Network monitoring and management for enterprise buyers
Asked as “network monitoring tool”, and as “network management and automation software”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 53 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
15%
Contested · ManageEngine OpManager 15%
15LogicMonitor15ManageEngine OpManager11Datadog Network Monitoring58others
15% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026↗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.LogicMonitor leads at 15%, replacing SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, which led at 16% and stands at 8% now: 7 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.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.This page
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.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.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01LogicMonitor15%9%43accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 15% → 15%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.15% → 15%
LogicMonitor15%9%43accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 15% → 15%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.15% → 15%02
ManageEngine OpManager15%3%33accepted challenger▲+11Since October 2026: 4% → 15%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.4% → 15%
ManageEngine OpManager15%3%33accepted challenger▲+11Since October 2026: 4% → 15%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.4% → 15%03
Datadog Network Monitoring11%18%38accepted challenger▲+7Since October 2026: 4% → 11%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 11%
Datadog Network Monitoring11%18%38accepted challenger▲+7Since October 2026: 4% → 11%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 11%04
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform9%0%10accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 5% → 9%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 9%
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform9%0%10accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 5% → 9%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 9%05
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor8%15%33accepted challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 16% → 8%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 8%
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor8%15%33accepted challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 16% → 8%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 8%06
Kentik6%9%23accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 5% → 6%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 6%
Kentik6%9%23accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 5% → 6%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 6%07
Checkmk6%6%16accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 0% → 6%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 6%
Checkmk6%6%16accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 0% → 6%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 6%08
Cisco Catalyst Center6%0%11accepted challenger▼−9Since October 2026: 15% → 6%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.15% → 6%
Cisco Catalyst Center6%0%11accepted challenger▼−9Since October 2026: 15% → 6%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.15% → 6%09Zabbix2%22%41accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
Zabbix2%22%41accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%10Paessler PRTG Network Monitor2%41%37criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor2%41%37criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%11
Nagios2%45%22criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Nagios2%45%22criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Auvik0%25%12criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 0%
Auvik0%25%12criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 0%14
New Relic0%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
New Relic0%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%12
Dynatrace0%6%18accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Dynatrace0%6%18accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%13
Cisco ThousandEyes0%0%13accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Cisco ThousandEyes0%0%13accepted 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
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.
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 →
010203040506070809101112131415Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
Key
01LogicMonitor15%
LogicMonitor15%02ManageEngine OpManager15%
ManageEngine OpManager15%03Datadog Network Monitoring11%
Datadog Network Monitoring11%04Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform9%
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform9%05SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor8%
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor8%06Kentik6%
Kentik6%07Checkmk6%
Checkmk6%08Cisco Catalyst Center6%
Cisco Catalyst Center6%09Zabbix2%
Zabbix2%10Paessler PRTG Network Monitor2%
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor2%11Nagios2%
Nagios2%12Dynatrace0%
Dynatrace0%13Cisco ThousandEyes0%
Cisco ThousandEyes0%14New Relic0%
New Relic0%15Auvik0%
Auvik0%What they warned about
One 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, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, 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.
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor41%
15 of 37 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Sensor-based pricing can lead to unpredictable costs (200% price increases reported)” Kimi K2, budget prompt
Nagios45%
10 of 22 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“large enterprises should avoid legacy, manually configured open source stacks like Nagios Core for production-wide monitoring” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Datadog Network Monitoring18%
7 of 38 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“What to Avoid for Cost Predictability: Avoid Datadog, Dynatrace, or ThousandEyes if your primary goal is cost control.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
SolarWinds Orion100%
6 of 6 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“the SolarWinds supply chain attack, where hackers compromised a digitally signed SolarWinds Orion network monitoring component, opening a backdoor” Claude Haiku 4.5, 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
73 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. 847 links across 256 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 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.
vendor site · Kentik29 answers · 38 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Checkmk29 answers · 37 citations · 10 models
vendor site · New Relic25 answers · 26 citations · 9 models
25 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
vendor site · ManageEngine21 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Domotz20 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · SolarWinds14 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Guideflow13 answers · 18 citations · 5 models
12 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
12 answers · 15 citations · 6 models
12 answers · 13 citations · 8 models
11 answers · 14 citations · 9 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.
