Next-generation firewalls
Asked as “next-generation firewall”, and as “enterprise firewall appliance or virtual firewall”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 52 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
71%
Clear leader
71Fortinet FortiGate08Palo Alto Networks NGFW04pfSense17others
71% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▼−2Since October 2026: 73% → 71%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Fortinet FortiGate held the lead, −2 points on 73%, 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
Fortinet FortiGate72%Clear leader▲+21Since October 2026: 51% → 72%, +21 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Mid-marketFortinet FortiGate71%Clear leader▼−2Since October 2026: 73% → 71%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterprise
Palo Alto Networks NGFW44%Clear leader▲+6Since October 2026: 38% → 44%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
Fortinet FortiGate72%Clear leader▲+21Since October 2026: 51% → 72%, +21 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Mid-marketFortinet FortiGate71%Clear leader▼−2Since October 2026: 73% → 71%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterprisePalo Alto Networks NGFW44%Clear leader▲+6Since October 2026: 38% → 44%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Fortinet FortiGate71%13%69endorsed leader▼−2Since October 2026: 73% → 71%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.73% → 71%
Fortinet FortiGate71%13%69endorsed leader▼−2Since October 2026: 73% → 71%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.73% → 71%02Palo Alto Networks NGFW8%20%59accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 2% → 8%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 8%
Palo Alto Networks NGFW8%20%59accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 2% → 8%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 8%03
pfSense4%20%10accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%
pfSense4%20%10accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%04
Sophos Firewall2%4%47accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
Sophos Firewall2%4%47accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%05
SonicWall2%40%20criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
SonicWall2%40%20criticized 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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Cisco Secure Firewall0%28%50criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Cisco Secure Firewall0%28%50criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%09
Juniper SRX Series0%14%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Juniper SRX Series0%14%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
WatchGuard Firebox0%13%15accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
WatchGuard Firebox0%13%15accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%06
Check Point Quantum0%12%40accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Check Point Quantum0%12%40accepted 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 head
All ten head-to-head pages: the top five products, each against each
One product takes 71% of first choices here, so the chart would put eight markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Two products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category.
What they warned about
Ten of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Mistral Small and GPT-6 Luna 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 Firewall28%
14 of 50 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Avoid high-end like Palo Alto or full Cisco Secure Firewall unless scaled down” Grok 4.20, budget prompt
Fortinet FortiGate13%
9 of 69 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Multiple critical vulnerabilities exploited in the wild (CVE-2024-21762, CVE-2023-27997)” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
SonicWall40%
8 of 20 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Avoid: SonicWall devices running older firmware versions that are known to be unpatched (particularly the SMA 100 series).” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Palo Alto Networks NGFW20%
12 of 59 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid high-end like Palo Alto or full Cisco Secure Firewall unless scaled down” Grok 4.20, budget 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
71 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. 772 links across 219 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 38 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 · Fortinet37 answers · 54 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Check Point27 answers · 33 citations · 13 models
vendor site · CyberPress16 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 36 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Cisco14 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Palo Alto Networks13 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
13 answers · 14 citations · 6 models
12 answers · 15 citations · 7 models
publisher (Gane)11 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
11 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
11 answers · 11 citations · 8 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.
