phpIPAM vs NetBox
Zero of fourteen models named phpIPAM first on the direct prompt; zero named NetBox. phpIPAM was named by eleven of the fourteen models and NetBox by eight and phpIPAM carries 22 labels and NetBox 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in four categories 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 modelsNetBox
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, phpIPAM and NetBox were named in the same answer twenty-six times, of the 64 answers naming phpIPAM and the 137 naming NetBox. In those answers NetBox 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 NetBox first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, phpIPAM on the left and NetBox on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was named
14 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 11NetBox0%#10 of 11phpIPAM0%#– of 9NetBox0%#7 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 NetBox
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Open-source DDI tools (phpIPAM, NetBox, etc.) ... No enterprise SLA” 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
“NetBox is the industry standard... NetBox Cloud (the managed SaaS version) gives you all the power of NetBox's robust APIs” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.