Network access control for small business buyers
Asked as “network access control solution”, and as “NAC system”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 58 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
41%
Clear leader
41Portnox Cloud16PacketFence03Cisco Meraki40others
41% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▼−4Since October 2026: 45% → 41%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Portnox Cloud held the lead, −4 points on 45%, inside the 11-point 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.This pageMid-marketPortnox Cloud46%Clear leader▲+11Since October 2026: 35% → 46%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Enterprise
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.This pageMid-marketPortnox Cloud46%Clear leader▲+11Since October 2026: 35% → 46%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →EnterpriseCisco 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 small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Portnox Cloud41%2%53endorsed leader▼−4Since October 2026: 45% → 41%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.45% → 41%
Portnox Cloud41%2%53endorsed leader▼−4Since October 2026: 45% → 41%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.45% → 41%02
PacketFence16%13%39accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 16% → 16%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 16%
PacketFence16%13%39accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 16% → 16%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 16%03NordLayer NAC3%7%29accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 2% → 3%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 3%
04Foxpass3%0%25accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 0% → 3%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 3%
05
Cisco Meraki3%9%22accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 2% → 3%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 3%
Cisco Meraki3%9%22accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 2% → 3%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 3%06
Aruba ClearPass2%69%42criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 5% → 2%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 2%
Aruba ClearPass2%69%42criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 5% → 2%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 2%Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
10
Forescout0%88%17criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Forescout0%88%17criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%11Cisco Identity Services Engine0%78%40criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Cisco Identity Services Engine0%78%40criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
Fortinet FortiNAC0%56%18criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Fortinet FortiNAC0%56%18criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%08FortiNAC0%33%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
07
Twingate0%5%22accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Twingate0%5%22accepted 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 small business.
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 →
0102N03
F04
050607F08
091011Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Portnox Cloud41%
Portnox Cloud41%02PacketFence16%
PacketFence16%03NordLayer NAC3%
04Foxpass3%
05Cisco Meraki3%
Cisco Meraki3%06Aruba ClearPass2%
Aruba ClearPass2%07Twingate0%
Twingate0%08FortiNAC0%
09Fortinet FortiNAC0%
Fortinet FortiNAC0%10Forescout0%
Forescout0%11Cisco Identity Services Engine0%
Cisco Identity Services Engine0%What they warned about
Seven of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.20, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX 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 Identity Services Engine78%
31 of 40 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 13 hard negative
“Solutions You Should Generally Avoid ... Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine): Incredibly powerful, but notoriously complex, expensive, and difficult to manage.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Aruba ClearPass69%
29 of 42 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 7 hard negative
“Any traditional appliance-based NAC solution (including Aruba ClearPass and Fortinet FortiNAC hardware variants) carries these risks for small businesses” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Forescout88%
15 of 17 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 9 hard negative
“receives a high negative sentiment score in expert reviews, with multiple models and user feedback pointing to significant drawbacks” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Fortinet FortiNAC56%
10 of 18 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“FortiNAC hardware variants are mentioned as carrying risks for small businesses, including poor design, numerous bugs” Mistral Small, 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
68 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. 814 links across 163 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.
44 answers · 54 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G234 answers · 45 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Portnox31 answers · 70 citations · 12 models
vendor site · CyberPress31 answers · 31 citations · 12 models
publisher (Gane)29 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
27 answers · 32 citations · 9 models
22 answers · 36 citations · 9 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
vendor site · PacketFence14 answers · 36 citations · 6 models
14 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Cisco14 answers · 20 citations · 6 models
13 answers · 18 citations · 6 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.
