HPE Aruba CX Series
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Arista Networks is first at 22%.
Arista Networks is first at 42%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Arista Networks is first at 52%.
Why models recommend it
“Often highlighted as a cost-effective enterprise option compared to Cisco.”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“HPE Aruba / Dell PowerSwitch for smaller/mixed campus-edge data centers”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Another budget-friendly alternative mentioned is HPE Aruba”Mistral Small · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Best Traditional Vendor Alternative: HPE Aruba CX Series”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as HPE Aruba CX Series, over the 33 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 4 | View → | |
| 24 | 10 | View → | |
| 15 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 1 | View → | |
| 4 | 1 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of HPE Aruba CX Series →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on HPE Aruba CX Series'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.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
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 27 of the 33 answers that named HPE Aruba CX Series and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Seventy-seven of the eighty-four domain citations in answers naming HPE Aruba CX Series came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |