# DDI and IP address management for small business 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 a small B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/ddi-and-ipam/smb

**Standing:** phpIPAM leads with 23% of first choices; verdict contested. 57 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [phpIPAM](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/phpipam/index.md) | 23% | 7% | 57 |
| 2 | [SolarWinds IP Address Manager](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/solarwinds-ip-address-manager/index.md) | 21% | 15% | 52 |
| 3 | [Micetro](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/micetro/index.md) | 12% | 9% | 32 |
| 4 | [ManageEngine OpUtils](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/manageengine-oputils/index.md) | 12% | 0% | 26 |
| 5 | [ManageEngine DDI Central](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/manageengine-ddi-central/index.md) | 5% | 8% | 12 |
| 6 | [NetBox](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/netbox/index.md) | 4% | 8% | 26 |
| 18 | [Infoblox Universal DDI](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/infoblox-universal-ddi/index.md) | 2% | 67% | 42 |
| 19 | [BlueCat Micetro](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/bluecat-micetro/index.md) | 0% | 14% | 14 |
| 85 | [Infoblox NIOS](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/infoblox-nios/index.md) | 0% | 82% | 11 |
| 86 | [EfficientIP SOLIDserver](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/efficientip-solidserver/index.md) | 0% | 58% | 33 |
| 87 | [BlueCat Integrity](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/bluecat-integrity/index.md) | 0% | 70% | 43 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 87 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: Micetro DDI; alternatives BloxOne DDI, EfficientIP SOLIDserver, ProVision, SolarWinds IP Address Manager
- GPT-5.4 mini: ManageEngine DDI Central; alternatives BlueCat Integrity, Infoblox Universal DDI
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Micetro; alternatives Infoblox Universal DDI, ManageEngine DDI Central, NetBox
- Perplexity Sonar: SolarWinds IP Address Manager; alternatives ManageEngine DDI Central or OpUtils, Micetro, phpIPAM
- Grok 4.20: SolarWinds IP Address Manager; alternatives BlueCat Micetro, ControlD, phpIPAM
- Mistral Small: Micetro, phpIPAM; alternatives ManageEngine OpUtils, SolarWinds IP Address Manager
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: SolarWinds IP Address Manager; alternatives BlueCat Micetro, ProVision, phpIPAM
- Llama 4 Maverick: Micetro, SolarWinds IP Address Manager, phpIPAM
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Aircall, OpenPhone; alternatives Dialpad, RingCentral, Teams Phone System
- Kimi K2: Micetro; alternatives ManageEngine DDI Central
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: ManageEngine DDI Central; alternatives BlueCat Micetro, SpatiumDDI
- MiniMax M2.5: SolarWinds IP Address Manager; alternatives ManageEngine OpUtils, Micetro, phpIPAM
- GPT-6 Luna: ManageEngine DDI Central; alternatives BlueCat Micetro, NetBox
- Muse Glimmer 30B: SolarWinds IP Address Manager; alternatives Micetro, phpIPAM

## 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:

- g2.com: 44 answers, 78 citations
- gane.ai/index: 44 answers, 46 citations
- peerspot.com: 31 answers, 48 citations
- bluecatnetworks.com: 29 answers, 60 citations
- sourceforge.net: 25 answers, 32 citations
- cotocus.com: 24 answers, 24 citations
- efficientip.com: 17 answers, 31 citations
- solarwinds.com: 15 answers, 21 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://gane.ai/index/it/network/ddi-and-ipam/smb (43 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/ddi-management-platform/small-business (31 answers)
- https://peerspot.com/categories/ddi (24 answers)
- https://cotocus.com/blog/top-10-ddi-dns-dhcp-ipam-platforms-features-pros-cons-comparison (20 answers)
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/enterprise-dns-ddi (14 answers)
- https://sourceforge.net/software/ddi-management (14 answers)
- https://devopsschool.com/blog/top-10-ddi-dns-dhcp-ipam-platforms-features-pros-cons-comparison (11 answers)
- https://bestdevops.com/top-10-ddi-dns-dhcp-ipam-platforms-features-pros-cons-comparison (10 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/ddi-management-platform (9 answers)
- https://blog.domotz.com/all/ipam-solutions (8 answers)

## Warned against

- BlueCat Integrity: 30 of 43 labels negative. "Licensing costs and implementation professional services are geared toward enterprise budgets, making the ROI non-existent for an SMB." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- EfficientIP SOLIDserver: 19 of 33 labels negative. "the configuration can be challenging for new users, and the "premium pricing" makes it less accessible" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Infoblox Universal DDI: 28 of 42 labels negative. "Infoblox Universal DDI and BlueCat Integrity are considered to be "criticized challenger" and "challenger" respectively, with a high negative rate among small businesses" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- SolarWinds IP Address Manager: 8 of 52 labels negative. "Avoid if: Your needs extend to advanced DNS security or DHCP in dynamic environments" (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: SolarWinds IP Address Manager (18%) to phpIPAM (23%). Margin 2 points, within noise.

- phpIPAM: 15% to 23%, +8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 2 → 1 of 87.
- NetBox: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 24 → 6 of 87.
- BlueCat Integrity: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 10 → 87 of 87.
- SolarWinds IP Address Manager: 18% to 21%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 1 → 2 of 87.
- ManageEngine OpUtils: 9% to 12%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 4 of 87, unchanged.
- Infoblox Universal DDI: 5% to 2%, −3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 5 → 18 of 87.
- BlueCat Micetro: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 11 → 19 of 87.
- EfficientIP SOLIDserver: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 23 → 86 of 87.
- Micetro: 11% to 12%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 3 of 87, unchanged.
- ManageEngine DDI Central: 4% to 5%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 6 → 5 of 87.
- Infoblox NIOS: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 98 → 85 of 87.

## 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.