SD-WAN for small business buyers
Asked as “SD-WAN platform”, and as “software-defined WAN solution”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 52 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
40%
Clear leader
40Cisco Meraki SD-WAN40Fortinet Secure SD-WAN04Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN15others
40% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026↗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.Fortinet Secure SD-WAN leads at 40%, replacing Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, which led at 42% and stands at 40% now: 0 points clear, inside the floor, so the swap reads as unsettled.
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.This pageMid-marketFortinet Secure SD-WAN67%Clear leader▲+17Since October 2026: 50% → 67%, +17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Enterprise
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.This pageMid-marketFortinet Secure SD-WAN67%Clear leader▲+17Since October 2026: 50% → 67%, +17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →EnterpriseCisco 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 small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Fortinet Secure SD-WAN40%4%73endorsed leader▲+14Since October 2026: 26% → 40%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.26% → 40%
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN40%4%73endorsed leader▲+14Since October 2026: 26% → 40%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.26% → 40%02
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN40%8%65endorsed leader▼−2Since October 2026: 42% → 40%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.42% → 40%
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN40%8%65endorsed leader▼−2Since October 2026: 42% → 40%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.42% → 40%03Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN4%56%39criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN4%56%39criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%04
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN2%47%32criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN2%47%32criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN0%57%28criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN0%57%28criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%05
Cato SASE Cloud0%21%34accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Cato SASE Cloud0%21%34accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%06
Bigleaf Networks0%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Bigleaf Networks0%0%10accepted 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
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN vs Cisco Meraki SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WAN vs Cisco Catalyst SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WAN vs Cato SASE Cloud
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.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 →
01020304050607Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Fortinet Secure SD-WAN40%
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN40%02Cisco Meraki SD-WAN40%
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN40%03Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN4%
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN4%04VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN2%
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN2%05Cato SASE Cloud0%
Cato SASE Cloud0%06Bigleaf Networks0%
Bigleaf Networks0%07Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN0%
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN0%What they warned about
Seven of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, Qwen 3.7 Flash, 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-WAN56%
22 of 39 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 12 hard negative
“True enterprise SD-WAN platforms (like Cisco Viptela or Palo Alto Prisma) are far too expensive and complex for small businesses.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN57%
16 of 28 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Avoid enterprise-grade platforms (Cisco Viptela/Catalyst, Palo Alto Prisma) that are overkill in cost and complexity” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN47%
15 of 32 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Why cautious/avoid? Post-Broadcom acquisition (2023), there's uncertainty around investment, support, and roadmap” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Cato SASE Cloud21%
7 of 34 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Pricing transparency issues - users report hidden fees and unexpected charges” GLM 4.7 FlashX, 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
74 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. 782 links across 161 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.
vendor site · G242 answers · 62 citations · 12 models
40 answers · 62 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Fortinet27 answers · 51 citations · 11 models
24 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
publisher (Gane)23 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Cisco20 answers · 35 citations · 12 models
19 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
19 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
18 answers · 32 citations · 7 models
16 answers · 25 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Comcast15 answers · 18 citations · 10 models
15 answers · 17 citations · 9 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.
