Data center networking
Asked as “data center switching platform”, and as “data center network fabric”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 43 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
42%
Clear leader
42Arista Networks05Arista EOS with CloudVision05Cisco Nexus49others
42% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+15Since October 2026: 27% → 42%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Arista Networks held the lead, +15 points on 27%, past the 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
Arista Networks22%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Arista Networks (22%) replaces Cisco Catalyst (11% then, 4% now), 18 points clear, past the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-marketArista Networks42%Clear leader▲+15Since October 2026: 27% → 42%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageEnterpriseArista Networks52%Clear leader▲+18Since October 2026: 34% → 52%, +18 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →
Arista Networks22%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Arista Networks (22%) replaces Cisco Catalyst (11% then, 4% now), 18 points clear, past the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-marketArista Networks42%Clear leader▲+15Since October 2026: 27% → 42%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageEnterpriseArista Networks52%Clear leader▲+18Since October 2026: 34% → 52%, +18 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Arista Networks42%13%54endorsed leader▲+15Since October 2026: 27% → 42%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.27% → 42%
Arista Networks42%13%54endorsed leader▲+15Since October 2026: 27% → 42%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.27% → 42%02SONiC5%14%14accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 2% → 5%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 5%
03
Cisco Nexus5%42%57criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 7% → 5%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 5%
Cisco Nexus5%42%57criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 7% → 5%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 5%04
Juniper Networks2%16%31accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Juniper Networks2%16%31accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
09
VMware NSX0%67%15criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
VMware NSX0%67%15criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
Cisco ACI0%62%13criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Cisco ACI0%62%13criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%07
NVIDIA Spectrum-X0%30%20criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
NVIDIA Spectrum-X0%30%20criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%05
Dell PowerSwitch0%4%25accepted challenger▼−7Since October 2026: 7% → 0%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 0%
Dell PowerSwitch0%4%25accepted challenger▼−7Since October 2026: 7% → 0%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 0%06HPE Aruba CX Series0%0%10accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 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 can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. 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 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 →
01S02
030405H06
070809Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Arista Networks42%
Arista Networks42%02SONiC5%
03Cisco Nexus5%
Cisco Nexus5%04Juniper Networks2%
Juniper Networks2%05Dell PowerSwitch0%
Dell PowerSwitch0%06HPE Aruba CX Series0%
07NVIDIA Spectrum-X0%
NVIDIA Spectrum-X0%08Cisco ACI0%
Cisco ACI0%09VMware NSX0%
VMware NSX0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, 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 Nexus42%
24 of 57 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Avoid or apply extra due diligence to: Cisco Nexus/NX-OS and Cisco ACI for general-purpose data centers if you are sensitive to complexity, software quality, support timeliness and pricing.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
VMware NSX67%
10 of 15 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Avoid or be very cautious with VMware NSX, Cisco ACI, Cisco Meraki, Juniper Networks (in some contexts), and OpManager Nexus” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Cisco ACI62%
8 of 13 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Cisco ACI: Overkill. High licensing costs, a steep learning curve, and it locks you into a proprietary policy model.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt
Arista Networks13%
7 of 54 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid for tight budgets: Cisco (Nexus 9000), Arista (DCS series), or Juniper (QFX)” Grok 4.20, budget 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
66 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 13 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 799 links across 199 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. The other 1 model searched through a gateway that returned no source list on this edition. 69 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 · Cisco35 answers · 64 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Juniper33 answers · 56 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Arista25 answers · 44 citations · 8 models
24 answers · 37 citations · 10 models
vendor site · HPE20 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Nokia18 answers · 27 citations · 8 models
vendor site · LinkedIn16 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
14 answers · 15 citations · 9 models
13 answers · 25 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Guideflow13 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
12 answers · 14 citations · 8 models
vendor site · G211 answers · 12 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.
