Network access control
Asked as “network access control solution”, and as “NAC system”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 54 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
46%
Clear leader
46Portnox Cloud20PacketFence06Fortinet FortiNAC28others
46% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+11Since October 2026: 35% → 46%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Portnox Cloud held the lead, +11 points on 35%, 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
Portnox Cloud41%Clear leader▼−4Since October 2026: 45% → 41%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketPortnox Cloud46%Clear leader▲+11Since October 2026: 35% → 46%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageEnterprise
Cisco Identity Services Engine39%Contested▼−14Since October 2026: 53% → 39%, −14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →
Portnox Cloud41%Clear leader▼−4Since October 2026: 45% → 41%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketPortnox Cloud46%Clear leader▲+11Since October 2026: 35% → 46%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageEnterpriseCisco Identity Services Engine39%Contested▼−14Since October 2026: 53% → 39%, −14 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
01Portnox Cloud46%2%48endorsed leader▲+11Since October 2026: 35% → 46%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.35% → 46%
Portnox Cloud46%2%48endorsed leader▲+11Since October 2026: 35% → 46%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.35% → 46%02
PacketFence20%5%22accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 15% → 20%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.15% → 20%
PacketFence20%5%22accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 15% → 20%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.15% → 20%03
Fortinet FortiNAC6%16%31accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 0% → 6%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 6%
Fortinet FortiNAC6%16%31accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 0% → 6%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 6%04NordLayer NAC4%0%18accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%
05HPE Aruba ClearPass2%0%17accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
06
Forescout2%30%27criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Forescout2%30%27criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%07
Aruba ClearPass2%33%27criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Aruba ClearPass2%33%27criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%08Cisco Identity Services Engine2%52%58criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Cisco Identity Services Engine2%52%58criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%Show the two products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
10Ivanti Policy Secure0%30%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
09FortiNAC0%14%14accepted 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 head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Portnox Cloud vs HPE Aruba ClearPassPortnox Cloud vs ForescoutPortnox Cloud vs Aruba ClearPassPortnox Cloud vs Cisco Identity Services EnginePacketFence vs Fortinet FortiNACPacketFence vs NordLayer NACPacketFence vs HPE Aruba ClearPassPacketFence vs ForescoutPacketFence vs Aruba ClearPassPacketFence vs Cisco Identity Services EngineFortinet FortiNAC vs NordLayer NACFortinet FortiNAC vs HPE Aruba ClearPassFortinet FortiNAC vs ForescoutFortinet FortiNAC vs Aruba ClearPassFortinet FortiNAC vs Cisco Identity Services EngineNordLayer NAC vs HPE Aruba ClearPassNordLayer NAC vs ForescoutNordLayer NAC vs Aruba ClearPassNordLayer NAC vs Cisco Identity Services EngineHPE Aruba ClearPass vs ForescoutHPE Aruba ClearPass vs Aruba ClearPassHPE Aruba ClearPass vs Cisco Identity Services EngineForescout vs Aruba ClearPassForescout vs Cisco Identity Services EngineAruba ClearPass vs Cisco Identity Services Engine
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 →
010203N04
H05
060708F09
I10
Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Portnox Cloud46%
Portnox Cloud46%02PacketFence20%
PacketFence20%03Fortinet FortiNAC6%
Fortinet FortiNAC6%04NordLayer NAC4%
05HPE Aruba ClearPass2%
06Forescout2%
Forescout2%07Aruba ClearPass2%
Aruba ClearPass2%08Cisco Identity Services Engine2%
Cisco Identity Services Engine2%09FortiNAC0%
10Ivanti Policy Secure0%
What they warned about
Six of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Mistral Small, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 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 Identity Services Engine52%
30 of 58 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Avoid solutions like Cisco ISE unless you have dedicated security engineering resources to maintain policy rule sets.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, direct prompt
Aruba ClearPass33%
9 of 27 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“frequently mentioned as a solution to avoid due to its high cost and steep learning curve” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Forescout30%
8 of 27 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Skip Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass, or Forescout unless you have specific needs” Grok 4.20, budget prompt
Fortinet FortiNAC16%
5 of 31 labels negative · 5 of 14 models
“its legacy software architecture has suffered multiple high-severity unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities” Gemini 3.5 Flash, 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
70 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 744 links across 203 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 45 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 · Portnox33 answers · 55 citations · 11 models
28 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
26 answers · 48 citations · 10 models
vendor site · CyberPress20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 19 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Fortinet17 answers · 18 citations · 10 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Guideflow16 answers · 16 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Cisco15 answers · 23 citations · 7 models
vendor site · G214 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
14 answers · 15 citations · 8 models
14 answers · 14 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.
