Infrastructure monitoring for small business buyers
Asked as “infrastructure monitoring tool”, and as “server and cloud infrastructure monitoring solution”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 60 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
27%
Contested · Zabbix 15%
27Site24x715Zabbix12New Relic47others
27% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▲+11Since October 2026: 16% → 27%, +11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Site24x7 held the lead, +11 points on 16%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Site24x727%Contested▲+11Since October 2026: 16% → 27%, +11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-market
Datadog29%Contested▲+1Since October 2026: 28% → 29%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseDatadog45%Clear leader▲+4Since October 2026: 41% → 45%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
Site24x727%Contested▲+11Since October 2026: 16% → 27%, +11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-marketDatadog29%Contested▲+1Since October 2026: 28% → 29%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseDatadog45%Clear leader▲+4Since October 2026: 41% → 45%, +4 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
01Site24x727%0%32accepted challenger▲+11Since October 2026: 16% → 27%, +11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 27%
Site24x727%0%32accepted challenger▲+11Since October 2026: 16% → 27%, +11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 27%02
Zabbix15%22%58accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 14% → 15%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.14% → 15%
Zabbix15%22%58accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 14% → 15%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.14% → 15%03
New Relic12%29%51criticized challenger▲+7Since October 2026: 5% → 12%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 12%
New Relic12%29%51criticized challenger▲+7Since October 2026: 5% → 12%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 12%04Datadog10%50%64criticized challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 5% → 10%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 10%
Datadog10%50%64criticized challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 5% → 10%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 10%05
Grafana8%8%38accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 12% → 8%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 8%
Grafana8%8%38accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 12% → 8%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 8%06
Better Stack8%12%16accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 5% → 8%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 8%
Better Stack8%12%16accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 5% → 8%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 8%07
Paessler PRTG3%12%34accepted challenger▼−11Since October 2026: 14% → 3%, −11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.14% → 3%
Paessler PRTG3%12%34accepted challenger▼−11Since October 2026: 14% → 3%, −11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.14% → 3%08
Prometheus + Grafana3%30%37criticized challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 2% → 3%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 3%
Prometheus + Grafana3%30%37criticized challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 2% → 3%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 3%Show the eight products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Dynatrace0%76%25criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Dynatrace0%76%25criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%15
Splunk0%70%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Splunk0%70%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%14
Nagios0%55%20criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Nagios0%55%20criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%13
Prometheus0%22%18accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
Prometheus0%22%18accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%11
UptimeRobot0%7%14accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 0%
UptimeRobot0%7%14accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 0%09
Netdata0%0%22accepted challenger▼−7Since October 2026: 7% → 0%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 0%
Netdata0%0%22accepted challenger▼−7Since October 2026: 7% → 0%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 0%10
Checkmk0%0%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Checkmk0%0%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%12
Xitoring0%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Xitoring0%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 headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Datadog vs GrafanaDatadog vs New RelicDatadog vs Prometheus + GrafanaDatadog vs PrometheusZabbix vs Site24x7Zabbix vs LogicMonitorZabbix vs GrafanaZabbix vs New RelicZabbix vs Prometheus + GrafanaZabbix vs PrometheusSite24x7 vs LogicMonitorSite24x7 vs GrafanaSite24x7 vs New RelicSite24x7 vs Prometheus + GrafanaSite24x7 vs PrometheusLogicMonitor vs GrafanaLogicMonitor vs New RelicLogicMonitor vs Prometheus + GrafanaLogicMonitor vs PrometheusGrafana vs New RelicGrafana vs Prometheus + GrafanaGrafana vs PrometheusNew Relic vs Prometheus + GrafanaNew Relic vs PrometheusPrometheus + Grafana vs Prometheus
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 →
01020304050607080910111213141516Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Site24x727%
Site24x727%02Zabbix15%
Zabbix15%03New Relic12%
New Relic12%04Datadog10%
Datadog10%05Grafana8%
Grafana8%06Better Stack8%
Better Stack8%07Paessler PRTG3%
Paessler PRTG3%08Prometheus + Grafana3%
Prometheus + Grafana3%09Netdata0%
Netdata0%10Checkmk0%
Checkmk0%11UptimeRobot0%
UptimeRobot0%12Xitoring0%
Xitoring0%13Prometheus0%
Prometheus0%14Nagios0%
Nagios0%15Splunk0%
Splunk0%16Dynatrace0%
Dynatrace0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Dynatrace76%
19 of 25 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 11 hard negative
“Tools like Splunk Enterprise, Dynatrace, or IBM Tivoli … Why to avoid: They are often overkill for a small business.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Datadog50%
32 of 64 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 10 hard negative
“Avoid per-host SaaS observability at scale unless you have clear ROI and headcount to manage it, i.e., Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace, Instana.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Zabbix22%
13 of 58 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Feature-rich but complex configuration. Good for larger environments with many device types.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
New Relic29%
15 of 51 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Avoid per-host SaaS observability at scale unless you have clear ROI and headcount to manage it, i.e., Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace, Instana.” Muse Glimmer 30B, 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. 692 links across 165 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 26 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 · Motadata42 answers · 54 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Netdata24 answers · 30 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Middleware.io21 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Xitoring20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Checkmk16 answers · 17 citations · 11 models
vendor site · New Relic15 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · NinjaOne15 answers · 15 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Grafana13 answers · 23 citations · 7 models
publisher (Gane)13 answers · 15 citations · 7 models
vendor site · SourceForge12 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
12 answers · 13 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Fivenines12 answers · 12 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.
37 answers · 10 models
21 answers · 9 models
19 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 10 models
11 answers · 7 models
9 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 infrastructure monitoring tool”, “infrastructure monitoring tool”, “infrastructure monitoring tools”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site24x7 site24x7.com | 27% | 304 | 1,300 | 61 | 174,542 | $522 | 120 | |
| Zabbix zabbix.com | 15% | 313 | 12,100 | 992 | 18,850 | 3 | ||
| New Relic newrelic.com | 12% | 595 | 14,800 | 843 | 83,276 | $412 | 89 | |
| Grafana grafana.com Grafana 8%, Prometheus + Grafana 3% | 12% | 277 | 40,500 | 2,627 | 84,520 | 116 | ||
| Datadog datadoghq.com | 10% | 590 | 74,000 | 3,541 | 159,408 | $633 | 120 | 5 |
| Better Stack betterstack.com | 8% | 311 | 1,600 | 1,017 | 41,811 | 119 | ||
| Paessler PRTG paessler.com Paessler PRTG 3%, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor 2% | 5% | 147 | 480 | 4 | 107,237 | $12,945 | 120 | |
| SigNoz signoz.io | 2% | 179 | 2,400 | 52 | 7,244 | 1 | ||
| NinjaOne ninjaone.com | 2% | 258 | 18,100 | 610 | 316,268 | $17,226 | 118 | |
| Checkmk checkmk.com Checkmk Community 2%, Checkmk 0% | 2% | 64 | 2,400 | 53 | 5,596 | 68 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 20 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (middleware.io, netdata.cloud). The first result for “best infrastructure monitoring tool” is hyperping.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 infrastructure monitoring tool for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which server and cloud infrastructure monitoring solution would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top infrastructure monitoring tools for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best infrastructure monitoring tool for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating an infrastructure monitoring tool. What should we look at?”Negative“Which infrastructure monitoring tools should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Site24x7Paessler PRTG, Site24x7Changedagainst: Grafana, Nagios, Prometheus, ZabbixNetdataZabbixno first choiceagainst: Grafana, Pingdom
Four alternatives
New Relic, Paessler PRTG, Prometheus + Grafana, ZabbixTwo alternatives
LoadFocus, New RelicFour alternatives
Better Stack, Paessler PRTG, Prometheus, Site24x7Five alternatives
Nagios, New Relic, Paessler PRTG, Prometheus + Grafana, SpiceworksGPT-5.4 miniNew RelicDatadogChangedDatadogagainst: Uptime KumaPrometheus + Grafanano first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Datadog, Prometheus + GrafanaThree alternatives
Checkmk, Grafana, PrometheusThree alternatives
Grafana, New Relic, Prometheus + GrafanaFour alternatives
Checkmk, Netdata, New Relic, Site24x7Gemini 3.5 FlashBetter Stackagainst: DatadogBetter StackHeldagainst: DatadogDatadogNew RelicBetter Stack, Grafanaagainst: Amazon CloudWatch, Datadog, ELK Stack, Google Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus + Grafana, VictoriaMetricsagainst: BMC Helix, Cisco AppDynamics, Datadog, Dynatrace, Elastic Stack, IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps, Micro Focus, OpenText, Prometheus, Splunk
Three alternatives
Grafana, New Relic, SigNozTwo alternatives
Grafana, New RelicFour alternatives
Better Stack, Grafana, Netdata, New RelicSeven alternatives
Better Stack, Grafana, Netdata, Paessler PRTG, Prometheus + Grafana, Uptime Kuma, ZabbixOne alternative
SigNozPerplexity SonarSite24x7against: Datadog, ZabbixSite24x7Heldagainst: DatadogNew Relic, Site24x7against: Prometheus + GrafanaSite24x7against: Better Stack, UptimeRobotno first choiceagainst: Dynatrace, LibreNMS, Paessler PRTG, Prometheus + Grafana, Splunk, Zabbix
Two alternatives
Netdata, New RelicTwo alternatives
Checkmk, ZabbixFour alternatives
Datadog, Grafana, Netdata, ZabbixThree alternatives
New Relic, Prometheus + Grafana, ZabbixGrok 4.20Zabbixagainst: Dynatrace, New RelicSite24x7Changedagainst: LogicMonitorDatadog, Prometheus + GrafanaZabbixagainst: Datadog, Nagios, New Relic, SolarWinds ObservabilityDatadog, New Relicagainst: Broadcom Layer7 API Gateway, Datadog, Dynatrace, ELK Stack, IBM Tivoli, Icinga, ManageEngine OpManager, Nagios, New Relic, Paessler PRTG, Prometheus + Grafana, SolarWinds Orion, Splunk, Sumo Logic, Zabbix
Six alternatives
Better Stack, Datadog, NinjaOne, Paessler PRTG, Prometheus + Grafana, Site24x7Four alternatives
Checkmk, Datadog, New Relic, ZabbixFour alternatives
LogicMonitor, Paessler PRTG, Site24x7, ZabbixFour alternatives
Checkmk, Netdata, Prometheus + Grafana, Uptime KumaThree alternatives
Dynatrace, Prometheus + Grafana, ZabbixMistral SmallNinjaOneagainst: DatadogDatadog, New RelicChangedDatadog, Site24x7against: Nagios, New Relic, Paessler PRTGPrometheus + Grafana, Zabbixagainst: Datadog, Dynatraceno first choiceagainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, Nagios, New Relic, Splunk, Zabbix
Two alternatives
Prometheus + Grafana, ZabbixTwo alternatives
Grafana, ZabbixThree alternatives
NinjaOne, Prometheus, ZabbixTwo alternatives
Netdata, XitoringDeepSeek V4 FlashSite24x7against: Datadog, New RelicSite24x7Heldagainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, Prometheus + GrafanaPrometheus + GrafanaSite24x7against: Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, SolarWinds ObservabilityGrafana, SigNozagainst: Datadog, Prometheus + Grafanaagainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, LogicMonitor, Nagios, New Relic, Prometheus + Grafana, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbix
Three alternatives
Paessler PRTG, UptimeRobot, ZabbixFour alternatives
Hyperping, New Relic, Paessler PRTG, Uptime.comFour alternatives
Datadog, Netdata, Paessler PRTG, ZabbixOne alternative
ZabbixFour alternatives
Middleware.io, New Relic, Paessler PRTG, ZabbixLlama 4 Maverickhyperping.comno first choiceChangedno first choicePrometheus with Grafana, Zabbixno first choiceagainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, Nagios, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Zabbix
Six alternatives
Datadog, Dynatrace, Middleware.io, NinjaOne, Prometheus, ZabbixTwo alternatives
Datadog, XitoringQwen 3.7 FlashDatadog, Paessler PRTG Network MonitorSite24x7Changedagainst: ZabbixDatadogPaessler PRTGagainst: Datadog, New RelicDatadogagainst: SolarWinds Observability, Zabbixagainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, OpenNMS, Paessler PRTG, Raw Nagios Core, Splunk, The Prometheus/Grafana/Loki Stack
Four alternatives
CloudAPM, New Relic, SigNoz, ZabbixTwo alternatives
Grafana, Paessler PRTGThree alternatives
Grafana, Prometheus + Grafana, ZabbixThree alternatives
Prometheus + Grafana, Xitoring, ZabbixFour alternatives
ManageEngine, Paessler, Prometheus + Grafana, Site24x7Kimi K2Site24x7against: DatadogGrafanaChangedNetdataagainst: DatadogZabbixGrafana, New Relicagainst: Datadog, Nagios, Prometheusagainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Splunk, Zabbix
Two alternatives
Paessler PRTG, ZabbixThree alternatives
Datadog, Netdata, Paessler PRTGFour alternatives
New Relic, Paessler PRTG, Prometheus + Grafana, ZabbixFour alternatives
Checkmk, Nagios, Prometheus + Grafana, XitoringFour alternatives
Paessler PRTG, SigNoz, Site24x7, ZabbixGLM 4.7 FlashXBetter Stack, Site24x7against: Datadog, New RelicSite24x7Changedagainst: Better Stack, Datadog, HyperpingGrafana, Netdataagainst: Dynatrace, Motadata ObserveOpsZabbixno first choiceagainst: AppDynamics, Datadog, Dynatrace, Elastic Stack, Nagios, New Relic, Prometheus + Grafana, Zabbix
Four alternatives
Netdata, Paessler PRTG, Xitoring, ZabbixTwo alternatives
Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, ZabbixFive alternatives
CubeAPM, Datadog, New Relic, Prometheus + Grafana, XitoringFive alternatives
Checkmk, Nagios, Netdata, Paessler PRTG, Prometheus + GrafanaMiniMax M2.5no first choiceAtera, Site24x7Changedagainst: Datadog Infrastructure ProGrafana, PrometheusZabbixDatadog, New Relicagainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Prometheus + Grafana, SolarWinds Observability, Zabbix
Two alternatives
ManageEngine OpManager, Paessler PRTGFour alternatives
Datadog, New Relic, Site24x7, ZabbixFour alternatives
Grafana Stack, Nagios, Paessler PRTG, PrometheusFour alternatives
Motadata ObserveOps, Prometheus + Grafana, Site24x7, ZabbixGPT-6 LunaNew RelicGrafanaChangedGrafanaagainst: DatadogCheckmk Communityagainst: Prometheus + Grafana, Uptime Kumano first choiceagainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus
Two alternatives
Datadog, GrafanaThree alternatives
Checkmk Community, CloudWatch, DatadogThree alternatives
Amazon CloudWatch, New Relic, PrometheusOne alternative
ZabbixMuse Glimmer 30BBetter Stack, Hyperping, Site24x7against: Datadog, DynatraceSite24x7ChangedGrafana, Prometheusagainst: Datadog, DynatraceZabbixno first choiceagainst: Datadog, Dynatrace, IBM Instana, IBM Tivoli, Nagios, New Relic, Prometheus + Grafana, Splunk, Zabbix
Six alternatives
Grafana, Netdata, New Relic, Prometheus, UptimeRobot, ZabbixTwo alternatives
Checkmk, ZabbixFive alternatives
Better Stack, Netdata, New Relic, Site24x7, ZabbixThree alternatives