15 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 5 models
11 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 8 models
9 answers · 7 models
9 answers · 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet parent site Fortinet FortiGate 71% | 71% | 179 | 49,500 | 2,339 | ||
| Palo Alto Networks parent site Palo Alto Networks NGFW 8%, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 0% | 8% | 132 | 40,500 | 1,088 | ||
| pfSense pfsense.com | 4% | 38 | 14,800 | 2,048 | ||
| Sophos parent site Sophos Firewall 2% | 2% | 97 | 18,100 | 2,046 | ||
| OPNsense opnsense.org | 2% | 19 | ||||
| Ubiquiti ubiquiti.com Ubiquiti UniFi 2% | 2% | 17 | 9,900 | 450 | 15,584 company | |
| FortiGate 200G | 2% | |||||
| Arista NG Firewall arista.com | 2% | 1 | 46,898 | 3 | ||
| FortiGate 70G | 2% | |||||
| Fortinet FortiGate 100F | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (checkpoint.com, cisco.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 a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which enterprise firewall appliance or virtual firewall would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top next-generation firewalls and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best next-generation firewall for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a next-generation firewall. What should we look at?”Negative“Which next-generation firewalls should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceFortinet FortiGate 100F, Sophos FirewallChangedPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateno first choiceagainst: Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall
Three alternatives
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, FortiGate-VM NGFW, Palo Alto Networks VM-SeriesThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateTwo alternatives
SonicWall Gen 7, Sophos FirewallGPT-5.4 miniPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateChangedPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
Two alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallFive alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX Series, Sophos FirewallTwo alternatives
Cisco SMB firewalls, Sophos FirewallGemini 3.5 FlashFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateagainst: Cisco Meraki, Cisco Secure Firewallagainst: Fortinet FortiGate, Ivanti, Legacy Cisco Firepower, Palo Alto PA-200 / PA-500, SonicWall TZ Series, Sophos Firewall, legacy Juniper SRX series, older Netgear/D-Link "Pro" security gateways
Three alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallFour alternatives
Cisco Meraki, Cloudflare One, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Zscaler Internet AccessFour alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos FirewallFour alternatives
OPNsense, Sophos Firewall, Ubiquiti UniFi, ZenarmorTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks Prisma AccessPerplexity SonarFortinet FortiGateagainst: Cisco Secure FirewallFortinet FortiGateHeldagainst: Cisco Secure FirewallPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateno first choiceagainst: Check Point Quantum, Sophos Firewall
Two alternatives
Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallFive alternatives
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos Firewall, VM-SeriesFive alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX Series, Sophos FirewallFour alternatives
OPNsense, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard Firebox, pfSenseGrok 4.20Fortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldagainst: Juniper SRX Series, Ubiquiti UniFiFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Cisco Secure FirewallFortinet FortiGateagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall TZ Seriesno first choiceagainst: AWS Network Firewall, Azure Firewall, Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall
Six alternatives
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Check Point Quantum NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall NSa Series, Sophos FirewallFive alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks PA-Series or Prisma Access, SonicWall NSa SeriesOne alternative
Check Point QuantumThree alternatives
Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard Firebox, pfSenseThree alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWMistral SmallFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation FirewallFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWChangedCheck Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWpfSenseno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure FirewallThree alternatives
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, FortiGate VM, SonicWall NSa SeriesThree alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper Networks, Sophos FirewallThree alternatives
Fortinet FortiGate, SonicWall TZ Series, Sophos FirewallDeepSeek V4 FlashFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldPalo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Juniper NetworksFortinet FortiGate, Ubiquiti UniFiagainst: OPNsense, pfSenseFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: AWS Network Firewall, Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services, Cisco Secure Firewall, FortiGate, Microsoft Azure Firewall, SonicWall
Two alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFWTwo alternatives
Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallFive alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos Firewall, Zscaler Internet AccessTwo alternatives
Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall TZ SeriesTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure FirewallLlama 4 MaverickFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldno first choiceArista NG Firewall, SonicWallno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Three alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallQwen 3.7 FlashFortinet FortiGateagainst: Dell SonicWallFortinet FortiGateHeldPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall
Two alternatives
Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallTwo alternatives
Palo Alto Networks NGFW, WatchGuard FireboxFour alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos FirewallFour alternatives
OPNsense, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard Firebox, pfSenseKimi K2Fortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFWOPNsense, pfSenseFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewallagainst: Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX Series, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall
One alternative
Palo Alto Networks NGFWTwo alternatives
SonicWall NSa Series, Sophos FirewallFour alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos FirewallThree alternatives
Fortinet FortiGate, SonicWall TZ Series, WatchGuard FireboxGLM 4.7 FlashXFortinet FortiGateagainst: Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall Gen 8 NSA SeriesFortinet FortiGateHeldCisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWno first choiceagainst: AWS Network Firewall, Microsoft Azure Firewall, SonicWall, WatchGuard Firebox
Four alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, FortiGate VM, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallFour alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Huawei NGFW, Juniper Networks, SonicWallFour alternatives
SonicWall TZ Series, Sophos Firewall, Ubiquiti UniFi, pfSense+ Security GatewayMiniMax M2.5Fortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldagainst: pfSensePalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateno first choiceagainst: Cisco ASA, Fortinet FortiGate, Ivanti Connect Secure, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, SonicWall NGFW, WatchGuard Firebox
Four alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos FirewallTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFWFive alternatives
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos FirewallFive alternatives
Check Point Harmony SASE, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall TZ Series, Sophos Firewall, pfSenseGPT-6 LunaFortinet FortiGateFortiGate 200GChangedagainst: PA-400Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortiGate 70Gno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFWThree alternatives
FortiGate VM, PA-500 series, Palo Alto Networks NGFWFive alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX Series, Sophos FirewallOne alternative
Sophos FirewallMuse Glimmer 30BFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldFortinet – FortiGate Series, Palo Alto Networks – PA-Series / Prisma AccessFortinet FortiGateno first choiceagainst: Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, SonicWall
Three alternatives
Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard FireboxFour alternatives
Cisco Meraki MX95, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks PA-445, Palo Alto Networks VM-SeriesThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Systems – Secure Firewall / Firepower Threat Defense, HPE Juniper Networks – SRX / HMFFour alternatives
OPNsense, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard Firebox, pfSenseBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:23 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:25 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:05 | yes | 11 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:22 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:21 | yes | 16 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:46 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:56 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:50 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:46 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:11 | yes | 15 | 41 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:00 | yes | 14 | 80 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:07 | yes | 5 | 86 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:43 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:59 | yes | 15 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:50 | yes | 16 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:31 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 14:35 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:13 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:28 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:59 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:27 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:21 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:30 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:53 | yes | 24 | 54 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:21 | yes | 24 | 70 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:09 | no | 0 | 89 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:49 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:40 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:46 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:06 | yes | 6 | 7 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 14:53 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:22 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:06 | yes | 15 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:09 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:14 | yes | 23 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:53 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:42 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:25 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:04 | yes | 25 | 81 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:08 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:35 | yes | 6 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:28 | yes | 15 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:50 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:51 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 14:54 | yes | 7 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:45 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:24 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:59 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:55 | yes | 23 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:33 | yes | 7 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:26 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:41 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:59 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:09 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:29 | yes | 2 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:50 | yes | 14 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:57 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:39 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 08:52 | no | 0 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:04 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:09 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:15 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:14 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:07 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:10 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:17 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:01 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:43 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:53 | yes | 2 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:18 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:31 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:52 | yes | 2 | 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 14:14 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:53 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:49 | yes | 13 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:12 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:32 | yes | 23 | 63 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:01 | yes | 9 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:43 | yes | 5 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:39 | yes | 25 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:24 | yes | 24 | 91 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:38 | yes | 15 | 52 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:36 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:19 | yes | 15 | 22 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 CloudGen read as Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
Check Point read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum NGFW) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum Spark/Next Generation Gateway) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point NGFW read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point Software (Quantum Series / SmartConsole) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point Software Technologies – Quantum Series read as Check Point Quantum
Cisco read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Cisco Secure Firewall / Firepower / FTD) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Firepower / FTD) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Firepower Meraki MX) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Firepower) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Firepower/FTD) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Secure Firewall / Firepower) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Secure Firewall) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare One
Fortinet read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet (FortiGate & FortiOS) read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet (FortiGate NGFW) read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet (FortiGate) read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate NGFW read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate Series read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate-40F/60F Series read as Fortinet FortiGate
Huawei read as Huawei NGFW
Juniper read as Juniper SRX Series
Juniper (SRX) read as Juniper SRX Series
Juniper Networks SRX 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-410 / PA-440) 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 (PAN-OS / Strata NGFW) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PAN-OS) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (Strata / PA-Series & VM-Series) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (VM) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks PA-400 Series read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks PA-400 series read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks PA-Series read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks PA-series read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto PA-Series read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Sophos read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos (XGS Series) read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos (XGS) read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos Firewall XGS read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos XGS read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos XGS Series (XGS 107 / 115) read as Sophos Firewall
Ubiquiti read as Ubiquiti UniFi
Ubiquiti UniFi Gateway read as Ubiquiti UniFi
Untangle NG Firewall (Arista) read as Arista NG Firewall
WatchGuard read as WatchGuard Firebox
WatchGuard Firebox T-Series read as WatchGuard Firebox
Zscaler read as Zscaler Internet Access
Zscaler (Cloud Firewall / ZIA) read as Zscaler Internet Access
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS Guard Duty
Check Point Quantum NGFW
Cisco ASA v
Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services
Cisco SMB firewalls
Cisco Systems – Secure Firewall / Firepower Threat Defense
Dell SonicWall
Fortinet FortiGate 100F
Fortinet – FortiGate Series
HPE Juniper Networks – SRX / HMF
Legacy Cisco Firepower (ASA with Firepower / FMC)
PA-400
PA-500 series
Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
Palo Alto Networks PA-445
Palo Alto Networks PA-Series or Prisma Access
Palo Alto Networks – PA-Series / Prisma Access
Palo Alto PA-200 / PA-500
SonicWall Gen 8 NSA Series
SonicWall NGFW
Sophos XG Firewall
Versa Networks Next Generation Firewall
WatchGuard Firebox T185
legacy Juniper SRX series
older Netgear/D-Link "Pro" security gateways
pfSense+ Security Gateway
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.