2 categories · RankedCisco Meraki SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN is a software-defined wide area networking product managed through the cloud-based Meraki dashboard · cisco.com ↗
Strongest at small business. Ranked 10 of 61 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN is first at 40%.
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN is first at 67%. 2 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN is first at 45%.
Why models recommend it
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Cisco Meraki or HPE Aruba EdgeConnect would be the strongest starting points”MiniMax M2.5 · Direct question · first choice
“Fortinet and Cisco Meraki are the most frequently recommended options due to their affordability”Mistral Small · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Start with Cisco Meraki if you want the simplest, most intuitive management experience.”Kimi K2 · Direct question · first choice
“Need the richest enterprise WAN features: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN.”GPT-5.4 mini · Comparative question · first choice
What gives them pause
“criticized for weak traditional routing features... Better for smaller or cloud-heavy setups.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“| Cisco Meraki | $450+/site | Required | Ease of use (premium) |”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Cons: More expensive — roughly $4,500–$7,500/site/year”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
“High (Low hardware cost, but high mandatory annual licenses)”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, over the 131 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | 46 | Compare → | |
| 79 | 11 | Compare → | |
| 57 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 57 | 1 | View → | |
| 56 | 0 | View → | |
| 30 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 23 | 0 | View → | |
| 17 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Cisco Meraki SD-WAN →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Cisco Meraki SD-WAN's own site, not checked by Gane.
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How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
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Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
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. These counts come from 120 of the 131 answers that named Cisco Meraki SD-WAN and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
300 of the 362 domain citations in answers naming Cisco Meraki SD-WAN came from a third party's page. Thirty-six were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |