Network monitoring and management
Asked as “network monitoring tool”, and as “network management and automation software”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 49 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
27%
Contested · ManageEngine OpManager 24%
27Zabbix24ManageEngine OpManager22Auvik27others
27% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Zabbix (27%) replaces Auvik (26% then, 22% now), 5 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Zabbix leads at 27%, replacing Auvik, which led at 26% and stands at 22% now: 5 points clear, inside the floor, so the swap reads as unsettled.
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
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor44%Clear leader▲+4Since October 2026: 40% → 44%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-market
Zabbix27%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Zabbix (27%) replaces Auvik (26% then, 22% now), 5 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.This pageEnterprise
LogicMonitor15%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: LogicMonitor (15%) replaces SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (16% then, 8% now), 7 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor44%Clear leader▲+4Since October 2026: 40% → 44%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketZabbix27%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Zabbix (27%) replaces Auvik (26% then, 22% now), 5 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.This pageEnterpriseLogicMonitor15%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: LogicMonitor (15%) replaces SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (16% then, 8% now), 7 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.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
01Zabbix27%20%49accepted challenger▲+10Since October 2026: 17% → 27%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.17% → 27%
Zabbix27%20%49accepted challenger▲+10Since October 2026: 17% → 27%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.17% → 27%02
ManageEngine OpManager24%2%44accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 22% → 24%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.22% → 24%
ManageEngine OpManager24%2%44accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 22% → 24%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.22% → 24%03
Auvik22%11%27accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 26% → 22%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.26% → 22%
Auvik22%11%27accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 26% → 22%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.26% → 22%04Paessler PRTG Network Monitor8%11%56accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 11% → 8%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 8%
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor8%11%56accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 11% → 8%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 8%05
LibreNMS6%4%24accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 6% → 6%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 6%
LibreNMS6%4%24accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 6% → 6%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 6%06LogicMonitor4%6%31accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%
LogicMonitor4%6%31accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%07
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor2%14%35accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor2%14%35accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%08
Nagios2%32%37criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
Nagios2%32%37criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Site24x70%10%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Site24x70%10%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
Datadog Network Monitoring0%8%36accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
Datadog Network Monitoring0%8%36accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%11
New Relic0%8%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
New Relic0%8%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Checkmk0%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Checkmk0%0%11accepted 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.
For buyers
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Zabbix vs LibreNMSZabbix vs LogicMonitorZabbix vs SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorZabbix vs NagiosManageEngine OpManager vs AuvikManageEngine OpManager vs Paessler PRTG Network MonitorManageEngine OpManager vs LibreNMSManageEngine OpManager vs LogicMonitorManageEngine OpManager vs SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorManageEngine OpManager vs NagiosAuvik vs Paessler PRTG Network MonitorAuvik vs LibreNMSAuvik vs LogicMonitorAuvik vs SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorAuvik vs NagiosPaessler PRTG Network Monitor vs LibreNMSPaessler PRTG Network Monitor vs LogicMonitorPaessler PRTG Network Monitor vs SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorPaessler PRTG Network Monitor vs NagiosLibreNMS vs LogicMonitorLibreNMS vs SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorLibreNMS vs NagiosLogicMonitor vs SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorLogicMonitor vs NagiosSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor vs Nagios
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 →
010203040506070809101112Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Zabbix27%
Zabbix27%02ManageEngine OpManager24%
ManageEngine OpManager24%03Auvik22%
Auvik22%04Paessler PRTG Network Monitor8%
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor8%05LibreNMS6%
LibreNMS6%06LogicMonitor4%
LogicMonitor4%07SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor2%
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor2%08Nagios2%
Nagios2%09Datadog Network Monitoring0%
Datadog Network Monitoring0%10Checkmk0%
Checkmk0%11New Relic0%
New Relic0%12Site24x70%
Site24x70%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna 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.
