Enterprise storage systems for small business buyers
Asked as “enterprise storage array”, and as “primary storage for on-prem and hybrid cloud”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 63 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026.
Standing · first-choice share
14%
Contested · HPE MSA Storage 14%
14Dell PowerStore14HPE MSA Storage08Dell PowerVault ME563others
14% of first choices, contested.
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.
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 rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the one product 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 product page.
Head to head
Dell PowerStore vs Pure Storage FlashArrayDell PowerStore vs NetApp AFFDell PowerStore vs Dell Technologies
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.All ten head-to-head pages: the top five 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 →
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
Key
01Dell PowerStore14%
Dell PowerStore14%02HPE MSA Storage14%
03Synology NAS6%
Synology NAS6%04NetApp AFF6%
NetApp AFF6%05HPE Alletra5%
06QNAP2%
QNAP2%07TrueNAS2%
TrueNAS2%08Pure Storage FlashArray2%
Pure Storage FlashArray2%09Dropbox0%
Dropbox0%What they warned about
One of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, 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.
NetApp AFF34%
11 of 32 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Small businesses should generally avoid full-scale enterprise-grade storage systems like traditional SANs ... from vendors such as NetApp” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Dell PowerMax100%
6 of 6 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“High-End Enterprise SAN Arrays - Examples: Dell EMC PowerMax... Why avoid: These are explicitly designed for large enterprises” Kimi K2, negative prompt
Dell PowerStore14%
4 of 28 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid jumping to "true" enterprise arrays like Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, or Pure Storage” Kimi K2, direct prompt
Pure Storage FlashArray25%
4 of 16 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid jumping to "true" enterprise arrays like Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, or Pure Storage” Kimi K2, direct prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
72 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. 1077 links across 292 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.
37 answers · 75 citations · 11 models
35 answers · 84 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Dell33 answers · 49 citations · 12 models
18 answers · 29 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Dell18 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
vendor site · HPE17 answers · 25 citations · 11 models
17 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
vendor site · G216 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 9 models
vendor site · NetApp13 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
13 answers · 13 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.
25 answers · 8 models
23 answers · 9 models
19 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 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 enterprise storage array”, “enterprise storage array”, “enterprise storage systems”. 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 |
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| Dell PowerStore dell.com Dell PowerStore 14%, Dell PowerVault ME5 8%, Dell PowerVault ME4 Series 5%, Dell PowerVault 2% and 1 more | 30% | 75 | 22,200 | 278 | 13,697,880 | $10,867 | 63 | 7 |
| HPE parent site HPE MSA Storage 14%, HPE Alletra 5%, HPE GreenLake 2%, HPE Nimble Storage 2% and 1 more | 24% | 68 | 27,100 | 5,522 | ||||
| Synology NAS synology.com Synology NAS 6%, Synology DS923+ 2% | 8% | 23 | 33,100 | 4,060 | 239,190 | 1 | ||
| NetApp AFF netapp.com NetApp AFF 6%, NetApp ONTAP 2% | 8% | 117 | 590 | 60 | 137,356 | $1 | 79 | |
| QNAP qnap.com | 2% | 19 | 12,100 | 2,252 | 52,825 | 0 | ||