15 answers · 10 models
13 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 8 models
9 answers · 6 models
9 answers · 6 models
9 answers · 6 models
8 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 | Google ads, last 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arista Networks arista.com Arista Networks 42%, Arista EOS with CloudVision 5%, Arista EOS + CloudVision 2%, Arista CloudVision 2% | 51% | 114 | 33,100 | 278 | 46,898 | 3 |
| Cisco parent site Cisco Nexus 5%, Cisco Nexus Hyperfabric 5% | 9% | 123 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||
| SONiC | 5% | 2,740,000 | 414,886 | |||
| HPE Aruba CX | 5% | 10 | 8 | |||
| MikroTik CRS Series mikrotik.com MikroTik CRS518-16XS-2XQ-RM 2%, MikroTik CRS Series 2% | 5% | 22 | 10 | 0 | 41,064 | |
| Juniper Networks juniper.net | 2% | 73 | 14,800 | 696 | 267,308 | 0 |
| HPE arubanetworks.com HPE Aruba EdgeConnect 2% | 2% | 95 | 27,100 | 5,522 | 2,865 | |
| Edgecore edge-core.com | 2% | 6 | 1,900 | 95 | 5,154 | |
| FS | 2% | |||||
| ExtremeSwitching | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cisco.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 mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which data center network fabric would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top data center networking platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best data center switching platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a data center switching platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which data center networking platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceagainst: White-box switchesno first choiceHeldno first choiceTP-Link switchesno first choiceagainst: CyberPower's PowerPanel Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) platform, Dataprobe's iBoot Power Distribution Unit
Four alternatives
Cisco Catalyst, D-Link, Edge-Core, NETGEAR switchesGPT-5.4 miniArista Networksagainst: Dell PowerSwitch, NVIDIA Spectrum-Xno first choiceChangedno first choiceSONiCagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: Cisco Nexus AI/validated designs, Juniper Apstra, NVIDIA Spectrum-X
Two alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Juniper ApstraThree alternatives
Apstra, Cisco Nexus, Dell PowerSwitchTwo alternatives
Dell PowerSwitch, Juniper QFXGemini 3.5 FlashArista Networksagainst: Cisco NexusArista Networks, Juniper NetworksChangedagainst: Cisco NexusArista NetworksFS.com (Fiberstore) N-Seriesagainst: Cisco NexusArista Networksagainst: Aruba CX, Brocade VCS Fabric, Cisco FabricPath & TRILL, Cisco Nexus, HPE Aruba CX, Juniper Networks
Three alternatives
Dell PowerSwitch, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper NetworksFive alternatives
Cisco Nexus, HPE, Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Networking, SONiCThree alternatives
Arista Networks, Dell PowerSwitch, MikroTik CRS500 SeriesFive alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Dell PowerSwitch, HPE, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper NetworksPerplexity SonarArista EOS with CloudVisionagainst: Cisco ACIHPE Juniper Networking ApstraChangedno first choiceExtremeSwitchingagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: Cisco ACI, Juniper Apstra, NVIDIA Spectrum-X, Nexus, VMware NSX
Three alternatives
Apstra, Cisco Nexus, HPE Juniper NetworkingTwo alternatives
Cisco Nexus Hyperfabric, Nokia Data Center FabricSeven alternatives
Arista EOS + CloudVision, Cisco Nexus / ACI, Cumulus Linux, HPE Juniper Apstra, NVIDIA Spectrum-X, SONiC, VMware NSXOne alternative
Fortinet FortiSwitchGrok 4.20Arista Networksagainst: Huawei Data Center Networking, NVIDIA Spectrum-XArista NetworksHeldagainst: ACIArista Networks, Cisco Nexusagainst: Huawei Data Center NetworkingFS.comagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco Nexus, Juniper Networks, Netgear, TP-LinkArista Networksagainst: Cisco Nexus, Extreme, HPE, Juniper Networks, VMware NSX
Three alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Dell PowerSwitch Z/S-series, Juniper QFX SeriesTwo alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Juniper NetworksThree alternatives
HPE, Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Spectrum-XFour alternatives
Extreme Networks, HPE Aruba CX Series, Mellanox, NVIDIA Spectrum-XFive alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Cumulus, Dell PowerSwitch, Edgecore, SONiCMistral SmallArista Networksagainst: Juniper QFXno first choiceChangedno first choiceArista Networksagainst: Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: Cumulus Linux, VMware NSXagainst: Aruba Instant On, Cisco ACI, Cisco Meraki, Juniper Networks, MikroTik CRS Series, OpManager Nexus, Ubiquiti UniFi Switching Platform, VMware NSX
One alternative
Cisco NexusTwo alternatives
FS, HPE Aruba CX SeriesFive alternatives
Arista Networks, Cisco Nexus, Edgecore, Juniper Networks, SONiCDeepSeek V4 FlashArista Networksagainst: Cisco NexusArista Networks, HPE Aruba CXChangedagainst: Cisco ACI, Ruckus, VMware NSXno first choiceMikroTik CRS Seriesagainst: Arista 7060CX, Cisco Nexus 3K seriesno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst, Cisco Nexus, SONiC
Two alternatives
HPE Aruba CX, Juniper QFXFour alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Dell PowerSwitch, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper ApstraFive alternatives
Arista Networks, Cisco Nexus, HPE, Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Spectrum-XFour alternatives
Dell S5148F-ON, Edgecore, SONiC, Ubiquiti UniFi Switching PlatformLlama 4 MaverickvSTREAMno first choiceChangedno first choiceHPE Aruba EdgeConnectagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco ACI, Juniper switches, VMware NSX
Five alternatives
Arista Networks, Aruba Instant On, HPE Business Switch Series CW 2050, HPE Networking Comware 5120v3 Campus Switch Series, Juniper NetworksTwo alternatives
FS, NetgearQwen 3.7 FlashArista NetworksArista NetworksHeldagainst: Cisco Nexusno first choiceArista Networksagainst: Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco Catalystagainst: Cisco Ecosystem, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, VMware NSX
