# Cisco Catalyst Center: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 6 judge labels across 2 categories by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cisco-catalyst-center

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Network monitoring and management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/network-monitoring-and-management/index.md) | 2% | 9 | 20% | 5 |
| [DDI and IP address management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/ddi-and-ipam/index.md) | 0% | 54 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best all-around: Cisco Catalyst Center" (GPT-5.4 mini, Network monitoring)

## And against it

- "Avoid vendor-locked solutions like Cisco Catalyst Center" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Network monitoring)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Cisco Catalyst Center, from 13 of the 19 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cisco.com: 8 (its own site)
- sourceforge.net: 6
- g2.com: 5
- guideflow.com: 5
- peerspot.com: 5
- itential.com: 4
- blog.domotz.com: 3
- capterra.com: 3
- cloudeagle.ai: 3
- networkworld.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://guideflow.com/blog/network-automation-software: 4
- https://itential.com/resource/guide/network-automation-tools-landscape: 4
- https://blog.domotz.com/all/top-10-network-management-software: 3
- https://capterra.com/network-management-software: 3
- https://cloudeagle.ai/blogs/network-automationt-tools: 3
- https://g2.com/categories/network-automation-tools: 3
- https://networkworld.com/article/3619948/network-worlds-best-of-enterprise-network-2024-award-winners.html: 3
- https://peerspot.com/categories/network-automation: 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.