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, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
44%
Clear leader
44Palo Alto Networks NGFW31Fortinet FortiGate11Check Point Firewall-as-a-Subscription13others
44% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+6Since October 2026: 38% → 44%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Palo Alto Networks NGFW held the lead, +6 points on 38%, 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.Standing →Enterprise
Palo Alto Networks NGFW44%Clear leader▲+6Since October 2026: 38% → 44%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This page
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.Standing →EnterprisePalo Alto Networks NGFW44%Clear leader▲+6Since October 2026: 38% → 44%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.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
01Palo Alto Networks NGFW44%10%62endorsed leader▲+6Since October 2026: 38% → 44%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.38% → 44%
Palo Alto Networks NGFW44%10%62endorsed leader▲+6Since October 2026: 38% → 44%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.38% → 44%02Fortinet FortiGate31%12%72endorsed leader▼−5Since October 2026: 36% → 31%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.36% → 31%
Fortinet FortiGate31%12%72endorsed leader▼−5Since October 2026: 36% → 31%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.36% → 31%03
Check Point Quantum2%7%56accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 3% → 2%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 2%
Check Point Quantum2%7%56accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 3% → 2%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Sophos Firewall0%47%15criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Sophos Firewall0%47%15criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%04
Cisco Secure Firewall0%22%60accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 3% → 0%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 0%
Cisco Secure Firewall0%22%60accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 3% → 0%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 0%05
Juniper SRX Series0%0%16accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Juniper SRX Series0%0%16accepted 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
Fortinet FortiGate vs Palo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGate vs pfSenseFortinet FortiGate vs Sophos Firewall
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.All ten head-to-head pages: the top five products, each against each
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 →
010203040506Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Palo Alto Networks NGFW44%
Palo Alto Networks NGFW44%02Fortinet FortiGate31%
Fortinet FortiGate31%03Check Point Quantum2%
Check Point Quantum2%04Cisco Secure Firewall0%
Cisco Secure Firewall0%05Juniper SRX Series0%
Juniper SRX Series0%06Sophos Firewall0%
Sophos Firewall0%What they warned about
Four 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, Kimi K2, 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.
Cisco Secure Firewall22%
13 of 60 labels negative · 10 of 14 models
“Cisco deployments chosen solely for brand or network familiarity... one comparison characterizes Cisco's advanced-threat capability as response-focused.” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
Fortinet FortiGate12%
9 of 72 labels negative · 9 of 14 models
“Fortinet deserves particular scrutiny—not necessarily automatic rejection—because public analyses have highlighted numerous high- and critical-severity vulnerabilities” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
Palo Alto Networks NGFW10%
6 of 62 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“recent NVD entries and CISA-linked advisories show exploitable auth-bypass / file-creation issues that make patch velocity and exposure management critical” GPT-5.4 mini, negative prompt
Sophos Firewall47%
7 of 15 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“enterprise architects often find its central management, multi-datacenter policy orchestration ... insufficient for highly distributed enterprise environments” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
71 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 13 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 944 links across 240 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. The other 1 model searched through a gateway that returned no source list on this edition. 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 · Check Point55 answers · 94 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Fortinet49 answers · 99 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Palo Alto Networks28 answers · 44 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Juniper18 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
18 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
18 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
14 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 7 models
11 answers · 11 citations · 7 models
vendor site · LinkedIn11 answers · 11 citations · 6 models
11 answers · 11 citations · 7 models
vendor site · G210 answers · 15 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.
