Network access control for enterprise buyers
Asked as “network access control solution”, and as “NAC system”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 51 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
31%
Contested · Cisco ISE 20%
31Cisco Identity Services Engine20Cisco ISE18Portnox Cloud31others
31% 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 an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
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.
Head to head
All ten head-to-head pages: the top five 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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07Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Cisco Identity Services Engine31%
Cisco Identity Services Engine31%02Cisco ISE20%
Cisco ISE20%03Portnox Cloud18%
Portnox Cloud18%04HPE Aruba ClearPass8%
05Aruba ClearPass6%
Aruba ClearPass6%06Forescout2%
Forescout2%07Fortinet FortiNAC2%
Fortinet FortiNAC2%What they warned about
Eight of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX 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.
Cisco ISE33%
10 of 30 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid Cisco ISE unless you're already a Cisco-committed shop, due to licensing complexity that makes TCO forecasting difficult.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt
Forescout17%
6 of 35 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid: Cisco ISE and Forescout if cost predictability is your top priority” Kimi K2, budget prompt
Fortinet FortiNAC16%
5 of 31 labels negative · 5 of 14 models
“makes prompt patching non-negotiable... deepest value assumes Fortinet infrastructure; multi-vendor enforcement is workable but less elegant.” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Aruba ClearPass20%
4 of 20 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“**Avoid** if predictability is a strict requirement (pricing is opaque).” GLM 4.7 FlashX, budget 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. 1061 links across 197 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 · Portnox48 answers · 96 citations · 12 models
vendor site · CyberPress41 answers · 41 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Purple40 answers · 59 citations · 11 models
40 answers · 40 citations · 12 models
vendor site · FitGap35 answers · 49 citations · 11 models
29 answers · 46 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Elisity28 answers · 32 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Virima28 answers · 28 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Fortinet27 answers · 30 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 33 citations · 10 models
24 answers · 25 citations · 8 models
vendor site · CloudNuro24 answers · 24 citations · 9 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.
41 answers · 12 models
40 answers · 12 models
32 answers · 11 models
28 answers · 11 models
27 answers · 10 models
24 answers · 9 models
24 answers · 8 models
23 answers · 9 models
23 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 11 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 network access control solution”, “network access control solution”, “network access control solutions”. 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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| Cisco parent site Cisco Identity Services Engine 31%, Cisco ISE 20%, Cisco Identity Services Engine - ISE 2% | 53% | 96 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| Portnox Cloud portnox.com Portnox Cloud 18%, Portnox Cloud NAC 4% | 22% | 138 | 20 | 0 | 77,065 | 11 | 7 | |
| HPE Aruba ClearPass | 8% | 880 | 0 | |||||
| Aruba ClearPass arubanetworks.com Aruba ClearPass 6%, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect 2% | 8% | 95 | 880 | 52 | 2,865 | |||
| Forescout forescout.com Forescout 2%, Forescout CounterACT 0% | 2% | 79 | 2,900 | 148 | 5,690 | 41 | 3 | |
| Fortinet parent site Fortinet FortiNAC 2% | 2% | 61 | 49,500 | 2,339 | ||||
| HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager | 2% | |||||||
| Cisco cisco.com | 2% | 199 | 165,000 | 48,352 | 5,114,808 | $683 | 91 | 1 |
| SecureW2 securew2.com | 2% | 10 | 1,600 | 42 | 53,641 | 18 | 5 | |
| FortiNAC | 0% | 720 | 44 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (comparitech.com, fortinet.com, portnox.com). The first result for “best network access control solution” is startwithidentity.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 network access control solution for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which NAC system would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade network access control solutions and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best network access control solution for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a network access control solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which network access control solutions should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Cisco Identity Services EngineCisco Identity Services EngineHeldCisco Identity Services EnginePortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco, Forescout, Fortinet, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectno first choiceagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, Fortinet FortiNAC, Ivanti, PacketFence, Portnox Cloud, SecureW2
Six alternatives
Arista, Awake Security, Fortinet FortiNAC, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Intune, Palo Alto NetworksTwo alternatives
HPE Aruba ClearPass, Ivanti Policy SecureFour alternatives
Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass, Portnox CloudOne alternative
NordLayerGPT-5.4 miniCisco Identity Services EngineCisco Identity Services EngineHeldCisco Identity Services EngineCisco ISEno first choiceagainst: NAP, NPS
One alternative
FortiNACTwo alternatives
FortiNAC, HPE Aruba Networking ClearPassFour alternatives
Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager, Ivanti Policy SecureTwo alternatives
