3 categories · RankedOPNsense
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 FortiGate is first at 72%.
Fortinet FortiGate is first at 71%.
No model named it for this buyer.
Why models recommend it
“For Maximum Savings: Start with OPNsense or pfSense”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“The Best "Free" Option (If you have IT skills): Open Source (OPNsense or pfSense)”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Best Open-Source / DIY Solution... Trade-off: High administrative overhead.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“install free, open-source firewall software like OPNsense or pfSense”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“require more technical expertise to configure and maintain”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as OPNsense, over the 23 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 11 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 4 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
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 19 of the 23 answers that named OPNsense and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Sixty-one of the sixty-one domain citations in answers naming OPNsense 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |