Next-generation firewalls for enterprise buyers
Asked as “next-generation firewall”, and as “enterprise firewall appliance or virtual firewall”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 54 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
48%
Clear leader
48Palo Alto Networks NGFW41Fortinet FortiGate04Cisco Secure Firewall07others
48% of first choices, clear leader.
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.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
Fortinet FortiGate vs WatchGuard FireboxFortinet FortiGate vs Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGate vs Sophos Firewall
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.All fifteen head-to-head pages: the top six products, each against each
Fortinet FortiGate vs Check Point QuantumFortinet FortiGate vs SonicWallWatchGuard Firebox vs Palo Alto Networks NGFWWatchGuard Firebox vs Sophos FirewallWatchGuard Firebox vs Check Point QuantumWatchGuard Firebox vs SonicWallPalo Alto Networks NGFW vs Sophos FirewallPalo Alto Networks NGFW vs Check Point QuantumPalo Alto Networks NGFW vs SonicWallSophos Firewall vs Check Point QuantumSophos Firewall vs SonicWallCheck Point Quantum vs SonicWall
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 →
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07Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Palo Alto Networks NGFW48%
Palo Alto Networks NGFW48%02Fortinet FortiGate41%
Fortinet FortiGate41%03Cisco Secure Firewall4%
Cisco Secure Firewall4%04Check Point Quantum0%
Check Point Quantum0%05Juniper SRX Series0%
Juniper SRX Series0%06Sophos Firewall0%
Sophos Firewall0%07Barracuda CloudGen Firewall0%
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall0%What they warned about
Two of twelve 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 and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Cisco Secure Firewall17%
9 of 53 labels negative · 8 of 12 models
“Challenger | Good legacy integration, but trails leaders in advanced threat protection and cloud-native scaling” MiniMax M2.5, paraphrase prompt
Palo Alto Networks NGFW19%
12 of 62 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid or be very cautious about Palo Alto Networks (due to critical, actively exploited bugs and frequent disruptive updates)” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Fortinet FortiGate8%
5 of 62 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Fortinet (due to very high vulnerability frequency)” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Huawei NGFW50%
4 of 8 labels negative · 4 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“Verdict: Do not deploy in any Western enterprise or government-adjacent environment.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
What they cite
Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
69 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1046 links across 269 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Fortinet39 answers · 66 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Check Point32 answers · 53 citations · 11 models
32 answers · 48 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Palo Alto Networks29 answers · 41 citations · 12 models
27 answers · 29 citations · 9 models
26 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
26 answers · 29 citations · 11 models
vendor site · CyberPress18 answers · 19 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
16 answers · 24 citations · 8 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 25 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.
26 answers · 9 models
26 answers · 11 models
25 answers · 10 models
25 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 7 models
14 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 9 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 next-generation firewall”, “next-generation firewall”, “next-generation firewalls”. 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 | Google ads, last 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks parent site Palo Alto Networks NGFW 48%, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 2% | 50% | 132 | 40,500 | 1,088 | ||
| Fortinet parent site Fortinet FortiGate 41%, Fortinet FortiSASE 2% | 43% | 179 | 49,500 | 2,339 | ||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Secure Firewall 4%, Cisco Meraki MX 0% | 4% | 105 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||
| Palo Alto Networks Strata | 2% | |||||
| VM-Series | 2% | |||||
| Check Point parent site Check Point Quantum 0% | 0% | 89 | 14,800 | 4,487 | ||
| Juniper SRX Series juniper.net | 0% | 28 | 30 | 0 | 267,308 | 0 |
| Sophos parent site Sophos Firewall 0% | 0% | 97 | 18,100 | 2,046 | ||
| Barracuda parent site Barracuda CloudGen Firewall 0% | 0% | 9 | 201,000 | 10,561 | ||
| Cato catonetworks.com Cato Networks 0%, Cato Networks Network Firewall 0% | 0% | 133 | 5,400 | 120 | 20,161 company | 10 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (checkpoint.com, fortinet.com, paloaltonetworks.com, reddit.com). The first result for “best next-generation firewall” is nomios.nl.