Three alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Dell PowerSwitch, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectFive alternatives
Cumulus Linux, Dell EMC PowerConnect, Dell PowerSwitch, Nokia Data Center Fabric, SONiCFive alternatives
Arista Networks, Cisco ACI, Juniper Networks, SONiC, VMware NSXTwo alternatives
Extreme Networks, FSTwo alternatives
Dell PowerSwitch, Juniper NetworksKimi K2Arista Networksagainst: Cisco NexusArista CloudVision, Cisco Nexus HyperfabricChangedagainst: Cisco ACI, VMware NSX-Tno first choiceEdgecoreagainst: Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: Cisco ACI, Juniper Contrail Networking, Nokia Nuage Networks, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
HPE Aruba CX Series, Juniper NetworksOne alternative
Juniper Virtual Chassis FabricFour alternatives
Arista Networks, Asterfusion CX-Series, HPE Aruba CX Series, NSCommGLM 4.7 FlashXCisco Nexus, HPE Aruba CXagainst: NVIDIA Spectrum-XCisco NexusChangedArista Networks, Cisco NexusH3C S6520X seriesagainst: Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: Cisco Nexus
Two alternatives
Arista EOS, Juniper JunosThree alternatives
Arista Networks, Dell PowerSwitch, Juniper NetworksFour alternatives
Dell PowerSwitch, HPE (Aruba) Networking, Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Spectrum-XTwo alternatives
HPE Aruba CX 6200F, NSCommMiniMax M2.5Arista Networksno first choiceChangedArista Networks, Cisco Nexusagainst: Huawei Data Center NetworkingArista Networks, FSagainst: Cisco Nexus, D-Link, Netgearno first choiceagainst: Arista EOS, Cisco Catalyst, Cisco Nexus, HP ProCurve, Huawei CloudEngine, Huawei Data Center Networking, Juniper EX Series, VMware NSX, ZTE
Two alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Juniper NetworksOne alternative
Juniper NetworksThree alternatives
Asterfusion, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, NSCommGPT-6 LunaArista EOS with CloudVisionArista EOS + CloudVisionChangedno first choiceMikroTik CRS518-16XS-2XQ-RMno first choiceagainst: Cisco ACI, HPE, Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Spectrum-X, SONiC
Two alternatives
Cisco Nexus 9000 with NX-OS and Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller, QFX with ApstraTwo alternatives
Cisco Nexus with Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller, Juniper ApstraOne alternative
Juniper QFX5120Muse Glimmer 30BArista NetworksCisco Nexus HyperfabricChangedArista Networks, Cisco NexusSONiCagainst: Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Arista Networks, Cisco Nexus, Juniper data-center switching, VMware NSX
One alternative
Cisco NexusFour alternatives
Cisco 6000 Series, Dell Enterprise SONiC, HPE Aruba CX 8xxx/9300/10000 series, N9300Three alternatives
HPE Juniper, NVIDIA Spectrum-X, Nokia Data Center FabricSeven alternatives
Arista Networks, Asterfusion, Dell PowerSwitch, Edgecore, FS, HPE Aruba CX Series, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectBold 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 | 2026-11-01 14:07 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:18 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:09 | no | 0 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:50 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:31 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:05 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:00 | yes | 24 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:29 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:53 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:40 | yes | 10 | 45 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:36 | yes | 19 | 66 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:24 | yes | 19 | 52 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:30 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:22 | yes | 23 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:45 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:07 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 19:24 | no | 0 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:05 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:08 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:18 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:08 | yes | 23 | 36 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:47 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:12 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:47 | yes | 23 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:36 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:24 | yes | 10 | 123 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:05 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:37 | yes | 13 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:03 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:31 | yes | 8 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:49 | no | 0 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:20 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:37 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:32 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:38 | yes | 23 | 47 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:52 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:41 | no | 0 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:36 | yes | 20 | 69 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:32 | yes | 25 | 69 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:13 | yes | 24 | 113 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:13 | yes | 6 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:45 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:45 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:38 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 17:10 | no | 0 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:58 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:13 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:48 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:02 | yes | 23 | 50 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:52 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:57 