# ntopng: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ntopng

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Network detection and response](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/network-detection-and-response/index.md) | 4% | 9 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Budget-conscious: Start with Wireshark + ntopng combination" (Claude Haiku 4.5, NDR)
- "My default pick for a mid-sized B2B company is ntopng" (GPT-6 Luna, NDR)
- "If budget is very tight and you have in-house expertise, go with ntopng (Community or Pro)" (Grok 4.20, NDR)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named ntopng, from 9 of the 12 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- comparitech.com: 5
- motadata.com: 5
- softwaretestinghelp.com: 5
- auvik.com: 3
- capterra.com: 3
- ntop.org: 3
- rajeshkumar.xyz: 3
- softwareadvice.com: 3
- sourceforge.net: 3
- bestdevops.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://comparitech.com/net-admin/best-network-traffic-analysis-tools: 5
- https://motadata.com/blog/network-traffic-analysis-tools: 5
- https://softwaretestinghelp.com/top-network-traffic-analyzers: 5
- https://capterra.com/network-monitoring-software: 3
- https://ntop.org/products/traffic-analysis/ntopng: 3
- https://rajeshkumar.xyz/blog/network-analysis-tools: 3
- https://softwareadvice.com/network-monitoring: 3
- https://sourceforge.net/software/network-traffic-analysis-nta: 3

## 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.