Portnox Cloud vs PacketFence
Six of fourteen models named Portnox Cloud first on the direct prompt; zero named PacketFence. Portnox Cloud was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and PacketFence by eight and Portnox Cloud carries 45 labels and PacketFence 10, 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 network access control page.
By framing
Portnox CloudFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPacketFence
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Portnox Cloud and PacketFence were named in the same answer twenty-three times, of the 140 answers naming Portnox Cloud and the 37 naming PacketFence. In those answers PacketFence took the first choice seven times and Portnox Cloud seven.
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 | | | | |
Portnox Cloud PacketFence first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Portnox Cloud on the left and PacketFence on the right.The direct prompt
Portnox Cloud first, PacketFence not the choice
6 of 14 modelsPacketFence was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
6 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
Portnox Cloud45%#1 of 9PacketFence16%#2 of 9Portnox Cloud35%#1 of 10PacketFence15%#2 of 10Portnox Cloud18%#3 of 7PacketFence0%#– of 7What the models said about Portnox Cloud
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Users experience performance issues with Portnox, finding it misrepresented and encountering frequent authentication problems.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Performance issues, misrepresented capabilities, frequent authentication failures, poor UI, non‑intuitive workflows.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Caution if you need rock-solid RADIUS or have complex identity federation.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Best budget-friendly dedicated NAC: Portnox Cloud, because it is cloud-native and emphasizes continuous access control without heavy deployment burden.” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“Portnox Cloud or OPSWAT MetaAccess give you device profiling, posture enforcement and guest/BYOD without standing up dedicated appliances.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Modern Alternatives: Agentless, cloud-native, or microsegmentation-focused (e.g., Portnox, Elisity for quick deploys without 802.1X pain)” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · first choice
What the models said about PacketFence
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“a well-configured open-source PacketFence or a modern zero-trust network access (ZTNA) solution beats any legacy appliance” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“PacketFence offers the best value as it provides enterprise-grade NAC features completely free” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend starting with PacketFence (self-hosted) if you have some technical expertise” Kimi K2 · budget 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.