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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 7 judge labels across 4 categories by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cisco-thousandeyes

## 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% | 19 | 0% | 3 |
| [Website and synthetic monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/website-and-synthetic-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 21 | 0% | 2 |
| [AIOps platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/aiops-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 61 | 0% | 1 |
| [Digital employee experience](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/digital-employee-experience/index.md) | 0% | 110 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Cisco ThousandEyes if your biggest pain point is remote user connectivity to SaaS apps" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Network monitoring)
- "Cisco ThousandEyes for superior synthetic internet/path monitoring" (Grok 4.20, Uptime monitoring)
- "Cisco ThousandEyes – Excellent for hybrid/multi-cloud visibility." (MiniMax M2.5, Network monitoring)
- "Best for Network & Third-Party Visibility: Cisco ThousandEyes" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Uptime 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 ThousandEyes, from 21 of the 30 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- kentik.com: 13
- newrelic.com: 9
- motadata.com: 8
- g2.com: 7
- peerspot.com: 7
- checkmk.com: 6
- dotcom-monitor.com: 5
- guideflow.com: 5
- wwt.com: 5
- cubeapm.com: 4

### Pages cited

- https://kentik.com/kentipedia/best-network-monitoring-tools-2026: 10
- https://checkmk.com/blog/best-network-monitoring-tools: 5
- https://motadata.com/blog/synthetic-monitoring-tools: 5
- https://wwt.com/article/top-digital-experience-monitoring-solutions-for-employee-experience: 5
- https://dotcom-monitor.com/blog/best-network-monitoring-software: 4
- https://geekflare.com/guides/best-synthetic-monitoring-tools: 4
- https://newrelic.com/blog/observability/network-performance-monitoring-tools: 4
- https://softwareadvice.com/network-monitoring: 4

## 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.