SD-WAN for enterprise buyers
Asked as “SD-WAN platform”, and as “software-defined WAN solution”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 46 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
50%
Clear leader
50Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN28Fortinet Secure SD-WAN09Cato SASE Cloud13others
50% of first choices, clear leader.
Since September 2026▲+6Since September 2026: 45% → 51%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN held the lead, +6 points on 45%, 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
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN42%Clear leader=heldSince September 2026: 40% → 39%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-market
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN50%Clear leader▲+7Since September 2026: 41% → 48%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Enterprise
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN50%Clear leader▲+6Since September 2026: 45% → 51%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This page
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN42%Clear leader=heldSince September 2026: 40% → 39%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketFortinet Secure SD-WAN50%Clear leader▲+7Since September 2026: 41% → 48%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →EnterpriseCisco Catalyst SD-WAN50%Clear leader▲+6Since September 2026: 45% → 51%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN50%14%63endorsed leader▲+6Since September 2026: 45% → 51%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.45% → 51%
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN50%14%63endorsed leader▲+6Since September 2026: 45% → 51%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.45% → 51%02Fortinet Secure SD-WAN28%2%60accepted challenger▲+1Since September 2026: 27% → 28%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.27% → 28%
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN28%2%60accepted challenger▲+1Since September 2026: 27% → 28%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.27% → 28%03
Cato SASE Cloud9%10%21accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 11% → 10%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.11% → 10%
Cato SASE Cloud9%10%21accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 11% → 10%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.11% → 10%04
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect4%5%37accepted challenger▼−7Since September 2026: 7% → 0%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 0%
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect4%5%37accepted challenger▼−7Since September 2026: 7% → 0%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 0%05
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN2%4%46accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 5% → 3%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 3%
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN2%4%46accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 5% → 3%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 3%06
Aryaka2%6%16accepted challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 0% → 3%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 3%
Aryaka2%6%16accepted challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 0% → 3%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 3%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
09Cisco Meraki SD-WAN0%47%17criticized 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 Meraki SD-WAN0%47%17criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%08
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN0%42%40criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN0%42%40criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%07
Versa Secure SD-WAN0%16%25accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Versa Secure SD-WAN0%16%25accepted 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 twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN vs HPE Aruba EdgeConnectFortinet Secure SD-WAN vs VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WAN vs Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WAN vs Cisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WAN vs Cato SASE CloudCisco Meraki SD-WAN vs HPE Aruba EdgeConnectCisco Meraki SD-WAN vs VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WAN vs Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WAN vs Cato SASE CloudCisco Catalyst SD-WAN vs HPE Aruba EdgeConnectCisco Catalyst SD-WAN vs VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WAN vs Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANCato SASE Cloud vs HPE Aruba EdgeConnectCato SASE Cloud vs VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCato SASE Cloud vs Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANHPE Aruba EdgeConnect vs VMware VeloCloud SD-WANHPE Aruba EdgeConnect vs Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANVMware VeloCloud SD-WAN vs Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
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 →
010203040506070809Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative70%
Key
01Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN50%
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN50%02Fortinet Secure SD-WAN28%
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN28%03Cato SASE Cloud9%
Cato SASE Cloud9%04HPE Aruba EdgeConnect4%
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect4%05Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN2%
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN2%06Aryaka2%
Aryaka2%07Versa Secure SD-WAN0%
Versa Secure SD-WAN0%08VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN0%
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN0%09Cisco Meraki SD-WAN0%
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN0%What they warned about
Eight of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash and GPT-6 Luna 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 Meraki SD-WAN47%
8 of 17 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“The clearest examples to **avoid or scrutinize heavily** are: - **Cisco Meraki**: It is repeatedly described as better suited to **small-to-medium** deployments” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN42%
17 of 40 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“There is significant uncertainty regarding its future roadmap, pricing models, and support structures... This makes it risky for long-term enterprise commitments.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN14%
9 of 63 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Large enterprises should be particularly cautious about Cisco's current offering.” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Peplink100%
4 of 4 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“designed specifically for **small businesses**, so it is likely not the right fit for large enterprise requirements” Perplexity Sonar, 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
81 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. 1126 links across 253 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 59 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 · Guideflow54 answers · 54 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Cisco44 answers · 81 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Fortinet36 answers · 59 citations · 13 models
34 answers · 46 citations · 11 models
31 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
28 answers · 43 citations · 10 models
26 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G225 answers · 30 citations · 10 models
22 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
20 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
vendor site · HPE18 answers · 30 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Palo Alto Networks17 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
54 answers · 12 models
