phpIPAM vs EfficientIP SOLIDserver
Zero of fourteen models named phpIPAM first on the direct prompt; zero named EfficientIP SOLIDserver. phpIPAM was named by eleven of the fourteen models and EfficientIP SOLIDserver by eleven and phpIPAM carries 22 labels and EfficientIP SOLIDserver 32, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
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; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the DDI and IP address management page.
By framing
phpIPAMFirst choices, of fourteen modelsEfficientIP SOLIDserver
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, phpIPAM and EfficientIP SOLIDserver were named in the same answer thirty-one times, of the 64 answers naming phpIPAM and the 109 naming EfficientIP SOLIDserver. In those answers EfficientIP SOLIDserver took the first choice three times and phpIPAM four.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | ||||
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | |||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | ||||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
phpIPAM EfficientIP SOLIDserver first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, phpIPAM on the left and EfficientIP SOLIDserver on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
phpIPAM15%#2 of 11EfficientIP SOLIDserver2%#9 of 11phpIPAM9%#4 of 11EfficientIP SOLIDserver4%#7 of 11EfficientIP SOLIDserver4%#5 of 9phpIPAM0%#– of 9What the models said about phpIPAM
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“If you're a small team with no dedicated network engineers, these can become a liability.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“using them as your core DDI platform carries operational risk” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“the best fit is often an open-source tool such as phpIPAM or Gesti\u00f3IP for solo users and small teams” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“Very Tight Budget / Tech-Savvy | Open Source (phpIPAM) + Cloud DNS | Free / Low” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“If you can self-host, phpIPAM is the most popular and capable free option.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about EfficientIP SOLIDserver
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid: Enterprise solutions like Infoblox or EfficientIP SOLIDserver unless you have a larger budget” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise platforms like Infoblox, BlueCat, and EfficientIP SOLIDserver” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“their proprietary hardware/virtual appliances and licensing models can easily exceed tens of thousands of dollars annually” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“or EfficientIP if you want an all-in-one commercial DDI product” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“Get quotes from EfficientIP and others to anchor your budget.” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
“Best "all-in-one" option if you want to completely replace Microsoft DHCP/DNS with a cost-effective, highly secure, and automation-friendly appliance architecture.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.