Nagios32%
12 of 37 labels negative · 9 of 14 models
“Zabbix, LibreNMS, Nagios, and similar tools can be excellent, but configuration, upgrades, templates, integrations, backups, and support may fall on your team.” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
Zabbix20%
10 of 49 labels negative · 7 of 14 models
“Free/Open Source. Extremely powerful and customizable, but requires significant Linux/sysadmin expertise to maintain and tune. Only choose this if you have strong engineering talent.” Qwen 3.7 Flash, scale prompt
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor11%
6 of 56 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Reddit community sentiment: Strongly discouraged by networking professionals” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
SolarWinds Orion83%
5 of 6 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“CISA issued a rare emergency directive calling on all federal agencies to "review their networks for indicators of compromise and disconnect or power down SolarWinds Orion products immediately."” Muse Glimmer 30B, 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
66 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 13 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 694 links across 207 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. The other 1 model searched through a gateway that returned no source list on this edition. 5 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.
37 answers · 43 citations · 10 models
29 answers · 46 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Checkmk19 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
vendor site · New Relic17 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 16 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G214 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
vendor site · ManageEngine13 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Netwrix13 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
12 answers · 21 citations · 5 models
vendor site · Kentik12 answers · 13 citations · 8 models
12 answers · 12 citations · 7 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.
33 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 10 models
13 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 9 models
11 answers · 5 models
10 answers · 7 models
9 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 monitoring tool”, “network monitoring tool”, “network monitoring tools”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zabbix zabbix.com | 27% | 313 | 12,100 | 992 | 18,850 | 3 | ||
| ManageEngine parent site ManageEngine OpManager 24% | 24% | 223 | 8,100 | 675 | ||||
| Auvik auvik.com | 22% | 77 | 4,400 | 137 | 41,968 | 120 | ||
| Paessler PRTG Network Monitor paessler.com | 8% | 147 | 480 | 4 | 107,237 | $12,945 | 120 | 8 |
| LibreNMS librenms.org | 6% | 56 | 2,900 | 54 | 2,307 | |||
| LogicMonitor logicmonitor.com | 4% | 184 | 5,400 | 236 | 82,441 | $1,636 | 31 | |
| SolarWinds parent site SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 2% | 2% | 91 | 14,800 | 1,396 | ||||
| Nagios nagios.com | 2% | 134 | 3,600 | 542 | 3,359 | 3 | ||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Catalyst Center 2%, Cisco ThousandEyes 0%, Cisco Meraki Dashboard 0% | 2% | 21 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| TeamViewer ONE teamviewer.com | 2% | 7 | 516,592 | $19,425 | 24 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 1 of them are among the sites the models cited here (comparitech.com). The first result for “best network monitoring tool” is itpro.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 monitoring tool for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which network management and automation software would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top network monitoring tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best network monitoring tool for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a network monitoring tool. What should we look at?”Negative“Which network monitoring tools should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceagainst: NinjaOneZabbixno first choicenothing named
Seven alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, Grafana, Nagios, New Relic, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Prometheus, SolarWinds Observability SaaSGPT-5.4 miniManageEngine OpManagerCisco Catalyst CenterChangedPaessler PRTG Network MonitorZabbixagainst: Nagios, Prometheus + Grafanano first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitor, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorTwo alternatives
Arista CloudVision, Juniper/MistFour alternatives
Datadog Network Device Monitoring, LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorTwo alternatives
LibreNMS, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorGemini 3.5 FlashLogicMonitorAuvikChangedno first choiceagainst: Nagios, WiresharkLibreNMS, ZabbixAuvikagainst: Cacti, Cisco Prime, Dahua, Dell OpenManage Enterprise, Ethereal, HP OpenView/Micro Focus, Hikvision, Huawei, Kaspersky Lab tools, MRTG, Nagios, SolarWinds Orion
Four alternatives
Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorFive alternatives
LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, NetBox, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorSeven alternatives
Cisco ThousandEyes, Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixThree alternatives
Checkmk, Domotz, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorSix alternatives
Catchpoint, Cisco ThousandEyes, Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorPerplexity SonarPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: ZabbixAuvikChangedagainst: Cisco NSO, Itential, NetBrainPaessler PRTG Network MonitorPaessler PRTG Network Monitorno first choiceagainst: Auvik, Kentik, LibreNMS, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Progress WhatsUp Gold, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbix
Three alternatives
Auvik, ManageEngine OpManager, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorFive alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, NetBox, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, UnimusSeven alternatives
Checkmk, Datadog Network Monitoring, LibreNMS, LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixTwo alternatives