31 answers · 12 models
31 answers · 11 models
31 answers · 11 models
28 answers · 9 models
22 answers · 8 models
19 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 6 models
13 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 8 models
12 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 41%, Portnox CLEAR 3%, Portnox Cloud NAC 3% | 48% | 145 | 20 | 0 | 77,065 | 11 | 7 | |
| PacketFence packetfence.com PacketFence 16%, PacketFence Community Edition 2% | 17% | 64 | 720 | 4 | 298 | |||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Meraki 3%, Cisco Access Manager 2% | 5% | 37 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| NordLayer NAC nordlayer.com | 3% | 52 | 136,857 | $985 | 120 | |||
| Foxpass | 3% | |||||||
| Ubiquiti ubiquiti.com Ubiquiti UniFi 3% | 3% | 17 | 9,900 | 450 | 15,584 company | |||
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare One 2% | 2% | 355 | 550,000 | 10,897 | ||||
| OPSWAT MetaAccess | 2% | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Entra ID 2% | 2% | 499 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| JumpCloud jumpcloud.com | 2% | 365 | 12,100 | 244 | 108,479 | $8,612 | 80 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cisco.com, portnox.com, reddit.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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which NAC system would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top network access control solutions for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best network access control solution for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a network access control solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which network access control solutions should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Cloudflare One, OktaOPSWAT MetaAccess, Portnox CloudChangedNordLayer NACUbiquiti UniFiagainst: Cisco Merakino first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Cisco Meraki, Fortinet FortiGate, Microsoft Entra IDThree alternatives
NordLayer NAC, PacketFence, PulsewayTwo alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Portnox CloudOne alternative
pfSenseGPT-5.4 miniPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco Identity Services EngineCisco Access Manager, Cisco MerakiChangedPortnox Cloudagainst: Aruba ClearPass, ForescoutPortnox Cloudno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPassTwo alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services EngineTwo alternatives
Cisco Identity Services Engine, Fortinet FortiNACTwo alternatives
Access Manager, FortiNACGemini 3.5 FlashPortnox Cloudagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services EnginePortnox CLEARChangedagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout Vistaro PlatformTwingateagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, ForescoutPacketFenceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, ForescoutJumpCloudagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engineagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout CounterACT, FreeRADIUS, PacketFence
Six alternatives
Cisco Meraki, Cloudflare One, Fortinet, Foxpass, SecureW2 JoinNow, TwingateFive alternatives
Cloudflare One, Foxpass, JumpCloud, SecureW2 JoinNow, TwingateFour alternatives
Cloudflare One, Harmony SASE, JumpCloud Cloud RADIUS, TailscaleFive alternatives
Foxpass, Microsoft NPS, Portnox CLEAR, RADIUSaaS, Ubiquiti UniFiSix alternatives
Cloudflare One, Foxpass, Portnox CLEAR, SecureW2 JoinNow, Tailscale, TwingatePerplexity SonarPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, PacketFencePortnox CloudHeldagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, ForescoutPortnox Cloudagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, Microsoft NPSUniFiagainst: FortiNACno first choiceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, PacketFence
Two alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, TwingateThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki Systems Manager, FortiNAC, Microsoft NPSThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki Systems Manager, Foxpass, TwingateFive alternatives
Cisco Meraki, Fortinet, Omada, PacketFence, Portnox CloudGrok 4.20NordLayer NACagainst: Cisco ISE or Meraki, FortiNAC, OpenNAC, pfSensePortnox CloudChangedagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Coro, NordLayer NAC, TwingatePortnox Cloud, Twingateagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Fortinet FortiNAC, ThreatLocker Zero Trust PlatformPacketFenceagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba ClearPassno first choiceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, FortiNAC
Four alternatives
Azure AD Conditional Access, Foxpass, Microsoft Intune, UTunnelOne alternative
FoxpassThree alternatives
Foxpass, NordLayer NAC, UTunnelFour alternatives
Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Intune, Portnox Cloud, pfSenseMistral SmallPortnox CloudPortnox CloudHeldPortnox Cloudagainst: Aruba ClearPassNordLayer NAC, Portnox CloudAruba ClearPass, Impulse SafeConnect, Portnox CLEARagainst: PacketFenceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC
Two alternatives
Foxpass, NordLayer NACSix alternatives
Coro, Foxpass, NordLayer NAC, OPSWAT MetaAccess, PacketFence, UTunnel VPNTwo alternatives
PacketFence, Ubiquiti UniFiOne alternative
Cisco Identity Services EngineDeepSeek V4 FlashPortnox CloudPortnox CloudHeldagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services EnginePortnox Cloudagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services EnginePacketFence, Portnox Cloud NACagainst: Cisco, Forescout, HPE ArubaPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescoutagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Cisco Meraki, Extreme Networks, Forescout, FortiNAC
Two alternatives
NordLayer NAC, PacketFenceFour alternatives
Cisco Meraki, Coro, NordLayer NAC, PacketFenceFour alternatives
NordLayer NAC, PacketFence, ThreatLocker Zero Trust Platform, TwingateThree alternatives
NordLayer NAC, Twingate, UTunnelTwo alternatives
Cloudflare One, PacketFenceLlama 4 MaverickPortnox CloudPortnox CloudHeldagainst: Aruba ClearPass, PacketFencePortnox Cloudagainst: Aruba ClearPassFoxpassno first choiceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Fortinet FortiNAC
Three alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, PacketFence, macmon NACFour alternatives
Cisco Meraki, Fortinet FortiNAC, OPSWAT MetaAccess, PacketFenceThree alternatives
NordLayer NAC, Portnox Cloud, UTunnel VPNQwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Entra IDCisco MerakiChangedPortnox Cloudagainst: NordLayer NACUbiquiti UniFiWarden Networknothing named
Three alternatives
Cisco Meraki, Fortinet FortiGate, Ubiquiti UniFiThree alternatives
Aruba Instant On, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Ubiquiti UniFi Network SystemFour alternatives
Cisco Meraki, ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, HPE Aruba CentralTwo alternatives
Cisco Meraki, Microsoft Entra IDFive alternatives
Aruba Instant On, Cisco Meraki, Mist AI, Tenable Vulnerability Management, Ubiquiti UniFiKimi K2Portnox CloudPortnox CloudHeldPacketFence, Portnox Cloudagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, Microsoft Network Policy ServerFreeRADIUS, Windows Server NPSPacketFence, Portnox Cloudagainst: Aruba ClearPassagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC
Three alternatives
NordLayer NAC, PacketFence, macmon NACTwo alternatives
Foxpass, NordLayer NACThree alternatives
Foxpass, NordLayer NAC, TwingateFour alternatives
Foxpass, PacketFence, Portnox Cloud, UTunnelGLM 4.7 FlashXPortnox CloudPacketFenceChangedNordLayer NACPacketFenceno first choiceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, macmon NAC
Two alternatives
Foxpass, NordLayer NACThree alternatives
PortGuardNAC, Portnox Cloud, ThreatLocker Zero Trust PlatformSix alternatives
Coro, Foxpass, ManageEngine Network Configuration Manager, Pulseway, SecureW2 JoinNow, ThreatLocker Zero Trust PlatformThree alternatives
