Network monitoring and management for enterprise buyers
Asked as “network monitoring tool”, and as “network management and automation software”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 55 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each. Added to the September 2026 Edition; 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
16%
Contested · Cisco Catalyst Center 15%
16SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor15Cisco Catalyst Center15LogicMonitor55others
16% 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 twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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.
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%.
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01SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor16%
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor16%02LogicMonitor15%
LogicMonitor15%03Cisco Catalyst Center15%
Cisco Catalyst Center15%04Kentik5%
Kentik5%05Auvik5%
Auvik5%06ManageEngine OpManager4%
ManageEngine OpManager4%07Datadog Network Monitoring4%
Datadog Network Monitoring4%08Zabbix4%
Zabbix4%09Dynatrace0%
Dynatrace0%10Cisco ThousandEyes0%
Cisco ThousandEyes0%11Paessler PRTG Network Monitor0%
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor0%12Nagios0%
Nagios0%What they warned about
Zero of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. 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 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.
Datadog Network Monitoring31%
14 of 45 labels negative · 11 of 12 models · 5 hard negative
“What to avoid for strict predictability ... Datadog is *From $15 per host per month* SaaS and *Costs can rise with scale and usage*” Muse Glimmer 30B, budget prompt
Nagios55%
12 of 22 labels negative · 11 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“**Why to avoid:** Nagios is an industry pioneer, but the free Core version relies heavily on flat text configuration files” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor34%
12 of 35 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 6 hard negative
“large enterprises should be cautious about or avoid the following network monitoring tools... High acquisition cost, slow performance” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Zabbix26%
9 of 34 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“struggles with very large-scale (e.g., >5,000 nodes) without proxies... Performance degrades in high-availability setups” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the twelve 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 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1034 links across 236 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Domotz43 answers · 50 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Kentik36 answers · 46 citations · 13 models
vendor site · SolarWinds34 answers · 49 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Guideflow23 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Virtana23 answers · 23 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G220 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Netdata20 answers · 21 citations · 12 models
vendor site · LogicMonitor19 answers · 32 citations · 9 models
vendor site · ManageEngine19 answers · 28 citations · 9 models
19 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G218 answers · 22 citations · 7 models
17 answers · 17 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.
34 answers · 12 models
30 answers · 10 models
23 answers · 12 models
20 answers · 12 models
19 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 6 models
14 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 monitoring tool”, “network monitoring tool”, “network monitoring tools”. 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 |
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| SolarWinds parent site SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 16%, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager 2% | 18% | 89 | 14,800 | 1,396 | |||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Catalyst Center 15%, Cisco Nexus Dashboard 2%, Cisco ThousandEyes 0% | 16% | 28 | 165,000 | 48,352 | |||
| LogicMonitor logicmonitor.com | 15% | 138 | 5,400 | 236 | 82,441 | $1,636 | 31 |
| Kentik kentik.com | 5% | 43 | 246,000 | 62 | 110,569 | 24 | |
| Auvik auvik.com | 5% | 93 | 4,400 | 137 | 41,968 | 120 | |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform redhat.com | 5% | 19 | 1,300 | 10 | 1,347,338 | $281 | 117 |
| ManageEngine parent site ManageEngine OpManager 4% | 4% | 178 | 8,100 | 675 | |||
| Datadog parent site Datadog Network Monitoring 4% | 4% | 88 | 74,000 | 3,541 | |||
| Zabbix zabbix.com | 4% | 279 | 12,100 | 992 | 18,850 | 3 | |
| Ansible ansible.com | 4% | 121 | 22,200 | 3,168 | 50,787 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (blog.domotz.com, netdata.cloud, solarwinds.com). The first result for “best network monitoring tool” is itpro.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 monitoring tool for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which network management and automation software would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade network monitoring tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best network monitoring tool 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 monitoring tool. What should we look at?”Negative“Which network monitoring tools should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceCisco Catalyst CenterChangedDatadog Network Monitoring, DynatraceDomotzagainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitorno first choiceagainst: Nagios, Sniffnet, SolarWinds, Wireshark, Zabbix, tcpdump
Five alternatives
Ansible, Cisco Meraki Dashboard, Infoblox DDI, Juniper Contrail, SolarWinds Orion PlatformSeven alternatives
Kentik, LogicMonitor, OpenNMS, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ThousandEyes, ZabbixTwo alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorGPT-5.4 miniDatadog Network MonitoringCisco Catalyst Center, Cisco Nexus DashboardChangedDatadog Network Monitoringagainst: Paessler PRTG Network MonitorPaessler PRTG Enterprise Monitorno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
