DDI and IP address management · November 2026 Edition
SolarWinds IP Address Manager vs NetBox
Zero of fourteen models named SolarWinds IP Address Manager first on the direct prompt; zero named NetBox. SolarWinds IP Address Manager was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and NetBox by eleven and SolarWinds IP Address Manager carries 39 labels and NetBox 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
First-choice share12%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3917A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, SolarWinds IP Address Manager reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Infoblox Universal DDI was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. BlueCat Micetro vs SolarWinds IP Address Manager · BlueCat Micetro vs NetBox · phpIPAM vs SolarWinds IP Address Manager
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; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the DDI and IP address management page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
SolarWinds IP Address ManagerFirst choices, of fourteen modelsNetBox
Direct00
Paraphrase51
Comparative001 against SolarWinds IP Address Manager
Budget-constrained131 against SolarWinds IP Address Manager · 1 against NetBox
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against SolarWinds IP Address Manager
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where SolarWinds IP Address Manager and NetBox stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| 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 | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
SolarWinds IP Address Manager NetBox first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, SolarWinds IP Address Manager on the left and NetBox on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where SolarWinds IP Address Manager and NetBox stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Perplexity SonarBlueCat Micetro alternatives: Infoblox Universal DDI, ManageEngine DDI Central, SolarWinds IP Address Manager
Mistral SmallBlueCat Micetro, Infoblox Universal DDI alternatives: ManageEngine OpUtils, SolarWinds IP Address Manager
Llama 4 MaverickBlueCat Micetro alternatives: Infoblox Universal DDI, ManageEngine OpUtils, SolarWinds IP Address Manager
Qwen 3.7 FlashBlueCat Integrity alternatives: Infoblox Universal DDI, SolarWinds IP Address Manager
GLM 4.7 FlashXBlueCat Integrity alternatives: Cygna DDI, Infoblox Universal DDI, SolarWinds IP Address Manager
MiniMax M2.5BlueCat Micetro, Infoblox Universal DDI alternatives: SolarWinds IP Address Manager
Muse Glimmer 30BBlueCat Integrity alternatives: ManageEngine OpUtils, SolarWinds IP Address Manager
Neither was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniMicetro alternatives: BlueCat Integrity, Infoblox Universal DDI
Gemini 3.5 FlashBlueCat Micetro alternatives: EfficientIP SOLIDserver, Infoblox Universal DDI, TCPWave
Grok 4.20BlueCat Integrity alternatives: EfficientIP SOLIDserver, Men&Mice
DeepSeek V4 FlashBlueCat Micetro alternatives: BlueCat Integrity, EfficientIP SOLIDserver
Kimi K2BlueCat Micetro alternatives: EfficientIP SOLIDserver
GPT-6 LunaBlueCat Micetro alternatives: EfficientIP SOLIDserver, Infoblox Universal DDI
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
SolarWinds IP Address Manager leads by eighteen points.
SolarWinds IP Address Manager21%#2 of 11NetBox4%#6 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
SolarWinds IP Address Manager leads by four points.
SolarWinds IP Address Manager12%#3 of 12NetBox8%#6 of 12Enterprise
SolarWinds IP Address Manager leads by two points.
SolarWinds IP Address Manager2%#5 of 8NetBox0%#– of 8What the models said about SolarWinds IP Address Manager
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Scales poorly beyond a few thousand IPs ... AI models consistently rate it negatively” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“SolarWinds was compromised in the 2020 SUNBURST supply chain attack, and some models advise caution when using their products.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“More basic IPAM-focused solution, often for smaller environments” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“My top choice is SolarWinds® IP Address Manager, due to its extensive feature list, intuitive and integrated user interface” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“The best IP address management tool for a mid-sized B2B company would be SolarWinds IPAM or ManageEngine OpUtils.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“open-source solutions like phpIPAM or entry-level commercial options like SolarWinds tend to offer the best value” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about NetBox
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“it's not the same as getting one integrated DDI platform” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · soft negative
“NetBox is the other accepted open-source challenger. It is commonly recommended for solo or very small IT teams” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Choose NetBox / NetBox Cloud if your B2B company operates multi-cloud or hybrid environments” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.