Paessler PRTG, Prometheus + Grafana, XitoringBold 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 15:31 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:41 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:48 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:01 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:49 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:40 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:34 | yes | 19 | 35 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:09 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:45 | yes | 9 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:11 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:02 | yes | 9 | 40 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:51 | yes | 5 | 59 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:19 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:37 | yes | 19 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:09 | yes | 3 | 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 13:27 | yes | 11 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:51 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:33 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:42 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:01 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:43 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:58 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:27 | yes | 10 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:20 | yes | 15 | 79 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:33 | yes | 5 | 58 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:31 | yes | 4 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:32 | yes | 23 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:05 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:40 | yes | 4 | 8 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 12:48 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:49 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:34 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:51 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:42 | yes | 25 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:19 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:57 | yes | 5 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:44 | yes | 10 | 53 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:20 | yes | 23 | 146 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:36 | yes | 10 | 36 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:27 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:51 | yes | 14 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:16 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:32 | yes | 3 | 6 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 18:04 | yes | 6 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:36 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:08 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:25 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:24 | yes | 20 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:48 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:07 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:57 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:58 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:00 | yes | 15 | 69 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:45 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:16 | yes | 14 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:14 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:42 | 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 17:06 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:45 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:40 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:49 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:49 | yes | 19 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:00 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:55 | yes | 5 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:12 | yes | 15 | 68 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:28 | no | 0 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:41 | yes | 9 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:32 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:39 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:36 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:36 | no | 0 | 5 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 15:48 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:27 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:33 | yes | 8 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:45 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:03 | yes | 23 | 47 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:47 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:32 | no | 0 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:06 | yes | 8 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:55 | yes | 23 | 46 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:26 | yes | 9 | 37 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:50 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:37 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
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