Network monitoring and management for small business buyers
Asked as “network monitoring tool”, and as “network management and automation software”, 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
40%
Contested · Zabbix 16%
40Paessler PRTG Network Monitor16Zabbix15Domotz29others
40% 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 a small 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.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Auvik vs LibreNMSAuvik vs Datadog Network MonitoringAuvik vs NagiosAuvik vs LogicMonitorManageEngine OpManager vs ZabbixManageEngine OpManager vs Paessler PRTG Network MonitorManageEngine OpManager vs LibreNMSManageEngine OpManager vs Datadog Network MonitoringManageEngine OpManager vs NagiosManageEngine OpManager vs LogicMonitorZabbix vs Paessler PRTG Network MonitorZabbix vs LibreNMSZabbix vs Datadog Network MonitoringZabbix vs NagiosZabbix vs LogicMonitorPaessler PRTG Network Monitor vs LibreNMSPaessler PRTG Network Monitor vs Datadog Network MonitoringPaessler PRTG Network Monitor vs NagiosPaessler PRTG Network Monitor vs LogicMonitorLibreNMS vs Datadog Network MonitoringLibreNMS vs NagiosLibreNMS vs LogicMonitorDatadog Network Monitoring vs NagiosDatadog Network Monitoring vs LogicMonitorNagios vs LogicMonitor
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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01Paessler PRTG Network Monitor40%
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor40%02Zabbix16%
Zabbix16%03Domotz15%
Domotz15%04ManageEngine OpManager7%
ManageEngine OpManager7%05Auvik5%
Auvik5%06Atera4%
Atera4%07Datadog Network Monitoring2%
Datadog Network Monitoring2%08Nagios2%
Nagios2%09NinjaOne0%
NinjaOne0%10LibreNMS0%
LibreNMS0%11Site24x70%
Site24x70%12SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor0%
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, MiniMax M2.5 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.
Nagios52%
17 of 33 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Steep learning curve... Better suited for technical teams with dedicated resources, not resource-constrained small businesses” Kimi K2, negative prompt
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor63%
12 of 19 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“SolarWinds NPM is often criticized for its high cost, complex setup, and resource-intensive nature, making it less suitable for small businesses” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Zabbix20%
11 of 56 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“steep learning curve, unintuitive interface, and requires significant documentation/time to set up” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
Datadog Network Monitoring43%
9 of 21 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“**Datadog** — *Avoid if you have fewer than ~50 endpoints or a tight budget*” DeepSeek V4 Flash, 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
76 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. 983 links across 181 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 · Guideflow38 answers · 40 citations · 12 models
28 answers · 37 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Instatus28 answers · 28 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G226 answers · 38 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
22 answers · 25 citations · 11 models
22 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 23 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Pandora FMS21 answers · 22 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G220 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Netdata20 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
19 answers · 27 citations · 7 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.
37 answers · 12 models
28 answers · 11 models
25 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 11 models
20 answers · 9 models
19 answers · 7 models
17 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 10 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 | Best Google position |
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| Paessler PRTG Network Monitor paessler.com | 40% | 153 | 480 | 4 | 107,237 | $12,945 | 120 | 8 |
| Zabbix zabbix.com | 16% | 279 | 12,100 | 992 | 18,850 | 3 | ||
| Domotz domotz.com | 15% | 56 | 1,900 | 52 | 11,525 | $93 | 9 | 2 |
| ManageEngine parent site ManageEngine OpManager 7% | 7% | 178 | 8,100 | 675 | ||||
| Auvik auvik.com | 5% | 93 | 4,400 | 137 | 41,968 | 120 | ||
| Atera atera.com | 4% | 341 | 18,100 | 260 | 87,774 | 120 | ||
| BackBox | 2% | |||||||
| Ubiquiti ubiquiti.com Ubiquiti UniFi 2% | 2% | 41 | 9,900 | 450 | 15,584 company | |||
| Ubiquiti UniFi Network | 2% | |||||||
| OpenNMS opennms.com | 2% | 9 | 5 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (comparitech.com, netdata.cloud). 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 a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which network management and automation software would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top network monitoring tools for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best network monitoring tool for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a network monitoring tool. What should we look at?”Negative“Which network monitoring tools should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixCisco Meraki Dashboard, Ubiquiti UniFiChangedPaessler PRTG Network MonitorOpenNMS, Zabbixno first choiceagainst: ExtraHop Reveal, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Two alternatives
Auvik, ManageEngine OpManagerTwo alternatives
Nagios, ZabbixFour alternatives
AdRem NetCrunch, ManageEngine OpManager, Site24x7, ZabbixThree alternatives
Checkmk, Icinga, ManageEngine OpManagerGPT-5.4 miniDatadog Network MonitoringManageEngine OpManagerChangedagainst: SolarWinds Network Automation ManagerCheckmkagainst: Nagios, Prometheus + GrafanaZabbixno first choiceagainst: Splunk
Two alternatives
NetCrunch, SolarWindsTwo alternatives
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorTwo alternatives
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixTwo alternatives
LibreNMS, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorGemini 3.5 FlashDomotzagainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitorAuvik, Domotz, Ubiquiti UniFi NetworkChangedDomotz, Paessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Prometheus, ZabbixDomotzDomotzagainst: Cisco Catalyst Center, Cisco Meraki Dashboard, HPE Intelligent Management Center, Icinga, Nagios, OpenNMS, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Ubiquiti UniFi Controller, Zabbix
Four alternatives
