Network access control for small business buyers
Asked as “network access control solution”, and as “NAC system”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 55 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
45%
Clear leader
45Portnox Cloud16PacketFence05Aruba ClearPass33others
45% of first choices, clear leader.
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 small 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.
For buyers
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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03O04
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06F07
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09Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Portnox Cloud45%
Portnox Cloud45%02PacketFence16%
PacketFence16%03Aruba ClearPass5%
Aruba ClearPass5%04OPSWAT MetaAccess4%
05Cisco Meraki2%
Cisco Meraki2%06Fortinet FortiNAC2%
Fortinet FortiNAC2%07FortiNAC0%
08Forescout0%
Forescout0%09Cisco ISE0%
Cisco ISE0%What they warned about
Eight of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, Qwen 3.7 Flash and MiniMax M2.5 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.
Aruba ClearPass47%
18 of 38 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 7 hard negative
“Any traditional appliance-based NAC solution (including **Aruba ClearPass** and **Fortinet FortiNAC** hardware variants) carries these risks for small businesses” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Cisco ISE82%
28 of 34 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 10 hard negative
“Solutions You Should Generally Avoid ... Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine): Incredibly powerful, but notoriously complex, expensive, and difficult to manage.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, paraphrase prompt
Forescout79%
15 of 19 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 9 hard negative
“Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass, and Forescout are excellent but **overkill in cost and complexity** for a 30-person company.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, scale prompt
Cisco Identity Services Engine71%
5 of 7 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Small businesses should generally avoid or be very cautious about enterprise-focused NAC solutions ... Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) – While powerful, it's complex, expensive” MiniMax M2.5, negative 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
74 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. 994 links across 194 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 · CyberPress53 answers · 55 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G242 answers · 62 citations · 13 models
vendor site · FitGap39 answers · 52 citations · 11 models
38 answers · 44 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Portnox33 answers · 57 citations · 10 models
33 answers · 36 citations · 12 models
29 answers · 30 citations · 10 models
27 answers · 27 citations · 9 models
25 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
23 answers · 29 citations · 9 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Domotz20 answers · 20 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.
53 answers · 11 models
36 answers · 11 models
36 answers · 10 models
29 answers · 10 models
29 answers · 11 models
29 answers · 11 models
27 answers · 9 models
25 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 8 models
20 answers · 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portnox NAC portnox.com Portnox Cloud 45%, Portnox CLEAR 5%, Portnox NAC 2% | 53% | 138 | 20 | 0 | 77,065 | 11 | 7 | |
| PacketFence packetfence.com | 16% | 35 | 720 | 4 | 298 | |||
| Aruba ClearPass arubanetworks.com | 5% | 71 | 880 | 52 | 2,865 | |||
| OPSWAT MetaAccess | 4% | 10 | 0 | |||||
| macmon NAC | 4% | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Ubiquiti ubiquiti.com Ubiquiti UniFi 4% | 4% | 41 | 9,900 | 450 | 15,584 company | |||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Meraki 2%, Cisco Duo 0% | 2% | 198 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| Fortinet parent site Fortinet FortiNAC 2% | 2% | 61 | 49,500 | 2,339 | ||||
| NordLayer nordlayer.com | 2% | 73 | 2,900 | 28 | 136,857 | $985 | 120 | |
| JumpCloud jumpcloud.com | 2% | 321 | 12,100 | 244 | 108,479 | $8,612 | 80 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (comparitech.com, enterprisenetworkingplanet.com, portnox.com, thectoclub.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 a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which NAC system would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top network access control solutions for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best network access control solution for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a network access control solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which network access control solutions should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNACno first choiceChangedPortnox Cloudno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Check Point Harmony SASE, UTunnelThree alternatives
FortiNAC, NordLayer NAC, TwingateThree alternatives
OPNsense, OpenWrt, pfSenseGPT-5.4 miniCisco Access Manager / Cisco Secure AccessPortnox CloudChangedPortnox CloudPacketFenceagainst: Aruba ClearPassno first choiceagainst: Aruba ClearPass
Two alternatives
Cisco Duo, FortinetThree alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE, Fortinet FortiNACThree alternatives
Cisco Access Manager / Cisco ISE-style NAC, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba Central NACTwo alternatives
Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Entra Private AccessGemini 3.5 FlashPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco ISE, HPE Aruba ClearPassPortnox CloudHeldagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE, PacketFencePortnox Cloudagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISEGenian NAC, PacketFenceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE, ForescoutPortnox CLEARagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISEagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE, Forescout, FreeRADIUS, PacketFence
Two alternatives
Foxpass, JumpCloudTwo alternatives
JumpCloud, SecureW2 JoinNowFour alternatives
JumpCloud, SecureW2, Tailscale, TwingateTwo alternatives
Cloudflare One, Ubiquiti UniFiFive alternatives
Foxpass, JumpCloud, SecureW2, Tailscale, TwingatePerplexity SonarPortnox Cloudagainst: Forescout, HPE Aruba ClearPassPortnox CloudHeldFoxpass, Portnox Cloudagainst: Cisco ISE, FortiNACLiteManageragainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE, Forescoutno first choiceagainst: Cisco ISE, Forescout, HPE Aruba ClearPass
Two alternatives
OPSWAT MetaAccess, SafeConnectTwo alternatives
Forescout, Juniper Mist Access AssuranceOne alternative
Juniper Mist Access AssuranceOne alternative
Portnox CloudGrok 4.1 FastPortnox CloudPortnox NACChangedagainst: FortiNACPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco ISE, ForescoutPacketFenceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISENordLayer, Portnox Cloudagainst: Cisco ISEagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE, Forescout
Four alternatives
Genian NAC, NordLayer, OPSWAT MetaAccess, macmon NACOne alternative
Aruba ClearPassFour alternatives
Genian NAC, NordLayer NAC, OPSWAT MetaAccess, TwingateTwo alternatives
NordLayer, Portnox CloudThree alternatives
Genians, Ivanti, macmon NACMistral SmallPortnox CloudAruba ClearPass, Portnox CloudChangedOPSWAT MetaAccessno first choiceno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Cisco Identity Services EngineTwo alternatives
SafeConnect, TwingateThree alternatives
OPSWAT MetaAccess, Portnox Cloud, SafeConnectDeepSeek V4 FlashPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco ISE, ForescoutPortnox CloudHeldagainst: Cisco ISE, FortiNACPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, ForescoutPacketFence, Portnox CloudPortnox Cloudagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE, Forescoutagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE, Extreme Networks NAC, Forescout
Three alternatives
Cisco Meraki, Fortinet FortiNAC, macmon NACOne alternative
Aruba ClearPassFour alternatives
HPE Aruba ClearPass, JumpCloud, OPSWAT MetaAccess, TailscaleTwo alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, NordLayerThree alternatives
FortiNAC, PacketFence, macmon NACLlama 4 MaverickPortnox CloudPortnox CloudHeldno first choicePortnox Cloudno first choicenothing named
One alternative
CiscoTwo alternatives
OPSWAT MetaAccess, SafeConnectQwen 3.7 FlashFortinetagainst: Cisco ISE, Palo Alto NetworksCisco MerakiChangedPortnox CloudPacketFenceagainst: LiteManagerUbiquiti UniFiagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE, LevelBlue, Xfinity
Three alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Meraki, Ubiquiti UniFiTwo alternatives
Sophos NAC, Ubiquiti UniFiFour alternatives
Cisco Meraki, NordLayer, PacketFence, Ubiquiti UniFiThree alternatives
IronWiFi, MikroTik, pfSenseFour alternatives
Aruba Instant On, Cisco Meraki, Defender, Microsoft IntuneKimi K2Portnox Cloudagainst: Cisco Meraki Systems ManagerPortnox CloudHeldPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco ISEPacketFencePortnox Cloud, macmon NACagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE, Forescout, PacketFence
Two alternatives
Cisco Duo, Microsoft Network Policy ServerTwo alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, macmon NACThree alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Forescout, PacketFenceThree alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, FortiNAC, NACoGLM 4.7 FlashXPortnox CloudPortnox CloudHeldagainst: Cisco ISE, FortiNAC, Ivanti Policy SecureCisco Duo, Oktaagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma AccessPacketFencePortnox Cloud, macmon NACagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, HPE Aruba ClearPass, PacketFence
Four alternatives
FortiNAC, Genian NAC, Ivanti Policy Secure, PacketFenceOne alternative
Aruba ClearPassSeven alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Cloudflare One, FortiNAC, OpenNAC, PacketFence, Twingate, Zscaler Private AccessThree alternatives
FreeNAC, NordLayer, Portnox CloudMiniMax M2.5Portnox CloudAruba ClearPass, OPSWAT MetaAccessChangedOPSWAT MetaAccess, Portnox Cloudagainst: Cisco Identity Services EngineJumpCloud, Ubiquiti UniFiOPSWAT MetaAccessagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC
One alternative
Aruba ClearPassOne alternative
SafeConnectTwo alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNACTwo alternatives
Azure AD Conditional Access, SafeConnectGPT-6 LunaPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco ISEPortnox CloudHeldPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco ISE, ClearPassPacketFenceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISEno first choiceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE, Forescout
One alternative
Aruba ClearPassTwo alternatives
Cisco ISE, FortiNACFour alternatives
FortiNAC, HPE Aruba Networking Central NAC, Juniper Mist Access Assurance, PacketFenceOne alternative
Portnox CloudThree alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Microsoft Network Policy Server, Portnox CloudMuse Glimmer 30BPortnox CLEARagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISEPortnox CLEARHeldOPSWAT MetaAccess / MetaDefender NAC, Portnox Cloudagainst: Cisco ISEPacketFenceno first choiceagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
Three alternatives
Fortinet FortiNAC, NACVIEW, PacketFenceThree alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Meraki Systems Manager, FortiNACTwo alternatives
Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy ManagerThree alternatives
Genian NAC, Lan-Secure Switch Protector, 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 01:07 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:42 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:22 | yes | 17 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:38 | yes | 17 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:41 | yes | 18 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:03 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:12 | yes | 18 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:29 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:55 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:51 | yes | 18 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:41 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:25 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:57 | yes | 21 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:07 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:06 | yes | 18 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:37 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:24 | yes | 21 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:16 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 25 | 36 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:25 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:59 | yes | 13 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:02 | yes | 22 | 37 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:06 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:17 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:05 | yes | 9 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:57 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:26 | yes | 6 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 16 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:32 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 22 | 12 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:17 | yes | 20 | 14 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 21 | 40 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:47 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:47 | yes | 14 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:05 | yes | 22 | 32 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:34 | yes | 24 | 105 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:47 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:25 | yes | 6 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:44 | yes | 21 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:11 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:03 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:19 | yes | 16 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:01 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:43 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:56 | yes | 17 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:23 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:34 | yes | 19 | 84 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:14 | yes | 18 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:23 | yes | 22 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:05 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:38 | yes | 2 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:23 | yes | 12 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:34 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:59 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:21 | yes | 7 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:47 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:09 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:47 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:07 | yes | 20 | 54 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:27 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:41 | yes | 13 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:36 | yes | 15 | 71 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:19 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:36 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:39 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:36 | yes | 6 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:13 | yes | 21 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:00 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 19 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:33 | yes | 21 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:35 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:47 | no | 0 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:10 | yes | 23 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:57 | yes | 19 | 79 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 21 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:42 | yes | 4 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:49 | yes | 23 | 29 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
Portnox read as Portnox Cloud
Unresolved, counted raw
Built-in firewall NAC
Cisco Access Manager / Cisco ISE-style NAC
Cisco Access Manager / Cisco Secure Access
Extreme Networks HiveManager
FreeRADIUS
HPE Aruba Central NAC
IronWiFi (Community Edition)
Lan-Secure Switch Protector
Meraki Systems Manager
Microsoft NPS with cloud RADIUS
RADIUSaaS
Start Hotspot
Xfinity
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.