# Aruba Instant On: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/aruba-instant-on

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data center networking](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/data-center-networking/index.md) | 0% | 106 | 50% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Other options include Arista Networks, Aruba Instant On" (Llama 4 Maverick, Data center networking)

## And against it

- "more accepted for smaller or less complex environments, but may not scale for large data centers" (Mistral Small, Data center networking)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Aruba Instant On, from 12 of the 17 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- gane.ai/index: 12
- g2.com: 7
- peerspot.com: 7
- reddit.com: 7
- saasworthy.com: 7
- findalternatives.net: 5
- cisco.com: 3
- servicenetwork.org: 3
- thenetworkdna.com: 3
- topbusinesssoftware.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/data-center-networking/smb: 12
- https://saasworthy.com/list/data-center-networking: 7
- https://g2.com/categories/data-center-networking: 6
- https://findalternatives.net/categories/data-center-networking: 5
- https://g2.com/products/vmware-nsx/reviews: 3
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/data-center-networking: 3
- https://peerspot.com/products/cisco-aci-reviews: 3
- https://peerspot.com/products/cisco-nexus-9000-series-reviews: 3

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.