Data center networking for enterprise buyers
Asked as “data center switching platform”, and as “data center network fabric”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 48 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
52%
Clear leader
52Arista Networks19Cisco Nexus04Arista EOS25others
52% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+18Since October 2026: 34% → 52%, +18 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Arista Networks held the lead, +18 points on 34%, 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.Standing →EnterpriseArista Networks52%Clear leader▲+18Since October 2026: 34% → 52%, +18 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This page
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.Standing →EnterpriseArista Networks52%Clear leader▲+18Since October 2026: 34% → 52%, +18 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Arista Networks52%7%45endorsed leader▲+18Since October 2026: 34% → 52%, +18 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.34% → 52%
Arista Networks52%7%45endorsed leader▲+18Since October 2026: 34% → 52%, +18 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.34% → 52%02
Cisco Nexus19%19%54accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 25% → 19%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.25% → 19%
Cisco Nexus19%19%54accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 25% → 19%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.25% → 19%03
Juniper Networks4%18%38accepted challenger▼−7Since October 2026: 11% → 4%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 4%
Juniper Networks4%18%38accepted challenger▼−7Since October 2026: 11% → 4%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 4%04HPE Aruba CX Series4%20%15accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%
Show the six products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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VMware NSX0%69%16criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
VMware NSX0%69%16criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
Cisco ACI0%56%18criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Cisco ACI0%56%18criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%08SONiC0%36%11criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
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Dell PowerSwitch0%21%19accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Dell PowerSwitch0%21%19accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%06
HPE0%14%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
HPE0%14%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%05
NVIDIA Spectrum-X0%11%18accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
NVIDIA Spectrum-X0%11%18accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 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 headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.
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 →
010203H04
050607S08
0910Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative70%
Key
01Arista Networks52%
Arista Networks52%02Cisco Nexus19%
Cisco Nexus19%03Juniper Networks4%
Juniper Networks4%04HPE Aruba CX Series4%
05NVIDIA Spectrum-X0%
NVIDIA Spectrum-X0%06HPE0%
HPE0%07Dell PowerSwitch0%
Dell PowerSwitch0%08SONiC0%
09Cisco ACI0%
Cisco ACI0%10VMware NSX0%
VMware NSX0%What they warned about
Four of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, 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 ACI56%
10 of 18 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Platforms/Approaches to Avoid (High Risk for Large-Scale Deployments): Proprietary "Walled Garden" SDN Overlays like Cisco ACI or VMware NSX"” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
VMware NSX69%
11 of 16 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Platforms/Approaches to Avoid (High Risk for Large-Scale Deployments): Proprietary "Walled Garden" SDN Overlays like Cisco ACI or VMware NSX""” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Cisco Nexus19%
10 of 54 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Why to Avoid: This chassis is functionally obsolete... this should be strictly avoided” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Juniper Networks18%
7 of 38 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Don't go for Juniper right now, it's unclear how this whole HPE thing plays out.” 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
69 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. 829 links across 247 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 · Juniper36 answers · 68 citations · 12 models
vendor site · HPE31 answers · 45 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Cisco30 answers · 61 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Arista27 answers · 48 citations · 9 models
publisher (Gane)24 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
16 answers · 28 citations · 9 models
vendor site · LinkedIn16 answers · 21 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Nokia16 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 16 citations · 6 models
14 answers · 20 citations · 7 models
12 answers · 13 citations · 8 models
12 answers · 13 citations · 8 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.