30 answers · 10 models
30 answers · 11 models
27 answers · 10 models
26 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 9 models
18 answers · 7 models
17 answers · 8 models
16 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 sd-wan platform”, “sd-wan platform”, “sd-wan platforms”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco parent site Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN 50% | 50% | 129 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| Fortinet parent site Fortinet Secure SD-WAN 28% | 28% | 174 | 49,500 | 2,339 | ||||
| Cato catonetworks.com Cato SASE Cloud 9% | 9% | 121 | 30 | 1 | 20,161 company | 10 | 2 | |
| HPE arubanetworks.com HPE Aruba EdgeConnect 4% | 4% | 95 | 27,100 | 5,522 | 2,865 | |||
| Cisco cisco.com Cisco 4%, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela) or Meraki SD-WAN 0% | 4% | 199 | 165,000 | 48,352 | 5,114,808 | $683 | 91 | 2 |
| Palo Alto Networks parent site Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN 2%, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE 0% | 2% | 109 | 40,500 | 1,088 | ||||
| Aryaka aryaka.com | 2% | 27 | 590 | 45 | 1,395 | 11 | ||
| Versa versa-networks.com Versa Secure SD-WAN 0% | 0% | 59 | 20 | 1 | 14,861 company | $85 | 49 | 3 |
| Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN juniper.net | 0% | 8 | 0 | 267,308 | 0 | |||
| Check Point parent site Check Point Cloud Firewall 0%, Check Point SD-WAN 0% | 0% | 6 | 14,800 | 4,487 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cisco.com, g2.com, gartner.com, paloaltonetworks.com, peerspot.com). The first result for “best sd-wan platform” is g2.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 SD-WAN platform for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which software-defined WAN solution would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade SD-WAN platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best SD-WAN platform for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a SD-WAN platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which SD-WAN platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceCato SASE CloudChangedFortinet Secure SD-WANAryakano first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
Two alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASEFour alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WANGPT-5.4 miniFortinet Secure SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANChangedno first choiceFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco DNA SD-WAN
Three alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANFive alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Juniper Networking, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASEGemini 3.5 FlashFortinet Secure SD-WANPalo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANChangedno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANCato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Citrix SD-WAN, OPNsense, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WAN, pfSense
Six alternatives
Aryaka, Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANPerplexity SonarCisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldCisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Bigleaf Networks, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Ecessa, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Peplink
Two alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANTwo alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFive alternatives
Aryaka, Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Netskope One SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANOne alternative
Fortinet Secure SD-WANGrok 4.1 FastCisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCato SASE CloudCisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANagainst: Barracuda, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cradlepoint, FatPipe Networks, Oracle SD-WAN, Peplink, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Four alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANThree alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANThree alternatives
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela) or Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANMistral SmallCisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldCisco Catalyst SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Two alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANThree alternatives
Aryaka, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANFour alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANDeepSeek V4 FlashFortinet Secure SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANChangedFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Aryaka, Barracuda Email Protection, Bigleaf, Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Cradlepoint, FatPipe Networks, Peplink, Riverbed SteelConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WAN
Three alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANOne alternative
Fortinet Secure SD-WANFour alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Cisco Catalyst SD-WANLlama 4 MaverickCisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldno first choiceno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
One alternative
FatPipe SD-WANOne alternative
AryakaQwen 3.7 FlashFortinet Secure SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANChangedCiscoFortinet Secure SD-WANCiscoagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Comcast Business, LevelBlue, Masergy, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Verizon, Windstream
Three alternatives
Cisco, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANThree alternatives
Aryaka, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANThree alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANTwo alternatives
Broadcom (formerly VMware) VeloCloud, CiscoFour alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANKimi K2Cisco Catalyst SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Windstream
Three alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANThree alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANSeven alternatives
Aryaka, Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Versa Secure SD-WANGLM 4.7 FlashXCisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldno first choiceFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Aryaka, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANThree alternatives
Cato Networks SASE, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANEight alternatives
Aryaka, Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware SD‑WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANMiniMax M2.5Cisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldno first choiceCato SASE CloudCisco Catalyst SD-WANagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WANnothing named
Two alternatives
Aryaka, Fortinet Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANTwo alternatives
Aryaka, Cisco Catalyst SD-WANThree alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANGPT-6 LunaCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANHPE Aruba EdgeConnectChangedno first choiceHPE Aruba EdgeConnectno first choiceagainst: Cisco vEdge Cloud, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Director
Two alternatives
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANSeven alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANMuse Glimmer 30BCisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldCisco Catalyst SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Barracuda, Cradlepoint, FatPipe SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Nuage, Peplink, Riverbed SteelConnect, Versa Secure SD-WAN
Three alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANOne alternative