30 answers · 10 models
28 answers · 10 models
24 answers · 11 models
23 answers · 9 models
19 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 7 models
14 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 10 models
13 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 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 | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet parent site Fortinet Secure SD-WAN 40%, Fortinet's FortiGate Secure SD-WAN 4% | 44% | 190 | 49,500 | 2,339 | |||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Meraki SD-WAN 40%, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN 4% | 44% | 147 | 165,000 | 48,352 | |||
| SonicWall sonicwall.com | 2% | 50 | 9,900 | 2,391 | 60,229 | 79 | |
| ZeroTier zerotier.com | 2% | 8 | |||||
| FlexPrem SD-WAN | 2% | ||||||
| NetMotion | 2% | ||||||
| Riverbed riverbed.com Riverbed SteelConnect 2% | 2% | 2 | |||||
| VMware parent site VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN 2% | 2% | 106 | 74,000 | 17,842 | |||
| Cato catonetworks.com Cato SASE Cloud 0% | 0% | 126 | 30 | 1 | 20,161 company | 10 | 2 |
| Bigleaf Networks bigleaf.net | 0% | 11 |
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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which software-defined WAN solution would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top SD-WAN platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best SD-WAN platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a SD-WAN platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which SD-WAN platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Cisco Meraki SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WANHeldCisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WANFlexPrem SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Cradlepoint SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Four alternatives
Aryaka, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANTwo alternatives
Aryaka, Fortinet Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANFour alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, GL.iNet SD-WAN, Lumen, VMware NSX SD‑WANGPT-5.4 miniCisco Meraki SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANChangedCisco Meraki SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco
Three alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, PeplinkOne alternative
Cisco Catalyst SD-WANTwo alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANOne alternative
Cisco Catalyst SD-WANGemini 3.5 FlashFortinet Secure SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WANChangedCisco Meraki SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst Viptela, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Telecom-managed SD-WAN packages sold by major internet service providers, VMware SD-WAN (VeloCloud) under Broadcom, pfSense/OPNsense
Three alternatives
Bigleaf Networks, Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WANFour alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Peplink, Ubiquiti UniFiThree alternatives
MikroTik, Netgate pfSense Plus, PeplinkThree alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, PeplinkPerplexity SonarCisco Meraki SD-WANagainst: Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WANHeldCisco Meraki SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WAN
Three alternatives
Bigleaf Networks, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANFour alternatives
AT&T SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud, Comcast Business SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Bigleaf Networks, Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, flexiWANGrok 4.20Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, LevelBlue, Lumen, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANFortinet's FortiGate Secure SD-WANChangedCisco Meraki SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFortinet's FortiGate Secure SD-WANagainst: Aryaka, Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Two alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WANThree alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANThree alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANThree alternatives
OPNsense, SonicWall TZ or NSa Series with SD-WAN, pfSenseMistral SmallCisco Meraki SD-WANno first choiceChangedCisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANVMware VeloCloud SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Lumen, Masergy, New Horizon Communications, Spectrotel, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Windstream
Two alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANOne alternative
CloudbrinkTwo alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Comcast Business SD-WANFour alternatives
Cradlepoint, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Versa Secure SD-WANDeepSeek V4 FlashCisco Meraki SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WANHeldCisco Meraki SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WANagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANagainst: Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Ecessa WANworX, Masergy, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Sangoma DIY SD-WAN, Spectrotel, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Windstream
Two alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, PeplinkTwo alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WANOne alternative
Fortinet Secure SD-WANLlama 4 MaverickCisco Meraki SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WANHeldCisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cato SASE Cloud
Two alternatives
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANQwen 3.7 FlashCisco Meraki SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANChangedCisco Meraki SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WAN, NetMotion, Riverbed SteelConnect, SonicWallagainst: Cisco, Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN, LevelBlue, Lumen, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Masergy, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Spectrotel, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN, Windstream
Three alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Sophos, Ubiquiti UniFiTwo alternatives
Sophos, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANOne alternative
Cisco Meraki SD-WANKimi K2Fortinet Secure SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANHeldCisco Meraki SD-WANagainst: VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Meraki SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst 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, Versa Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Ubiquiti UniFiTwo alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Extreme Networks, PeplinkTwo alternatives
SonicWall, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANGLM 4.7 FlashXCisco Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANCisco Catalyst SD-WANChangedCisco Meraki SD-WANagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WAN, ZeroTierno first choiceagainst: Aruba Central SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Masergy, New Horizon Communications, Spectrotel, Windstream
Three alternatives
Aryaka, Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WANTwo alternatives
Ecessa Edge, FortiGate SD-WANThree alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectTwo alternatives
Aryaka Unified SASE, Cisco Meraki SD-WANMiniMax M2.5Fortinet Secure SD-WANagainst: Check Point Harmony SASE, Check Point SD-WAN, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, RouterOS, VyOSCisco Meraki SD-WANChangedCisco Meraki SD-WANFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Three alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANFour alternatives
Bigleaf Networks, Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANFive alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud SD-WANThree alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, OpenSD-WAN, VyOSGPT-6 LunaCisco Meraki SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WANHeldCisco Meraki SD-WANagainst: HPE Aruba EdgeConnectFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN, Self-managed Versa, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
One alternative
Fortinet Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Fortinet Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cato SASE Cloud, Fortinet Secure SD-WANTwo alternatives
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, ZeroTierMuse Glimmer 30BCisco Meraki SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WANHeldagainst: Cato SASE CloudCisco Meraki SD-WANagainst: Cato SASE CloudFortinet Secure SD-WANno first choiceagainst: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
One alternative
Fortinet Secure SD-WANOne alternative
Fortinet Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Bigleaf Networks, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WANThree alternatives
Bigleaf Networks, Cato SASE Cloud, Cisco Meraki 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.