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:40 | yes | 19 | 45 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:26 | yes | 25 | 150 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:27 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:08 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:17 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:33 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:55 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:35 | no | 0 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:03 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:26 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:20 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:29 | yes | 19 | 40 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:38 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:45 | no | 0 | 40 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:04 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:08 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:52 | no | 0 | 71 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:41 | yes | 2 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:12 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:21 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:38 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 18:30 | no | 0 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:00 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:32 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:32 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:50 | yes | 25 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:05 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:27 | yes | 14 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:27 | yes | 25 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:59 | yes | 24 | 75 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:11 | yes | 20 | 94 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:49 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:36 | yes | 15 | 32 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
Arista Networks' 7000/7500/7800 series switches read as Arista Networks
Cisco read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco (ACI, Nexus, DNAC) read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco (Nexus + ACI / Nexus One) read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco (Nexus / Catalyst 9000) read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco (Nexus) read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Catalyst 9300 read as Cisco Catalyst
Cisco Catalyst Switches read as Cisco Catalyst
Cisco Catalyst series read as Cisco Catalyst
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Nexus 9000 read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Nexus 9000 series (with NX-OS and ACI) read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Nexus 9300 Series read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Nexus Series read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Nexus series read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Systems read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Systems (Cisco Nexus & Cisco ACI) read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Systems (Nexus 9000 Series + Nexus Dashboard / NDFC) read as Cisco Nexus
Dell read as Dell PowerSwitch
Dell (with Pluribus) read as Dell PowerSwitch
Dell PowerSwitch with Enterprise SONiC read as Dell Enterprise SONiC
Dell Technologies read as Dell PowerSwitch
Dell Technologies (Dell EMC) read as Dell PowerSwitch
Dell Technologies (PowerSwitch) read as Dell PowerSwitch
HPE Aruba read as HPE Aruba CX Series
HPE Aruba (CX Series, e.g., 8320/8360) read as HPE Aruba CX Series
HPE/Aruba read as HPE Aruba CX Series
Hewlett Packard Enterprise read as HPE Aruba CX Series
Huawei read as Huawei Data Center Networking
Huawei (CloudFabric / CloudEngine) read as Huawei Data Center Networking
Juniper read as Juniper Networks
Juniper (HPE) read as Juniper Networks
NVIDIA read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
NVIDIA (Mellanox) read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
NVIDIA (Spectrum-X + Quantum InfiniBand) read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
NVIDIA (Spectrum/Mellanox) read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
NVIDIA Spectrum read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
Nokia read as Nokia Data Center Fabric
Ubiquiti UniFi read as Ubiquiti UniFi Switching Platform
VMware (Broadcom NSX) read as VMware NSX
Unresolved, counted raw
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
Arista 7060CX
Arista Networks Platform
Asterfusion CX-Series
Brocade VCS Fabric (Extreme VCS)
Cisco 6000 Series
Cisco Ecosystem (ACI, Meraki, Nexus)
Cisco FabricPath & TRILL
Cisco Nexus 3K series
Cisco Nexus 9000 with NX-OS and Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller
Cisco Nexus AI/validated designs
Cisco Nexus with Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller
Cisco Nexus: NX-OS or ACI
CyberPower's PowerPanel Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) platform
Dataprobe's iBoot Power Distribution Unit (PDU)
Dell EMC PowerConnect
Dell Force10/EMC
Dell Open Networking
Dell PowerSwitch Z/S-series (with OS10 or SONiC)
Dell S5148F-ON
Dell SONiC
FS.com (Fiberstore) N-Series
H3C S6520X series
HPE (Aruba) Networking
HPE Aruba CX 6200F
HPE Aruba CX 8xxx/9300/10000 series
HPE Business Switch Series CW 2050
HPE Juniper: Junos/QFX + Apstra
HPE Networking Comware 5120v3 Campus Switch Series
HPE Networking data center interconnect
IP Infusion
Juniper EX Series (Legacy)
Juniper Networks Virtual Chassis Fabric Technology
Juniper QFX5120
Juniper Virtual Chassis Fabric
Juniper data-center switching
Juniper switches
MikroTik CRS500 Series
MikroTik CRS518-16XS-2XQ-RM
N9300
NETGEAR switches
NVIDIA Cumulus/SONiC
Nokia Nuage Networks
Nokia's Event-Driven Automation
ONIE
ONL
PicOS
QFX with Apstra
Ruckus Campus Fabric
SONiC-based platforms
TP-Link switches
VMware NSX-T
White-box switches
White-box/OCP
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.