| TrueNAS truenas.com | 2% | 19 | 22,200 | 2,095 | 62,040 | 21 | ||
| Pure Storage FlashArray purestorage.com | 2% | 99 | 320 | 18 | 4,251 | 0 | ||
| StarWind VSAN | 2% | |||||||
| Nimble | 2% | |||||||
| Synology DiskStation DS1522+ | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (dell.com, enterprisestorageforum.com). The first result for “best enterprise storage array” is reddit.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 enterprise storage array for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which primary storage for on-prem and hybrid cloud would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise storage systems for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best enterprise storage array for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating an enterprise storage array. What should we look at?”Negative“Which enterprise storage systems should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceQNAP, Synology NASChangedDropboxSynology DS225+, Synology DS925+against: Dell EqualLogic PS6100XSno first choiceagainst: Backblaze, Dropbox, NetApp AFF
Two alternatives
AWS, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Egnyte, Unity NV6000Two alternatives
DataCore SANsymphony, StarWind Storage ApplianceGPT-5.4 miniDell PowerStore, HPE Alletra 5000/6000, NetApp AFFDell TechnologiesChangedNetApp AFFSynology NASagainst: HPE Alletra, NetApp AFF, Pureno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Dell ME, HPE MSA StorageFour alternatives
AWS Storage Gateway, Azure File Sync, HPE Alletra, NetApp AFFThree alternatives
Dell PowerStore, HPE Alletra, Pure Storage FlashArray//CTwo alternatives
Dell PowerVault, HPE MSA StorageGemini 3.5 FlashDell PowerStoreNetApp ASA (All-Flash SAN) or AFF C-SeriesChangedSynology NASDell PowerVault ME5against: NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArrayPure Storage FlashArray, TrueNASagainst: Ceph, Cloudian HyperStore, Dell ECS, Dell PowerMax, GlusterFS, HPE Alletra 9000, NetApp AFF, Scality RING, VMware vSAN, ZFS
Four alternatives
NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArray, Synology NAS, TrueNASThree alternatives
Dell PowerStore 1200T, Pure Storage FlashArray//C, Synology RackStationSix alternatives
Box, Egnyte, Google Workspace, LucidLink, Microsoft 365, QNAPFour alternatives
HPE MSA 2060 / 2062, StarWind VSAN, Synology NAS, TrueNASFour alternatives
Dell PowerStore, Egnyte, Microsoft Azure Files/SharePoint, Synology NASPerplexity SonarDell PowerStoreno first choiceChangedDropbox, Sync.comagainst: Box, Dell enterprise storage, Hitachi Vantara Virtual Storage Platform OneDell PowerVault ME5no first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
NetApp FAS, Synology DiskStationOne alternative
AWS Storage GatewayThree alternatives
Google Workspace, IDrive Business, StarWind Virtual SANOne alternative
HPE MSA StorageGrok 4.20Dell PowerStoreagainst: Synology DS1522+Synology NASChangedagainst: NetApp AFFSynology DiskStation Seriesagainst: Dell PowerMax, HPE PrimeraDell PowerVault ME4 Seriesagainst: Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Synology NAS, TerraMasterno first choiceagainst: Dell EMC, HPE Alletra, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage's high-end arrays
Two alternatives
HPE Alletra / Primera, NetApp AFF / FAS SeriesFive alternatives
Dell PowerVault, HPE MSA Storage, QNAP NAS, StarWind Virtual SAN, TrueNAS ScaleFour alternatives
Dell PowerStore, HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud, QNAP TS-x73/TS-464 Series, TrueNAS ScaleThree alternatives
HPE MSA Gen6, Infortrend EonStor GSe Pro, NetApp FASEight alternatives
Backblaze B2, Dell Technologies, HPE Alletra, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArray, QNAP, Synology NAS, WasabiMistral SmallSynology DiskStation DS1522+Dell PowerStore, HPE Nimble StorageChangedno first choiceDell PowerVault ME4 Series, HPE MSA Storageno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Dell PowerStore, Synology FS3600Two alternatives
NetApp AFF, Synology NASOne alternative
