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Brand protection platforms · November 2026 Edition

Bolster vs Fortra Brand Protection

Three of fourteen models named Bolster first on the direct prompt; zero named Fortra Brand Protection. Bolster was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Fortra Brand Protection by eight and Bolster carries 20 labels and Fortra Brand Protection 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Bolster

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Fortra Brand Protection

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share8%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#7A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels2011A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Bolster reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.BrandShield was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. IP Moat vs Bolster · IP Moat vs Fortra Brand Protection · BrandShield vs Bolster

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the brand protection platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
BolsterFirst choices, of fourteen modelsFortra Brand Protection
Direct30
Paraphrase11
Comparative00
Budget-constrained001 against Bolster
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Bolster and Fortra Brand Protection were named in the same answer eight times, of the 49 answers naming Bolster and the 28 naming Fortra Brand Protection. In those answers Fortra Brand Protection took the first choice zero times and Bolster one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Bolster and Fortra Brand Protection stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Bolster Fortra Brand Protection first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Bolster on the left and Fortra Brand Protection on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Bolster and Fortra Brand Protection stood in it.

Bolster first, Fortra Brand Protection an alternative

3 of 14 modelsFortra Brand Protection was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Bolster alternatives: MarqVision, Podqi, Red Points
Perplexity SonarBolster alternatives: BrandShield, Corsearch, MarqVision, Red Points
GPT-6 LunaBolster alternatives: Doppel, Fortra Brand Protection, Netcraft

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniRed Points alternatives: BrandShield, CTM360, Fortra Brand Protection
Gemini 3.5 FlashBrandShield alternatives: Bolster, Corsearch, Red Points, ZeroFox
Llama 4 MaverickBrandShield alternatives: Bolster, Netcraft Domain Protection, ZeroFox Brand Protection
Qwen 3.7 FlashIP Moat, Red Points alternatives: Bolster

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Grok 4.20Red Points alternatives: Bolster AI, BrandShield, Cyble, MarqVision
Mistral SmallBolster AI alternatives: BrandShield, Cyble, Red Points, ZeroFox Brand Protection
DeepSeek V4 FlashBolster AI alternatives: BrandShield, Red Points
Kimi K2BrandShield, Red Points alternatives: Bolster AI, ZeroFox
GLM 4.7 FlashXBolster AI, BrandShield alternatives: ZeroFox
MiniMax M2.5Bolster AI alternatives: BrandShield
Muse Glimmer 30BBrandShield alternatives: Bolster AI, Red Points

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Bolster leads by two points.
Bolster2%#7 of 11
Fortra Brand Protection0%#– of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Bolster leads by six points.
Bolster8%#5 of 11
Fortra Brand Protection2%#7 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Bolster2%#8 of 10
Fortra Brand Protection2%#9 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Bolster

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“Bolster — $25,000–$75,000 annually (too expensive for limited budgets)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Bolster is recommended for mid-market and enterprise organizations that need fast, automated takedowns across a wide range of digital channels.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“For a typical mid-market B2B company, I'd start with Bolster” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice
“Bolster is the strongest default choice” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Fortra Brand Protection

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“It has industry-leading detection and rapid takedown capabilities, and can monitor and automate takedowns across web, social media, mobile apps, and the dark web.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Teams that want substantial analyst-led monitoring and response for phishing and impersonation threats.” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · alternative
“Fortra emphasizes dark web monitoring and social/phishing protection.” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.