Data center networking for small business buyers
Asked as “data center switching platform”, and as “data center network fabric”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 44 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
11%
Contested · Cisco Catalyst 11%
11Arista Networks11Cisco Catalyst11Cisco Nexus Hyperfabric66others
11% 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 three 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 product page.
Head to head
Arista Networks vs Cisco NexusArista Networks vs Dell PowerSwitchArista Networks vs HPE Aruba CX Series
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.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 →
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
Key
01Cisco Catalyst11%
Cisco Catalyst11%02Arista Networks11%
Arista Networks11%03Cisco Nexus7%
Cisco Nexus7%04MikroTik CRS Series5%
MikroTik CRS Series5%05Cisco Meraki5%
Cisco Meraki5%06Ubiquiti UniFi Switching Platform2%
07Aruba Instant On2%
08Juniper Networks0%
Juniper Networks0%09VMware NSX0%
VMware NSX0%10Cisco ACI0%
Cisco ACI0%What they warned about
One of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, 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.
Cisco ACI94%
17 of 18 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 11 hard negative
“A small business should avoid or exercise extreme caution with the following data center networking platforms: ... Cisco ACI is designed to manage massive, policy-driven data centers.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
VMware NSX74%
14 of 19 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 7 hard negative
“Users find the cost prohibitive, making VMware NSX unsuitable for smaller businesses or those with limited resources.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Cisco Nexus44%
11 of 25 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid: New Cisco Nexus or Arista switches for small deployments” Kimi K2, budget prompt
Arista Networks37%
7 of 19 labels negative · 4 of 14 models
“Arista has expanded into campus networking and offers more accessible options now, but verify pricing and feature needs carefully.” Kimi K2, negative 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
70 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. 1043 links across 284 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.
vendor site · Cisco43 answers · 95 citations · 13 models
vendor site · FitGap35 answers · 44 citations · 11 models
27 answers · 37 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G226 answers · 59 citations · 12 models
vendor site · LinkedIn22 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Juniper19 answers · 39 citations · 11 models
vendor site · HPE18 answers · 24 citations · 8 models
16 answers · 34 citations · 8 models
16 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
vendor site · SourceForge15 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
15 answers · 15 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.
29 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 9 models
12 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 5 models
11 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 9 models
11 answers · 9 models
11 answers · 6 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 data center switching platform”, “data center networking platforms”, “data center switching platform”. 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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| Cisco parent site Cisco Nexus Hyperfabric 11%, Cisco Nexus 7%, Cisco Meraki 5% | 23% | 123 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| Cisco Catalyst cisco.com | 11% | 12 | 5,114,808 | $683 | 91 | 2 | ||
| Arista Networks arista.com | 11% | 114 | 33,100 | 278 | 46,898 | 3 | ||
| MikroTik CRS Series mikrotik.com | 5% | 22 | 10 | 0 | 41,064 | |||
| Ubiquiti ubiquiti.com Ubiquiti UniFi Switching Platform 2%, Ubiquiti UniFi switches 2% | 5% | 11 | 15,584 company | |||||
| Aruba Instant On | 2% | 1,900 | 222 | |||||
| Dell PowerSwitch dell.com | 2% | 38 | 140 | 11 | 13,697,880 | $10,867 | 63 | 6 |
| Arista 7050 Series | 2% | |||||||
| HPE hpe.com | 2% | 27 | 27,100 | 5,522 | 1,000,636 | $3,018 | 74 | 4 |
| Nexus | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cisco.com, gartner.com, hpe.com, reddit.com). The first result for “best data center switching platform” is gartner.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 data center switching platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which data center network fabric would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top data center networking platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best data center switching platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a data center switching platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which data center networking platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceno first choiceHeldManageEngine OpManager, Megaportagainst: Cisco ACI, VMware NSXUbiquiti UniFi Switch 24 PoEno first choiceagainst: Broadcom
Four alternatives
Cisco Catalyst, Netgear GS108, Netgear GS724Tv4 Smart Managed Pro Switch, TP-Link Omada TL-SG2008GPT-5.4 miniCisco Nexus Hyperfabric, Nexusno first choiceChangedJuniper Apstraagainst: HPE Aruba CentralCisco Catalystno first choiceagainst: Arista EOS, Cisco Nexus, Cisco's DCNM line, Juniper EX/QFX
