SD-WAN for enterprise buyers
Asked as “SD-WAN platform”, and as “software-defined WAN solution”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 44 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
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.
01The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.
Head to head
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN45%
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN45%02Fortinet Secure SD-WAN27%
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN27%03Cato Networks11%
Cato Networks11%04HPE Aruba EdgeConnect7%
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect7%05Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN5%
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN5%06Cisco5%
Cisco5%07Versa Secure SD-WAN0%
Versa Secure SD-WAN0%08Aryaka0%
Aryaka0%09Cisco Meraki SD-WAN0%
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN0%10VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN0%
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN0%02What they warned about
Five of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN47%
21 of 45 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 5 hard negative
“has created uncertainty regarding pricing models, support structures, and the future roadmap for legacy products like **VeloCloud**” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN46%
6 of 13 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“High Caution/Avoid for Large Enterprises ... Cloud-only management ... lacks CLI access and BGP support ... Scales poorly beyond mid-market” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN9%
5 of 53 labels negative · 5 of 12 models
“Pure software vendors—such as Cisco Viptela, VMware VeloCloud, and Fortinet Secure SD-WAN—supply the SD-WAN software platform ... but do not own or operate any underlying network infrastructure.” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN12%
5 of 43 labels negative · 5 of 12 models
“consistently one of the most expensive platforms on the market, and its tiering structures make estimating total long-term costs complex” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
03What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
66 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 5 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 949 links across 206 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
45 answers · 59 citations · 11 models
28 answers · 28 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Cisco27 answers · 66 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Guideflow24 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
23 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Fortinet22 answers · 47 citations · 9 models
22 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
20 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 27 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 18 citations · 6 models
15 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
14 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
42 answers · 10 models
28 answers · 10 models
24 answers · 10 models
23 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 7 models
19 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 6 models
13 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 models
04How 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.
ModelDirect“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 4.5Cisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldPalo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Two alternatives
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cato Networks, Fortinet Secure SD-WANFive alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Juniper, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANOne alternative
VMware VeloCloud SD-WANGPT-5.4 miniCato NetworksCisco Catalyst SD-WANChangedCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco
Four alternatives
Aryaka, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANFive alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANFive alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, HPE Aruba SD-WAN / Aruba Central, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Cisco Catalyst SD-WANGemini 3.5 FlashFortinet Secure SD-WANPalo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANChangedagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANCato Networks, Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Citrix SD-WAN, Cradlepoint, Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN, Peplink, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Five alternatives
Aryaka, Cato Networks, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANThree alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectThree alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANPerplexity SonarCisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldno first choiceFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Two alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANThree alternatives
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Cisco Catalyst SD-WANGrok 4.1 FastCiscoagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANChangedCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANagainst: Barracuda, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Cradlepoint, FatPipe SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, LevelBlue, Nuage, Peplink, Riverbed SteelConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Verizon
Three alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANFour alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cato Networks, Cisco Catalyst SD-WANFive alternatives
Cato Networks, Cisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANMistral SmallCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceChangedno first choiceagainst: HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANagainst: Aryaka, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Two alternatives
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Versa Secure SD-WANDeepSeek V4 FlashFortinet Secure SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANChangedagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WANCisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Aryaka, Cato Networks, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Barracuda, Cisco, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Four alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFive alternatives
Arista, Aryaka, 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 choiceCisco Catalyst SD-WANno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Aryaka, Cato NetworksQwen 3.7 FlashPalo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANChangedCiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectagainst: Netskope, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Zscalerno first choiceagainst: Cisco, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Three alternatives
Cisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectTwo alternatives
Aryaka, Cato NetworksSeven alternatives
Aryaka, Cato Networks, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANOne alternative
Fortinet Secure SD-WANKimi K2Cisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANCato Networksagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Netskope, ZscalerCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANagainst: BT, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, LevelBlue, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Verizon
Two alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANTwo alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANFive alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANTwo alternatives
Aryaka, Fortinet Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper/Mist, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANGLM 4.7 FlashXCisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WANCato Networks, Fortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Four alternatives
Cato Networks, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANThree alternatives
Aryaka, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFour alternatives
Aryaka, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANThree alternatives
Aryaka, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANMiniMax M2.5Cisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectFortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectChangedCiscoagainst: HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCato Networksno first choiceagainst: Cato Networks, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WAN
Three alternatives
Cisco, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cloudflare Access, Fortinet Secure SD-WANBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
05The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 09:55 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:58 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:56 | yes | 18 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 12:43 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 09:59 | yes | 34 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 14:03 | yes | 12 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:11 | yes | 14 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:36 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 12:28 | yes | 10 | 37 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 09:56 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:15 | yes | 26 | 54 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:30 | yes | 9 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 13:25 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:39 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:26 | yes | 12 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:27 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 12:27 | yes | 24 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:18 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:06 | yes | 16 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:41 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:37 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:06 | yes | 20 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:02 | yes | 22 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:06 | yes | 11 | 53 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:11 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:42 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 11:11 | yes | 17 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:45 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 11:13 | yes | 29 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:04 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:49 | yes | 26 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:26 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:24 | no | 0 | 60 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 14:15 | yes | 12 | 41 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:33 | yes | 15 | 133 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:42 | yes | 9 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:55 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:23 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:13 | yes | 13 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 13:21 | yes | 17 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 09:28 | yes | 35 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:06 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:40 | yes | 25 | 45 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:24 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:26 | yes | 19 | 145 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:02 | yes | 22 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:36 | yes | 27 | 81 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:09 | yes | 17 | 59 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:23 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:23 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:53 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 10:29 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 13:16 | yes | 15 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:39 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 14:07 | yes | 20 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:55 | yes | 6 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:23 | yes | 12 | 49 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:35 | yes | 29 | 60 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:35 | yes | 28 | 158 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 14:10 | yes | 15 | 70 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:00 | yes | 26 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:59 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:32 | yes | 30 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:20 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 11:51 | yes | 24 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:18 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:36 | yes | 27 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:23 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:22 | yes | 6 | 63 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:49 | yes | 21 | 77 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 14:16 | yes | 26 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 14:15 | yes | 14 | 36 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
Category-scoped readings
Broadcom (VMware SD-WAN) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Broadcom (VMware) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Broadcom/VMware read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Broadcom/VMware (VeloCloud) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Catalyst read as Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
Cato Networks read as Cato Networks
Cisco Meraki read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki (MX Series) read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
FatPipe read as FatPipe SD-WAN
Fortinet read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet (FortiGate OS) read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet (FortiGate) read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet FortiGate read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet Secure SD‑WAN read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
HPE (Aruba EdgeConnect) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE (Aruba Networking) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE Aruba read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE Aruba (EdgeConnect) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
Juniper Networks (Contrail & Mist) read as Juniper
Juniper SD-WAN read as Juniper
Meraki read as Cisco Meraki 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
Palo Alto Prisma read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
VMware read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware (NSX Advanced Load Balancer / Transit SE) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware (VeloCloud) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud (Broadcom) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud (Now Under Broadcom) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud (now Broadcom) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud Enterprise Edition read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware Velocloud read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware/Broadcom read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware/Broadcom (VeloCloud) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Versa read as Versa Secure SD-WAN
Versa Networks read as Versa Secure SD-WAN
Unresolved, counted raw
128 Technology (now part of Juniper Networks)
Arista/Avalanche (Velocloud lineage)
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager
Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions
FortiGate/FortiManager
HPE Aruba SD-WAN / Aruba Central
Hughes Network Systems
Juniper Mist WAN Assurance
Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN
VMware Velocity
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.