# SolarWinds Orion: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 11 judge labels across 4 categories by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/solarwinds-orion

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Network monitoring and management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/network-monitoring-and-management/index.md) | 0% | 114 | 83% | 6 |
| [Infrastructure monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/infrastructure-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 74 | 100% | 3 |
| [IT asset management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/it-asset-management/index.md) | 0% | 109 | 100% | 1 |
| [Patch management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/patch-management/index.md) | 0% | 93 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Because of the historic SUNBURST incident and the extremely critical advisory on Orion, organizations that still run SolarWinds asset / monitoring components are typically advised to do a thorough risk assessment" (Muse Glimmer 30B, ITAM)
- "CISA issued a rare emergency directive calling on all federal agencies to "review their networks for indicators of compromise and disconnect or power down SolarWinds Orion products immediately."" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Network monitoring)
- "This is the clearest case of a tool to avoid or approach with extreme skepticism." (Kimi K2, Infra monitoring)
- "This is the most significant cautionary tale... the breach was devastating." (Kimi K2, Network monitoring)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named SolarWinds Orion, from 18 of the 21 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cisa.gov: 12
- techtarget.com: 8
- ir.com: 6
- cyber.gc.ca: 4
- kentik.com: 4
- netwrix.com: 4
- reddit.com: 4
- solarwinds.com: 4 (its own site)
- csoonline.com: 3
- faddom.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://ir.com/guides/network-monitoring-tools: 6
- https://netwrix.com/en/resources/blog/network-monitoring-tools: 4
- https://cisa.gov/news-events/directives/ed-21-01-mitigate-solarwinds-orion-code-compromise-closed: 3
- https://cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/enhanced-visibility-and-hardening-guidance-communications-infrastructure: 3
- https://kentik.com/kentipedia/best-network-monitoring-tools-2026: 3
- https://netdata.cloud/resources/best-infrastructure-monitoring-tools: 3
- https://techtarget.com/news/SolarWinds-fallout-has-enterprise-CISOs-on-edge/839175: 3
- https://techtarget.com/searchnetworking/feature/SolarWinds-Lessons-learned-for-network-management-monitoring: 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.