26 answers · 12 models
19 answers · 11 models
18 answers · 10 models
18 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 6 models
14 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 7 models
10 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 | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks parent site Palo Alto Networks NGFW 44%, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls 2%, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 0% | 46% | 132 | 40,500 | 1,088 | |||
| Fortinet parent site Fortinet FortiGate 31% | 31% | 179 | 49,500 | 2,339 | |||
| Check Point parent site Check Point Firewall-as-a-Subscription 11%, Check Point Quantum 2%, Check Point Force Firewall 2%, Check Point CloudGuard Network Security 0% | 15% | 89 | 14,800 | 4,487 | |||
| VM-Series | 2% | ||||||
| Check Point Force / Quantum | 2% | ||||||
| Palo Alto Networks' Next-Generation Firewalls | 2% | ||||||
| Palo Alto Networks’ Strata NGFW | 2% | ||||||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Secure Firewall 0% | 0% | 105 | 165,000 | 48,352 | |||
| Juniper Networks juniper.net Juniper SRX Series 0%, Juniper Networks 0% | 0% | 73 | 14,800 | 696 | 267,308 | 0 | |
| Versa versa-networks.com Versa SASE 0% | 0% | 35 | 90 | 5 | 14,861 company | $85 | 49 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (checkpoint.com, fortinet.com, paloaltonetworks.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 NGFWno first choiceChangedPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Three alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateOne alternative
Check Point QuantumGPT-5.4 miniPalo Alto Networks NGFWCheck Point Force / Quantum, Fortinet FortiGateChangedno first choiceCheck Point Firewall-as-a-Subscriptionno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGateTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks Strata / PA seriesFive alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX Series, Palo Alto Networks NGFWOne alternative
Palo Alto Networks NGFWGemini 3.5 FlashFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFWChangedPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGatePalo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Cisco Secure Firewallagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, SonicWall, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard Firebox
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure FirewallThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFWTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGatePerplexity SonarPalo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFWHeldFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Forcepoint NGFW, Sophos FirewallFortinet FortiGateagainst: Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFWno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos Firewall, VyOS
Five alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Cloud NGFW, Zscaler Internet AccessSix alternatives
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, FortiGate VM, Fortinet FortiGate, VM-SeriesThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper SRX SeriesOne alternative
Cisco Secure FirewallGrok 4.20Palo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks' Next-Generation FirewallsChangedagainst: SonicWall, WatchGuard Firebox, pfSensePalo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewallsagainst: Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGatePalo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate 200G, McAfee, Palo Alto Networks PA-1410, SonicWall, WatchGuard Firebox
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGateMistral SmallFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFWChangedFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWCheck Point Force Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateno first choiceagainst: AWS Network Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate
Two alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper SRX SeriesSeven alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGate 6500F, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Juniper SRX5400, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Zscaler Firewall as a ServiceTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure FirewallDeepSeek V4 FlashPalo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFW, VM-SeriesChangedPalo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Cisco Secure FirewallFortinet FortiGatePalo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, SonicWall, Sophos Firewall, Sophos XG
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGateTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGateFour alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper Networks, Versa SASEFour alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Prisma AccessTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGateLlama 4 MaverickFortinet FortiGateCheck Point QuantumChangedno first choiceCheck Point Firewall-as-a-Subscriptionno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Check Point Next Generation Firewalls, Palo Alto Networks NGFWThree alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation FirewallsThree alternatives
Check Point Force Firewall, FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls, Juniper Networks SRX Series FirewallsQwen 3.7 FlashPalo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFWHeldPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateno first choiceagainst: Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, MikroTik, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Sophos Firewall, Ubiquiti EdgeRouter, Zscaler Internet Access
Three alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateFour alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos FirewallOne alternative
Palo Alto Networks NGFWKimi K2Fortinet FortiGatePalo Alto Networks NGFWChangedPalo Alto Networks NGFWFortinet FortiGateagainst: Palo Alto Networks NGFWno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, SonicWall, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard Firebox
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFWTwo alternatives
Check Point Quantum Security Gateway, Fortinet FortiGateFive alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX Series, Sophos FirewallOne alternative
Check Point QuantumGLM 4.7 FlashXFortinet FortiGateFortinet FortiGateHeldPalo Alto Networks NGFWCheck Point Firewall-as-a-Subscriptionno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate
Four alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper SRX Series, Palo Alto Networks NGFWFour alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper vSRX Virtual Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Palo Alto Networks VM-SeriesFour alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper NetworksOne alternative
Fortinet FortiGate-as-a-ServiceMiniMax M2.5Palo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks NGFWHeldCheck Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWCheck Point Firewall-as-a-SubscriptionPalo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Forcepoint, Sophos Firewall
One alternative
Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos FirewallTwo alternatives
Fortinet FortiGate with FortiGate-as-a-Service, Palo Alto Networks Enterprise License AgreementThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateGPT-6 LunaPalo Alto Networks NGFWPalo Alto Networks’ Strata NGFWChangedCheck Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWCheck Point Firewall-as-a-Subscriptionno first choiceagainst: Cisco Firepower 2100-series, Fortinet FortiGate 200G, Palo Alto PA-1410
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Fortinet FortiGateTwo alternatives
Fortinet FortiGate, VM-SeriesTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, HPE Juniper NetworkingOne alternative
Fortinet FortiGate Enterprise AgreementMuse Glimmer 30BFortinet FortiGatePalo Alto Networks NGFWChangedPalo Alto Networks NGFWCheck Point Firewall-as-a-SubscriptionFortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWagainst: AWS Network Firewall, Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, Cisco Secure Firewall, Google Cloud Platform NGFW Enterprise, Microsoft Azure Firewall
Two alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks NGFWTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGateOne alternative
Zenarmor Unified SecureThree alternatives
Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper SRX SeriesBold 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 14:32 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:33 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:45 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:53 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:06 | yes | 9 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:29 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:47 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:25 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:39 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:50 | yes | 15 | 41 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:12 | yes | 13 | 42 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:00 | yes | 10 | 45 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:00 | yes | 4 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:31 | yes | 14 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:05 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:25 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:21 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:11 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:29 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:38 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:26 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:14 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:00 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:15 | yes | 19 | 44 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:12 | yes | 25 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:41 | yes | 15 | 62 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:20 | yes | 2 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:24 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:25 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:34 | yes | 5 | 17 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 16:31 | no | 0 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:45 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:24 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:00 | yes | 10 | 12 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:54 | yes | 24 | 51 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:14 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:09 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:03 | yes | 15 | 68 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:25 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:32 | yes | 20 | 45 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:49 | yes | 6 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:28 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:38 | yes | 16 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:56 | yes | 4 | 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 10:26 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:31 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:51 | yes | 15 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:43 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:00 | yes | 24 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:18 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:23 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:30 | yes | 20 | 55 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:55 | yes | 22 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:13 | yes | 15 | 53 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:16 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:22 | yes | 13 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:38 | yes | 18 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:26 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 18:03 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:37 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:30 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:11 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:35 | yes | 23 | 51 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:15 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:49 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:12 | yes | 25 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:09 | yes | 24 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:20 | yes | 25 | 64 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:29 | yes | 3 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:38 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:45 | yes | 27 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:19 | yes | 7 | 8 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 13:44 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:30 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:51 | yes | 18 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:39 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:46 | yes | 25 | 51 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:53 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:58 | yes | 20 | 74 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:16 | yes | 25 | 49 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:32 | yes | 24 | 292 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:55 | yes | 19 | 100 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:34 | yes | 2 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:32 | yes | 22 | 30 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
Check Point read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Infinity Architecture) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Infinity Platform & R77/M77) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum / Quantum Force Series) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum / SoftRAQ) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum Maestro) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum Series) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum series / SmartConsole) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point (Quantum) read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point CloudGuard read as Check Point CloudGuard Network Security
Check Point NGFW read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point Quantum Series read as Check Point Quantum
Check Point Software Technologies read as Check Point Quantum
Cisco read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Cisco Secure Firewall) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Firepower / Secure Firewall) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Firepower) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Secure Firewall / Firepower Series) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Secure Firewall / Firepower) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Secure Firewall) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco (Secure Firewall/FTD) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Firepower read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Firepower Virtual read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Secure Firewall / Firepower (FTD & FMC) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Secure Firewall 4200 Series read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual (FTDv) read as Cisco Secure Firewall
Fortinet read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet (FortiGate / FortiManager) read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet (FortiGate 4000F Series & FortiOS) read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet (FortiGate Series) read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet (FortiGate) read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate 4000 Series read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate 4200F/4800F Series read as Fortinet FortiGate
Fortinet FortiGate NGFW read as Fortinet FortiGate
Juniper read as Juniper SRX Series
Juniper Networks SRX read as Juniper SRX Series
Juniper Networks 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-5000 Series & Wildfire VM) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-Series / Panorama / Prisma) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-Series / Strata) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-Series hardware / VM-Series virtual) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (PA-Series) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (Prisma/PA-Series) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (Prisma/Strata) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks (Strata Platform) read as Palo Alto Networks NGFW
Palo Alto Networks PA-5000 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
Sophos read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos (XG Firewall) read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos (XGS Series) read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos Firewall XGS read as Sophos Firewall
Sophos XGS read as Sophos Firewall
WatchGuard read as WatchGuard Firebox
WatchGuard (Firebox series) read as WatchGuard Firebox
Zscaler read as Zscaler Internet Access
Zscaler (ZIA/ZPA) read as Zscaler Internet Access
Unresolved, counted raw
Check Point Force / Quantum
Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)
Check Point Quantum Security Gateway
Cisco Firepower 2100-series
FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)
FortiGate Virtual
Fortinet FortiGate 6500F
Fortinet FortiGate Enterprise Agreement
Fortinet FortiGate with FortiGate-as-a-Service (FGaaS)
Fortinet FortiGate-as-a-Service (FGaaS)
Google Cloud Platform NGFW Enterprise
Juniper Networks NGFW
Juniper Networks SRX Series Firewalls
Juniper SRX5400
Juniper vSRX Virtual Firewall
Palo Alto Cloud NGFW
Palo Alto Networks Enterprise License Agreement (ELA)
Palo Alto Networks PA-1410
Palo Alto Networks Strata / PA series
Palo Alto Networks' Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW)
Palo Alto Networks’ Strata NGFW
Palo Alto PA-1410
Panorama
Ubiquiti EdgeRouter
Versa Networks Next Generation
Zenarmor Unified Secure
Zscaler Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.