DDI and IP address management · RankedSolarWinds IP Address Manager
SolarWinds IP Address Manager is IP address management software in the DDI (DNS, DHCP and IP address management) category · solarwinds.com ↗
Strongest at small business. Ranked 7 of 70 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
phpIPAM is first at 23%.
BlueCat Micetro is first at 15%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Infoblox Universal DDI is first at 60%.
Why models recommend it
“My top choice is SolarWinds® IP Address Manager, due to its extensive feature list, intuitive and integrated user interface”Muse Glimmer 30B · Paraphrase question · first choice
“The best IP address management tool for a mid-sized B2B company would be SolarWinds IPAM or ManageEngine OpUtils.”Llama 4 Maverick · Paraphrase question · first choice
“open-source solutions like phpIPAM or entry-level commercial options like SolarWinds tend to offer the best value”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“SolarWinds IP Address Manager is my top pick for a mid‑sized B2B company.”MiniMax M2.5 · Paraphrase question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Scales poorly beyond a few thousand IPs ... AI models consistently rate it negatively”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“SolarWinds was compromised in the 2020 SUNBURST supply chain attack, and some models advise caution when using their products.”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
“More basic IPAM-focused solution, often for smaller environments”Kimi K2 · Comparative question · warning
“Avoid if under very tight constraints.”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as SolarWinds IP Address Manager, over the 111 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
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| 71 | 18 | Compare → | |
| 67 | 11 | Compare → | |
| 63 | 16 | Compare → | |
| 45 | 0 | View → | |
| 37 | 9 | Compare → | |
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| 25 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 16 | 3 | View → | |
| 15 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 13 | 4 | View → |
What the models named instead of SolarWinds IP Address Manager →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on SolarWinds IP Address Manager'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 104 of the 111 answers that named SolarWinds IP Address Manager and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
279 of the 363 domain citations in answers naming SolarWinds IP Address Manager came from a third party's page. Sixty 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |