SD-WAN
Asked as “SD-WAN platform”, and as “software-defined WAN solution”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 45 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
67%
Clear leader
67Fortinet Secure SD-WAN09Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN09Cisco Meraki SD-WAN16others
67% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+17Since October 2026: 50% → 67%, +17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Fortinet Secure SD-WAN held the lead, +17 points on 50%, past the 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 Secure SD-WAN40%Clear leader↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Fortinet Secure SD-WAN (40%) replaces Cisco Meraki SD-WAN (42% then, 40% now), 0 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-marketFortinet Secure SD-WAN67%Clear leader▲+17Since October 2026: 50% → 67%, +17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageEnterprise
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN45%Clear leader▼−5Since October 2026: 50% → 45%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN40%Clear leader↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Fortinet Secure SD-WAN (40%) replaces Cisco Meraki SD-WAN (42% then, 40% now), 0 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-marketFortinet Secure SD-WAN67%Clear leader▲+17Since October 2026: 50% → 67%, +17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageEnterpriseCisco Catalyst SD-WAN45%Clear leader▼−5Since October 2026: 50% → 45%, −5 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 Secure SD-WAN67%3%66endorsed leader▲+17Since October 2026: 50% → 67%, +17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.50% → 67%
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN67%3%66endorsed leader▲+17Since October 2026: 50% → 67%, +17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.50% → 67%02
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN9%18%44accepted challenger▼−10Since October 2026: 19% → 9%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.19% → 9%
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN9%18%44accepted challenger▼−10Since October 2026: 19% → 9%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.19% → 9%03Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN9%42%48criticized challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 10% → 9%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 9%
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN9%42%48criticized challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 10% → 9%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 9%04
Cato SASE Cloud2%4%26accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 6% → 2%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 2%
Cato SASE Cloud2%4%26accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 6% → 2%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 2%05
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect2%9%32accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect2%9%32accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN0%38%37criticized challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN0%38%37criticized challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%06
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN0%23%43accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN0%23%43accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%07
Versa Secure SD-WAN0%21%24accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Versa Secure SD-WAN0%21%24accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
For buyers
Head to head
All ten head-to-head pages: the top five products, each against each
One product takes 67% of first choices here, so the chart would put seven 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
Six of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 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 Catalyst SD-WAN42%
20 of 48 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 7 hard negative
“a catastrophic certificate expiration issue affected ALL legacy Viptela customers, causing widespread network outages and business disruption” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN38%
14 of 37 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“Avoid: Any proprietary software from Broadcom that isn't officially supported or migrated to a new vendor (like Arista).” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN23%
10 of 43 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Multiple reports of immaturity, frequent bugs, unreliable SASE connectivity, poor knowledge base (KB), and unhelpful TAC” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN18%
8 of 44 labels negative · 7 of 14 models
“criticized for weak traditional routing features... Better for smaller or cloud-heavy setups.” Grok 4.20, 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 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 731 links across 212 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 52 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.
27 answers · 54 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Fortinet22 answers · 50 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Cisco20 answers · 34 citations · 11 models
19 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
18 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G217 answers · 21 citations · 11 models
16 answers · 18 citations · 10 models
14 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
publisher (Gane)14 answers · 15 citations · 6 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 6 models
12 answers · 15 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Zenarmor12 answers · 12 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.