TERRAMASTER D4-320UDeepSeek V4 FlashDell PowerStore, NetApp AFFSynology RackStation or DiskStationChangedagainst: NetApp FAS2750Synology NASagainst: Dell PowerStore, HPE GreenLake for Private CloudDell PowerVault ME4 Seriesno first choiceagainst: PowerMaxagainst: Dell PowerMax, HPE Primera, Hitachi Vantara VSP, IBM Enterprise Storage, NetApp FAS, NetApp StorageGRID, Nutanix Unified Storage, Pure Storage FlashArray, Qumulo, VMware vSAN, Weka
Four alternatives
Dell PowerVault ME5, HP MSA, HPE Alletra / Primera, Pure Storage FlashArrayThree alternatives
AWS Storage Gateway, QNAP TS-x64 series, TrueNAS MiniTwo alternatives
QNAP, TrueNAS MiniThree alternatives
HPE MSA Storage, Synology DiskStation DS1522+, TrueNASLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceHPE MSA SAN Storageno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Hitachi Data SystemsQwen 3.7 FlashHPE AlletraStarWind VSANChangedPure Storage FlashArrayHPE MSA 29xx Seriesagainst: Dell Technologies, NetApp AFFQumulo, Synology Enterprise Seriesagainst: Asustor, Ceph, Dell PowerMax, EMC Celerra, GlusterFS, HP P4000/P2000 series, Hitachi Vantara VSP, IBM SVC/Nimble, Pure Data Fabric, QNAP, Synology NAS
Three alternatives
Dell Technologies, Pure Storage FlashArray, StarWind Virtual SANThree alternatives
Dell PowerStore, HPE Alletra, Synology RackStationFour alternatives
Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series, StarWind Storage, Synology RackStationTwo alternatives
QNAP, Synology NASTwo alternatives
Dell Technologies, NetApp AFFKimi K2Dell PowerVault ME5against: Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArrayDell PowerStore T-Series, HPE MSA StorageChangedagainst: QNAP, Synology DS2422+, Synology DiskStationSynology NASDell PowerVault ME5, HPE MSA StorageDell PowerStore, HPE Alletra, NetApp AFF A150, Nimbleagainst: QNAP, Synology NASagainst: Dell PowerMax, Dropbox, Google Drive, HPE Primera, Hitachi Vantara VSP, NetApp AFF/ASA
Two alternatives
HPE MSA 2060 / 2062, Synology UC3400Four alternatives
Dell PowerVault ME5, HPE Alletra, StorMagic SvSAN, TrueNAS ScaleFive alternatives
HPE GreenLake, NetApp AFF A250, Nimble, QNAP, TrueNASTwo alternatives
QNAP Business NAS, Synology NASGLM 4.7 FlashXQNAP TS-464C, Synology DS923+against: Dell EMC SC Series, NetApp AFFNetApp AFFChangedQNAP TS-451D2-4G, Synology DS923+against: NetApp AFFHPE MSA Storageno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740cFour alternatives
Dell PowerStore, Nutanix Unified Storage, QNAP, Synology NASFive alternatives
Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerVault, Dropbox, HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud, Sync.comThree alternatives
Dell PowerVault ME4 Series, Infortrend EonStor GSe Pro, Synology DS923+MiniMax M2.5Dell PowerStore, HPE MSA StorageHPE GreenLake, NetApp ONTAPChangedSynology NASHPE MSA StorageDell PowerStore, NetApp AFFagainst: Synology NASnothing named
Two alternatives
Infinidat InfiniBox, NetApp AFFThree alternatives
Dell PowerStore, Infinidat InfiniBox, Pure Storage FlashArrayFour alternatives
Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, QNAP TS-464-8G, SharePointOne alternative
Dell PowerStoreTwo alternatives
HPE Nimble/Alletra, Pure Storage FlashArrayGPT-6 LunaHPE MSA StorageSynology NASChangedDell PowerStore, Synology SA6400against: HPE AlletraDell PowerVault ME5, HPE MSA Storageno first choiceagainst: Dell PowerStore, HPE Alletra, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp ONTAP
One alternative
Dell PowerVault ME5Two alternatives
HPE Alletra, NetApp AFFTwo alternatives
Everpure FlashArray, NetApp AFFMuse Glimmer 30BDell PowerVault, HPE AlletraSynology DiskStation DS925+ChangedSynology NASDell PowerStore One, HPE MSA Storageno first choiceagainst: Dell PowerMax, Dell Unity XT, IBM enterprise arrays, NetApp AFF
Three alternatives
QNAP rackmount range, Qsan XCubeSAN XS3312D, Synology DiskStation DS920+ / DS1525+Three alternatives
NetApp ONTAP, QNAP TS-253D, QNAP TS-464Three alternatives
Dell Technologies, QNAP, TrueNASOne alternative
NetApp’s ASA/AFF A250/A300 linesBold 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.