One alternative
HPE Aruba CX data center switchesTwo alternatives
Arista EOS + CloudVision, Cisco NexusTwo alternatives
NETGEAR managed switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switching PlatformGemini 3.5 FlashArista Networksagainst: Ubiquiti UniFi Switching PlatformAWS Transit Gateway, Azure Virtual WANChangedArista CloudVisionagainst: Cisco Nexus DashboardArista 7050X Seriesagainst: Cisco NexusArista Networksagainst: Cisco Nexus, Edgecore, FS.comagainst: Cisco ACI, Juniper Apstra, SONiC, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
Dell PowerSwitch, HPE Aruba CX SeriesFive alternatives
Aruba CX, Cisco Meraki, Cisco Nexus, HPE Aruba Networking CX Fabric, Nutanix FlowThree alternatives
Dell Technologies PowerSwitch, Juniper Apstra, Ubiquiti UniFi Switching PlatformFour alternatives
Cisco Nexus, FS.com (FiberStore) S5850 or S5860 Series, MikroTik CRS Series, Ubiquiti UniFi Pro AggregationTwo alternatives
Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Spectrum-XPerplexity SonarCisco NexusCisco Nexus HyperfabricChangedCisco DCNM / NexusAruba Instant On, Cisco Catalystagainst: Cisco Nexus, Dell PowerSwitchno first choiceagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco ACI, VMware NSX
One alternative
Arista Networks platformThree alternatives
Extreme Fabric, Juniper EVPN-VXLAN + Apstra, Nokia SR Linux + EDAFive alternatives
Arista Networks, Calico, HPE Apstra, Juniper QFX, VMware NSXGrok 4.20Cisco Nexusagainst: Arista 7050X3/7200 SeriesCisco Nexus HyperfabricChangedagainst: Cisco MerakiNVIDIA Cumulus Linux, SONiCagainst: Cisco ACIUbiquiti UniFi switchesagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco Meraki, Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: Juniper Networksagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco ACI, Cisco Nexus, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper Networks, VMware NSX
Three alternatives
Dell PowerSwitch, HPE Aruba CX, Juniper QFXFour alternatives
Cumulus, Juniper Apstra, MikroTik CRS Series, Ubiquiti UniFi Switching PlatformThree alternatives
Arista EOS + CloudVision, IP Infusion OcNOS / Kubo, Juniper ApstraTwo alternatives
Cisco Catalyst, NETGEAR 10G modelsEight alternatives
Aruba CX, Cisco Catalyst, Cisco Nexus 9000 entry, Dell PowerSwitch, HPE Aruba CX Series, NVIDIA Spectrum-X, Nexus, Ubiquiti UniFi Switching PlatformMistral SmallArista Networks Platform, Cisco Nexusno first choiceChangedFlannel, NetBirdagainst: Juniper Networks, ManageEngine OpManagerArista Networksno first choiceagainst: Cisco Nexusagainst: Cisco ACI, Extreme Networks, OpManager Nexus, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
Dell PowerEdge R-Series, Juniper QFX Series SwitchesTwo alternatives
Gluware, openQRMTwo alternatives
Fortinet FortiSwitch, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectDeepSeek V4 FlashCisco Catalystagainst: Arista 7050X Series, MikroTik CRS Series, Ubiquiti UniFi Switching PlatformCisco Nexus HyperfabricChangedagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco Meraki, Dell Active Fabric, HPE JuniperTigera Calicoagainst: Cisco ACI, VMware NSXUbiquiti UniFi Switching Platformagainst: Cisco Catalyst 1200 Series, Cisco Merakino first choiceagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco Nexus, Huawei CloudEngineagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco ACI, Cisco Catalyst Center, Cisco Meraki, Juniper Apstra, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
Aruba CX, Cisco NexusFive alternatives
Cisco Catalyst Center, Cisco Meraki, HashiCorp Consul, Juniper Apstra, ManageEngine OpManagerThree alternatives
Aruba Instant On, MikroTik CRS Series, TP-Link OmadaOne alternative
Aruba CXLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceJuniper's ACX7020, Nokia's Data Center Fabric solutionChangedno first choiceArista Networks, ExtremeSwitchingno first choiceagainst: TierPoint, VMware NSX
One alternative
Extreme NetworksTwo alternatives
Cisco Nexus, NetgearQwen 3.7 FlashCisco Catalystagainst: EdgecoreArista NetworksChangedCisco MerakiMikroTik CRS Seriesagainst: Netgear, TPLinkDell PowerSwitch, HPEagainst: Cisco Nexusagainst: Arista CloudVision, Cisco ACI, Juniper Networks Fabric, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
Arista 7050 Series, Cisco MerakiFour alternatives
Cisco Meraki, Cisco Nexus Hyperfabric, NVIDIA (formerly Pica8) with Cumulus Linux, VMware NSXFour alternatives
Arista vEOS, Dell PowerSwitch, NVIDIA Cumulus Linux, VMware NSXFour alternatives
Aruba Instant On, Cisco Catalyst, Dell Networking Z Series, Ubiquiti EdgeSwitchOne alternative
Arista NetworksKimi K2Arista 7010T SeriesJuniper Networks with ApstraChangedagainst: Cisco ACI, VMware NSXArista CloudVision, VMware NSXagainst: Cisco ACIArista 7050 Seriesagainst: Cisco NexusCisco Merakiagainst: Aruba CX, Cisco Catalyst, Fortinet FortiSwitchagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco ACI, Juniper Apstra / Contrail, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
Cisco Nexus, HPE Aruba CXThree alternatives
Aruba CX, Aruba Instant On, Ubiquiti UniFi Switching PlatformTwo alternatives
HashiCorp Consul, Juniper Cloud-Native Contrail NetworkingTwo alternatives
MikroTik CRS Series, White Box + SONiCThree alternatives
Aruba Instant On, NETGEAR Insight, Ubiquiti UniFi Switching PlatformGLM 4.7 FlashXHPE Aruba Networking CX 6400 Seriesagainst: Cisco 3750 series, Cisco Nexus, HP ProCurveCisco Nexus HyperfabricChangedCisco CatalystCisco Catalystno first choiceagainst: Cisco ACI
One alternative
HPE Aruba CXTwo alternatives
Extreme Networks, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectFour alternatives
Fortinet FortiSwitch 124F/148F/600/2000, HPE Aruba CX, Juniper EX 2300/3400/4100, Ubiquiti UniFi SwitchThree alternatives
Netgear ProSAFE XS712T, TP-Link Managed Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi switchesMiniMax M2.5Aruba CX Series, Cisco Merakiagainst: Ubiquiti UniFi Switching Platformno first choiceChangedCisco Nexus Hyperfabric, HPE Synergyagainst: Cisco ACIno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Arista EOS, Cisco ACI, Juniper Networks, OpenDaylight, VMware NSX
One alternative
Dell PowerSwitchTwo alternatives
Extreme Networks, VMware NSXGPT-6 LunaDell PowerSwitch running SmartFabric OS10no first choiceChangedCisco Nexus Dashboardagainst: SONiCMikroTik CRS Seriesno first choiceagainst: Cisco ACI, SONiC, VMware NSX
Three alternatives
Arista EOS, Cisco Nexus, QFXThree alternatives
Arista EOS + CloudVision, Juniper Apstra Data Center Director, NVIDIA Cumulus LinuxOne alternative
Aruba CXMuse Glimmer 30BCisco SMB / mid-marketno first choiceChangedCisco Merakiagainst: Cisco ACICumulus Linuxno first choiceagainst: Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure, ACI, VMware NSX
Five alternatives
Arista Networks, Aruba Instant On, HPE Business Switch Series CW 2050, HPE Networking Comware 5120v3 Campus Switch Series, Juniper NetworksFour alternatives
Apstra, Arista CloudVision, Juniper Networks Mist AI, VMware Cloud Foundation NetworkingSeven alternatives
Accton, Arista Networks, Asterfusion, Edge-Core, MikroTik CRS Series, SONiC, Ubiquiti UniFi Switching PlatformBold 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 | 2026-10-05 01:16 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:54 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:54 | yes | 11 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 20 | 4 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 00:18 | yes | 24 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:28 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:15 | yes | 25 | 42 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:08 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:43 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:00 | yes | 19 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:52 | yes | 25 | 33 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 21 | 57 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:58 | yes | 4 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:20 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:51 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:26 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:25 | yes | 14 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 19 | 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) | 2026-10-04 22:45 | yes | 23 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:12 | no | 0 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:18 | yes | 23 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:05 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:08 | yes | 10 | 81 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:56 | yes | 18 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:22 | yes | 21 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:38 | no | 0 | 56 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:11 | yes | 1 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:02 | yes | 21 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:32 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:04 | yes | 18 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:30 | yes | 16 | 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 22:11 | yes | 23 | 12 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:42 | yes | 13 | 12 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:29 | yes | 20 | 53 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:26 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:09 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:53 | yes | 16 | 35 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:19 | yes | 19 | 55 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:51 | yes | 18 | 34 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:06 | yes | 6 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:31 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:43 | yes | 2 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:02 | yes | 17 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 20 | 4 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 01:51 | yes | 24 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:54 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:50 | yes | 25 | 53 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:35 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:15 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:08 | yes | 19 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:36 | yes | 25 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:20 | no | 0 | 54 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:05 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:35 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:48 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:22 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 33 | 4 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 00:00 | yes | 19 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:21 | no | 0 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:14 | yes | 22 | 48 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 00:23 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:47 | yes | 10 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:03 | yes | 14 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:07 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:39 | yes | 3 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:36 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:44 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:51 | yes | 20 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:52 | yes | 18 | 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) | 2026-10-04 23:24 | yes | 23 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:28 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:54 | yes | 24 | 51 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:22 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:59 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 23:35 | yes | 21 | 44 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:44 | yes | 12 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:40 | yes | 4 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:07 | yes | 22 | 26 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
Arista read as Arista Networks
Cisco read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco (Nexus) read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) read as Cisco ACI
Cisco Catalyst 1200/1300 read as Cisco Catalyst
Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series read as Cisco Catalyst
Cisco Catalyst 9200/9300 series read as Cisco Catalyst
Cisco Catalyst 9200L Series read as Cisco Catalyst
Cisco Catalyst 9300 read as Cisco Catalyst
Cisco Catalyst Series read as Cisco Catalyst
Cisco Meraki MS read as Cisco Meraki
Cisco Meraki MS Series read as Cisco Meraki
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Nexus 9300 Series read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Nexus Dashboard / Fabric Controller read as Cisco Nexus Dashboard
Cisco Nexus Series read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Nexus with standard NX-OS read as Cisco Nexus
Dell read as Dell PowerSwitch
HPE Aruba read as HPE Aruba CX Series
HPE Aruba (CX 8360 / 8325 Series) read as HPE Aruba CX Series
HPE/Aruba read as HPE Aruba CX Series
Juniper read as Juniper Networks
Juniper (EX/QFX) read as Juniper Networks
MikroTik read as MikroTik CRS Series
MikroTik (RouterBoard / Cloud Router Switch) read as MikroTik CRS Series
NVIDIA read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
Nvidia Spectrum read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
Ubiquiti read as Ubiquiti UniFi Switching Platform
Ubiquiti UniFi read as Ubiquiti UniFi Switching Platform
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS Transit Gateway
Accton
Arista 7010T Series
Arista 7050X3/7200 Series
Arista Networks Platform
Arista Networks platform
Arista vEOS
Aruba CX Series
Azure Virtual WAN
Cisco 3750 series
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure, ACI
Cisco Catalyst 1200 Series
Cisco DCNM / Nexus
Cisco N3000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 9000 entry
Cisco SMB / mid-market
Cisco data center
Cisco's DCNM line
Dell Active Fabric
Dell Networking Z Series
Dell PowerSwitch running SmartFabric OS10
Dell Technologies PowerSwitch (with SmartFabric Services / Enterprise SONiC)
EdgeRouter
Extreme Fabric
FS.com (FiberStore) S5850 or S5860 Series
Flannel
Fortinet FortiSwitch 124F/148F/600/2000
HPE Apstra (Apstra Data Center Director)
HPE Aruba CX data center switches
HPE Aruba Networking CX 6400 Series
HPE Aruba Networking CX Fabric (with Aruba Central)
HPE Business Switch Series CW 2050
HPE M-Series
HPE Networking Comware 5120v3 Campus Switch Series
IP Infusion OcNOS / Kubo
Juniper Apstra Data Center Director
Juniper Cloud-Native Contrail Networking (CN2)
Juniper EVPN-VXLAN + Apstra
Juniper EX 2300/3400/4100
Juniper EX/QFX
Juniper Networks Fabric
Juniper Networks Mist AI
Juniper Networks with Apstra
Juniper QFX5100/5110 Series
Juniper's ACX7020
NETGEAR 10G models
NETGEAR managed switches
NVIDIA (formerly Pica8) with Cumulus Linux
Netgear GS108
Netgear GS724Tv4 Smart Managed Pro Switch
Netgear GS752TXPv3
Netgear ProSAFE XS712T
Nexus Dashboard
Nexus switches
Nokia SR Linux + EDA
Nokia's Data Center Fabric solution
QFX
Racksnet
TP-Link Managed Switches
TP-Link Omada TL-SG2008
TPLink
Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch
Ubiquiti Networks
Ubiquiti UniFi Pro Aggregation (USW-Pro-Aggregation)
Ubiquiti UniFi Switch
Ubiquiti UniFi Switch 24 PoE
VMware Cloud Foundation Networking
White Box + SONiC
openQRM
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.