Next-generation firewalls
Asked as “next-generation firewall”, and as “enterprise firewall appliance or virtual firewall”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 52 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
73%
Clear leader
73Fortinet FortiGate04Sophos Firewall02Cisco Secure Firewall21others
73% of first choices, clear leader.
Since September 2026▲+1Since September 2026: 74% → 74%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Fortinet FortiGate held the lead, +1 point on 74%, inside the 11-point floor.
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.
Small business
Fortinet FortiGate51%Clear leader▲+7Since September 2026: 48% → 55%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketFortinet FortiGate73%Clear leader▲+1Since September 2026: 74% → 74%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterpriseFortinet FortiGate37%Contested▼−4Since September 2026: 42% → 38%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →
Fortinet FortiGate51%Clear leader▲+7Since September 2026: 48% → 55%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketFortinet FortiGate73%Clear leader▲+1Since September 2026: 74% → 74%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterpriseFortinet FortiGate37%Contested▼−4Since September 2026: 42% → 38%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →The standing
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. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Fortinet FortiGate73%10%68endorsed leader▲+1Since September 2026: 74% → 74%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.74% → 74%
Fortinet FortiGate73%10%68endorsed leader▲+1Since September 2026: 74% → 74%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.74% → 74%02
Sophos Firewall4%3%35accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 5%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 5%
Sophos Firewall4%3%35accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 5%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 5%03
Palo Alto Networks NGFW2%20%44accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%
Palo Alto Networks NGFW2%20%44accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%04
Cisco Secure Firewall2%25%40criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Cisco Secure Firewall2%25%40criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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SonicWall0%50%10criticized challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%
SonicWall0%50%10criticized challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%06
Palo Alto Networks PA-Series0%8%12accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Palo Alto Networks PA-Series0%8%12accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%05
Check Point Quantum0%6%34accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%
Check Point Quantum0%6%34accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%07
WatchGuard Firebox0%0%11accepted challenger▼−4Since September 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 0%
WatchGuard Firebox0%0%11accepted challenger▼−4Since September 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
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 six head-to-head pages: the top four products, each against each
One product takes 73% of first choices here, so the chart would put seven markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Two products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category.
What they warned about
Nine of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, 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 Secure Firewall25%
10 of 40 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Cisco failed one critical TCP-segmentation evasion, reducing its exploit-evasion resistance to 40 percent” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Fortinet FortiGate10%
7 of 68 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“"20+ CVEs on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — among the highest for any firewall vendor"; Caution rating” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Palo Alto Networks NGFW20%
9 of 44 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Palo Alto Networks failed both network and transport-layer categories” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
SonicWall50%
5 of 10 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Earned "Caution" in NSS Labs 2025 (lowest security effectiveness at 46.37%, failed critical network/transport-layer evasions)” Muse Glimmer 30B, 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. 1038 links across 258 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 45 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Fortinet41 answers · 73 citations · 11 models
40 answers · 50 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Check Point33 answers · 45 citations · 14 models
30 answers · 37 citations · 11 models
vendor site · CyberPress30 answers · 32 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G226 answers · 26 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Palo Alto Networks23 answers · 34 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Cisco18 answers · 29 citations · 11 models
17 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
16 answers · 27 citations · 8 models
15 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 18 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.
36 answers · 11 models
29 answers · 11 models
28 answers · 11 models
26 answers · 11 models
15 answers · 10 models
13 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 8 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 next-generation firewall”, “next-generation firewall”, “next-generation firewalls”. 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet parent site Fortinet FortiGate 73% | 73% | 184 | 49,500 | 2,339 |
| Sophos parent site Sophos Firewall 4%, Sophos XG 0% | 4% | 88 | 18,100 | 2,046 |
| Palo Alto Networks parent site Palo Alto Networks NGFW 2%, Palo Alto Networks PA-Series 0%, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 0% | 2% | 117 | 40,500 | 1,088 |
| Cisco parent site Cisco Secure Firewall 2% | 2% | 100 | 165,000 | 48,352 |
| FortiGate VM | 2% | |||
| FortiGate-VM NGFW | 2% | |||
| FortiGate 50G | 2% | |||
| FortiGate-100F/200F | 2% | |||
| FortiGate-80F | 2% | |||
| Fortinet FortiGate 60E / 60F | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (checkpoint.com, cisco.com, fortinet.com, paloaltonetworks.com). The first result for “best next-generation firewall” is nomios.nl.