24 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 10 models
18 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 6 models
16 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 9 models
11 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 5 models
10 answers · 7 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 network access control solution”, “network access control solution”, “network access control solutions”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portnox Cloud portnox.com Portnox Cloud 46%, Portnox CLEAR 6% | 52% | 145 | 20 | 0 | 77,065 | 11 | 7 | |
| PacketFence packetfence.com | 20% | 64 | 720 | 4 | 298 | |||
| Fortinet parent site Fortinet FortiNAC 6% | 6% | 70 | 49,500 | 2,339 | ||||
| NordLayer NAC nordlayer.com | 4% | 52 | 136,857 | $985 | 120 | |||
| OPSWAT MetaAccess | 4% | 10 | 0 | |||||
| HPE Aruba ClearPass | 2% | 880 | 0 | |||||
| Forescout forescout.com | 2% | 90 | 2,900 | 148 | 5,690 | 41 | 3 | |
| Aruba ClearPass arubanetworks.com | 2% | 78 | 880 | 52 | 2,865 | |||
| SecureW2 JoinNow securew2.com | 2% | 22 | 53,641 | 18 | 5 | |||
| Foxpass | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cisco.com, fortinet.com, portnox.com, thectoclub.com). The first result for “best network access control solution” is startwithidentity.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 network access control solution for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which NAC system would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top network access control solutions and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best network access control solution for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a network access control solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which network access control solutions should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Fortinet FortiNACagainst: Cisco Identity Services EngineForescout, Fortinet FortiNACChangedagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engineno first choiceno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Fortinet FortiNAC, Ivanti Solutions
Two alternatives
Microsoft Entra, Palo Alto Networks Prisma AccessSix alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, FortiNAC, Genian NAC, Portnox CloudTwo alternatives
OpenWrt, PacketFenceGPT-5.4 miniCisco Identity Services EngineHPE Aruba ClearPassChangedCisco Identity Services EnginePacketFenceno first choiceagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager, Nokia MantaRay
Five alternatives
Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, Cisco Access Manager, Forescout, InfoExpress EasyNAC, Portnox CloudTwo alternatives
Cisco Identity Services Engine, FortiNACFour alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, Ivanti Policy SecureTwo alternatives
Portnox Cloud, SecureW2 JoinNowGemini 3.5 FlashPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, ForescoutPortnox CLEARChangedagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, FreeRADIUSCisco Identity Services EnginePacketFenceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services EngineFoxpass, Portnox Cloud, SecureW2 JoinNowagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, FortiNACagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, Cisco NAC Appliance, Fortinet FortiNAC, Ivanti Policy Secure, Microsoft Network Access Protection
Five alternatives
Cloudflare Access, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass, SecureW2 JoinNow, TwingateThree alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, SecureW2 JoinNowFour alternatives
Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass, Portnox CloudFour alternatives
Foxpass, JumpCloud, Portnox Cloud, Windows Server NPSOne alternative
JumpCloud RADIUSPerplexity SonarPortnox Cloudagainst: Forescout, PacketFencePortnox CloudHeldCisco Identity Services EnginePacketFenceno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services EngineFive alternatives
Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass, PacketFenceFive alternatives
Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass, PacketFence, Portnox CloudThree alternatives
FreeRADIUS, Portnox Cloud, TwingateGrok 4.20Portnox Cloudagainst: Cisco Identity Services EnginePortnox CloudHeldCisco Identity Services Engine, HPE Aruba ClearPassPortnox Cloudagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, ForescoutPortnox Cloudagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Fortinet, OpenVPN, Palo Alto, Pulse Secure
Two alternatives
Forescout, HPE Aruba ClearPassFive alternatives
Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, HPE Aruba ClearPass, PacketFence, macmon NACFour alternatives
Forescout, Ivanti Policy Secure, NordLayer NAC, Portnox CloudFour alternatives
NordLayer NAC, OPNsense, UTunnel, pfSenseFive alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Cloud4Wi, Fortinet FortiNAC, TwingateMistral SmallOPSWAT MetaAccess, Portnox Cloudagainst: Cisco Identity Services EnginePortnox CloudChangedagainst: ForescoutCisco Identity Services Engineagainst: Ivanti Policy SecureNordLayer NAC, PacketFenceno first choiceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Fortinet FortiNAC
One alternative
NordLayer NACTwo alternatives
Genians, macmonFive alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, FortiNAC, NordLayer NAC, Portnox Cloud, ThreatLocker Zero Trust PlatformOne alternative
Portnox CloudDeepSeek V4 FlashPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco Identity Services EnginePortnox CloudHeldagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, ForescoutCisco Identity Services Engineagainst: Fortinet FortiNACPacketFencePortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescoutagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, FortiNAC, Portnox Cloud