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 next-generation firewall for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which enterprise firewall appliance or virtual firewall would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade next-generation firewalls and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best next-generation firewall 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 next-generation firewall. What should we look at?”Negative“Which next-generation firewalls should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks StrataChangedFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWno first choiceagainst: AWS Network Firewall, Azure Firewall, Cisco Secure Firewall, Citrix, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos FirewallGPT-5.4 miniPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWChangedPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateno first choiceagainst: Cisco firewall platforms / Firepower / ASA-family deployments, Fortinet FortiGate, Ivanti, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, SonicWall firewalls
One alternative
Fortinet FortiGateOne alternative
Check Point QuantumFour alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX SeriesOne alternative
Palo Alto Networks NGFWGemini 3.5 FlashFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFWChangedPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: AWS Network Firewall, Azure Firewall, Cisco Meraki, Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper SRX Series, SonicWall, Sophos Firewall
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure FirewallTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateOne alternative
Cato NetworksTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGatePerplexity SonarPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateChangedPalo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Sophos FirewallFortinet FortiGateno first choiceagainst: Arista NG Firewall, Cloudflare One, Hillstone, Huawei NGFW, WatchGuard Firebox, Zscaler Internet Access
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGateFour alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper SRX Series, Palo Alto Networks NGFWThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateOne alternative
Palo Alto Networks NGFWGrok 4.20Palo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFW, Palo Alto Networks VM-SeriesChangedagainst: Fortinet FortiGate-VMPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Huawei NGFW, OPNsense, pfSense
Three alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure FirewallOne alternative
Cisco Secure FirewallMistral SmallFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWCisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFWChangedPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateno first choiceagainst: Cisco ASA, Palo Alto Networks NGFWs
Two alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos FirewallTwo alternatives
FortiGate NGFW, Zscaler Firewall-as-a-ServiceFour alternatives
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateOne alternative
Palo Alto Networks NGFWDeepSeek V4 FlashFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFWChangedPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Huawei NGFW, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard Firebox
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure FirewallThree alternatives
Check Point Maestro, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateFour alternatives
Cato Networks, Cloudflare One, Fortinet FortiSASE, Zscaler Internet AccessThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateLlama 4 MaverickFortinet FortiGateCisco Secure FirewallChangedno first choicePalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWnothing named
One alternative
Palo Alto Networks NGFWTwo alternatives
Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGateTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos FirewallQwen 3.7 FlashPalo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFWHeldPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Cisco Secure Firewall, Huawei NGFW, Juniper Networks, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard Firebox, ZTE
Two alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateOne alternative
Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateOne alternative
Check Point QuantumThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateKimi K2Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFW, VM-SeriesChangedPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Ivanti, Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure FirewallTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateTwo alternatives
Fortinet FortiSASE, Palo Alto Networks Prisma AccessOne alternative
Check Point QuantumGLM 4.7 FlashXPalo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFWHeldFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFWno first choiceagainst: Check Point Quantum, Forcepoint, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Three alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure FirewallOne alternative
Check Point QuantumMiniMax M2.5Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateChangedagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper NetworksFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiSASEagainst: Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, Zscaler Internet Accessno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX SeriesTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFWThree alternatives
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure FirewallOne alternative
FortiGateBold 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.
Seventy-two 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 | 2026-09-17 09:41 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:40 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:39 | yes | 18 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:39 | yes | 18 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 10:35 | yes | 31 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 13:15 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:29 | yes | 10 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:51 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 09:49 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:53 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:17 | yes | 27 | 164 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 14:06 | yes | 5 | 54 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:40 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:23 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 14:00 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:54 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 13:26 | yes | 41 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 12:01 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:55 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:50 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 12:22 | yes | 5 | 41 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:38 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 14:14 | yes | 15 | 43 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:26 | yes | 5 | 71 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:25 | yes | 16 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:29 | yes | 6 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:34 | yes | 20 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 13:47 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:05 | yes | 27 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:04 | yes | 20 | 13 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:57 | yes | 17 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:49 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:16 | no | 0 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:33 | yes | 10 | 44 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:08 | yes | 10 | 139 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:54 | yes | 9 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 13:55 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:32 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:46 | yes | 18 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 12:50 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:06 | yes | 35 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 12:35 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:35 | yes | 17 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:05 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:05 | yes | 8 | 70 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:18 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:35 | yes | 12 | 68 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 11:52 | yes | 23 | 85 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:54 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 13:06 | yes | 4 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 14:06 | yes | 11 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 13:21 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 09:33 | yes | 20 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 13:22 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:51 | yes | 40 | 53 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:31 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:44 | no | 0 | 41 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 10:07 | yes | 30 | 56 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:08 | yes | 30 | 72 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:07 | yes | 14 | 43 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:26 | yes | 25 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:40 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 11:12 | yes | 26 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 13:58 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 11:53 | yes | 24 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 12:15 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:44 | yes | 25 | 51 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 14:11 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:19 | yes | 17 | 122 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 14:09 | yes | 27 | 56 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:58 | yes | 28 | 210 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:05 | yes | 7 | 42 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Barracuda read as Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
Barracuda CloudGen read as Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
Cato read as Cato Networks Network Firewall
Check Point read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum / CloudGuard) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum / Infinity platform) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum / Infinity) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum Security Gateways) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum Series) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point NGFW read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point Quantum Force read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point Quantum Force NGFW read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point Quantum Security Gateways read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point Software read as Check Point Quantum
Cisco read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Cisco Secure Firewall / formerly Firepower/FTD) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Firepower/FMC) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Secure Firewall) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Firepower read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Meraki MX series read as Cisco Meraki MX
Cisco Secure Firewall 4200 Series read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Secure Firewall 4200 Series (e.g., 4245) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Secure Firewall 4200 series read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare One
Fortinet read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet (FortiGate Series) read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet (FortiGate) read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate 3000F/3200F Series read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate 600F read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate 7000F series read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate NGFW read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet's FortiGate read as Fortinet FortiGate
Huawei read as Huawei NGFW
Juniper read as Juniper SRX Series
Juniper (SRX Series) read as Juniper SRX Series
Juniper SRX read as Juniper SRX Series
Palo Alto read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA Series) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-Series / Strata) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-Series / VM-Series) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-Series) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-Series/Prisma) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PAN-OS) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (Prisma Access / PA-Series) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks PA Series read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks PA-7000 Series read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks PA-Series read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks PA‑7000 series read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks PA‑Series (PAN‑OS) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto PA-Series read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Sophos read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos (XG Firewall / Intercept X) read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos (XGS Series) read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos XGS read as Sophos Firewall
Untangle read as Arista NG Firewall
WatchGuard read as WatchGuard Firebox
Zscaler read as Zscaler Internet Access
Unresolved, counted raw
Check Point Maestro (Hyperscale)
Cisco firewall platforms / Firepower / ASA-family deployments
FortiGate NGFW
Google Cloud's *Cloud NGFW Enterprise*
Microsoft Entra Secure Access
Neocarrier's Managed Firewall
Palo Alto Networks Strata
Panorama
SonicWall firewalls
Sourcefire 8290
Zscaler Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS)
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.