SD-WAN
Asked as “SD-WAN platform”, and as “software-defined WAN solution”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 44 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
41%
Clear leader
41Fortinet Secure SD-WAN30Cisco Meraki SD-WAN09Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN20others
41% of first choices, clear leader.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN vs HPE Aruba EdgeConnectFortinet Secure SD-WAN vs CiscoFortinet Secure SD-WAN vs Versa Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WAN vs VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WAN vs Cisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WAN vs AryakaCisco Meraki SD-WAN vs HPE Aruba EdgeConnectCisco Meraki SD-WAN vs CiscoCisco Meraki SD-WAN vs Versa Secure SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WAN vs VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WAN vs AryakaCisco Catalyst SD-WAN vs HPE Aruba EdgeConnectCisco Catalyst SD-WAN vs CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN vs Versa Secure SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WAN vs VMware VeloCloud SD-WANAryaka vs HPE Aruba EdgeConnectAryaka vs CiscoAryaka vs Versa Secure SD-WANAryaka vs VMware VeloCloud SD-WANHPE Aruba EdgeConnect vs CiscoHPE Aruba EdgeConnect vs Versa Secure SD-WANHPE Aruba EdgeConnect vs VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco vs Versa Secure SD-WANCisco vs VMware VeloCloud SD-WANVersa Secure SD-WAN vs VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
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
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Fortinet Secure SD-WAN41%
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN41%02Cisco Meraki SD-WAN30%
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN30%03Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN9%
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN9%04Aryaka5%
Aryaka5%05HPE Aruba EdgeConnect2%
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect2%06Cisco2%
Cisco2%07Versa Secure SD-WAN2%
Versa Secure SD-WAN2%08VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN2%
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN2%09Cato SASE Cloud0%
Cato SASE Cloud0%10Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN0%
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN0%11Peplink0%
Peplink0%What they warned about
Five of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN47%
15 of 32 labels negative · 10 of 12 models · 5 hard negative
“Cisco SD-WAN systems have been actively targeted by malicious cyber actors globally, with attackers exploiting an authentication bypass vulnerability” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN36%
15 of 42 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Massive instability post-acquisition... Currently on VeloCloud | Plan migration strategy” Kimi K2, negative prompt
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN22%
7 of 32 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 4 hard negative
“A recent Reddit comment explicitly says "Avoid Prisma entirely."” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN21%
7 of 34 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Complex enterprise routing needs | Avoid Meraki” Kimi K2, negative prompt
What they cite
Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
65 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 908 links across 211 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
44 answers · 61 citations · 12 models
32 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 70 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Cisco21 answers · 34 citations · 10 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Fortinet19 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
17 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
17 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
16 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
16 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
14 answers · 23 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.
41 answers · 11 models
29 answers · 9 models
25 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 8 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 |
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| Fortinet parent site Fortinet Secure SD-WAN 41% | 41% | 190 | 49,500 | 2,339 | ||||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Meraki SD-WAN 30%, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN 9% | 39% | 147 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| Aryaka aryaka.com | 5% | 31 | 590 | 45 | 1,395 | 11 | ||
| Ubiquiti ubiquiti.com Ubiquiti UniFi 2%, Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine 2% | 5% | 17 | 9,900 | 450 | 15,584 company | |||
| HPE arubanetworks.com HPE Aruba EdgeConnect 2% | 2% | 95 | 27,100 | 5,522 | 2,865 | |||
| Cisco cisco.com | 2% | 121 | 165,000 | 48,352 | 5,114,808 | $683 | 91 | 2 |
| Versa versa-networks.com Versa Secure SD-WAN 2% | 2% | 60 | 20 | 1 | 14,861 company | $85 | 49 | 3 |
| VMware parent site VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN 2% | 2% | 106 | 74,000 | 17,842 | ||||
| QuickSDWAN | 2% | |||||||
| Cato catonetworks.com Cato SASE Cloud 0% | 0% | 126 | 30 | 1 | 20,161 company | 10 | 2 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cisco.com, gartner.com, reddit.com, stlpartners.com, techtarget.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 choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceAryakaagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
Six alternatives
Cisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Fortinet Secure SD-WANGPT-5.4 miniFortinet Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANHeldCisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANFour alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANFive alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANGemini 3.5 FlashCisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANChangedagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WANno first choiceUbiquiti UniFiagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Generic ISP-Managed SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Two alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WANFive alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, OPNsense, TP-Link Omada, flexiWAN, pfSenseThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANPerplexity SonarFortinet Secure SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WANChangedno first choiceCisco Catalyst SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Windstream
Four alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANEight alternatives
Aryaka, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANGrok 4.20Cisco Meraki SD-WANagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WANHeldagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WANno first choiceagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANUbiquiti UniFi Dream Machineagainst: VyOS, flexiWANCiscoagainst: Barracuda SD-WAN, Cisco, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Cradlepoint, FatPipe SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, ISP-Bundled SD-WAN, Peplink, Riverbed SteelConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WAN
Two alternatives
FatPipe SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANTwo alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Peplink Balance seriesThree alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Versa Secure SD-WANMistral SmallHPE Aruba EdgeConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WANChangedno first choiceCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
One alternative
Cisco Meraki SD-WANTwo alternatives
Aryaka, Fortinet Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Peplink, TeltonikaDeepSeek V4 FlashCisco Meraki SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANChangedagainst: Versa Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Barracuda SD-WAN, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cradlepoint, FatPipe SD-WAN, Nuage, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Peplink, Riverbed SteelConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WAN
Two alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Cisco Meraki SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cisco, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANTwo alternatives
Peplink, Ubiquiti UniFiLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceCisco Catalyst SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Three alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Peplink, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANQwen 3.7 FlashCisco Meraki SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WANHeldCiscoagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: MikroTik, OPNsense, VyOSVersa Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Four alternatives
FatPipe SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, MetTel, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANOne alternative
