4 categories · RankedHPE Aruba EdgeConnect
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect is an SD-WAN product from HPE, also categorized among SASE platforms · arubanetworks.com ↗
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.
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN is first at 40%.
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN is first at 67%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN is first at 45%.
Why models recommend it
“The best data center switching platform for a company with a limited budget is Aruba, as it offers better value than Cisco”Llama 4 Maverick · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Cisco Meraki or HPE Aruba EdgeConnect would be the strongest starting points”MiniMax M2.5 · Direct question · first choice
“Consider alternatives | Aruba EdgeConnect, Fortinet (for smaller deployments) | Generally more favorable community feedback”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · alternative
“Frequently recommended by IT professionals for mid-size deployments due to its stability, ease of use, and strong performance.”Mistral Small · Direct question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Silver Peak (acquired by HPE/Aruba) – Verify HPE's long-term commitment to SD-WAN innovation.”MiniMax M2.5 · Negative question · warning
“Reddit user reports indicate "absolute shit" reliability with numerous engineering cases”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“Caution Level: ~8% negative rate ... data center fabric maturity still growing”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Aruba is generally less dominant as a pure SD-WAN vendor than Cisco or Fortinet.”GPT-5.4 mini · Comparative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, over the 112 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | 22 | Compare → | |
| 63 | 5 | View → | |
| 54 | 0 | View → | |
| 48 | 14 | Compare → | |
| 38 | 0 | View → | |
| 34 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 30 | 10 | Compare → | |
| 21 | 12 | View → | |
| 19 | 2 | View → | |
| 17 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of HPE Aruba EdgeConnect →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on HPE Aruba EdgeConnect's own site, not checked by Gane.
- Customers named
- Norfolk Southern, Everton Football Club
- Also from HPE
- HPE 3PAR, HPE Alletra, HPE Alletra / Primera, HPE Alletra 5000/6000, HPE Alletra 9000, HPE Alletra MP B10000 and 26 more
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 95 of the 112 answers that named HPE Aruba EdgeConnect and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
226 of the 243 domain citations in answers naming HPE Aruba EdgeConnect came from a third party's page. Seventeen 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-11 to 2026-10 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comparison | 96 | 0 | 2022-07-01 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 51 | undated | SD-WAN | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 28 | 0 | 2022-08-01 | SD-WAN, SASE | |
| Report or ebook | 12 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 11 | undated | |||
| News or press | 3 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 2 | undated |
Most recent
- 2022-08-01What is asymmetric routing and does clearpass allow asymmetric routing glossary or explainer
- 2022-08-01What is the default tls version for clearpass version 69 onwards glossary or explainer
- 2022-07-01Aruba os cx switch acl logging output details vs summary comparison
- 2022-07-01What is the maximum number of overlay tunnel ssid that could be created in an aos 10x deployment glossary or explainer
- 2022-07-01What is the maximum number of overlay tunnel ssid that could be created in an aos 10x deployment glossary or explainer
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page arubanetworks.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read October 5, 2026.