# DDI and IP address management for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "DDI platform" and as "IP address management tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/ddi-and-ipam/2026-11/enterprise

**Standing:** Infoblox Universal DDI leads with 60% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 57 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Infoblox Universal DDI](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/infoblox-universal-ddi/index.md) | 60% | 12% | 67 |
| 2 | [BlueCat Integrity](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/bluecat-integrity/index.md) | 23% | 7% | 68 |
| 3 | [Infoblox NIOS](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/infoblox-nios/index.md) | 5% | 10% | 10 |
| 5 | [EfficientIP SOLIDserver](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/efficientip-solidserver/index.md) | 4% | 18% | 51 |
| 7 | [SolarWinds IP Address Manager](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/solarwinds-ip-address-manager/index.md) | 2% | 40% | 20 |
| 8 | [Micetro](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/micetro/index.md) | 0% | 8% | 12 |
| 10 | [Men&Mice](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/men-mice/index.md) | 0% | 29% | 14 |
| 45 | [Microsoft](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/microsoft/index.md) | 0% | 36% | 11 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 70 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice
- GPT-5.4 mini: Infoblox Universal DDI; alternatives BlueCat Integrity, EfficientIP SOLIDserver
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Infoblox Universal DDI; alternatives BlueCat Integrity, EfficientIP SOLIDserver, IBM NS1 Connect
- Perplexity Sonar: Infoblox Universal DDI; alternatives BlueCat Integrity, BlueCat Micetro, EfficientIP SOLIDserver
- Grok 4.20: BlueCat Integrity, Infoblox Universal DDI; alternatives EfficientIP SOLIDserver
- Mistral Small: BlueCat Integrity, Infoblox Universal DDI; alternatives Micetro
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Infoblox Universal DDI; alternatives BlueCat Integrity, EfficientIP SOLIDserver
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: BlueCat Integrity, Infoblox Universal DDI; alternatives EfficientIP SOLIDserver, IBM NS1 Connect, Microsoft Windows Server
- Kimi K2: BlueCat Integrity, Infoblox Universal DDI
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Infoblox Universal DDI; alternatives BlueCat Integrity
- MiniMax M2.5: Infoblox Universal DDI; alternatives BlueCat Integrity, Micetro DDI, Microsoft
- GPT-6 Luna: Infoblox NIOS; alternatives BlueCat Integrity, BlueCat Micetro
- Muse Glimmer 30B: BloxOne DDI, BlueCat Integrity, Infoblox Universal DDI

## Sources the answers cite

77 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- infoblox.com: 41 answers, 103 citations
- bluecatnetworks.com: 38 answers, 102 citations
- peerspot.com: 38 answers, 69 citations
- ciopages.com: 30 answers, 30 citations
- gane.ai/index: 24 answers, 29 citations
- verifiedmarketresearch.com: 24 answers, 24 citations
- efficientip.com: 23 answers, 40 citations
- g2.com: 23 answers, 27 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/enterprise-dns-ddi (30 answers)
- https://verifiedmarketresearch.com/blog/best-ddi-software (24 answers)
- https://peerspot.com/categories/ddi (22 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/it/network/ddi-and-ipam/enterprise (21 answers)
- https://bestdevops.com/top-10-ddi-dns-dhcp-ipam-platforms-features-pros-cons-comparison (16 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/ddi-management-platform/enterprise (16 answers)
- https://infoblox.com/products/nios (14 answers)
- https://wp301redirects.com/best-ddi-platforms-for-automation-and-api-driven-network-operations (14 answers)
- https://infoblox.com/products/bloxone-ddi (10 answers)
- https://cotocus.com/blog/top-10-ddi-dns-dhcp-ipam-platforms-features-pros-cons-comparison (9 answers)

## Warned against

- EfficientIP SOLIDserver: 9 of 51 labels negative. "often recommended to be avoided unless the enterprise has a larger budget" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- BIND: 7 of 7 labels negative. "These are strongly discouraged for large enterprises because they lack the centralized management, automation, and security features required at scale." (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- SolarWinds IP Address Manager: 8 of 20 labels negative. "SolarWinds IP Address Manager, BIND, and Infoblox are some of the DDI platforms that have received negative reviews or have been cautioned against" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- Infoblox Universal DDI: 8 of 67 labels negative. "some AI models have cautioned against using enterprise platforms like BlueCat, Infoblox, and EfficientIP SOLIDserver unless there is a larger budget" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Infoblox Universal DDI at 60%.

- Infoblox Universal DDI: 46% to 60%, +14. Cleared the floor by 3 points · rank 1 of 70, unchanged.
- Infoblox NIOS: 15% to 5%, −10. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 3 of 70, unchanged.
- BlueCat Integrity: 15% to 23%, +8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 2 of 70, unchanged.
- SolarWinds IP Address Manager: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 51 → 7 of 70.
- EfficientIP SOLIDserver: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 4 → 5 of 70.
- Micetro: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 15 → 8 of 70.
- Men&Mice: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 18 → 10 of 70.
- Microsoft: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 23 → 45 of 70.
- NetBox: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 16 → 64 of 70.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.