Fortinet Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Peplink, SophosThree alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, VMware NSXKimi K2Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANChangedno first choiceagainst: HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WANno first choiceagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Peplink, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WAN
Four alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Versa Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Versa Secure SD-WANFour alternatives
Cisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, PeplinkFour alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANGLM 4.7 FlashXFortinet Secure SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WANChangedno first choiceFortinet Secure SD-WAN, QuickSDWANagainst: OpenWrtno first choiceagainst: HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Masergy, New Horizon Communications, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Spectrotel, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WAN, Windstream
Four alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANOne alternative
VMware VeloCloud SD-WANThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Ubiquiti EdgeRouter SD‑WAN, flexiWANMiniMax M2.5Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANAryaka, Cisco Meraki SD-WANChangedno first choiceCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Lumen, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Peplink, Versa Secure SD-WAN
Four alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WANSix alternatives
Cisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANOne alternative
PeplinkBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:21 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:59 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 11:49 | yes | 12 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:56 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:52 | yes | 31 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 12:23 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 11:04 | yes | 21 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:29 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:26 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:37 | yes | 13 | 58 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:17 | yes | 30 | 142 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:09 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:07 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:37 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:37 | yes | 8 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:33 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:02 | yes | 11 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:28 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 13:54 | yes | 19 | 52 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:22 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:27 | yes | 10 | 48 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:36 | yes | 20 | 47 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 10:58 | yes | 9 | 98 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:42 | yes | 8 | 36 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:54 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:48 | yes | 7 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 11:30 | yes | 21 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:49 | yes | 20 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:53 | yes | 13 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:58 | yes | 8 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 09:24 | yes | 17 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:00 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 09:31 | yes | 9 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:44 | yes | 12 | 36 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:29 | yes | 16 | 146 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 11:38 | yes | 15 | 38 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:03 | yes | 17 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 13:42 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:25 | yes | 19 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 12:10 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:20 | yes | 30 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:55 | yes | 11 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 09:40 | yes | 14 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 10:33 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 12:01 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:28 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:57 | yes | 15 | 52 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:58 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 09:36 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:17 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:55 | yes | 11 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 14:03 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 09:56 | yes | 16 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 12:50 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:02 | yes | 10 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 10:00 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 09:52 | no | 0 | 44 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 09:39 | yes | 19 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:26 | yes | 10 | 76 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:43 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:19 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:41 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:24 | yes | 25 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:53 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 09:56 | yes | 39 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:45 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:35 | yes | 24 | 46 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:07 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:13 | yes | 13 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:10 | yes | 24 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:12 | yes | 22 | 153 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:56 | yes | 17 | 75 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
Arista read as Arista VeloCloud SD-WAN
Barracuda read as Barracuda SD-WAN
Bigleaf read as Bigleaf Networks
Broadcom (VMware SASE SD-WAN) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Broadcom (VMware SASE) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Broadcom (VMware) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Broadcom/VMware read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Cato read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cato Networks read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cato Networks (SASE) read as Cato SASE Cloud
Check Point read as Check Point SD-WAN
Cisco Catalyst read as Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Citrix read as Citrix SD-WAN
FatPipe read as FatPipe SD-WAN
FortiGate read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet (FortiGate Secure SD-WAN) read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet (Secure 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 Networking) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE (Aruba) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE Aruba read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE Aruba (EdgeConnect) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
Juniper 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
Juniper AI-Native SD-WAN (Mist) read as Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN
Juniper Session Smart Router (SSR) on Mist read as Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN
Lumen SD-WAN read as Lumen
Nuage Networks (now Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise / Nokia) read as Nuage
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 SD-WAN) read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto Networks (Traditional PAN-OS SD-WAN Hardware) read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto Prisma read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto Prisma Access read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access
Prisma read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Riverbed (SteelConnect) read as Riverbed SteelConnect
Ubiquiti read as Ubiquiti UniFi
VMware read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware (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 (Now Broadcom) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud (now Arista/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
Versa read as Versa Secure SD-WAN
Versa Networks read as Versa Secure SD-WAN
Versa Networks (Versa SD-WAN) read as Versa Secure SD-WAN
Unresolved, counted raw
Adaptiv Enterprise Connect
Generic ISP-Managed SD-WAN
ISP-Bundled SD-WAN (e.g., Carrier Proprietary Solutions)
Peplink Balance series
QuickSDWAN
Teltonica Networks
Ubiquiti EdgeRouter SD‑WAN
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.