LibreNMS, ZabbixGrok 4.20ManageEngine OpManageragainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, SolarWinds, ZabbixManageEngine OpManagerHeldDatadog Network Monitoring, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorZabbixagainst: Auvik, LogicMonitor, Nagios, SolarWinds, Spiceworks Network Monitorno first choiceagainst: AnyDesk, Atera, Azure Monitor, ConnectWise ScreenConnect, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, Kaseya VSA, LogMeIn, ManageEngine OpManager, MeshCentral, Nagios, New Relic, NinjaOne, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Site24x7, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, System Center, TeamViewer, Ubiquiti UniFi, Zabbix
Three alternatives
Auvik, NinjaOne, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorThree alternatives
Ansible, Auvik, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorTwo alternatives
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixFour alternatives
Checkmk Raw, LibreNMS, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorMistral SmallManageEngine OpManagerno first choiceChangedno first choiceLibreNMS, Zabbixno first choiceagainst: Auvik, Device42, LogicMonitor, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Four alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, Kentik, LogicMonitor, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorThree alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Site24x7DeepSeek V4 FlashAuvikagainst: SolarWindsAuvik, ManageEngine OpManagerChangedagainst: SolarWinds Network Performance Monitorno first choiceZabbixagainst: Nagiosno first choiceagainst: Datadog Network Monitoringagainst: Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Progress WhatsUp Gold, SolarWinds Orion
Three alternatives
LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorTwo alternatives
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformTen alternatives
Auvik, Checkmk, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixThree alternatives
LibreNMS, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorLlama 4 MaverickZabbixManageEngine OpManagerChangedno first choiceZabbixno first choiceagainst: CA Unified Infrastructure Management, FortiSIEM, Microsoft SCOM, Nagios, NetScout TruView, Opsview Enterprise, ScienceLogic, SevOne
Five alternatives
Checkmk, Kentik, ManageEngine OpManager, New Relic, NinjaOneThree alternatives
NinjaOne, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, UnimusTwo alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorQwen 3.7 FlashManageEngine OpManagerAuvikChangedagainst: Cisco Catalyst CenterSolarWinds Network Performance Monitoragainst: Icinga, NagiosLibreNMSPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Prometheus + Grafana, Wireshark, Zabbixagainst: Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Progress WhatsUp Gold, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbix
Four alternatives
LogicMonitor, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixThree alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, UnimusSeven alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, LibreNMS, LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixFour alternatives
Checkmk, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Uptime Kuma, ZabbixFour alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, LibreNMS, New Relic, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorKimi K2AuvikAuvikHeldno first choiceZabbixno first choiceagainst: Darktraceagainst: Kaseya, Nagios, SolarWinds Orion, Zabbix
Three alternatives
LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorThree alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManagerFour alternatives
LibreNMS, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Site24x7Five alternatives
Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, Domotz, LogicMonitor, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorGLM 4.7 FlashXPaessler PRTG Network MonitorAuvik, ManageEngine OpManagerChangedManageEngine OpManager, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorZabbixagainst: Instatusno first choiceagainst: Nmap, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Orion Platform, Spiceworks Network Monitor, Zabbix
Four alternatives
LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixTwo alternatives
Ansible, NetBrainEleven alternatives
Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, LogicMonitor, Netdata, New Relic, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Progress WhatsUp Gold, Prometheus + Grafana, Site24x7, ZabbixThree alternatives
LibreNMS, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorMiniMax M2.5ManageEngine OpManageragainst: ZabbixManageEngine OpManager, TeamViewer ONEChangedSolarWinds Network Performance Monitoragainst: Nagios, OpenNMSNagios, ZabbixSolarWinds Network Performance Monitoragainst: Splunk Observability Cloudagainst: AnyDesk, ConnectWise ScreenConnect, NetMirror.apk, SolarWinds Free Tools, Spiceworks Network Monitor, eFootball Network Monitor Tool
Two alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitorTwo alternatives
Cisco Meraki Dashboard, SolarWinds Network AutomationSix alternatives
Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ZabbixTwo alternatives
Domotz, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorFour alternatives
Cisco ThousandEyes, Datadog Network Monitoring, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixGPT-6 LunaAuvikManageEngine OpManagerChangedagainst: AnsibleManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitoragainst: ZabbixZabbixno first choiceagainst: SolarWinds Orion
Two alternatives
LogicMonitor, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorFour alternatives
Cisco Meraki Dashboard, HPE Aruba Networking Central, Juniper/Mist, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorTwo alternatives
Auvik, Datadog Network MonitoringTwo alternatives
LibreNMS, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorMuse Glimmer 30BLogicMonitorAuvik, ManageEngine OpManagerChangedno first choiceZabbixno first choiceagainst: SolarWinds Orion
Three alternatives
LiveNX, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorTwo alternatives
Ansible, NinjaOneEleven alternatives
Auvik, Checkmk, Datadog Network Monitoring, LibreNMS, LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Site24x7, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixThree alternatives