Cisco Access Manager, Fortinet FortiNACGemini 3.5 FlashHPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy ManagerHPE Aruba ClearPassChangedCisco Identity Services EnginePortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco Identity Services EnginePortnox Cloud, SecureW2against: Cisco ISE, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass, Ivanti, PacketFence, Pulse Secure
Three alternatives
Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout Vistaro Platform, Portnox CloudThree alternatives
Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, Portnox CloudFive alternatives
Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager, Juniper Mist Access Assurance, Portnox CloudOne alternative
HPE Aruba ClearPassThree alternatives
Cisco ISE, Forescout, HPE Aruba ClearPassPerplexity SonarCisco Identity Services Engine, ForescoutCisco Identity Services EngineChangedno first choiceCisco ISEno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Ivanti Policy Secure, Portnox CloudThree alternatives
Forescout, FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPassTwo alternatives
Forescout, Fortinet NACGrok 4.1 FastCisco Identity Services EngineCisco Identity Services EngineHeldCisco Identity Services EnginePortnox Cloud NACagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISEno first choiceagainst: Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, Genians, Microsoft NAP, Portnox Cloud, Symantec NAC, Trustwave NAC
Three alternatives
Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass, Portnox Cloud NACThree alternatives
Forescout, HPE Aruba ClearPass, Portnox CloudFour alternatives
Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, Portnox Cloud NACOne alternative
FortiNACMistral SmallCisco Identity Services EngineCisco Identity Services EngineHeldCisco Identity Services EnginePortnox Cloudagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISEno first choiceagainst: Alcatel-Lucent's SafeNAC, Bradford Network Sentry
Two alternatives
Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, ForescoutTwo alternatives
Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, Fortinet FortiNACFour alternatives
Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, Portnox CloudDeepSeek V4 FlashCisco Identity Services Engine, Portnox CloudCisco Identity Services EngineChangedCisco Identity Services Engine, HPE Aruba ClearPassPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco ISEAruba ClearPassagainst: Cisco ISE, Impulseagainst: Bradford Networks, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, Genian, HP/Aruba, Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) / Ivanti NAC, Sophos NAC
Two alternatives
Forescout, HPE Aruba ClearPassTwo alternatives
Forescout, HPE Aruba ClearPassFour alternatives
Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, Juniper Mist Access Assurance, Portnox CloudOne alternative
HPE Aruba ClearPassFour alternatives
Arista, Forescout, Fortinet, Portnox CloudLlama 4 MaverickCisco ISECisco ISEHeldno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Extreme Networks NAC, FortiNAC, Pulse Secure NACQwen 3.7 FlashCisco Identity Services EngineCisco Identity Services EngineHeldCisco Identity Services Engine, HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy ManagerHPE Aruba ClearPassagainst: Cisco ISECisco, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectagainst: Cisco XDR, NetMotion
Five alternatives
Cisco Secure Networking, Fortinet, Microsoft Entra ID, Palo Alto Networks, Portnox CloudThree alternatives
Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba Central, Juniper Mist Access AssuranceThree alternatives
Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, Portnox CloudOne alternative
Portnox CloudFive alternatives
Fortigate NAC, Fortinet, Mist AI, Riverbed, ZscalerKimi K2Cisco Identity Services EngineHPE Aruba ClearPassChangedCisco Identity Services Engineagainst: Microsoft NPS / Entra IntegrationPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco ISE, Forescout, FortiNACPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco ISE, Fortinet FortiNACagainst: Cisco ISE, Forescout
Four alternatives
Elisity, Forescout eyeSight/4D Platform, HPE Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, Portnox CloudThree alternatives
Cisco ISE, Forescout, Portnox CloudFour alternatives
Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass, Portnox CloudOne alternative
Aruba ClearPassTwo alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, ForescoutGLM 4.7 FlashXAruba ClearPass, Cisco ISECisco ISEChangedCisco Identity Services EngineCisco ISEagainst: Aruba ClearPassno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Fortinet FortiNAC, Portnox CloudThree alternatives
Forescout CounterACT, HPE Aruba ClearPass, Ivanti Policy SecureFour alternatives
Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, Portnox CloudTwo alternatives
Fortinet FortiNAC, Portnox CloudMiniMax M2.5no first choiceno first choiceHeldCisco Identity Services EngineAruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engineagainst: Microsoft Network Access Protectionno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass, Palo Alto Networks NACTwo alternatives
Fortinet FortiNAC, PacketFenceGPT-6 LunaCisco ISECisco ISEHeldno first choicePortnox Cloud NACno first choiceagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, Cisco NAC Appliance / Clean Access 4.6, ClearPass, PacketFence
Two alternatives
HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass, Portnox CloudTwo alternatives
HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass, Portnox CloudOne alternative
Cisco ISEMuse Glimmer 30BCisco ISE, HPE Aruba ClearPassCisco Identity Services Engine - ISEChangedagainst: FortinoxCisco Identity Services Engine - ISEFortinet FortiNAC, Portnox Cloudno first choiceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE, Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC
One alternative
Portnox CloudTwo alternatives
Forescout, HPE Aruba ClearPass Policy ManagerFour alternatives
Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, Portnox CloudOne alternative
Cisco ISEFive alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout CounterACT, FortiNAC, Portnox CloudBold 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:17 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:32 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:32 | yes | 17 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:53 | yes | 23 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:23 | yes | 14 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:30 | yes | 17 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:25 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:54 | yes | 9 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:14 | yes | 20 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 23:29 | yes | 19 | 145 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:39 | yes | 8 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:39 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:33 | yes | 11 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:06 | yes | 14 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:16 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:16 | yes | 6 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:06 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:15 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:08 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:19 | yes | 22 | 59 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:52 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:31 | no | 0 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:56 | yes | 20 | 53 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:05 | yes | 18 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:59 | yes | 14 | 58 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:24 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:31 | yes | 23 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:54 | yes | 14 | 13 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:32 | yes | 7 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:14 | yes | 13 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:47 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:33 | yes | 20 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:17 | yes | 13 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:13 | yes | 20 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:51 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:38 | yes | 20 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:38 | yes | 19 | 30 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:51 | yes | 24 | 54 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 22:55 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:21 | yes | 8 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:05 | yes | 12 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:17 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:41 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:54 | yes | 17 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:34 | yes | 18 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:51 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:20 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:16 | yes | 23 | 54 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:24 | yes | 13 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:42 | yes | 20 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:51 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:29 | no | 0 | 54 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:47 | yes | 3 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:43 | yes | 17 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:43 | yes | 19 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:31 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 9 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 17 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:50 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:14 | yes | 22 | 61 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:53 | yes | 6 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:26 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:53 | yes | 24 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 23:36 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:08 | no | 0 | 61 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:25 | yes | 6 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:58 | yes | 12 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:26 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:44 | yes | 6 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:53 | yes | 20 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:25 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:49 | yes | 21 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:34 | yes | 12 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:34 | yes | 24 | 70 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:24 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:02 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:31 | yes | 24 | 45 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:30 | yes | 14 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:34 | yes | 5 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:04 | yes | 4 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:01 | yes | 22 | 39 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
Ivanti NAC read as Ivanti Policy Secure
Juniper Mist (AI-NAC) read as Juniper Mist Access Assurance
Portnox read as Portnox Cloud
Portnox (Cloud NAC) read as Portnox Cloud
Unresolved, counted raw
Alcatel-Lucent's SafeNAC
Bradford Network Sentry
Cisco Access Manager
Cisco NAC Appliance / Clean Access 4.6
Cisco Secure Networking
Cloud4Wi
CyberSecurityNews
Forescout eyeExtend
Forescout eyeSight/4D Platform
Fortigate NAC
Fortinet NAC
Fortinet Network Access Control
Fortinox
HPE Aruba Central (with APMP)
IBM Security Verify Access
Juniper Access Assurance
Juniper Networks NAC
Microsoft NAP
Microsoft NPS / Entra Integration
Mist Access Assurance
NAP
NPS
NetMotion
Palo Alto Networks Cloud Identity Engine
Palo Alto Networks NAC
Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) / Ivanti NAC
Pulse Secure NAC
Purple Cloud NAC & RADIUS
Symantec NAC
Trustwave NAC
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.