Next-generation firewalls for small business buyers
Asked as “next-generation firewall”, and as “enterprise firewall appliance or virtual firewall”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 59 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
51%
Clear leader
51Fortinet FortiGate12Sophos Firewall12WatchGuard Firebox25others
51% of first choices, clear leader.
Since September 2026▲+7Since September 2026: 48% → 55%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Fortinet FortiGate held the lead, +7 points on 48%, 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.This pageMid-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.Standing →EnterpriseFortinet 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.This pageMid-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.Standing →EnterpriseFortinet 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 small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Fortinet FortiGate51%3%63endorsed leader▲+7Since September 2026: 48% → 55%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.48% → 55%
Fortinet FortiGate51%3%63endorsed leader▲+7Since September 2026: 48% → 55%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.48% → 55%02
Sophos Firewall12%2%49accepted challenger▼−3Since September 2026: 15% → 12%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.15% → 12%
Sophos Firewall12%2%49accepted challenger▼−3Since September 2026: 15% → 12%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.15% → 12%03
WatchGuard Firebox12%0%37accepted challenger▼−10Since September 2026: 20% → 10%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.20% → 10%
WatchGuard Firebox12%0%37accepted challenger▼−10Since September 2026: 20% → 10%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.20% → 10%04
SonicWall TZ Series2%12%17accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%
SonicWall TZ Series2%12%17accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%05
Cisco Meraki MX2%0%11accepted 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 Meraki MX2%0%11accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%06
SonicWall2%44%18criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
SonicWall2%44%18criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%07
Palo Alto Networks NGFW2%55%33criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Palo Alto Networks NGFW2%55%33criticized 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 one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Cisco Secure Firewall0%37%19criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Cisco Secure Firewall0%37%19criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 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
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 →
0102030405060708Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative70%
Key
01Fortinet FortiGate51%
Fortinet FortiGate51%02Sophos Firewall12%
Sophos Firewall12%03WatchGuard Firebox12%
WatchGuard Firebox12%04SonicWall TZ Series2%
SonicWall TZ Series2%05Cisco Meraki MX2%
Cisco Meraki MX2%06SonicWall2%
SonicWall2%07Palo Alto Networks NGFW2%
Palo Alto Networks NGFW2%08Cisco Secure Firewall0%
Cisco Secure Firewall0%What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna 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.
Palo Alto Networks NGFW55%
18 of 33 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“"small businesses should avoid or be cautious about high-end enterprise NGFWs (like Palo Alto) unless they have the resources to manage them"” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
SonicWall44%
8 of 18 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“**Verdict:** **Avoid unless you have an experienced MSP managing it.**” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Cisco Secure Firewall37%
7 of 19 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Powerful for distributed enterprises but bloated for SMBs ... otherwise, it's "unnecessary overhead."” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
Check Point Quantum57%
4 of 7 labels negative · 3 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“"Palo Alto Networks & Check Point (The "Overkill" Risk)... Why to avoid (unless you have an MSP)"” 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
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. 976 links across 194 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 · CyberPress37 answers · 40 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Fortinet34 answers · 57 citations · 10 models
30 answers · 40 citations · 11 models
30 answers · 35 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Cisco24 answers · 47 citations · 12 models
24 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G224 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Check Point23 answers · 29 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Sangfor22 answers · 27 citations · 8 models
21 answers · 26 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 16 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 · 12 models
28 answers · 12 models
27 answers · 11 models
23 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 9 models
19 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 6 models
13 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. | Organic visits | Google ads, last 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet parent site Fortinet FortiGate 51% | 51% | 184 | 49,500 | 2,339 | ||
| Sophos parent site Sophos Firewall 12% | 12% | 88 | 18,100 | 2,046 | ||
| WatchGuard Firebox watchguard.com | 12% | 52 | 590 | 74 | 19,015 | 11 |
| SonicWall sonicwall.com SonicWall TZ Series 2%, SonicWall Gen 7 2%, SonicWall 2% | 5% | 36 | 9,900 | 2,391 | 60,229 | 79 |
| Cisco parent site Cisco Meraki MX 2%, Cisco Meraki 0% | 2% | 32 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||
| pfSense pfsense.com | 2% | 24 | 14,800 | 2,048 | ||
| Firewalla firewalla.com | 2% | 3 | ||||
| FortiGate-VM NGFW | 2% | |||||
