SD-WAN for enterprise buyers
Asked as “SD-WAN platform”, and as “software-defined WAN solution”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 44 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
45%
Clear leader
45Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN27Fortinet Secure SD-WAN11Cato SASE Cloud16others
45% of first choices, clear leader.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN vs Cisco Meraki SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WAN vs Cisco Catalyst SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WAN vs Aryaka
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.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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Key
01Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN45%
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN45%02Fortinet Secure SD-WAN27%
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN27%03Cato SASE Cloud11%
Cato SASE Cloud11%04HPE Aruba EdgeConnect7%
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect7%05Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN5%
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN5%06Cisco5%
Cisco5%07Versa Secure SD-WAN0%
Versa Secure SD-WAN0%08Aryaka0%
Aryaka0%09Cisco Meraki SD-WAN0%
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN0%10VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN0%
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN0%What they warned about
Five of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash 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.
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN47%
21 of 45 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 5 hard negative
“has created uncertainty regarding pricing models, support structures, and the future roadmap for legacy products like VeloCloud” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN46%
6 of 13 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“High Caution/Avoid for Large Enterprises ... Cloud-only management ... lacks CLI access and BGP support ... Scales poorly beyond mid-market” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN9%
5 of 54 labels negative · 5 of 12 models
“Pure software vendors—such as Cisco Viptela, VMware VeloCloud, and Fortinet Secure SD-WAN—supply the SD-WAN software platform ... but do not own or operate any underlying network infrastructure.” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN12%
5 of 43 labels negative · 5 of 12 models
“consistently one of the most expensive platforms on the market, and its tiering structures make estimating total long-term costs complex” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget 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
66 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. 1039 links across 232 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
48 answers · 65 citations · 12 models
33 answers · 34 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Cisco30 answers · 69 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Fortinet25 answers · 50 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Guideflow25 answers · 25 citations · 11 models
25 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
22 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
20 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
19 answers · 28 citations · 10 models
19 answers · 20 citations · 7 models
vendor site · G216 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Palo Alto Networks15 answers · 19 citations · 7 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
44 answers · 11 models
33 answers · 11 models
25 answers · 11 models
25 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 7 models
19 answers · 9 models
18 answers · 7 models
15 answers · 9 models
12 answers · 9 models
12 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 |
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| Cisco parent site Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN 45% | 45% | 147 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| Fortinet parent site Fortinet Secure SD-WAN 27% | 27% | 190 | 49,500 | 2,339 | ||||
| Cato catonetworks.com Cato SASE Cloud 11% | 11% | 126 | 30 | 1 | 20,161 company | 10 | 2 | |
| HPE arubanetworks.com HPE Aruba EdgeConnect 7% | 7% | 95 | 27,100 | 5,522 | 2,865 | |||
| Palo Alto Networks parent site Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN 5% | 5% | 115 | 40,500 | 1,088 | ||||
| Cisco cisco.com | 5% | 121 | 165,000 | 48,352 | 5,114,808 | $683 | 91 | 2 |
| Versa versa-networks.com Versa Secure SD-WAN 0% | 0% | 60 | 20 | 1 | 14,861 company | $85 | 49 | 3 |
| Aryaka aryaka.com | 0% | 31 | 590 | 45 | 1,395 | 11 | ||
| Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN juniper.net | 0% | 13 | 0 | 267,308 | 0 | |||
| Arista VeloCloud SD-WAN arista.com | 0% | 9 | 46,898 | 3 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 6 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cisco.com, g2.com, gartner.com, paloaltonetworks.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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which software-defined WAN solution would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade SD-WAN platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best SD-WAN platform 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 SD-WAN platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which SD-WAN platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Cisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldPalo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Two alternatives
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WANFive alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANOne alternative
VMware VeloCloud SD-WANGPT-5.4 miniCato SASE CloudCisco Catalyst SD-WANChangedCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco
Four alternatives
Aryaka, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANFive alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANFive alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, HPE Aruba SD-WAN / Aruba Central, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Cisco Catalyst SD-WANGemini 3.5 FlashFortinet Secure SD-WANPalo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANChangedagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANCato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Citrix SD-WAN, Cradlepoint, Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN, Peplink, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Five alternatives
Aryaka, Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANThree alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectThree alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANPerplexity SonarCisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldno first choiceFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Two alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANThree alternatives
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Cisco Catalyst SD-WANGrok 4.20Ciscoagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANChangedCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANagainst: Barracuda SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Cradlepoint, FatPipe SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, LevelBlue, Nuage, Peplink, Riverbed SteelConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Verizon
Three alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANFour alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WANFive alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANMistral SmallCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceChangedno first choiceagainst: HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANagainst: Aryaka, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Two alternatives
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Versa Secure SD-WANDeepSeek V4 FlashFortinet Secure SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANChangedagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WANCisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Aryaka, Cato SASE Cloud, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Barracuda SD-WAN, Cisco, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Four alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFive alternatives
Arista VeloCloud SD-WAN, Aryaka, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Cisco Catalyst SD-WANLlama 4 MaverickCisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldno first choiceCisco Catalyst SD-WANno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Aryaka, Cato SASE CloudQwen 3.7 FlashPalo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANChangedCiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectagainst: Netskope, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Zscalerno first choiceagainst: Cisco, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Three alternatives
Cisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectTwo alternatives
Aryaka, Cato SASE CloudSeven alternatives
Aryaka, Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANOne alternative
