Network monitoring and management for small business buyers
Asked as “network monitoring tool”, and as “network management and automation software”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 55 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
44%
Clear leader
44Paessler PRTG Network Monitor15Auvik13Zabbix29others
44% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+4Since October 2026: 40% → 44%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Paessler PRTG Network Monitor held the lead, +4 points on 40%, 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
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor44%Clear leader▲+4Since October 2026: 40% → 44%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-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.Standing →Enterprise
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.This pageMid-marketZabbix27%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Zabbix (27%) replaces Auvik (26% then, 22% now), 5 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →EnterpriseLogicMonitor15%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 small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Paessler PRTG Network Monitor44%10%71endorsed leader▲+4Since October 2026: 40% → 44%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.40% → 44%
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor44%10%71endorsed leader▲+4Since October 2026: 40% → 44%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.40% → 44%02
Auvik15%8%37accepted challenger▲+10Since October 2026: 5% → 15%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 15%
Auvik15%8%37accepted challenger▲+10Since October 2026: 5% → 15%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 15%03Zabbix13%31%62criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 16% → 13%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 13%
Zabbix13%31%62criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 16% → 13%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 13%04
Domotz11%0%26accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 15% → 11%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.15% → 11%
Domotz11%0%26accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 15% → 11%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.15% → 11%05
NinjaOne9%0%15accepted challenger▲+9Since October 2026: 0% → 9%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 9%
NinjaOne9%0%15accepted challenger▲+9Since October 2026: 0% → 9%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 9%06
ManageEngine OpManager2%9%43accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%
ManageEngine OpManager2%9%43accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%07
LibreNMS2%7%29accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
LibreNMS2%7%29accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%08
Nagios2%59%27criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Nagios2%59%27criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor0%82%22criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor0%82%22criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Datadog Network Monitoring0%43%23criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Datadog Network Monitoring0%43%23criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%09
Site24x70%6%17accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Site24x70%6%17accepted 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
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 →
0102030405060708091011Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Paessler PRTG Network Monitor44%
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor44%02Auvik15%
Auvik15%03Zabbix13%
Zabbix13%04Domotz11%
Domotz11%05NinjaOne9%
NinjaOne9%06ManageEngine OpManager2%
ManageEngine OpManager2%07LibreNMS2%
LibreNMS2%08Nagios2%
Nagios2%09Site24x70%
Site24x70%10Datadog Network Monitoring0%
Datadog Network Monitoring0%11SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor0%
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor0%What they warned about
Two of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 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.
Zabbix31%
19 of 62 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Tools: *Nagios Core, Zabbix (Self-Hosted), Cacti* ... Why to be cautious: They require significant Linux administration skills” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Nagios59%
16 of 27 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Here are the categories and specific tools that small businesses should avoid or be extremely cautious about: ### 1. Complex Open-Source Tools Without Dedicated IT Staff Tools: *Nagios Core, Zabbix (Self-Hosted), Cacti*” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor82%
18 of 22 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“lingering risks from the 2020 supply chain attack (SUNBURST malware)... the complexity, potential for misconfiguration, and higher pricing make it less ideal” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Datadog Network Monitoring43%
10 of 23 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Datadog — ⚠️ Be Very Cautious ... often a poor fit for small businesses” DeepSeek V4 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
62 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. 626 links across 148 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.
34 answers · 36 citations · 10 models
31 answers · 61 citations · 10 models
21 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Checkmk20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
20 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Instatus17 answers · 17 citations · 6 models
vendor site · ManageEngine12 answers · 18 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Netdata12 answers · 12 citations · 6 models
vendor site · G211 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
11 answers · 11 citations · 8 models
11 answers · 11 citations · 9 models
vendor site · ONES.com10 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.
29 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 6 models
17 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 9 models
10 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paessler PRTG Network Monitor paessler.com | 44% | 147 | 480 | 4 | 107,237 | $12,945 | 120 | 8 |
| Auvik auvik.com | 15% | 77 | 4,400 | 137 | 41,968 | 120 | ||
| Zabbix zabbix.com | 13% | 313 | 12,100 | 992 | 18,850 | 3 | ||
| Domotz domotz.com | 11% | 31 | 1,900 | 52 | 11,525 | $93 | 9 | 2 |
| NinjaOne ninjaone.com | 9% | 258 | 18,100 | 610 | 316,268 | $17,226 | 118 | |
| ManageEngine parent site ManageEngine OpManager 2%, ManageEngine Network Configuration Manager 0% | 2% | 223 | 8,100 | 675 | ||||
| LibreNMS librenms.org | 2% | 56 | 2,900 | 54 | 2,307 | |||
| Checkmk checkmk.com Checkmk Community 2%, Checkmk 0% | 2% | 64 | 2,400 | 53 | 5,596 | 68 | ||
| SolarWinds parent site SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager 2% | 2% | 4 | 14,800 | 1,396 | ||||
| Nagios nagios.com | 2% | 134 | 3,600 | 542 | 3,359 | 3 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (comparitech.com, netdata.cloud). 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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which network management and automation software would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top network monitoring tools for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best network monitoring tool for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a network monitoring tool. What should we look at?”Negative“Which network monitoring tools should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorPaessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixChangedagainst: Cisco Meraki DashboardPaessler PRTG Network MonitorPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Zabbixno first choiceagainst: Auvik, Zabbix
Two alternatives
Nagios, ZabbixTwo alternatives
Ansible, NagiosThree alternatives
LibreNMS, ManageEngine OpManager, ZabbixOne alternative
Spiceworks Network MonitorGPT-5.4 miniPaessler PRTG Network MonitorSolarWinds Network Configuration ManagerChangedagainst: Cisco Catalyst Center or CrossworkPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Nagios, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorLibreNMSagainst: Paessler PRTG Network Monitorno first choiceagainst: Wireshark
Three alternatives
Auvik, Site24x7, ZabbixThree alternatives
Cisco Business Dashboard / Cisco small-business tools, ManageEngine Network Configuration Manager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorFive alternatives
Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, LibreNMS, Site24x7, ZabbixOne alternative
ZabbixGemini 3.5 FlashPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: LibreNMS, ZabbixAuvikChangedagainst: Cisco Meraki DashboardDomotz, Paessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Cisco ThousandEyes, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorPaessler PRTG Network MonitorAuvik, Domotzagainst: Broadcom DX NetOps, Cacti, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, IBM Tivoli, Nagios, New Relic, OpenText Network Node Manager i, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, TShark, Wireshark, Zabbix, tcpdump
Three alternatives
Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, DomotzFour alternatives
Ansible, Domotz, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Ubiquiti UniFiThree alternatives
Auvik, Uptime Kuma, ZabbixFour alternatives
Domotz, LibreNMS, Uptime Kuma, ZabbixThree alternatives
Atera, NinjaOne, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorPerplexity SonarPaessler PRTG Network MonitorAuvikChangedagainst: Cisco NSO, Juniper Apstra, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ZabbixPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Datadog Network MonitoringPaessler PRTG Network Monitorno first choiceagainst: Checkmk Raw, Datadog Network Monitoring, Kentik, LibreNMS, LogicMonitor, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Prometheus + Grafana, SolarWinds, Zabbix
Four alternatives
Auvik, LibreNMS, ManageEngine OpManager, ZabbixThree alternatives
ManageEngine Network Configuration Manager, NinjaOne, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorFive alternatives
Auvik, Checkmk, LibreNMS, ManageEngine OpManager, ZabbixThree alternatives
LibreNMS, ManageEngine OpManager, ZabbixGrok 4.20Paessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitor, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorAuvik, NinjaOneChangedagainst: Cisco DNA, SolarWindsManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorZabbixagainst: ManageEngine OpManager, Pulsewayno first choiceagainst: SolarWindsagainst: Auvik, Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Nagios, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbix, Zeek
Three alternatives
Auvik, ManageEngine OpManager, ZabbixTwo alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorThree alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, Site24x7, ZabbixFour alternatives
Oh Dear, OpenNMS, Spiceworks Network Monitor, UptimeRobotMistral SmallDomotz, Paessler PRTG Network Monitorno first choiceChangedagainst: SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbixno first choiceNagios, Zabbixno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Darktrace, ExtraHop RevealX, Nagios, Reveal, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Vectra AI
Two alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, ZabbixEight alternatives
Auvik, Checkmk, LibreNMS, ManageEngine OpManager, NinjaOne, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Pulseway, ZabbixThree alternatives
Checkmk, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Spiceworks Network MonitorDeepSeek V4 FlashDomotz, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorAuvik, NinjaOneChangedPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Nagios, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorPaessler PRTG Network MonitorPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Zabbixagainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds, Zabbix
Three alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, NinjaOne, ZabbixThree alternatives
Ansible, Atera, DomotzFour alternatives
Checkmk, Datadog Network Monitoring, LibreNMS, ZabbixTwo alternatives
LibreNMS, ZabbixFour alternatives
Auvik, Domotz, ManageEngine OpManager, Site24x7Llama 4 MaverickPaessler PRTG Network Monitorno first choiceChangedno first choiceZabbixno first choiceagainst: ManageEngine OpManager, Virtana
Three alternatives
Domotz, ManageEngine OpManager, ZabbixTwo alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorQwen 3.7 FlashPaessler PRTG Network MonitorPaessler PRTG Network MonitorHeldagainst: ZabbixPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Nagios, SolarWindsPaessler PRTG Network MonitorPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Splunkagainst: BMC TrueSight, Cacti, Datadog Network Monitoring, IBM Tivoli, Nagios, New Relic, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Orion Platform, Zabbix
Four alternatives
LibreNMS, Observium, Site24x7, ZabbixTwo alternatives
Auvik, ManageEngine OpManagerThree alternatives
LibreNMS, UptimeRobot, ZabbixTwo alternatives
LibreNMS, ZabbixThree alternatives
Better Stack, ManageEngine OpManager, Spiceworks Network MonitorKimi K2Domotz, ZabbixAuvik, NinjaOneChangedPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorZabbixagainst: NagiosPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Zabbixagainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbix
Three alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, PulsewayThree alternatives
Domotz, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorFour alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, Icinga, LibreNMS, ZabbixTwo alternatives
LibreNMS, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorTwo alternatives
Auvik, NinjaOneGLM 4.7 FlashXPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorAuvik, NinjaOneChangedagainst: ConnectWise Automate, Datto RMM, Kaseya VSAPaessler PRTG Network Monitor, Site24x7against: NagiosPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Nagios, Observium Community Edition, Zabbixno first choiceagainst: AKIPS, Auvik, Checkmk, ExtraHop Reveal, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Progress WhatsUp Gold, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Orion Suite, Zabbix
Two alternatives
Domotz, Oh DearFour alternatives