22 answers · 10 models
16 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 8 models
9 answers · 7 models
9 answers · 4 models
9 answers · 6 models
9 answers · 7 models
8 answers · 5 models
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arista EOS arista.com Arista Networks 52%, Arista EOS 4%, Arista EOS + CloudVision 2%, Arista EOS with CloudVision 2% | 60% | 114 | 33,100 | 278 | 46,898 | 3 | ||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Nexus 19%, Cisco Nexus Hyperfabric 2% | 21% | 123 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| Juniper QFX juniper.net Juniper Networks 4%, Juniper QFX 0%, Juniper Apstra 0% | 4% | 73 | 14,800 | 696 | 267,308 | 0 | ||
| HPE parent site HPE Aruba CX Series 4%, HPE Juniper Apstra 0% | 4% | 27 | 27,100 | 5,522 | ||||
| Nokia Data Center Fabric nokia.com | 4% | 17 | ||||||
| Arista 7500R/7280/7700 families | 2% | |||||||
| Arista Networks with CloudVision | 2% | |||||||
| Cisco Nexus 9000 Series with ACI or NX-OS VXLAN EVPN cisco.com | 2% | 1 | 5,114,808 | $683 | 91 | 2 | ||
| NVIDIA Spectrum-X nvidia.com NVIDIA Spectrum-X 0%, NVIDIA Networking 0% | 0% | 36 | 390 | 14 | 15,548,613 | $785 | 69 | |
| HPE hpe.com | 0% | 27 | 27,100 | 5,522 | 1,000,636 | $3,018 | 74 | 4 |
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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which data center network fabric would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade data center networking platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best data center switching 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 data center switching platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which data center networking platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Cisco Nexusno first choiceChangedno first choiceHPE Aruba CX Seriesno first choiceagainst: NVIDIA's Vera Rubin
Two alternatives
Arista Networks, HPE Aruba CX SeriesOne alternative
Juniper QFX SeriesGPT-5.4 miniCisco Nexusno first choiceChangedCisco NexusArista 7500R/7280/7700 familiesno first choiceagainst: SONiC
Two alternatives
Arista Networks, Juniper NetworksThree alternatives
Arista EVPN-based design, Cisco ACI, Juniper-based EVPN fabricFour alternatives
Arista EOS, Dell PowerSwitch, Juniper Apstra, NVIDIA Spectrum-XTwo alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Juniper's Apstra-managed EVPN fabricGemini 3.5 FlashArista NetworksArista NetworksHeldArista NetworksArista Networksagainst: Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: Brocade VCS, Cisco ACI, HPE Aruba CX Series, Juniper Networks, Juniper QFabric, SONiC, VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware NSX
Three alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Juniper Networks, NVIDIA NetworkingTwo alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Juniper NetworksFour alternatives
Cisco Nexus, HPE, Juniper Networks, NVIDIA NetworkingThree alternatives
Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Cumulus Linux, SONiCPerplexity SonarArista NetworksNokia Data Center FabricChangedno first choiceArista Networks with CloudVisionno first choiceagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco ACI, Dell PowerSwitch, Extreme Networks, HPE, Juniper Networks, Nexus, SONiC, VMware NSX, ZTE
Three alternatives
Cisco Nexus, HPE Juniper Networking Apstra, Nokia SR Linux + EDATwo alternatives
Cisco Nexus with Nexus Dashboard, HPE Juniper Networking with ApstraSix alternatives
Arista EOS + CloudVision, Cisco Nexus / ACI, HPE Aruba CX, HPE Juniper Apstra, NVIDIA Spectrum-X, VMware NSXTwo alternatives
Cisco Nexus, HPE Aruba CXGrok 4.20Arista Networksagainst: Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Spectrum-XArista NetworksHeldArista Networks, Cisco Nexusagainst: Dell PowerSwitch, Extreme Networks, Huawei Data Center NetworkingArista Networksagainst: Cisco NexusArista Networks, Cisco Nexusagainst: Dell PowerSwitch, Extreme, HPE Aruba CX Seriesagainst: Broadcom, Cisco ACI, Dell PowerSwitch, Extreme Networks, HPE, Huawei Data Center Networking, Juniper Networks, Masergy, NVIDIA Spectrum-X, Nexus, Riverbed SteelConnect, VMware NSX
One alternative
Cisco NexusTwo alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Juniper NetworksThree alternatives
HPE, Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Spectrum-XOne alternative
Juniper NetworksTwo alternatives
Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Spectrum-XMistral SmallArista Networks, Cisco Nexusno first choiceChangedno first choiceArista Networksagainst: Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: White Boxagainst: Cisco ACI, Huawei Data Center Solutions, Juniper Networks, VMware NSX, Versa Networks Director Platform
Two alternatives
Juniper Networks, Nokia Data Center FabricFive alternatives
Arista EOS with CloudVision, Cisco ACI, Juniper QFX, Microsoft SONiC, VMware NSXOne alternative
Juniper QFXDeepSeek V4 FlashArista Networksagainst: HPE Aruba CX SeriesArista NetworksHeldagainst: Cisco Nexus, VMware NSXArista Networksagainst: Huawei Data Center NetworkingArista Networksagainst: Cisco NexusArista Networks, Cisco Nexusnothing named
Two alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Juniper NetworksOne alternative
Juniper NetworksThree alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Spectrum-XOne alternative
Juniper NetworksTwo alternatives
HPE, Juniper NetworksLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceagainst: Cisco CatalystArista Networksagainst: Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: Cisco ACI, VMware NSX
Three alternatives
Aruba CX, HP A12500 Switch Series, Nokia IXR seriesQwen 3.7 FlashArista Networks, Cisco Nexus, Juniper NetworksArista EOSChangedagainst: VMware NSXArista Networks, Cisco NexusArista Networks, Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: Cisco ACI, Cisco Nexus, D-Link, Ubiquiti UniFi Switching Platform, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
Mellanox, NVIDIA Spectrum-XTwo alternatives
Apstra, Cisco ACIThree alternatives
Dell PowerSwitch, HPE Aruba CX Series, Juniper NetworksTwo alternatives
Dell PowerSwitch, NVIDIA Spectrum-XFive alternatives