27 answers · 10 models
23 answers · 8 models
22 answers · 10 models
21 answers · 10 models
16 answers · 9 models
11 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 7 models
9 answers · 8 models
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LogicMonitor logicmonitor.com | 15% | 184 | 5,400 | 236 | 82,441 | $1,636 | 31 |
| ManageEngine parent site ManageEngine OpManager 15% | 15% | 223 | 8,100 | 675 | |||
| Datadog parent site Datadog Network Monitoring 11% | 11% | 80 | 74,000 | 3,541 | |||
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform redhat.com | 9% | 18 | 1,300 | 10 | 1,347,338 | $281 | 117 |
| SolarWinds parent site SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 8%, SolarWinds Network Automation Manager 2%, SolarWinds Observability 0% | 9% | 91 | 14,800 | 1,396 | |||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Catalyst Center 6%, Cisco NSO 2%, Cisco ThousandEyes 0% | 8% | 21 | 165,000 | 48,352 | |||
| Kentik kentik.com | 6% | 33 | 246,000 | 62 | 110,569 | 24 | |
| Checkmk checkmk.com | 6% | 64 | 2,400 | 53 | 5,596 | 68 | |
| Gluware Intelligent Network Automation gluware.com | 4% | 5 | |||||
| Zabbix zabbix.com | 2% | 313 | 12,100 | 992 | 18,850 | 3 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (blog.domotz.com, solarwinds.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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which network management and automation software would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade network monitoring tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best network monitoring tool for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a network monitoring tool. What should we look at?”Negative“Which network monitoring tools should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorCisco Catalyst CenterChangedno first choiceManageEngine OpManageragainst: Paessler PRTG Network Monitorno first choiceagainst: SolarWinds Orion
Three alternatives
Datadog Infrastructure Pro, LogicMonitor, ZabbixFour alternatives
Arista CloudVision, Juniper Contrail Enterprise Multicloud, Nokia AVA Network Services, Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformTwo alternatives
NetCrunch, ZabbixGPT-5.4 miniDatadog Network Monitoring, KentikCisco NSOChangedDatadog Network Monitoringagainst: Paessler PRTG Network MonitorManageEngine OpManagerno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
IBM SevOne, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorThree alternatives
Cisco Catalyst Center, HPE Edge Infrastructure Automation, SolarWinds Network Automation ManagerThree alternatives
IBM SevOne, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ThousandEyesOne alternative
Paessler PRTG Enterprise MonitorGemini 3.5 FlashDatadog Network MonitoringItential Automation Platform, Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformChangedSolarWinds Network Performance MonitorZabbixagainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, LogicMonitor, ThousandEyesno first choiceagainst: Cacti, MRTG, Nagios, Nmap, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset, SolarWinds Orion Platform, Spiceworks Network Monitor, Wireshark
Four alternatives
Cisco ThousandEyes, Dynatrace, Kentik, LogicMonitorSeven alternatives
Cisco Network Services Orchestrator, Cisco ThousandEyes, Gluware, Kentik, Nautobot, NetBox, ServiceNowFive alternatives
Cisco ThousandEyes, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, LogicMonitor, NetBrainThree alternatives
Checkmk, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Enterprise MonitorPerplexity SonarLogicMonitoragainst: ZabbixLogicMonitorHeldagainst: Cisco CrossworkLogicMonitor, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorManageEngine OpManagerno first choiceagainst: LibreNMS, Nagios, Zabbix
Four alternatives
Checkmk, Cisco ThousandEyes, Kentik, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorNine alternatives
Cisco Catalyst Center, IP Fabric, ManageEngine OpManager, NetBox Enterprise or NetBox Cloud, NetBrain, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, UnimusSeven alternatives
Checkmk, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, Kentik, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ThousandEyes, ZabbixOne alternative
ZabbixGrok 4.20Datadog Network MonitoringCisco Catalyst CenterChangedagainst: SolarWinds Network Automation ManagerManageEngine OpManager, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitoragainst: Paessler PRTG Network MonitorManageEngine OpManager, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitoragainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, Kentik, LibreNMS, LogicMonitor, New Relic, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Prometheus, Zabbixno first choiceagainst: SolarWindsagainst: Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds, Zabbix
Three alternatives
LogicMonitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixThree alternatives
Gluware Intelligent Network Automation, Juniper Apstra, Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformFive alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, ExtraHop, LogicMonitor, Nagios, ZabbixOne alternative
CheckmkMistral SmallDatadog Network Monitoring, Kentik, VirtanaCisco Catalyst CenterChangedKentikDomotz, LogicMonitoragainst: Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Observabilityno first choiceagainst: SolarWinds Orionagainst: Auvik, Device42, LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpUtils, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Five alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, PathSolutions TotalView, Site24x7, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixSix alternatives