PRTG Enterprise Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds ObservabilityFour alternatives
Ansible, Cisco Crosswork NSO / Crosswork Network Automation, HPE Aruba Networking Central, NetBoxTwo alternatives
LogicMonitor, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorGemini 3.5 FlashLogicMonitorNetBox, Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformChangedno first choiceZabbixagainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, Splunkno first choiceagainst: Auvik, CA Spectrum, Cisco Prime Infrastructure, DX NetOps, Icinga, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Orion Platform, Wireshark, Zabbix
Five alternatives
Cisco ThousandEyes, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, Kentik, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorSix alternatives
Cisco ThousandEyes, Gluware, IP Fabric, Itential, Kentik, LogicMonitorSix alternatives
Cisco ThousandEyes, Datadog Network Monitoring, Kentik, LogicMonitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixThree alternatives
Auvik, Paessler PRTG Enterprise Monitor, Progress WhatsUp GoldPerplexity SonarKentikSolarWinds Network Performance MonitorChangedno first choiceManageEngine OpManageragainst: Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitor, Paessler PRTG Network Monitorno first choiceagainst: Nagios, Sniffnet, Wireshark, Zabbix
Two alternatives
Checkmk, NinjaOneThree alternatives
Cisco Catalyst Center, LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManagerThree alternatives
Checkmk, Domotz, ZabbixGrok 4.1 FastLogicMonitoragainst: Paessler PRTG Network MonitorAnsible, Cisco Catalyst Center, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorChangedno first choiceSolarWinds Network Performance Monitoragainst: Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, Kentik, LogicMonitorno first choiceagainst: Cacti, Icinga, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Zabbix
Three alternatives
Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, KentikTwo alternatives
HPE Aruba Networking Central, Juniper/MistFour alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixMistral SmallKentikAnsible, Cisco Catalyst Center, Juniper ApstraChangedKentikAuvik, LogicMonitoragainst: Datadog Network Monitoringno first choiceagainst: Centreon, IBM SevOne, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Zabbix
Three alternatives
Dynatrace, LogicMonitor, NetdataFour alternatives
HPE IMC, Nokia NSP, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, VMware Aria AutomationTen alternatives
Auvik, Cisco ThousandEyes, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, OpenNMS, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixOne alternative
DynatraceDeepSeek V4 FlashLogicMonitor, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorCisco Catalyst Center, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorChangedSolarWinds Network Performance MonitorLogicMonitoragainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, Kentikno first choiceagainst: Cacti, LogicMonitor, MRTG, ManageEngine OpManager, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Splunk, Zabbix
Four alternatives
Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, Kentik, ZabbixTwo alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, NetBrainSeven alternatives
Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, Kentik, LogicMonitor, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixThree alternatives
Netdata, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceBlue Planet, OpManager Nexus, OpinnateChangedno first choiceKentikno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
LogicMonitor, Netdata, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, VirtanaQwen 3.7 FlashSolarWinds Network Performance MonitorSolarWinds Network Configuration ManagerChangedSolarWinds Network Performance MonitorFirstWaveagainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, Kentik, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorSolarWinds Network Performance Monitoragainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, New Relicagainst: AppDynamics, Aruba Central, Cacti, Cisco Prime / DNA Center Analytics, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, Juniper Mist Cloud, Nagios, New Relic, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
Two alternatives
LogicMonitor, ZabbixThree alternatives
Cisco Catalyst Center, Juniper/Mist, Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformFour alternatives
Auvik, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixThree alternatives
Auvik, Nagios, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorTwo alternatives
Kentik, LogicMonitorKimi K2Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitoragainst: SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorCisco Catalyst Center, Gluware Intelligent Network AutomationChangedSolarWinds Network Performance Monitoragainst: NagiosAuvikagainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWindsno first choiceagainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWindsagainst: Nagios, SolarWinds Orion, Zabbix
Two alternatives
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixFour alternatives
Juniper Apstra, NetBrain, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SolarWinds NCMSix alternatives
Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, LogicMonitor, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixOne alternative
ManageEngine OpManagerTwo alternatives
Kentik, ManageEngine OpManagerGLM 4.7 FlashXno first choiceCisco Catalyst CenterChangedno first choiceManageEngine OpManageragainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitorno first choiceagainst: NetWitness Platform, SolarWinds Orion, Zeek
Two alternatives
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SolarWinds Network Automation ManagerTwo alternatives
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorMiniMax M2.5SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorCisco Catalyst CenterChangedSolarWinds Network Performance MonitorAuvikagainst: Zabbixno first choiceagainst: Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, Nagios
Four alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixFive alternatives
Gluware Intelligent Network Automation, Juniper Networks Mist Wired Assurance and Marvis, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, VMware NSXFour alternatives
Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitor, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorThree alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorBold 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
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:25 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:14 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:32 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:08 | yes | 22 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:41 | yes | 7 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:39 | yes | 21 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:39 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:43 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:13 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:20 | yes | 21 | 53 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:53 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:43 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:37 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:40 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:02 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:22 | yes | 25 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:47 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:20 | yes | 24 | 43 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:31 | yes | 9 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:25 | yes | 18 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:24 | yes | 25 | 43 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:33 | yes | 5 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 17 | 12 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:11 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:52 | yes | 13 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 19 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:15 | yes | 23 | 12 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:54 | yes | 9 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:39 | yes | 21 | 46 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:52 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:21 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:17 | yes | 20 | 35 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:59 | yes | 18 | 147 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:15 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:24 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 3 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:44 | yes | 18 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:47 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:58 | yes | 19 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:27 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:26 | yes | 19 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:54 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:24 | yes | 8 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:38 | yes | 19 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:44 | yes | 22 | 75 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 22:59 | yes | 25 | 75 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:41 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:24 | yes | 3 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:57 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:08 | yes | 19 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:28 | yes | 12 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:38 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:42 | yes | 17 | 56 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:16 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:03 | yes | 9 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:58 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:04 | yes | 16 | 49 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:04 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:10 | yes | 37 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 4 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:41 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:46 | yes | 18 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:14 | yes | 20 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:26 | yes | 12 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 23 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:06 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:41 | no | 0 | 37 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:22 | yes | 23 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 24 | 76 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 11 | 44 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
Cisco Meraki read as Cisco Meraki Dashboard
Datadog read as Datadog Network Monitoring
Datadog Network Performance Monitoring read as Datadog Network Monitoring
ManageEngine read as ManageEngine OpManager
PRTG read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG (Paessler) read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG Network Monitor read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG Network Monitor (Paessler) read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG Network Monitor (by Paessler) read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG Network Monitor by Paessler read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
Paessler PRTG read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
SolarWinds NPM read as SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Unresolved, counted raw
Blue Planet
Broadcom DX NetOps
CA Spectrum
Centreon
Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance
Cisco Crosswork NSO / Crosswork Network Automation
Cisco Prime / DNA Center Analytics
Datadog NPM
Datadog Network Device Monitoring
FirstWave (NMIS & Open-AudIT)
HPE IMC (Intelligent Management Center)
IBM SevOne
IP Fabric
Juniper Mist Cloud
Juniper Networks Mist Wired Assurance and Marvis
NetWitness Platform
Nokia NSP (Network Services Platform)
Nornil
SolarWinds NCM
SolarWinds Network Analyzer
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor NPM
SolarWinds Orion Platform
VMware Aria Automation
VMware Skybox
WhatsUpGold
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.