| Ubiquiti ubiquiti.com Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine 2%, Ubiquiti UniFi Security Gateway 0% | 2% | 3 | 15,584 company | |||
| FortiGate 50G | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (checkpoint.com, cisco.com, fortinet.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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which enterprise firewall appliance or virtual firewall would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top next-generation firewalls for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best next-generation firewall for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a next-generation firewall. What should we look at?”Negative“Which next-generation firewalls should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateChangedagainst: Cisco ASA, Palo Alto Networks PA-SeriesSophos FirewallFirewallano first choiceagainst: Forcepoint Next-Gen Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate
Three alternatives
Fortinet FortiGate, SonicWall Gen 7, WatchGuard FireboxThree alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, SonicWall TZ SeriesGPT-5.4 miniFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGate entry-level modelsagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWno first choiceagainst: Cisco ASA 5500-X / Secure Firewall, Cisco Firepower 2100 Series, Firepower 1100, Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Three alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard FireboxTwo alternatives
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Sophos FirewallFour alternatives
Cisco Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallTwo alternatives
Check Point Spark Firewall, Cisco Secure FirewallGemini 3.5 FlashFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldagainst: Ubiquiti UniFiFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks PA-SeriesFortinet FortiGate 40F or 60FFortinet FortiGateagainst: Ubiquiti UniFiagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Linksys, Netgear Nighthawk, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, TP-Link Home, Ubiquiti UniFi, pfSense
Four alternatives
Aruba Instant On, Cisco Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallTwo alternatives
Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki, Sophos Firewall, Ubiquiti UniFiFour alternatives
Firewalla Gold SE or Gold Pro, Netgate Appliance running pfSense, Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Max or Dream Machine Pro, WatchGuard Firebox T25 or T45Three alternatives
Cisco Meraki, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallPerplexity SonarFortinet FortiGate, WatchGuard FireboxSophos FirewallChangedagainst: Palo Alto Networks VM-SeriesSophos FirewallFortinet FortiGateagainst: Untangle NG Firewallno first choicenothing named
One alternative
SonicWall TZ SeriesThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, WatchGuard FireboxThree alternatives
Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, WatchGuard FireboxOne alternative
SonicWallGrok 4.1 FastSophos Firewall, WatchGuard Fireboxagainst: SonicWall TZ Gen 7 seriesFortinet FortiGateChangedagainst: Palo Alto PA-140Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard Fireboxagainst: SonicWallFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFW, pfSense/OPNsenseFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto PA-140against: Check Point Quantum NGFWs, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall Gen 7
One alternative
Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki MX, SonicWall TZ Series, WatchGuard FireboxOne alternative
Fortinet FortiGateTwo alternatives
SonicWall TZ370, WatchGuard Firebox T40/T-seriesFour alternatives
Check Point Spark, Cisco Meraki MX, SonicWall TZ Gen 8, Sophos XGMistral SmallFortinet FortiGateSophos Firewall, WatchGuard FireboxChangedSophos FirewallFortinet FortiGate, Sophos XG Firewall Seriesno first choiceagainst: Cisco ASA with FirePOWER, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall, Untangle NG Firewall
Two alternatives
Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard FireboxTwo alternatives
FortiGate VM, Palo Alto Networks VM-SeriesFour alternatives
Cisco Meraki MX68, Fortinet FortiGate, SonicWall NSa 5650, WatchGuard Firebox T40/T40-WOne alternative
Ubiquiti UniFi Security GatewayDeepSeek V4 Flashno first choiceSophos FirewallChangedagainst: Check Point CloudGuard, Netgate pfSenseFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall TZ SeriesFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGate, WatchGuard Fireboxagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall
Two alternatives
FortiGate VM, Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki MX, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard FireboxThree alternatives
FortiGate 60F, SonicWall TZ Series, Sophos FirewallLlama 4 MaverickFortiGate-VM NGFW, SonicWall Gen 7, Sophos FirewallWatchGuard FireboxChangedWatchGuard FireboxSonicWallno first choiceagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall
Two alternatives
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Sophos FirewallFour alternatives
Check Point Next Generation Firewalls, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls, Sophos FirewallTwo alternatives
FortiGate-VM NGFW, WatchGuard FireboxQwen 3.7 FlashFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateHeldFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWUbiquiti UniFi Dream MachineFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos Firewall, Untangle
Two alternatives
Sophos Firewall, Ubiquiti UniFiTwo alternatives
Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallTwo alternatives
Sophos Firewall, Ubiquiti UniFi Dream MachineFour alternatives
Fortinet FortiGate, OPNsense, SonicWall, pfSenseThree alternatives
Sophos XG, Ubiquiti UniFi, pfSense/OPNsenseKimi K2Fortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldagainst: SonicWall, pfSenseWatchGuard Firebox T SeriespfSenseagainst: Check Point SparkFortinet FortiGate, SonicWall TZ Seriesagainst: Cisco ASA Firewalls, Cisco Meraki MX Firewalls, Palo Alto Networks NGFWs, SonicWall SOHO Series, Sophos Firewalls
Three alternatives
Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, SonicWall TZ Series, pfSenseFour alternatives
Cisco Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard FireboxFour alternatives
Cisco Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiGate, SonicWall TZ Series, Sophos FirewallOne alternative
Fortinet FortiGateGLM 4.7 FlashXFortinet FortiGateagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks PA-220Fortinet FortiGateHeldCisco Meraki, Fortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateagainst: AWS Network Firewall, Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Microsoft Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall
Three alternatives
SonicWall TZ series, Gen 7, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard Firebox T SeriesOne alternative
SonicWall TZ SeriesFour alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, SonicWall, Sophos Firewall, Ubiquiti UniFi Security GatewaySix alternatives
Check Point Harmony SASE, SonicWall, Sophos Firewall, Ubiquiti UniFi, WatchGuard Firebox, pfSenseThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFWMiniMax M2.5no first choiceCisco Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiGateChangedagainst: Palo Alto Networks PA-220Fortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGate, Sophos FirewallFortinet FortiGateagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall, Zyxel
Two alternatives
SonicWall TZ Series, Sophos FirewallFour alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall TZ Series, Sophos FirewallThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki MX, Ubiquiti UniFi Security Gateway, WatchGuard FireboxOne alternative
WatchGuard FireboxGPT-6 LunaFortinet FortiGateFortiGate 90GChangedCisco Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos XGS Gen. 2against: Palo Alto Networks PA-400, SonicWall TZ SeriesFortiGate 50Gno first choiceagainst: FortiGate, SonicWall TZ400/TZ600-generation appliances, Sophos XG
Two alternatives
Palo Alto PA-400 series, Sophos FirewallTwo alternatives
70G, FortiGate VMOne alternative
Check Point Quantum SparkTwo alternatives
Netgate Appliance running pfSense, WatchGuard FireboxMuse Glimmer 30BSophos Firewall, WatchGuard FireboxFortinet FortiGateChangedWatchGuard Fireboxagainst: Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGate-40Fagainst: Untangle NG FirewallWatchGuard Fireboxagainst: Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall, Zyxel
Two alternatives
Fortinet FortiGate, SonicWall TZ SeriesThree alternatives
FortiGate VM, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard FireboxFour alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, SonicWall Gen 7, Sophos FirewallFour alternatives
Firewalla, SonicWall TZ Series, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard FireboxTwo alternatives
Fortinet FortiGate, 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 13:27 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:48 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:55 | yes | 9 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:23 | yes | 19 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:42 | yes | 25 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:12 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:41 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 07:58 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:01 | yes | 10 | 37 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:49 | yes | 15 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:40 | yes | 25 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 07:53 | yes | 5 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:16 | yes | 4 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:34 | yes | 13 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:54 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:12 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:10 | yes | 11 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:22 | yes | 25 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:43 | yes | 23 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:48 | yes | 7 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 07:50 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:39 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:37 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:42 | yes | 18 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:17 | yes | 24 | 46 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:49 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:53 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:07 | yes | 22 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:45 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:32 | yes | 8 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:34 | yes | 9 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:33 | yes | 18 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:31 | yes | 24 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 13:14 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 07:45 | yes | 25 | 44 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:25 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:04 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:04 | yes | 22 | 33 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:27 | yes | 20 | 42 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 13:04 | yes | 19 | 47 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:17 | yes | 6 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:38 | yes | 13 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:17 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:36 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:31 | yes | 8 