HPE Aruba Central, Juniper Apstra, Nokia NSP, Red Hat Ansible Network Automation, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, VMware Aria AutomationFive alternatives
Cisco ThousandEyes, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, LogicMonitor, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorDeepSeek V4 FlashKentik, LogicMonitoragainst: Datadog Network MonitoringRed Hat Ansible Automation PlatformChangedagainst: ManageEngine OpManagerno first choiceCheckmkagainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, Kentik, New Relic, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitorno first choiceagainst: Cacti, MRTG, Monit, Nagios, Observium, OpenNMS, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Orion, npm
Four alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixThree alternatives
Cisco Catalyst Center, Gluware Intelligent Network Automation, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorTen alternatives
Cisco ThousandEyes, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, Kentik, LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixThree alternatives
LogicMonitor, PRTG Enterprise Monitor, ZabbixLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceLogicMonitorChangedno first choiceCheckmkno first choiceagainst: Auvik, Device42, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Two alternatives
Juniper/Mist, ManageEngine OpManagerThree alternatives
LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorQwen 3.7 FlashLogicMonitoragainst: NagiosRed Hat Ansible Automation PlatformChangedno first choiceagainst: SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorManageEngine OpManageragainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, Splunk, Zabbixno first choiceagainst: Auvik, Nagios, NetBrain, OpenNMS, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Orion, Zabbix
Three alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixFour alternatives
Itential, ManageEngine OpManager, NetBrain, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorFour alternatives
LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixTwo alternatives
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorKimi K2ManageEngine OpManager, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorGluware Intelligent Network AutomationChangedDatadog Network Monitoring, DynatraceManageEngine OpManageragainst: Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitor, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWindsno first choiceagainst: Checkmk, Zabbixagainst: Cacti, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbix
Three alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitor, ZabbixThree alternatives
Ansible, Cisco Catalyst Center, Juniper/MistSix alternatives
LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixOne alternative
ZabbixGLM 4.7 FlashXDatadog Network MonitoringNetBrain Systems, SolarWinds Network Automation ManagerChangedDatadog Network Monitoring, DynatraceCheckmkagainst: Datadog Network Monitoringno first choiceagainst: SolarWinds
Five alternatives
LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixFour alternatives
Gluware Intelligent Network Automation, ManageEngine OpManager Nexus, New Relic, Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformSix alternatives
IBM Instana, LogicMonitor, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Observability, ZabbixOne alternative
LogicMonitorMiniMax M2.5ManageEngine OpManager, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorGluware Intelligent Network AutomationChangedno first choiceNagiosno first choiceagainst: Splunkagainst: SolarWinds Orion
Three alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, Dynatrace, ZabbixThree alternatives
NETSCOUT nGenius, NetBrain Next-Gen, Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformOne alternative
LogicMonitorGPT-6 LunaLogicMonitorRed Hat Ansible Automation PlatformChangedno first choiceNagios XI Sitewideno first choiceagainst: Nagios, Network Atlas, Observium Community Edition, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Orion
Three alternatives
Cisco ThousandEyes, Datadog Network Monitoring, SolarWinds Network Performance MonitorFour alternatives
Cisco Catalyst Center, HPE Aruba Networking Central, Juniper/Mist, SolarWinds ObservabilityOne alternative
ZabbixFour alternatives
Datadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitor, SolarWinds Observability, ThousandEyesMuse Glimmer 30BDatadog Network Monitoring, LogicMonitorRed Hat Ansible Automation PlatformChangedno first choiceNetdata, Paessler PRTG Network Monitoragainst: Zabbixno first choiceagainst: ManageEngine OpUtils, Nagios, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Orion NPM
Three alternatives
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, ZabbixFour alternatives
Cisco Catalyst Center, ManageEngine OpManager, NetBox, SolarWinds ObservabilityTwelve alternatives
Auvik, Checkmk, Datadog Network Monitoring, Dotcom-Monitor, Kentik, LibreNMS, LogicMonitor, New Relic, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds, ThousandEyes, ZabbixOne alternative