Two alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNACTwo alternatives
Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPassThree alternatives
Forescout, HPE Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, Portnox CloudTwo alternatives
Portnox CLEAR, macmon NAC smartTwo alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNACLlama 4 MaverickPortnox CloudPortnox CloudHeldno first choicePacketFenceno first choiceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Fortinet FortiNAC
Three alternatives
NordLayer NAC, OPSWAT MetaAccess, PacketFenceTwo alternatives
Impulse SafeConnect, SolarWinds ARMThree alternatives
NordLayer NAC, Portnox Cloud, UTunnel VPNQwen 3.7 FlashPortnox CLEARagainst: Cisco Identity Services EnginePortnox CloudChangedagainst: Cisco Identity Services EngineCisco Identity Services EngineUbiquiti UniFiMist/Juniper, NordLayer NAC, Portnox Cloudagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engineagainst: Cisco XDR
Two alternatives
Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPassTwo alternatives
FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPassFour alternatives
Cisco Meraki ZTP / NAC, ExtremeConnect, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectThree alternatives
Fortinet FortiNAC, HostOS, TailscaleOne alternative
Windows Autopilot + Entra ID Secure ConnectKimi K2Portnox CLEARagainst: Cisco Identity Services EnginePortnox CloudChangedagainst: ForescoutCisco Identity Services EnginePacketFenceno first choiceagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescoutagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, Cisco NAC Legacy, Forescout CounterACT, Ivanti Secure Connect, SonicWall SMA 100 Series NAC
One alternative
Aruba ClearPassOne alternative
Aruba ClearPassFour alternatives
Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, Portnox CloudTwo alternatives
NordLayer NAC, Portnox CLEARTwo alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Portnox CloudGLM 4.7 FlashXPortnox CloudAruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNACChangedAruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Palo Alto Networks Prisma AccessPacketFenceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engineno first choiceagainst: Cisco NAC Appliance, Cisco Secure Access Control Server, Genian NAC, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, HPE ClearPass Policy Manager, Limatek LimRAD NAC, Symantec NAC 12.1
Three alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, FortiNAC, NordLayer NACTwo alternatives
Genian NAC Business Edition, Portnox CloudFive alternatives
Cisco Duo, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Zscaler Private AccessThree alternatives
Genian NAC, NACo, NordLayer NACMiniMax M2.5Portnox CloudOPSWAT MetaAccess, Portnox CloudChangedagainst: Cisco Identity Services EngineCisco Identity Services Engine, ForescoutPacketFenceagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engineno first choiceagainst: Cisco, Ivanti Connect Secure, Ivanti Policy Secure, Symantec Network Access Control
Two alternatives
NordLayer NAC, OPSWAT MetaAccessThree alternatives
Forescout, HPE Aruba ClearPass, IvantiFour alternatives
Extreme Networks, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass, Portnox CloudTwo alternatives
FreeRADIUS, Portnox CLEARGPT-6 LunaPortnox CloudPortnox CloudHeldno first choicePacketFenceno first choiceagainst: Cisco NAC Appliance/Clean Access, ExtremeControl NAC
Three alternatives
Cisco Identity Services Engine, FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPassThree alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, FortiNACSix alternatives
Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass, Juniper Mist Access Assurance, Portnox CloudOne alternative
Portnox CloudMuse Glimmer 30BPortnox CloudPortnox CloudHeldagainst: Cisco Identity Services EngineCisco Identity Services EnginePacketFenceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engineno first choiceagainst: Absolute Secure Access, Cisco Identity Services Engine, HPE Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, Legacy Cisco NAC Manager, Symantec
Five alternatives
Cisco Identity Services Engine, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPass, OPSWAT MetaAccess, macmon NACFour alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, OPSWAT MetaAccess, macmon NACFour alternatives
Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager, Portnox Cloud NACThree alternatives
Fortinet FortiNAC, Portnox Cloud, macmon NACBold 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 10:19 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:00 | yes | 4 | 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 17:50 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:40 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:11 | yes | 15 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:31 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:21 | yes | 24 | 57 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:06 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:58 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:44 | yes | 22 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:05 | yes | 24 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:13 | yes | 9 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:41 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:39 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:50 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:34 | yes | 3 | 5 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 13:08 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:22 