Atera, Auvik, NinjaOne, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorSix alternatives
NetBox, NinjaOne, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Site24x7, SyncroThree alternatives
Auvik, LibreNMS, Uptime KumaFour alternatives
LibreNMS, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Uptime Kuma, ZabbixFour alternatives
NinjaOne, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Pulseway, UniFi Network ControllerPerplexity SonarPaessler PRTG Network MonitorAuvik, DomotzChangedPaessler PRTG Network MonitorPaessler PRTG Network Monitorno first choiceagainst: Icinga, Nagios, Site24x7, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Windows Network Monitor, Zabbix
Two alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, Progress WhatsUp GoldOne alternative
ManageEngine OpManagerSix alternatives
Atera, ManageEngine OpManager, NinjaOne, Progress WhatsUp Gold, Site24x7, ZabbixTwo alternatives
Spiceworks Network Monitor, ZabbixGrok 4.1 FastPaessler PRTG Network MonitorPaessler PRTG Network MonitorHeldPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorZabbixPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Dynatrace, LogicMonitor, Nagios, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbix
Three alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, NinjaOne, ZabbixThree alternatives
Auvik, Domotz, ZabbixThree alternatives
Auvik, ManageEngine OpManager, ZabbixFour alternatives
LibreNMS, Nagios, Observium Community Edition, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorFour alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, ManageEngine OpManager, Progress WhatsUp Gold, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorMistral SmallManageEngine OpManager, Zabbixno first choiceChangedPaessler PRTG Network MonitorNagios, Zabbixno first choiceagainst: Nagiosagainst: Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, Nagios, Netdata, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbix
Three alternatives
Icinga, NinjaOne, PulsewayFour alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, LibreNMS, Nagios, ZabbixThree alternatives
Cacti, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Site24x7DeepSeek V4 FlashPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Dynatrace, LogicMonitor, SolarWindsManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorChangedAtera, NinjaOne, Paessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Nagios, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Auvik, NagiosDomotzagainst: Nagios, Zabbixagainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, Nagios, SolarWinds, Splunk
Three alternatives
Auvik, NinjaOne, ZabbixFour alternatives
Auvik, Instatus, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixOne alternative
ZabbixTwo alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, ZabbixFour alternatives
Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceBackBoxChangedSolarwinds Hybrid Cloud ObservabilityPaessler PRTG Network Monitorno first choiceagainst: Nagios, Pandora FMS, Zabbix
Two alternatives
LogicMonitor, SourceForgeTwo alternatives
AdRem NetCrunch, AteraThree alternatives
Auvik, ManageEngine OpManager, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorQwen 3.7 FlashManageEngine OpManagerPaessler PRTG Network MonitorChangedZabbixagainst: SolarWindsZabbixPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, Nagios, SolarWindsagainst: AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, ExtraHop, IBM Tivoli, Nagios, New Relic, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbix
One alternative
Progress WhatsUp GoldFive alternatives
Aruba Instant On, Datadog Network Monitoring, NetBox, UniFi Network, ZabbixThree alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, Pulseway, Uptime KumaThree alternatives
Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SpiceworksOne alternative
ManageEngine OpManagerKimi K2Paessler PRTG Network MonitorAteraChangedNinjaOne, Paessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Datadog Network MonitoringPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: NagiosPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitor, Nagios, SolarWinds Orion, Zabbix
Three alternatives
Auvik, Checkmk, ZabbixFour alternatives
Domotz, NinjaOne, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixFour alternatives
Auvik, Domotz, Nagios, ZabbixTwo alternatives
LibreNMS, ZabbixThree alternatives
Nagios, Progress WhatsUp Gold, ZabbixGLM 4.7 FlashXPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorPaessler PRTG Network MonitorHeldPaessler PRTG Network MonitorPaessler PRTG Network Monitorno first choiceagainst: Atera, Auvik, Check Point NGFWs, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, Nagios, New Relic, OpManager Nexus, Progress WhatsUp Gold, Prometheus, Site24x7, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbix
One alternative
AuvikThree alternatives
Ansible, Auvik, ManageEngine OpManagerSix alternatives
Atera, Datadog Network Monitoring, LibreNMS, Netdata, NinjaOne, ZabbixFour alternatives
Instatus, ManageEngine OpManager, NinjaOne, ZabbixMiniMax M2.5Paessler PRTG Network MonitorAuvikChangedagainst: ConnectWise AutomatePaessler PRTG Network Monitor, Zabbixagainst: SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorZabbixno first choiceagainst: SolarWindsagainst: Auvik, Nagios, Zabbix
Three alternatives
Auvik, Nagios, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorThree alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager MSP, NinjaOne, SolarWinds N-able N-centralFour alternatives
Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, Pulseway, Site24x7Two alternatives
Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorGPT-6 LunaDomotzDomotzHeldPaessler PRTG Network MonitorPaessler PRTG Network Monitorno first choiceagainst: ManageEngine OpManager, SolarWinds Orion
Three alternatives
Auvik, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixThree alternatives
Ansible, Auvik, ManageEngine OpManagerFour alternatives
Auvik, Domotz, LibreNMS, ZabbixTwo alternatives
LibreNMS, ZabbixMuse Glimmer 30BPaessler PRTG Network MonitorAteraChangedAuvik, Paessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Datadog Network MonitoringPaessler PRTG Network Monitor, Zabbixno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst Center, Datadog Network / Infrastructure Monitoring, IR Collaborate, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Four alternatives
Auvik, ManageEngine OpManager, Site24x7, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorOne alternative
NinjaOneThree alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, PathSolutions TotalView, ZabbixTwo alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, NagiosBold 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 |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:25 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:15 | yes | 13 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:14 | yes | 20 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:55 | yes | 14 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:19 | yes | 11 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:07 | yes | 21 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:12 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:22 | yes | 10 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:49 | yes | 12 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 22 | 54 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:30 | yes | 8 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:20 | yes | 4 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:44 | yes | 13 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:28 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:35 | yes | 19 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:44 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:00 | yes | 22 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:57 | no | 0 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:15 | yes | 24 | 45 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:49 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:22 | no | 0 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 19 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:30 | yes | 16 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 22:58 | yes | 10 | 123 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:05 | yes | 4 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:40 | yes | 14 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:09 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:52 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:16 | yes | 22 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:19 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:21 | yes | 21 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:26 | yes | 13 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:13 | yes | 24 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:00 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:26 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:07 | yes | 14 | 52 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:27 | yes | 24 | 114 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:51 | yes | 6 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:52 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:47 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:49 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:55 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:57 | yes | 11 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:38 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:04 | yes | 14 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:31 | yes | 15 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:25 | yes | 20 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:50 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:25 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:20 | yes | 13 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 22:21 | yes | 7 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:33 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 22 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:41 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:58 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:40 | yes | 9 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:01 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:29 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:16 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:42 | yes | 20 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:24 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:33 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:18 | yes | 15 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:21 | yes | 8 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:36 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:43 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:35 | yes | 33 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:03 | yes | 7 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:18 | yes | 7 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:22 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 22 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:35 | yes | 11 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:24 | yes | 25 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:42 | yes | 8 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:11 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 23:46 | yes | 19 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:29 | yes | 16 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:32 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 20 | 34 s |
Normalization in this category
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Cisco Meraki read as Cisco Meraki Dashboard
Datadog read as Datadog Network Monitoring
ManageEngine read as ManageEngine OpManager
PRTG read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG Network Monitor read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG Network Monitor (Free Edition) read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG Network Monitor (Freeware Edition) read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG Network Monitor (Paessler) read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
Paessler PRTG read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
Paessler PRTG (Free Version) read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
Paessler PRTG (Freeware Edition) read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
SolarWinds NPM read as SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Unresolved, counted raw
Check Point NGFWs
Datadog Network / Infrastructure Monitoring
Datadog Network Performance Monitor
HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)
IR Collaborate
NetCrunch
Observium Community Edition
Paessler
PathSolutions TotalView
Site24x7 Network Monitoring
SolarWinds N-Able
SolarWinds N-able N-central
Solarwinds Hybrid Cloud Observability
Spiceworks Network Monitor
Ubiquiti UniFi Controller
Ubiquiti UniFi Network
UniFi Network (Ubiquiti)
UniFi Network Controller
Windows Network Monitor (NetMon)
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.