Apstra
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center networking | Network and edge | 0% | 31 of 165 | 20% | 5 | under 10 labels · led by Arista Networks at 27% |
Movement
By model
How each model treated Apstra across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Apstra is intent-based networking for the data center, and it is the strongest multi-vendor option available” Muse Glimmer 30B · Data center networking · comparative prompt · alternative
“Apstra for intent-based fabric automation and assurance” GPT-6 Luna · Data center networking · comparative prompt · alternative
“Juniper for automation-heavy setups” Grok 4.1 Fast · Data center networking · comparative prompt · alternative
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“Proceed with caution if you are making massive, multi-year bets on proprietary management software (like Apstra or Mist).” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Data center networking · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Apstra, over the 9 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Apstra was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 7 of the 9 answers that named Apstra and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Apstra, so its own site is not marked.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Names read as Apstra
Follow Apstra
An email the morning each edition publishes: where this product moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.
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A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Apstra by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where Apstra is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name Apstra, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.