NordLayer NAC, PortGuard NAC, UTunnel Secure AccessMiniMax M2.5Portnox CloudPortnox CloudHeldPortnox CLEARagainst: Cisco Identity Services EnginePacketFenceno first choiceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Fortinet FortiNAC
Three alternatives
Coro, NordLayer NAC, TwingateTwo alternatives
Foxpass, PacketFenceThree alternatives
Foxpass, NordLayer NAC, TwingateTwo alternatives
NordLayer NAC, UTunnelGPT-6 LunaPortnox Cloudagainst: Cisco Identity Services EnginePortnox CloudHeldPortnox Cloud, SecureW2 JoinNowagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services EnginePacketFence Community Editionagainst: Portnox Cloudno first choiceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, Microsoft Network Access Protection, Network Policy Server
Two alternatives
Aruba Central NAC, ClearPassOne alternative
FortiNACThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki Access Manager, FortiNAC, PacketFenceOne alternative
PacketFenceThree alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Microsoft NPSMuse Glimmer 30BFoxpass, Portnox Cloud NACagainst: Cisco Identity Services Engine, Fortinet FortiNACPortnox CloudChangedPortnox Cloudagainst: Aruba ClearPassPacketFencePacketFenceagainst: Aruba ClearPass, Cisco Identity Services Engine, Forescout, Fortinet FortiNAC, Microsoft Network Access Protection
Two alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, PacketFenceOne alternative
PacketFenceThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki, Fortinet FortiNAC, PacketFenceOne alternative
Ubiquiti UniFiFour alternatives
Aruba ClearPass, 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 09:35 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:51 | 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 08:40 | yes | 12 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:42 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:15 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:22 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:53 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:17 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:04 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:18 | yes | 17 | 42 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:19 | yes | 18 | 151 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:45 | yes | 10 | 46 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:47 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:12 | yes | 13 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:07 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:36 | 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 09:17 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:13 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:06 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:52 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:39 | yes | 22 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:46 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:11 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:04 | yes | 19 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:30 | yes | 22 | 93 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:12 | yes | 9 | 41 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:54 | yes | 2 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:24 | yes | 16 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:40 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:45 | yes | 4 | 8 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 15:55 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:39 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:19 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:30 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:56 | yes | 20 | 42 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:24 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:55 | yes | 10 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:06 | yes | 25 | 65 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:52 | yes | 23 | 55 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:36 | yes | 24 | 44 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:58 | yes | 7 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:41 | yes | 13 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:28 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:12 | yes | 4 | 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 14:12 | no | 0 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:24 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:32 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:00 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:40 | yes | 23 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:59 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:46 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:34 | yes | 17 | 46 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:02 | yes | 18 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:24 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:38 | yes | 2 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:55 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:37 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:05 | yes | 6 | 15 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 14:04 | no | 0 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:00 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:43 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:30 | no | 0 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:29 | yes | 23 | 45 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:10 | yes | 6 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:11 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:16 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:38 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:27 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:24 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:16 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:52 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:40 | no | 0 | 3 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 12:48 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:21 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:02 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:17 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:06 | yes | 24 | 50 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:53 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:00 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:29 | yes | 22 | 50 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:07 | yes | 22 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:11 | yes | 25 | 59 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:00 | yes | 3 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:19 | yes | 23 | 24 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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Category-scoped readings
Cisco ISE read as Cisco Identity Services Engine
Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) read as Cisco Identity Services Engine
Microsoft Azure AD (Conditional Access) read as Microsoft Entra ID
NordLayer read as NordLayer NAC
Portnox read as Portnox Cloud
SecureW2 read as SecureW2 JoinNow
SecureW2 (JoinNow / CloudRADIUS) read as SecureW2 JoinNow
ThreatLocker read as ThreatLocker Zero Trust Platform
ThreatLocker (Zero Trust Platform) read as ThreatLocker Zero Trust Platform
Ubiquiti read as Ubiquiti UniFi
Unresolved, counted raw
Access Manager
Aruba Central NAC
Azure NAC
Cisco ISE or Meraki
Cisco Meraki Access Manager
Fortinet simplified fabric
Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81)
JumpCloud Cloud RADIUS
Microsoft NPS with Azure AD
Network Policy Server (NPS)
OpenDNS Umbrella
PacketFence Community Edition
PortGuard NAC
PortGuardNAC
RADIUSaaS
Taranac
UTunnel Secure Access
Ubiquiti UniFi Identity
Ubiquiti UniFi Network System
Warden Network
Windows NPS
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.