19 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 6 models
13 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best sd-wan platform”, “sd-wan platform”, “sd-wan platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet parent site Fortinet Secure SD-WAN 67% | 67% | 190 | 49,500 | 2,339 | ||||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Meraki SD-WAN 9%, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN 9% | 18% | 147 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| Cato catonetworks.com Cato SASE Cloud 2% | 2% | 126 | 30 | 1 | 20,161 company | 10 | 2 | |
| HPE arubanetworks.com HPE Aruba EdgeConnect 2% | 2% | 95 | 27,100 | 5,522 | 2,865 | |||
| FatPipe fatpipe.com FatPipe SD-WAN 2% | 2% | 5 | 20 | 1 | 33 | |||
| ZeroTier zerotier.com | 2% | 8 | ||||||
| FlexPrem SD-WAN | 2% | |||||||
| Turnium SD-WAN turnium.com | 2% | 1 | ||||||
| Versa versa-networks.com Versa Titan 2%, Versa Secure SD-WAN 0% | 2% | 60 | 20 | 1 | 14,861 company | $85 | 49 | 3 |
| Palo Alto Networks parent site Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN 0% | 0% | 115 | 40,500 | 1,088 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cisco.com, g2.com, peerspot.com, reddit.com). The first result for “best sd-wan platform” is g2.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best SD-WAN platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which software-defined WAN solution would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top SD-WAN platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best SD-WAN platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a SD-WAN platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which SD-WAN platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceCisco Catalyst SD-WANChangedno first choiceFlexPrem SD-WAN, Turnium SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
Three alternatives
FatPipe SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, RefleX SD WAN by COSGridGPT-5.4 miniFortinet Secure SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANChangedagainst: HPE Aruba SD-WAN / Silver Peak, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WANagainst: Aruba Central, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Open-source / DIY-style SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Four alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANOne alternative
Cisco Meraki SD-WANGemini 3.5 FlashFortinet Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANHeldno first choiceFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Citrix SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN, Legacy Cisco vEdge Hardware, Legacy Riverbed SteelConnect
Four alternatives
Aryaka Managed SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANThree alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectFour alternatives
OPNsense, Sophos XGS Series, flexiWAN, pfSensePerplexity SonarFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Aryaka, Cisco Catalyst SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANHeldCisco Catalyst SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Broadcom VMware VeloCloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Two alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WANFour alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANEight alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Netskope One SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, VyOS, flexiWANGrok 4.20Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Versa Secure SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANChangedCisco Catalyst SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Masergy, New Horizon Communications, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Spectrotel, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Verizon, Versa Secure SD-WAN, Windstream
Two alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANThree alternatives
Cato Networks SASE, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANFour alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper Networks Session Smart Router, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANFour alternatives
Barracuda SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Cradlepoint, PeplinkMistral SmallFatPipe SD-WANno first choiceChangedno first choiceCisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Masergy, New Horizon Communications, Spectrotel, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Windstream
Four alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Cisco vManage, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectTwo alternatives
Barracuda SD-WAN, Huawei SD-WANDeepSeek V4 FlashFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANHeldagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Masergy, New Horizon Communications, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Spectrotel, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Windstream
Three alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectThree alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANFive alternatives
Cisco, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Aryaka, Peplink, flexiWANSix alternatives
Cisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANLlama 4 MaverickFortinet Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANHeldno first choiceFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, ISP-provided SD-WAN solutions, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Three alternatives
Aryaka, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, ZeroTierQwen 3.7 FlashFortinet Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANHeldno first choiceFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Masergy, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Windstream
Five alternatives
AT&T Connect, Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, MetTel, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANThree alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WANSix alternatives
Cisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, ZeroTierFive alternatives
Cisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Hillstone, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANKimi K2Cisco Meraki SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANChangedno first choiceFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Citrix SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Three alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANThree alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, OPNsense, pfSenseNine alternatives
Aryaka, Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Comcast Business, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WAN, WindstreamGLM 4.7 FlashXFortinet Secure SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANChangedBroadcom (VMware) VeloCloud SD-WAN, Cisco Catalyst SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, ISP-provided SD-WAN solutions, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Telstra SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WAN, Windstream
Five alternatives
Aryaka, Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANThree alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, OPNsense, pfSenseMiniMax M2.5Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectCisco Meraki SD-WANChangedno first choiceFortinet Secure SD-WAN, ZeroTieragainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Aperture, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Talari
Two alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, FatPipe SD-WANThree alternatives
Cato Networks SASE, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANOne alternative
Cisco Catalyst SD-WANGPT-6 LunaCato SASE CloudVersa TitanChangedno first choiceagainst: Arista VeloCloud SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Citrix SD-WAN, Ecessa, Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN on ION 7000, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Concerto
Two alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANEight alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper Session Smart SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Cisco Meraki SD-WANMuse Glimmer 30BFortinet Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANHeldCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, ISP-provided SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Six alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, FatPipe SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, Versa Secure SD-WANFour alternatives
Aryaka, Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WANFour alternatives
Arista Networks, HPE Aruba Networking SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud, now BroadcomThree alternatives
Peplink Balance, Reyee AnyLink, Ubiquiti Dream Machine SEBold 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 08:53 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:58 | yes | 1 | 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 19:12 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:26 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:41 | yes | 10 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:29 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:31 | yes | 25 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:04 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:45 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:09 | yes | 15 | 42 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:04 | yes | 15 | 76 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:23 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:47 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:04 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:29 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:45 | no | 0 | 4 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 08:44 | yes | 4 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:39 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:32 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:05 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:37 | yes | 23 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:19 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:03 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:53 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:13 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:21 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:27 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:28 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:33 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:48 | yes | 5 | 9 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 15:19 | yes | 7 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:40 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:48 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:28 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:47 | yes | 23 | 52 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:02 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:33 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:31 | yes | 20 | 32 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:39 | yes | 25 | 107 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:28 | yes | 5 | 90 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:38 | yes | 10 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:41 | yes | 25 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:58 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:45 | no | 0 | 3 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 12:54 | yes | 4 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:26 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:14 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:42 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:54 | yes | 24 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:14 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:22 | yes | 5 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:00 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:35 | yes | 25 | 91 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:52 | yes | 8 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:57 | yes | 2 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:09 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:18 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:57 | no | 0 | 6 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 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:33 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:28 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:48 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:46 | yes | 23 | 51 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:56 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:27 | no | 0 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:17 | yes | 10 | 62 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:53 | yes | 14 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:52 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:57 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:44 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 19 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:49 | 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 14:24 | yes | 3 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:03 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:06 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:57 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:14 | yes | 21 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:57 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:49 | yes | 10 | 54 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:18 | yes | 20 | 50 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:53 | yes | 24 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:58 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:31 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:21 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
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Arista read as Arista VeloCloud SD-WAN
Barracuda read as Barracuda SD-WAN
Broadcom (VMware VeloCloud) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Broadcom (VMware) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Broadcom (VMware/VeloCloud) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
CATO Networks read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cato Networks read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cato Networks (Cato SASE Cloud) read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cato Networks (SASE Cloud) read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cato Networks (SASE approach) read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cisco Catalyst (Viptela) read as Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki (MX Series) read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki MX read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
FatPipe read as FatPipe SD-WAN
Fortinet read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet (FortiGate Secure SD-WAN) read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet (FortiGate with built-in SD-WAN) read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet (FortiGate) read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet (specifically FortiGate SD-WAN) read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet FortiGate read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
HPE read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE (Aruba EdgeConnect) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE (Aruba) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE / Aruba (EdgeConnect / Silver Peak) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE Aruba read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE Aruba (EdgeConnect) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
Juniper read as Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN
Juniper (Session Smart Routing) read as Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN
Juniper AI-Driven SD-WAN read as Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN
Meraki read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Palo Alto read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto (Prisma SD-WAN) read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto Networks read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto Networks (Prisma Access / ION) read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto Networks (Prisma SD-WAN) read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto Networks (Prisma) read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto Prisma read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Riverbed read as Riverbed SteelConnect
VMware read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware (Broadcom/Velocloud) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware (VeloCloud) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud (Broadcom) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud (by Broadcom) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud (now Broadcom) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud (now part of Broadcom) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud (now under Broadcom) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware Velocloud (Broadcom) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware/Broadcom read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Versa read as Versa Secure SD-WAN
Versa Networks read as Versa Secure SD-WAN
Versa Networks (VOS / FlexVNF) read as Versa Secure SD-WAN
Versa Networks (Versa Secure SD-WAN) read as Versa Secure SD-WAN
Unresolved, counted raw
AT&T Connect
Adaptiv Enterprise Connect
Aperture (now part of Cisco)
Aryaka Managed SD-WAN
Broadcom (VMware) VeloCloud SD-WAN
Broadcom VMware VeloCloud
Cato Networks SASE
Cisco SD-WAN Viptela
Cisco vManage (Catalyst SD-WAN)
HPE Aruba Networking SD-WAN
HPE Aruba SD-WAN / Silver Peak
Huawei SD-WAN
ISP-provided SD-WAN
Juniper Networks Session Smart Router (formerly Mist AI SD-WAN)
Juniper Session Smart SD-WAN
Legacy Cisco vEdge Hardware (Original Viptela Appliances)
Legacy Riverbed SteelConnect
MikroTik hEX/RB5009
Open-source / DIY-style SD-WAN
Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN on ION 7000
RefleX SD WAN by COSGrid
Reyee AnyLink
Telstra SD-WAN
Turnium SD-WAN
Ubiquiti Dream Machine SE
VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud, now Broadcom
Versa Concerto
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.