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:45 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:58 | yes | 23 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:27 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:42 | yes | 22 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:13 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:04 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:37 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:49 | yes | 16 | 60 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:12 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 07:39 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:15 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 13:53 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:07 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:58 | yes | 9 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 07:52 | yes | 16 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:15 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 07:42 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:19 | yes | 17 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:53 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:06 | no | 0 | 40 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:21 | yes | 13 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:47 | yes | 17 | 56 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 13:33 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:08 | yes | 2 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 07:46 | yes | 12 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:22 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:43 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:33 | yes | 27 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:40 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:38 | yes | 19 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:16 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 07:27 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:30 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:53 | yes | 19 | 58 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:40 | yes | 25 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:12 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:10 | yes | 11 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:26 | yes | 3 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:35 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
Normalization in this category
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Barracuda read as Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
Check Point read as Check Point Quantum
Cisco read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Firepower read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Firepower (legacy) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Firepower 1000 Series read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Meraki MX Series read as Cisco Meraki MX
Cisco Meraki MX Series (MX67, MX75) read as Cisco Meraki MX
Fortinet read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet (FortiGate "F" or "G" Series, e.g., 40F, 60F, 70G) read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet (FortiGate) read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate 40F read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate 70G read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate series read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate-60F read as Fortinet FortiGate
Juniper 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 (Captive Portal / VM-Series) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA Series) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-400 Series) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-400 Series: PA-410 or PA-440) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-510 or VM-Series) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-Series, e.g., PA-440 or higher) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (entry-level PA-400 series) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks PA-400 Series read as Palo Alto Networks PA-Series
Palo Alto Networks PA-400 series read as Palo Alto Networks PA-Series
SonicWall TZ read as SonicWall TZ Series
SonicWall TZ (e.g., TZ280/TZ370) read as SonicWall TZ Series
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 Firewall read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos XGS Series read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos XGS Series (XGS 107 or 116) read as Sophos Firewall
Ubiquiti read as Ubiquiti UniFi
Ubiquiti (UniFi) read as Ubiquiti UniFi
WatchGuard read as WatchGuard Firebox
WatchGuard (Firebox) read as WatchGuard Firebox
Unresolved, counted raw
70G
Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)
Check Point Quantum NGFWs
Check Point Quantum Spark
Check Point Spark Firewall
Cisco ASA 5500-X / Secure Firewall
Cisco ASA Firewalls
Cisco ASA with FirePOWER
Cisco Firepower 2100 Series
Cisco Meraki MX Firewalls
Cisco Secure Firewall Cloud
Firepower 1100
Firewalla Gold SE or Gold Pro
Forcepoint Next-Gen Firewall
FortiGate 40F
FortiGate 60F
FortiGate 90G
FortiGate Cloud
Fortinet FortiGate 40F or 60F
Fortinet FortiGate entry models
Fortinet FortiGate entry-level models
Fortinet FortiGate-40F
Glovary N150
Linksys
Netgate pfSense
Netgear Nighthawk
Palo Alto Networks PA-400
Palo Alto Networks VM series
Palo Alto PA-400 series
SonicWall NSa 5650
SonicWall SOHO Series
SonicWall TZ Gen 7 series
SonicWall TZ Gen 8
SonicWall TZ350
SonicWall TZ350 Series
SonicWall TZ370
SonicWall TZ400/TZ600-generation appliances
Sophos Firewalls
Sophos XG Firewall Series
Sophos XGS Gen. 2
TP-Link Home
Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Max or Dream Machine Pro (UDM Pro)
UniFi Dream Machine
WatchGuard Firebox T25 or T45
WatchGuard Firebox T40/T-series
WatchGuard Firebox T40/T40-W
WatchGuard T35
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.