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 | 2026-10-04 23:05 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:45 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:34 | yes | 18 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:12 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 25 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:32 | yes | 11 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:58 | yes | 21 | 41 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:52 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:56 | no | 0 | 37 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:32 | yes | 15 | 33 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:43 | yes | 25 | 40 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 10 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:55 | yes | 3 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:22 | yes | 21 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:42 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:32 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:15 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:44 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-10-05 01:45 | yes | 23 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:32 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:54 | yes | 24 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:18 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:36 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:15 | yes | 25 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:40 | yes | 24 | 74 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 17 | 156 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:41 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:47 | yes | 21 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:42 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:51 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:38 | yes | 17 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 24 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-10-04 22:31 | yes | 25 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:44 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:15 | yes | 25 | 44 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:57 | no | 0 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:21 | yes | 20 | 30 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 23 | 614 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:25 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:14 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 25 | 42 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:58 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 20 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:30 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-10-05 01:49 | yes | 23 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:56 | yes | 13 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:06 | yes | 25 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:45 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:54 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:00 | yes | 19 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 23:35 | yes | 22 | 71 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:22 | yes | 11 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:41 | yes | 2 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:28 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:48 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:02 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:38 | yes | 14 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 24 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-10-05 01:10 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:28 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:45 | yes | 20 | 56 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:26 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:14 | yes | 10 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:31 | yes | 14 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 23:19 | yes | 14 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:11 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:33 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:41 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:47 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:22 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:10 | yes | 13 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:39 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-10-05 01:28 | yes | 21 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:36 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:10 | yes | 19 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:56 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:18 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 24 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:19 | yes | 21 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:47 | yes | 20 | 56 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:20 | yes | 2 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:44 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Azure Blob read as Azure Blob Storage
Cloudian read as Cloudian HyperStore
Dell read as Dell Technologies
Dell (PowerStore) read as Dell Technologies
Dell (PowerStore/Unity) read as Dell Technologies
Dell EMC PowerStore read as Dell PowerStore
Dell EMC Unity read as Dell Unity XT
Dell PowerVault ME4 read as Dell PowerVault ME5
Dell PowerVault ME5 Series read as Dell PowerVault ME5
Dell PowerVault ME5 Series (ME5012 / ME5024) read as Dell PowerVault ME5
Dell Technologies PowerStore read as Dell PowerStore
HPE read as HPE Alletra
HPE (Alletra/Primera) read as HPE Alletra
HPE (e.g., 3PAR/Primera) read as HPE Alletra
HPE Alletra Storage read as HPE Alletra
HPE Alletra Storage MP read as HPE Alletra
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 read as HPE Alletra
HPE GreenLake for Block Storage read as HPE GreenLake
HPE MSA read as HPE MSA Storage
HPE MSA (Modular Smart Array) read as HPE MSA Storage
HPE MSA 2060 read as HPE MSA Storage
HPE Nimble read as HPE Nimble Storage
Infinidat read as Infinidat InfiniBox
NetApp read as NetApp AFF
NetApp (AFF) read as NetApp AFF
NetApp (AFF/AFF C-series) read as NetApp AFF
NetApp (entry-level like AFF A-Series) read as NetApp AFF
NetApp AFF A-Series read as NetApp AFF
NetApp AFF A-Series (All-Flash) read as NetApp AFF
NetApp AFF A-series read as NetApp AFF
NetApp AFF C-Series read as NetApp AFF
Nutanix read as Nutanix Unified Storage
Pure Storage read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage (FlashArray //X or //C) read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage (FlashArray//C) read as Pure Storage FlashArray
Scality read as Scality RING
Synology read as Synology NAS
Synology DS425+ read as Synology NAS
Unresolved, counted raw
Azure File Sync
Buffalo
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740c
Dell EMC SC Series
Dell EqualLogic PS6100XS
Dell ME
Dell PowerStore 1200T
Dell PowerStore One
Dell PowerStore T-Series
Dell enterprise storage
EMC Celerra
HP MSA
HP P4000/P2000 series
HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Business Edition
HPE MSA 29xx Series
HPE MSA SAN Storage
Hitachi Vantara Virtual Storage Platform One
Hivenet
IBM Enterprise Storage (DS8000 series)
IBM SVC/Nimble
IBM enterprise arrays
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series
Longhorn
LucidLink
Microsoft Azure Files/SharePoint
NetApp AFF A150
NetApp ASA (All-Flash SAN) or AFF C-Series
NetApp FAS2750
NetApp entry-level FAS
NetApp’s ASA/AFF A250/A300 lines
OpenEBS
Pure Data Fabric
Pure Storage's high-end arrays
QNAP Business NAS
QNAP NAS
QNAP TS-253D
QNAP TS-451D2-4G
QNAP TS-464
QNAP TS-464-8G
QNAP TS-464C
QNAP TS-x64 series
QNAP TS-x73/TS-464 Series
QNAP rackmount range
Qsan XCubeSAN XS3312D
StarWind Storage (XS Enterprise or VSA)
StarWind Storage Appliance
Synology DS1522+
Synology DS225+
Synology DS2422+
Synology DS925+
Synology DiskStation DS920+ / DS1525+
Synology DiskStation DS925+
Synology DiskStation Series
Synology FS3600
Synology RackStation or DiskStation (business tier)
Synology SA6400
Synology UC3400
Tintri
UGREEN DXP2800
Unity NV6000
ZFS
iXsystems (TrueNAS)
vSAN
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.