LibreNMS, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorBold 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 12:09 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:33 | yes | 4 | 5 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 13:28 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:55 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:15 | yes | 9 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:30 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:51 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:49 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:25 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:31 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:42 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:47 | yes | 13 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:11 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:20 | yes | 14 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:01 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:23 | yes | 4 | 6 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 18:25 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:34 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:09 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:56 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:32 | yes | 25 | 50 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:33 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:20 | yes | 9 | 70 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:27 | yes | 20 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:10 | yes | 24 | 81 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:19 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:29 | yes | 6 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:27 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:30 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:12 | yes | 6 | 15 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 12:31 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:37 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:39 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:56 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:58 | yes | 18 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:15 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:28 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:55 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:06 | yes | 20 | 51 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:06 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:27 | yes | 6 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:29 | yes | 13 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:21 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:28 | no | 0 | 3 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 17:22 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:40 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:20 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:18 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:31 | yes | 20 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:12 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:53 | no | 0 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:36 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:06 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:46 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:03 | yes | 3 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:36 | yes | 13 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:48 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:56 | no | 0 | 7 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 18:29 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:33 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:27 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:21 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:38 | yes | 19 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:14 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:06 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:32 | yes | 20 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:00 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:37 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:44 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:19 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:26 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:16 | yes | 5 | 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 16:41 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:44 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:28 | yes | 15 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:19 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:56 | yes | 25 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:44 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:55 | yes | 13 | 43 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:35 | yes | 24 | 47 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:08 | yes | 25 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:34 | yes | 15 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:52 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:41 | yes | 21 | 27 s |
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Datadog read as Datadog Network Monitoring
Datadog Network Performance Monitoring read as Datadog Network Monitoring
Datadog Network Performance Monitoring (NPM) read as Datadog Network Monitoring
PRTG read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG (Paessler) read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG Network Monitor read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG Network Monitor (Free Version) read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG Network Monitor (Paessler) read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG Network Monitor (by Paessler) read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
Paessler PRTG read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
SolarWinds NPM read as SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor NPM read as SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Unresolved, counted raw
Arista AVD
Cloudflare's Network Analytics
Datadog Network Device Monitoring
Ethereal
IR Collabora
Kaspersky Lab tools
LM Envision by LogicMonitor
LiveNX
NetMirror.apk
NetScout TruView
Netcat
Opsview Enterprise
SevOne
SolarWinds Free Tools
SolarWinds Observability SaaS
SolarWinds Orion Platform
eFootball Network Monitor Tool
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.