Ansible, Atera, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SyncroEight alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, Domotz, ManageEngine OpManager, Oh Dear, Pingdom, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, UptimeRobot, ZabbixOne alternative
LibreNMSMiniMax M2.5Paessler PRTG Network MonitorNinjaOneChangedManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Nagios, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorPaessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: UptimeRobotno first choiceagainst: Nagios, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbix
Two alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, ZabbixFour alternatives
Auvik, ConnectWise Automate, Datto RMM, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorOne alternative
ZabbixThree alternatives
LibreNMS, ManageEngine OpManager, ZabbixGPT-6 LunaDomotzagainst: Paessler PRTG Network MonitorDomotzHeldAuvik, DomotzCheckmk Communityno first choiceagainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, Hosted Monitor, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Zabbix
Two alternatives
Auvik, ZabbixThree alternatives
Auvik, Cisco Meraki Dashboard, ManageEngine OpManagerThree alternatives
LibreNMS, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixTwo alternatives
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixMuse Glimmer 30BPaessler PRTG Network MonitorAuvikChangedOpManager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorZabbixno first choiceagainst: Nagios, Site24x7, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbix
Three alternatives
Domotz, ManageEngine OpManager, ZabbixTwo alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorFive alternatives
Auvik, Checkmk, Datadog Network Monitoring, LibreNMS, ZabbixSix alternatives
Domotz, LibreNMS, ManageEngine OpManager, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Site24x7Bold 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 19:17 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:54 | yes | 4 | 4 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 16:42 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:47 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:20 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:41 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:13 | yes | 19 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:18 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:18 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:45 | yes | 9 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:39 | yes | 9 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:20 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:56 | yes | 4 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:58 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:45 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:50 | yes | 5 | 7 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 14:15 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:45 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:09 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:01 | no | 0 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:56 | yes | 22 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:54 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:52 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:05 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:56 | yes | 24 | 48 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:39 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:11 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:06 | yes | 12 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:20 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:50 | no | 0 | 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 11:04 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:38 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:38 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:30 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:59 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:41 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:38 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:09 | yes | 15 | 32 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:22 | yes | 24 | 45 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:49 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:11 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:18 | yes | 12 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:16 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:25 | yes | 3 | 5 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 13:19 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:22 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:31 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:44 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:22 | yes | 20 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:07 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:33 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:25 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:06 | yes | 15 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:22 | no | 0 | 113 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:42 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:46 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:36 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:59 | no | 0 | 5 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 15:10 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:16 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:33 | yes | 9 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:25 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:58 | yes | 20 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:31 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:30 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:51 | yes | 10 | 53 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:11 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:22 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:34 | yes | 2 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:59 | yes | 12 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:33 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:21 | yes | 6 | 6 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 14:34 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:08 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:30 | yes | 18 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:39 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:08 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:10 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:40 | yes | 14 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:06 | yes | 23 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:29 | yes | 24 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:59 | yes | 13 | 46 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:19 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:23 | yes | 13 | 14 s |
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Cisco Meraki read as Cisco Meraki Dashboard
Datadog read as Datadog Network Monitoring
Datadog Network Performance Monitoring 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 Edition) read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG Network Monitor (Paessler) read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
Paessler PRTG read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
SolarWinds NPM read as SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
SolarWinds NPM (Network Performance Monitor) read as SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) - Enterprise Edition read as SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Spiceworks read as Spiceworks Network Monitor
Spiceworks Cloud read as Spiceworks Network Monitor
Unresolved, counted raw
AKIPS
BMC TrueSight
Broadcom DX NetOps (formerly CA Spectrum)
Checkmk Community
Cisco Business Dashboard / Cisco small-business tools
Cisco Catalyst Center or Crosswork
Cisco Crosswork Network Automation
Cisco DNA
Hosted Monitor
MikroTik RouterOS
Nornir
OpenText Network Node Manager i (NNMi)
Site24x7 Network Monitoring
SolarWinds Dameware Remote Everywhere
SolarWinds Orion Platform
SolarWinds Orion Suite (NPM + SAM + NCM + etc.)
Spiceworks Network Monitoring
TShark
UbiOps
Ubiquiti UniFi Controller
Windows Performance Monitor
pfSense dashboards
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.