Fortinet Secure SD-WANFive alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Cisco Catalyst SD-WANBold 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 12:57 | yes | 15 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:19 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:36 | yes | 16 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:30 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:55 | yes | 19 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:45 | yes | 11 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:08 | yes | 22 | 42 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:41 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:00 | yes | 10 | 45 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:14 | yes | 17 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:44 | yes | 18 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 13:22 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:47 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:10 | yes | 15 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:55 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:00 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:08 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:34 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:04 | yes | 24 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:40 | yes | 17 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:12 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:24 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:39 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:36 | yes | 23 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:42 | yes | 19 | 171 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:38 | yes | 10 | 53 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:06 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:29 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:47 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:52 | yes | 6 | 12 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:26 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:48 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:49 | yes | 15 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:06 | yes | 7 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:33 | yes | 18 | 88 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:08 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:09 | yes | 10 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:54 | yes | 20 | 31 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:38 | yes | 17 | 63 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:25 | yes | 13 | 45 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:59 | yes | 8 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:20 | yes | 19 | 53 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:01 | yes | 18 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:07 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:23 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:38 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:19 | yes | 23 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:00 | yes | 21 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:57 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:40 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 13:09 | yes | 8 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:45 | yes | 18 | 40 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:22 | yes | 25 | 105 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:07 | yes | 19 | 48 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:28 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:35 | yes | 20 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 07:48 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:01 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:43 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:09 | yes | 17 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:06 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:27 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:18 | yes | 19 | 83 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:02 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:18 | yes | 10 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:05 | yes | 24 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:12 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 13:28 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:47 | yes | 4 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:56 | yes | 13 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:24 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:16 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:17 | yes | 15 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:59 | yes | 19 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:23 | yes | 25 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:33 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 07:37 | yes | 23 | 63 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:19 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 13:41 | yes | 8 | 56 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:24 | yes | 22 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:35 | yes | 15 | 80 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:59 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:10 | yes | 3 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:02 | yes | 20 | 34 s |
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Broadcom (VMware VeloCloud) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Broadcom (VMware) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Broadcom/VMware read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
CATO Networks read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cato read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cato Networks read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cisco Meraki read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
FatPipe read as FatPipe SD-WAN
Fatpipe read as FatPipe SD-WAN
Fortinet read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet FortiGate read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
HPE read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE (Aruba) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE Aruba read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE Aruba (EdgeConnect) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE Aruba (Silver Peak) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
Juniper read as Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN
Juniper Networks read as Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN
Juniper/Mist read as Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN
Palo Alto read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto Networks read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto Networks (Prisma SD-WAN) read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto Networks (Prisma) read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Peplink SD-WAN read as Peplink
Riverbed read as Riverbed SteelConnect
Riverbed (SteelConnect/SteelHead) read as Riverbed SteelConnect
VMware read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware (Broadcom) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware (VeloCloud) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware (now part of Broadcom) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud (now Broadcom) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Versa read as Versa Secure SD-WAN
Versa Networks read as Versa Secure SD-WAN
Versa Networks (Versa Secure SD-WAN) read as Versa Secure SD-WAN
Unresolved, counted raw
Arista VeloCloud SD-WAN
Bigleaf
Broadcom (formerly VMware) VeloCloud
Cato Networks SASE
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela) or Meraki SD-WAN
Cisco DNA SD-WAN
Cisco vEdge Cloud
Ericsson Enterprise Wireless
HPE Aruba SD-WAN
Hughes Network Systems
Juniper Mist Wired Assurance
Juniper SSR
Oracle SD-WAN
VMware SD‑WAN
Versa Director
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.