# ThousandEyes: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 6 judge labels across 3 categories by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/thousandeyes

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Website and synthetic monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/website-and-synthetic-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 19 | 0% | 3 |
| [Network monitoring and management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/network-monitoring-and-management/index.md) | 0% | 48 | 0% | 2 |
| [SASE platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/sase-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 50 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "consider ThousandEyes as a specialized complement, not necessarily your only DEM tool" (GPT-6 Luna, Uptime monitoring)
- "If you need network/internet-path intelligence: ThousandEyes" (GPT-5.4 mini, Uptime monitoring)
- "Add ThousandEyes only if the recurring question is" (Perplexity Sonar, Uptime monitoring)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named ThousandEyes, from 24 of the 26 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- newrelic.com: 9
- guideflow.com: 8
- motadata.com: 7
- thousandeyes.com: 7 (its own site)
- kentik.com: 6
- dotcom-monitor.com: 5
- gane.ai/index: 5
- checkmk.com: 4
- contentsquare.com: 4
- docs.datadoghq.com: 4

### Pages cited

- https://guideflow.com/blog/digital-experience-monitoring-tools: 7
- https://newrelic.com/blog/observability/digital-experience-monitoring-tools: 6
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/website-and-synthetic-monitoring/enterprise: 5
- https://motadata.com/blog/synthetic-monitoring-tools: 5
- https://checkmk.com/blog/best-network-monitoring-tools: 4
- https://dotcom-monitor.com/blog/best-network-monitoring-software: 4
- https://blog.domotz.com/all/enterprise-network-monitoring-tools: 3
- https://changetower.com/insights/digital-experience-monitoring-guide: 3

## In its own words

What ThousandEyes's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Cisco ThousandEyes empowers organizations to assure every digital experience across every network, everywhere, every time. (https://thousandeyes.com/)
- For: organizations (https://thousandeyes.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Start Free Trial (https://thousandeyes.com/)
- Certifications: FedRAMP, CCPA, GDPR, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, ISO 22301
- Customers named: WWE

## What it publishes

Every page thousandeyes.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 896 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- comparison: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-30
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-01-21
- glossary or explainer: 4 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-17
- Recent: 2026-08-17 glossary or explainer: What is an account group https://docs.thousandeyes.com/product-documentation/user-management/authorization/account-groups/what-is-an-account-group
- Recent: 2026-08-10 glossary or explainer: What is browserbot https://docs.thousandeyes.com/product-documentation/global-vantage-points/enterprise-agents/what-is-browserbot
- Recent: 2026-06-30 comparison: Optimizing syn vs sack probing methods to avoid unexplainable packet loss https://docs.thousandeyes.com/solution-guides/best-practices/optimizing-syn-vs-sack-probing-methods-to-avoid-unexplainable-packet-loss
- Recent: 2026-01-21 template or tool: User defined templates https://docs.thousandeyes.com/product-documentation/tests/templates/user-defined-templates
- Recent: 2023-07-10 glossary or explainer: What is wan insights https://docs.thousandeyes.com/product-documentation/wan-insights/introducing/what-is-wan-insights

## 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.