Arista Networks, Cisco Nexus, Edgecore, HPE Aruba CX Series, NVIDIA Spectrum-XKimi K2Arista NetworksArista Networks, Juniper Networks, Nokia Data Center FabricChangedno first choiceArista Networksagainst: Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: Arista Networks, Big Switch Networks, Cisco ACI, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Nexus 1000v, Cumulus Linux, FS, HPE OpenSDN, Juniper Networks, Nokia Data Center Fabric, Pica8, Pluribus, Riverbed SteelConnect CX
Four alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Dell PowerSwitch, HPE Aruba CX Series, Juniper NetworksTwo alternatives
Cisco ACI, VMware NSXThree alternatives
Arista Networks, Cisco Nexus, Juniper NetworksTwo alternatives
HPE Aruba CX Series, Juniper NetworksGLM 4.7 FlashXArista Networks, Cisco Nexusno first choiceChangedArista NetworksArista Networks, HPE Aruba CX Seriesno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst, Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches, HPE (Aruba) Networking, Juniper Networks
Five alternatives
Dell PowerSwitch, H3C, HPE, Huawei Data Center Networking, Juniper NetworksThree alternatives
Arista 7050X/7280X series, Cisco Nexus, Juniper QFX5700/QFX5240Four alternatives
Cisco Nexus, HPE Juniper Networking, Huawei Technologies, Juniper NetworksThree alternatives
Dell PowerSwitch, Juniper QFX, Nokia Data Center FabricMiniMax M2.5Cisco NexusCisco Nexus 9000 Series with ACI or NX-OS VXLAN EVPNChangedCisco NexusArista Networksno first choiceagainst: Cisco ACI, VMware NSX
Three alternatives
Arista Networks, Dell PowerSwitch, HPE Aruba CX SeriesTwo alternatives
Dell Technologies with Enterprise SONiC, Juniper Networks QFX Series with EVPN-VXLANFour alternatives
Arista Networks, HPE, Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Spectrum-XThree alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Extreme Networks, HPE Aruba CX SeriesGPT-6 LunaArista EOS + CloudVisionArista EOS with CloudVisionChangedno first choiceArista EOSno first choiceagainst: Cisco ACI, SONiC, VMware NSX
Four alternatives
Apstra, Cisco ACI, Cisco Nexus, Juniper QFXTwo alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Juniper with ApstraSix alternatives
Arista — EOS + CloudVision, Cisco ACI, Cisco Nexus — NX-OS + Nexus Dashboard, HPE Aruba Networking — CX + AOS-CX + Fabric Composer, HPE Juniper — QFX + Junos + Apstra, NVIDIA — Spectrum + Cumulus Linux or SONiCThree alternatives
Cisco Nexus, CloudVision, Juniper ApstraMuse Glimmer 30BArista NetworksCisco Nexus HyperfabricChangedArista Networks, Cisco NexusArista Networksagainst: Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco ACI, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Juniper NetworksFour alternatives
Arista Networks, Cisco N9000 Series Switches, Juniper Networks, Nokia Data Center FabricTwo alternatives
HPE, Juniper NetworksOne alternative
Apstra Data Center DirectorBold 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 11:38 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:18 | yes | 3 | 6 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 15:22 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:48 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:55 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:05 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:12 | yes | 19 | 39 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:46 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:44 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:40 | yes | 10 | 50 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:04 | yes | 9 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:29 | yes | 5 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:33 | yes | 4 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:24 | yes | 13 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:04 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:23 | no | 0 | 3 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 11:01 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:51 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:47 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:52 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:03 | yes | 24 | 50 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:07 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:40 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:39 | yes | 20 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:27 | yes | 19 | 67 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:27 | yes | 10 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:57 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:02 | yes | 13 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:59 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:40 | yes | 4 | 7 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 18:49 | no | 0 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:23 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:40 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:11 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:02 | yes | 25 | 52 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:27 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:01 | no | 0 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:47 | yes | 9 | 36 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:51 | yes | 14 | 65 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:27 | yes | 25 | 47 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:36 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:07 | yes | 15 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:48 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:26 | yes | 3 | 6 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 17:54 | no | 0 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:07 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:15 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:08 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:52 | yes | 21 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:42 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:21 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:45 | yes | 20 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:20 | yes | 15 | 52 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:30 | yes | 23 | 59 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:21 | yes | 2 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:42 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:46 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:39 | yes | 4 | 9 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 09:00 | no | 0 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:46 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:07 | yes | 15 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:57 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:07 | yes | 25 | 42 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:07 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:41 | no | 0 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:35 | yes | 24 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:13 | yes | 25 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:41 | no | 0 | 113 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:11 | yes | 7 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:36 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:57 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:26 | yes | 3 | 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 16:51 | no | 0 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:10 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:25 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:57 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:16 | yes | 25 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:21 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:07 | yes | 25 | 77 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:33 | yes | 25 | 65 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:54 | yes | 23 | 105 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:58 | yes | 10 | 45 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:40 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:26 | yes | 23 | 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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Arista read as Arista Networks
Arista (EOS + CloudVision) read as Arista Networks
Cisco read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco (Nexus 9000 + NX-OS or ACI) read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco (Nexus Dashboard / ACI architecture) read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco (Nexus) read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco (Nexus, FTD, SD-WAN, DNA Center) read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco (Nexus/ACI) read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Catalyst Switches 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 Series read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Systems read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Systems (Nexus & Cisco ACI / Nexus Dashboard) read as Cisco Nexus
Cisco Systems Inc read as Cisco Nexus
Dell read as Dell PowerSwitch
Dell (with SONiC) read as Dell PowerSwitch
Dell EMC read as Dell PowerSwitch
Dell Networking read as Dell PowerSwitch
Dell Technologies read as Dell PowerSwitch
Dell Technologies (Spectrum) read as Dell PowerSwitch
HPE / Aruba (Virtual Mesh & ClearPath) read as HPE Aruba CX Series
HPE Aruba read as HPE Aruba CX Series
HPE Aruba (Aruba CX 8000/9000 & Fabric Composer) read as HPE Aruba CX Series
HPE Aruba Networking CX read as HPE Aruba CX Series
HPE/Aruba read as HPE Aruba CX Series
HPE/Aruba (CX Series) read as HPE Aruba CX Series
Huawei read as Huawei Data Center Networking
Juniper read as Juniper Networks
Juniper (Now HPE) read as Juniper Networks
Juniper (QFX + Junos or Apstra) read as Juniper Networks
Juniper (QFX series with Junos) read as Juniper Networks
Juniper (QFX/MX with Junos) read as Juniper Networks
NVIDIA read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
NVIDIA (Mellanox) read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
NVIDIA (Spectrum-4 / Spectrum-X + Cumulus or SONiC) read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
NVIDIA (Spectrum/Mellanox switches + Cumulus/NVIDIA OS) read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
NVIDIA Spectrum read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
Nokia read as Nokia Data Center Fabric
Nokia (SR Linux & Data Center Fabric) read as Nokia Data Center Fabric
Nokia Data Center Fabric with SR Linux and Event-Driven Automation read as Nokia Data Center Fabric
Ubiquiti read as Ubiquiti UniFi Switching Platform
VMware read as VMware NSX
Unresolved, counted raw
Arista 7050X/7280X series (EOS‑s)
Arista 7500R/7280/7700 families
Arista EVPN-based design
Arista Networks Platform
Arista Networks with CloudVision
Arista — EOS + CloudVision
Brocade VCS
Cisco N9000 Series Switches
Cisco N9K-C9500 series
Cisco Nexus 1000v
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series with ACI or NX-OS VXLAN EVPN
Cisco Nexus with Nexus Dashboard
Cisco Nexus — NX-OS + Nexus Dashboard
Cisco's Lean AI-Ready Data Center
DNA Center
Dell Technologies with Enterprise SONiC
Equinix Fabric
Extreme Networks' Data Center Networking Solutions
HP A12500 Switch Series
HPE (Aruba) Networking
HPE AI
HPE Aruba Fabric Composer
HPE Aruba Networking CX switches
HPE Aruba Networking — CX + AOS-CX + Fabric Composer
HPE Juniper Networking with Apstra
HPE Juniper Networking's Data Center Networking
HPE Juniper — QFX + Junos + Apstra
HPE Networking data center portfolio
HPE OpenSDN
Huawei Data Center Solutions
Juniper Networks QFX Series with EVPN-VXLAN
Juniper Networks data center networking solutions
Juniper Networks' Data Center Network Fabrics
Juniper QFX5700/QFX5240 (Junos OS)
Juniper QFabric
Juniper with Apstra
Juniper's Apstra
Juniper's Apstra-managed EVPN fabric
Juniper-based EVPN fabric
Mellanox (NVIDIA) Spectrum
Microsoft SONiC (open-source)
NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet
NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet
NVIDIA — Spectrum + Cumulus Linux or SONiC
NVIDIA's Vera Rubin
Nexus Dashboard fabrics
Nokia IXR series
Nokia SR Linux
Nokia SR Linux + EDA
Nokia's Data Center Fabric solution
ONAP
Pluribus
Switch data centers
Versa Networks Director Platform
White Box (Cumulus, SONiC)
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.