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 16:54 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:23 | yes | 3 | 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 09:06 | yes | 8 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:54 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:46 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:17 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:52 | yes | 25 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:06 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:51 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:50 | yes | 10 | 33 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:20 | yes | 24 | 47 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:01 | yes | 5 | 110 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:27 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:35 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:35 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:29 | yes | 2 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 18:45 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:47 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:27 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:58 | no | 0 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:30 | yes | 25 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:12 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:03 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:19 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:15 | yes | 10 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:26 | yes | 5 | 78 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:57 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:03 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:21 | yes | 17 | 13 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:29 | yes | 6 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 14:50 | yes | 3 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:58 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:10 | yes | 9 | 12 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:41 | yes | 8 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:08 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:19 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:52 | yes | 10 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:09 | yes | 12 | 33 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:38 | yes | 25 | 50 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:44 | yes | 20 | 113 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:53 | yes | 6 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:03 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:11 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:12 | yes | 2 | 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 16:15 | yes | 8 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:56 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:19 | yes | 8 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:12 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:18 | yes | 23 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:25 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:55 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:40 | yes | 9 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:23 | yes | 14 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:33 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:03 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:23 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:21 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:57 | 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 14:53 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:11 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:41 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:53 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 19 | 44 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:46 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:57 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:09 | yes | 9 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:33 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:04 | no | 0 | 69 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:34 | yes | 2 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:05 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:48 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:12 | yes | 6 | 6 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 14:08 | yes | 11 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:12 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:47 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:53 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:07 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:09 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:36 | yes | 5 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:25 | yes | 10 | 62 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:14 | yes | 23 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:15 | yes | 9 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:39 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:18 | yes | 11 | 17 s |
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Barracuda (CloudGen Firewall/SecureEdge) read as Barracuda SD-WAN
Bigleaf read as Bigleaf Networks
Cato Networks read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cato Networks (Cato SASE Cloud) read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cato Networks (Cato SASE) read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cato Networks (SASE Cloud Platform) read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cato Networks (SASE Cloud) read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cato Networks SASE Cloud read as Cato SASE Cloud
Cisco Catalyst read as Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki (Cisco SD-WAN) read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki (MX Series) 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
Cisco Meraki (MX67 / MX68 series) read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki MX read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki MX Series read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Fortinet read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet (FortiGate SD-WAN) read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet (FortiGate Secure SD-WAN) read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet (FortiGate with SD-WAN) read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet (FortiGate) read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet FortiGate read as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Fortinet FortiGate (40F or 70F series) 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
HPE Aruba (EdgeConnect) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE Aruba (Silver Peak) read as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect
Juniper read as Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN
Juniper SD-WAN read as Juniper Session Smart Routing (SSR) / Mist SD-WAN
Lumen SD-WAN read as Lumen
Meraki read as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Palo Alto read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto (Prisma) read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto Networks (Prisma SD-WAN) read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Palo Alto Prisma read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Riverbed read as Riverbed SteelConnect
Ubiquiti (UniFi) read as Ubiquiti UniFi
VMware read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware (VeloCloud) read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
VMware (now Broadcom) 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 read as VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Versa Networks read as Versa Secure SD-WAN
Unresolved, counted raw
AT&T SD-WAN
Aruba Central SD-WAN
Aryaka Unified SASE
Cisco Catalyst Viptela
Cradlepoint SD-WAN
Ecessa Edge
GL.iNet SD-WAN
HPE Aruba Silverpeak (EdgeConnect)
NetMotion
Netmaker
RouterOS
Sangoma DIY SD-WAN
Self-managed Versa
SonicWall SD-WAN
SonicWall Secure SD-WAN
SonicWall TZ or NSa Series with SD-WAN
Telecom-managed SD-WAN packages sold by major internet service providers (AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, etc.)
VMware SD-WAN (VeloCloud) under Broadcom
VMware's VeloCloud
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.