DomotzBold 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 15:42 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:02 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 15:00 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:52 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:18 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:46 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:36 | yes | 17 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:37 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:55 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:22 | yes | 9 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:18 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:29 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:51 | yes | 4 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:31 | yes | 12 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:34 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:35 | yes | 7 | 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 17:37 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:19 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:34 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:36 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:52 | yes | 24 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:44 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:30 | yes | 5 | 37 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:45 | yes | 20 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:41 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:36 | yes | 5 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:57 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:29 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:24 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:20 | yes | 5 | 10 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 10:38 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:12 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:01 | yes | 9 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:39 | yes | 23 | 43 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:55 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:25 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:55 | yes | 15 | 29 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:25 | yes | 24 | 106 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:38 | yes | 10 | 80 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:42 | yes | 9 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:53 | yes | 12 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:54 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:03 | 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 10:37 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:41 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:30 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:43 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:15 | yes | 25 | 69 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:09 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:08 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:33 | yes | 19 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:21 | yes | 24 | 42 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:13 | yes | 13 | 39 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:46 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:10 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:33 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:45 | yes | 2 | 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 08:49 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:40 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:34 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:57 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:55 | yes | 22 | 42 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:59 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:11 | yes | 9 | 49 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:15 | yes | 25 | 44 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:35 | yes | 25 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:18 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:58 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:36 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:31 | yes | 27 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:50 | yes | 7 | 7 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 09:39 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:52 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:36 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:26 | yes | 25 | 54 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:56 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:54 | yes | 10 | 44 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:33 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:55 | yes | 15 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:25 | yes | 20 | 51 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:41 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:08 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
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Datadog read as Datadog Network Monitoring
Datadog (Network Monitoring) 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 (Paessler) read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
Paessler PRTG read as Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
SolarWinds NPM read as SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Spiceworks read as Spiceworks Network Monitor
Unresolved, counted raw
Aruba IntroSpect
Cisco Crosswork
Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)
Cisco Stealtheatch
FirstWave NMIS
HPE Edge Infrastructure Automation
IBM Network Monitoring
Itential Automation Platform
Juniper Contrail Enterprise Multicloud
Kilter
LiveAction LiveNX
Nagios XI Sitewide
NetBox Enterprise or NetBox Cloud
NetBrain Next-Gen
NetBrain Systems
NetCrunch
Network Atlas
Nokia AVA Network Services
Nokia NSP (Network Services Platform)
OpenText Network Automation
Panopta
Red Hat Ansible Network Automation
SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability
SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted
SolarWinds Orion NPM
SolarWinds Orion Platform
VMware Aria Automation (formerly vRealize Automation)
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.