
Juniper EX Series
Juniper EX4600
Juniper Junos‑Space
Juniper QFX Line
Juniper QFX5120
Juniper QFX5200, ACX6160
Juniper with Apstra
Juniper’s QFX-based data center fabric, managed with Apstra
Leaf-Spine Architecture
Mellanox Spectrum
Mist AI Ops
NVIDIA Cumulus
NVIDIA InfiniBand (Quantum-X series)
NVIDIA Spectrum/Cumulus
Netgear Orbi
Nexus 9000 series
Nexus Dashboard with NX-OS
Nexus Dashboard with NX-OS VXLAN EVPN
Nokia SR Linux
Open Network Operating System (ONOS)
OpenSwitch
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
SONiC-based systems
VMware NSX-T / VDC Stack
Whitebox/DIY SONiC
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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