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 next-generation firewall for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which enterprise firewall appliance or virtual firewall would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top next-generation firewalls and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best next-generation firewall for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a next-generation firewall. What should we look at?”Negative“Which next-generation firewalls should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Fortinet FortiGateno first choiceChangedFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks PA-SeriesFortinet FortiGateno first choiceagainst: Cisco ASA, Cisco Secure Firewall, FortiGate, Fortinet FortiGate
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks PA-SeriesThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos FirewallTwo alternatives
SonicWall Gen 7, WatchGuard FireboxGPT-5.4 miniFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateagainst: PA-400 seriesno first choiceagainst: Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Three alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFWFour alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall 200 series, Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, SonicWall NSa / NSvFour alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos FirewallOne alternative
Check Point SparkGemini 3.5 FlashFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateagainst: Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Huawei NGFW, Sangfor, SonicWall, Sophos Firewall
Three alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallTwo alternatives
Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos FirewallSix alternatives
Firewalla Gold Series, OPNsense, Sophos Firewall, Ubiquiti UniFi, Zenarmor, pfSenseTwo alternatives
Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallPerplexity SonarFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateagainst: MikroTikno first choiceagainst: AWS Network Firewall, Microsoft Azure Firewall
Two alternatives
Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, Sophos FirewallThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard Firebox M395Four alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, WatchGuard FireboxOne alternative
SonicWall TZ SeriesGrok 4.1 FastFortinet FortiGateagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks PA-SeriesFortinet FortiGateHeldagainst: Palo Alto PA-400/1400 Series or VM-SeriesFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Cisco Secure FirewallFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateagainst: AWS Network Firewall, Check Point Quantum, Forcepoint NGFW, Fortinet FortiGate, Google Cloud Platform NGFW Enterprise, Microsoft Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Two alternatives
Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard FireboxTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, WatchGuard Firebox M SeriesOne alternative
Check Point QuantumFour alternatives
SonicWall TZ Series, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox T Series, pfSense/OPNsenseOne alternative
Palo Alto Networks NGFWMistral SmallFortinet FortiGateFortiGate-80F, FortiGate-VM NGFWChangedFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallThree alternatives
Check Point Harmony SASE, NordLayer, WatchGuard Firebox M395Three alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos FirewallTwo alternatives
Check Point Spark, Cisco Secure FirewallDeepSeek V4 FlashFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGate 80FChangedPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateno first choiceagainst: Fortinet FortiGate, Native Cloud NGFWs, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall NGFW
One alternative
Sophos FirewallFour alternatives
FortiGate VM, Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, WatchGuard Firebox M395Four alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, SonicWallThree alternatives
Sangfor Network Secure, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard FireboxLlama 4 MaverickFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldno first choiceSophos Firewall, Untangle NG Firewallno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewalls, Palo Alto Networks' PA-SeriesThree alternatives
FortiGate-VM NGFW, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Sophos FirewallQwen 3.7 FlashFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateno first choiceagainst: Cisco ASA, SonicWall
Two alternatives
Check Point Harmony Edge / Infinity, Palo Alto Networks PA-SeriesThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFWFour alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netskope, ZscalerThree alternatives
Sophos Firewall, Zyxel, pfSense/OPNsenseKimi K2Fortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateno first choiceagainst: Arista NG Firewall, Cisco Secure Firewall, Forcepoint NGFW, SonicWall
Five alternatives
Cisco Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, SonicWall NSa Series, Sophos XG, WatchGuard FireboxOne alternative
Palo Alto Networks VM-SeriesThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateTwo alternatives
SonicWall TZ Series, pfSense/OPNsenseGLM 4.7 FlashXFortinet FortiGate, Sophos Firewallagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortiGate-100F/200FChangedPalo Alto Networks PA-SeriesFortinet FortiGate FG-40Fagainst: OPNsense, pfSenseCisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Arista, Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall
Five alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks PA‑220 / PA‑340, SonicWall NSa Series, WatchGuard Firebox T185 / M295Four alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX SeriesThree alternatives
SonicWall TZ Series, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard Firebox T SeriesMiniMax M2.5Fortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldno first choiceFortinet FortiGate 60E / 60Fagainst: Check Point Spark, Cisco Secure Firewall, OPNsense, pfSenseno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallFour alternatives
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Juniper SRX Series, Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, WatchGuard FireboxTwo alternatives
Sophos XG, WatchGuard FireboxGPT-6 LunaFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldCheck Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortiGate 50Gno first choiceagainst: Cisco ASA, Cisco Secure Firewall, FortiGate, Palo Alto PAN-OS
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFWOne alternative
Palo Alto Networks NGFWFour alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX Series, Sophos FirewallOne alternative
Netgate 4200 running pfSense PlusMuse Glimmer 30BFortinet FortiGateFortiGate VM, Fortinet FortiGateChangedFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks PA-SeriesFortinet FortiGate, SonicWall TZ series, Gen 7against: Untangle NG FirewallFortinet FortiGateagainst: AWS Network Firewall, Check Point CloudGuard Network Security Next-Gen Firewall, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Microsoft Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall
Three alternatives
Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, SonicWall Gen 7, Sophos FirewallThree alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls, Sophos FirewallTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Sophos FirewallFour alternatives
Sophos Firewall, Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro, WatchGuard Firebox, pfSenseTwo alternatives