Fortinet Secure SD-WANKimi K2Cisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANCato SASE Cloudagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Netskope, ZscalerCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANagainst: BT, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, LevelBlue, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Verizon
Two alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANTwo alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANFive alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANTwo alternatives
Aryaka, Fortinet Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANGLM 4.7 FlashXCisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANHeldCisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WANCato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Four alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANThree alternatives
Aryaka, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFour alternatives
Aryaka, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANThree alternatives
Aryaka, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANMiniMax M2.5Cisco, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectFortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectChangedCiscoagainst: HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCato SASE Cloudno first choiceagainst: Cato SASE Cloud, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WAN
Three alternatives
Cisco, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cloudflare Access, Fortinet Secure SD-WANBold 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 09:55 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:58 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:56 | yes | 18 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 12:43 | yes | 20 | 7 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 09:59 | yes | 34 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 14:03 | yes | 12 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:11 | yes | 14 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:36 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 12:28 | yes | 10 | 37 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 09:56 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:15 | yes | 26 | 54 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:30 | yes | 9 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 13:25 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:39 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:26 | yes | 12 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:27 | yes | 20 | 7 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 12:27 | yes | 24 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:18 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:06 | yes | 16 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:41 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:37 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:06 | yes | 20 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:02 | yes | 22 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:06 | yes | 11 | 53 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:11 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:42 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 11:11 | yes | 17 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:45 | yes | 20 | 9 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 11:13 | yes | 29 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:04 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:49 | yes | 26 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:26 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:24 | no | 0 | 60 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 14:15 | yes | 12 | 41 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:33 | yes | 15 | 133 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:42 | yes | 9 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:55 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:23 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:13 | yes | 13 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 13:21 | yes | 17 | 6 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 09:28 | yes | 35 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:06 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:40 | yes | 25 | 45 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:24 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:26 | yes | 19 | 145 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:02 | yes | 22 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:36 | yes | 27 | 81 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:09 | yes | 17 | 59 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:23 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:23 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:53 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 10:29 | yes | 20 | 10 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 13:16 | yes | 15 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:39 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 14:07 | yes | 20 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:55 | yes | 6 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:23 | yes | 12 | 49 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:35 | yes | 29 | 60 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:35 | yes | 28 | 158 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 14:10 | yes | 15 | 70 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:00 | yes | 26 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:59 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:32 | yes | 30 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:20 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 11:51 | yes | 24 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:18 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:36 | yes | 27 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:23 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:22 | yes | 6 | 63 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:49 | yes | 21 | 77 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 14:16 | yes | 26 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 14:15 | yes | 14 | 36 s |
Normalization in this category
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Arista (formerly VMware/Velocloud) read as Arista VeloCloud SD-WAN
Barracuda read as Barracuda SD-WAN
Broadcom (VMware SD-WAN) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Broadcom (VMware) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Broadcom/VMware read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Broadcom/VMware (VeloCloud) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Catalyst read as Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
Cato Networks read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager read as Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki (MX Series) read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
FatPipe read as FatPipe SD-WAN
Fortinet read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet (FortiGate OS) read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet (FortiGate) read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet FortiGate read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet Secure SD‑WAN read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
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 (EdgeConnect) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN 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 (Mist + 128 Technology) read as Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN
Juniper Mist read as Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN
Juniper Networks (Contrail & Mist) read as Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN
Juniper SD-WAN read as Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN
Juniper/Mist 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 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 (Prisma) read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto Prisma read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
VMware read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware (NSX Advanced Load Balancer / Transit SE) 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 (Now Under Broadcom) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud (now Broadcom) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware VeloCloud Enterprise Edition read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware Velocloud read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware/Broadcom read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware/Broadcom (VeloCloud) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Versa read as Versa Secure SD-WAN
Versa Networks read as Versa Secure SD-WAN
Unresolved, counted raw
128 Technology (now part of Juniper Networks)
Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions
HPE Aruba SD-WAN / Aruba Central
Hughes Network Systems
Juniper Mist WAN Assurance
VMware Velocity
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.