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:14 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:24 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:07 | yes | 21 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:51 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:29 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:55 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:18 | yes | 15 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:42 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:57 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:21 | yes | 14 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:33 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:09 | yes | 5 | 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 14:17 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:35 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:53 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:52 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:34 | yes | 22 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:52 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:35 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:36 | yes | 20 | 62 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:25 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:28 | yes | 10 | 32 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:11 | yes | 8 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:57 | yes | 15 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:29 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:23 | yes | 3 | 4 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 13:45 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:40 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:05 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:23 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:00 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:37 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:04 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:54 | yes | 15 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:09 | yes | 25 | 200 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:33 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:41 | yes | 2 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:58 | yes | 15 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:17 | yes | 16 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:06 | 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 10:51 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:17 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:12 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:58 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:22 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:28 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:36 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:12 | no | 0 | 57 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:50 | yes | 14 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:42 | yes | 9 | 41 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 2 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:02 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:53 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:47 | yes | 4 | 5 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 16:54 | yes | 2 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:08 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:03 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:23 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:54 | yes | 25 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:14 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:43 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:47 | yes | 24 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:30 | yes | 24 | 60 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:06 | yes | 10 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:56 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:28 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
Normalization in this category
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Category-scoped readings
Cisco ISE read as Cisco Identity Services Engine
Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) read as Cisco Identity Services Engine
Cisco Identity Services Engine - ISE read as Cisco Identity Services Engine
Cisco Identity Services Engine, ISE read as Cisco Identity Services Engine
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare One
Juniper/Mist read as Juniper Mist Access Assurance
NordLayer read as NordLayer NAC
Portnox read as Portnox Cloud
Portnox (Portnox Clear / Portnox Cloud) read as Portnox Cloud
Portnox (Portnox Cloud / CLEAR) read as Portnox Cloud
SecureW2 read as SecureW2 JoinNow
SecureW2 (Cloud RADIUS) read as SecureW2 JoinNow
SecureW2 (JoinNow Suite) read as SecureW2 JoinNow
ThreatLocker read as ThreatLocker Zero Trust Platform
Ubiquiti read as Ubiquiti UniFi
Unresolved, counted raw
Arista Cognitive Campus
Central NAC
Cisco Meraki ZTP / NAC
Cisco NAC Legacy (Clean Access)
Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS)
ExtremeConnect (Extreme Networks)
ExtremeControl NAC
Genian NAC Business Edition
Genians NAC
HPE ClearPass Policy Manager
HostOS
InfoExpress EasyNAC
Ivanti Secure Connect (formerly Pulse Secure)
Ivanti Solutions
JumpCloud RADIUS
Legacy Cisco NAC Manager
Limatek LimRAD NAC
Mist/Juniper
Nokia MantaRay
OPSWAT MetaDefender NAC
PureDome
SolarWinds ARM
SonicWall SMA 100 Series NAC
Symantec NAC 12.1
Symantec Network Access Control
Windows Autopilot + Entra ID Secure Connect
macmon NAC smart
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.