SonicWall, Sophos FirewallBold 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 | 2026-10-01 09:42 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 07:27 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:01 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:16 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:35 | yes | 25 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:54 | yes | 11 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:39 | yes | 21 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:17 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 13:16 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:26 | yes | 20 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:10 | yes | 24 | 178 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 13:49 | yes | 14 | 42 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:00 | yes | 4 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:09 | yes | 12 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:46 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:23 | yes | 7 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:20 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:02 | yes | 18 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:43 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:18 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:20 | yes | 24 | 46 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:14 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:25 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:36 | yes | 25 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:57 | yes | 12 | 94 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:41 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:18 | yes | 4 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:34 | yes | 14 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:33 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:38 | yes | 6 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:42 | yes | 9 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:39 | yes | 14 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:02 | yes | 24 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:42 | yes | 15 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:24 | yes | 20 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:42 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:45 | no | 0 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:21 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:03 | yes | 24 | 140 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:18 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:29 | yes | 7 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:26 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:33 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:28 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:12 | yes | 13 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:18 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:49 | yes | 24 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:14 | yes | 13 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:13 | yes | 25 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:32 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:43 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:25 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:56 | yes | 19 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:13 | yes | 9 | 46 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:31 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 07:27 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:04 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:20 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 07:41 | yes | 13 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:26 | yes | 19 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:16 | yes | 15 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 13:45 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:32 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:06 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:04 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:40 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:49 | yes | 17 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:46 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:50 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:09 | yes | 12 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 13:46 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:10 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 07:53 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:54 | yes | 33 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:02 | yes | 22 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:28 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:11 | yes | 24 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:47 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:53 | no | 0 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:05 | yes | 23 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:30 | yes | 24 | 78 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:14 | yes | 5 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:02 | yes | 4 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:14 | yes | 22 | 35 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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Barracuda read as Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
Barracuda CloudGen read as Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
Check Point read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum / Infinity) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum / Quantum Force) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point Software Technologies read as Check Point Quantum
Cisco read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Firepower / Secure Firewall) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Firepower, Umbrella) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Secure Firewall / Firepower) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Secure Firewall) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco ASA 5500-X units—especially ASA 5508-X and 5516-X read as Cisco ASA
Cisco ASA Series read as Cisco ASA
Cisco Firepower read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Meraki MX Series read as Cisco Meraki MX
Fortinet read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet (FortiGate) read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate NGFW read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate series read as Fortinet FortiGate
Huawei read as Huawei NGFW
Juniper read as Juniper SRX Series
Juniper (SRX Series) read as Juniper SRX Series
Juniper SRX read as Juniper SRX Series
Palo Alto read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA Series, Prisma) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-Series / Prisma) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-Series / Strata) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-Series) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-Series/Strata) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks PA-400 Series read as Palo Alto Networks PA-Series
Palo Alto Networks Security NGFW read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Sophos read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos (XGS Series) read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos Firewall XGS read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos XGS read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos XGS (entry models) read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos XGS Series read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos XGS Series (XGS 87 or 107) read as Sophos Firewall
WatchGuard read as WatchGuard Firebox
WatchGuard Firebox T25 read as WatchGuard Firebox
Unresolved, counted raw
Arista NG Firewall (formerly Untangle)
Check Point Harmony Edge / Infinity
Cisco Secure Firewall 200 series
Cisco Secure Firewalls
FirePOWER
Firewalla Gold Series (Gold Plus or Gold Pro)
FortiGate-100F/200F
FortiGate-80F
Fortinet FortiGate 60E / 60F
Fortinet FortiGate 80F
Fortinet FortiGate FG-40F
Google Cloud Platform NGFW Enterprise
HPE Juniper Networking vSRX
Native Cloud NGFWs (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Netgate 4200 running pfSense Plus
PA-400 series
Palo Alto Networks PA‑220 / PA‑340
Palo Alto Networks' PA-Series
Palo Alto PA-400/1400 Series or VM-Series
Palo Alto VM-Series
Sangfor Network Secure
SonicWall NGFW
SonicWall NSa / NSv
Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro
Versa Networks Next Generation Firewall
WatchGuard Firebox M Series
WatchGuard Firebox T185 / M295
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.