# Cisco NSO: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cisco-nso

## 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) | 0% | 95 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Avoid buying a highly complex orchestration platform such as Itential, Cisco NSO, or NetBrain" (Perplexity Sonar, Network monitoring)

## 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 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 Cisco NSO, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- blog.domotz.com: 2
- capterra.com: 2
- softwareadvice.com: 2
- auvik.com: 1
- brainboard.co: 1
- cisco.com: 1 (its own site)
- f6s.com: 1
- g2.com: 1
- guideflow.com: 1
- hpe.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://blog.domotz.com/all/best-network-automation-software: 2
- https://capterra.com/network-management-software: 2
- https://softwareadvice.com/network-management: 2
- https://auvik.com/franklyit/blog/best-network-automation-software: 1
- https://auvik.com/franklyit/blog/best-network-monitoring-tools: 1
- https://blog.domotz.com/all/top-10-network-management-software: 1
- https://brainboard.co/blog/best-network-automation-platforms-in-2026: 1
- https://cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/network-services-orchestrator/network-orchestrator-so.html: 1

## 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.