Backup and disaster recovery for enterprise buyers
Asked as “backup and disaster recovery solution”, and as “data backup and recovery service”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 63 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
38%
Contested · Rubrik Security Cloud 22%
38Veeam Data Platform22Rubrik Security Cloud10Commvault Complete Data Protection30others
38% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▲+6Since October 2026: 32% → 38%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Veeam Data Platform held the lead, +6 points on 32%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Acronis Cyber Protect30%Contested▲+7Since October 2026: 23% → 30%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-market
Veeam Data Platform40%Contested▲+2Since October 2026: 38% → 40%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseVeeam Data Platform38%Contested▲+6Since October 2026: 32% → 38%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This page
Acronis Cyber Protect30%Contested▲+7Since October 2026: 23% → 30%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketVeeam Data Platform40%Contested▲+2Since October 2026: 38% → 40%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseVeeam Data Platform38%Contested▲+6Since October 2026: 32% → 38%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Veeam Data Platform38%5%57endorsed leader▲+6Since October 2026: 32% → 38%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.32% → 38%
Veeam Data Platform38%5%57endorsed leader▲+6Since October 2026: 32% → 38%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.32% → 38%02
Rubrik Security Cloud22%4%56accepted challenger▲+8Since October 2026: 14% → 22%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.14% → 22%
Rubrik Security Cloud22%4%56accepted challenger▲+8Since October 2026: 14% → 22%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.14% → 22%03
Commvault Complete Data Protection10%10%61accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 12% → 10%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 10%
Commvault Complete Data Protection10%10%61accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 12% → 10%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 10%04
Cohesity DataProtect5%7%44accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 9% → 5%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 5%
Cohesity DataProtect5%7%44accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 9% → 5%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 5%05
Druva Data Security Cloud5%0%29accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 9% → 5%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 5%
Druva Data Security Cloud5%0%29accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 9% → 5%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 5%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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AWS Backup0%31%13criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
AWS Backup0%31%13criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%07
Dell PowerProtect0%6%18accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Dell PowerProtect0%6%18accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%06
Zerto0%0%17accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Zerto0%0%17accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08Acronis Cyber Protect0%0%10accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 0%
Acronis Cyber Protect0%0%10accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
Veeam Data Platform vs Acronis Cyber ProtectVeeam Data Platform vs Druva Data Security CloudVeeam Data Platform vs NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.All ten head-to-head pages: the top five products, each against each
Veeam Data Platform vs Rubrik Security CloudAcronis Cyber Protect vs Druva Data Security CloudAcronis Cyber Protect vs NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationAcronis Cyber Protect vs Rubrik Security CloudDruva Data Security Cloud vs NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationDruva Data Security Cloud vs Rubrik Security CloudNAKIVO Backup & Replication vs Rubrik Security Cloud
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
010203040506070809Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Veeam Data Platform38%
Veeam Data Platform38%02Rubrik Security Cloud22%
Rubrik Security Cloud22%03Commvault Complete Data Protection10%
Commvault Complete Data Protection10%04Cohesity DataProtect5%
Cohesity DataProtect5%05Druva Data Security Cloud5%
Druva Data Security Cloud5%06Zerto0%
Zerto0%07Dell PowerProtect0%
Dell PowerProtect0%08Acronis Cyber Protect0%
Acronis Cyber Protect0%09AWS Backup0%
AWS Backup0%What they warned about
Four of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and GPT-6 Luna changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Commvault Complete Data Protection10%
6 of 61 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“Avoid if your team lacks deep expertise or if you don't have a complex, mission-critical app stack” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
AWS Backup31%
4 of 13 labels negative · 4 of 14 models
“AWS Backup and similar tools can be appropriate for single-cloud estates, but they can create workload, portability, and skills dependencies” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
Azure Backup50%
4 of 8 labels negative · 3 of 14 models
“consider Azure Backup if you're deeply standardized on Microsoft, but Microsoft itself notes scaling to hundreds or thousands of VMs adds complexity” GPT-5.4 mini, paraphrase prompt
Cohesity DataProtect7%
3 of 44 labels negative · 3 of 14 models
“Same issue — data-volume-based pricing creates unpredictability as data grows.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt
What they cite
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.
Sites the answers cite
75 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 855 links across 255 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 30 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Eon30 answers · 54 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Veeam27 answers · 49 citations · 10 models
19 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Cohesity17 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
17 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Rubrik16 answers · 25 citations · 6 models
16 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
15 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 8 models
vendor site · ControlMonkey13 answers · 15 citations · 8 models
vendor site · NinjaOne13 answers · 13 citations · 9 models
12 answers · 13 citations · 6 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
17 answers · 7 models
14 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 4 models
10 answers · 5 models
10 answers · 5 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “backup and disaster recovery solution”, “backup and disaster recovery solutions”, “best backup and disaster recovery solution”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veeam Data Platform veeam.com Veeam Data Platform 38%, Veeam Backup & Replication 5%, Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 3%, Veeam Backup Essentials 2% | 48% | 162 | 720 | 23 | 86,318 | $2,697 | 113 | |
| Rubrik Security Cloud rubrik.com | 22% | 85 | 390 | 3 | 63,198 | 44 | ||
| Commvault Complete Data Protection commvault.com | 10% | 80 | 46,519 | $5,364 | 95 | |||
| Druva Data Security Cloud druva.com Druva Data Security Cloud 5%, Druva Data Resiliency Cloud 2% | 6% | 54 | 40 | 0 | 24,186 | 44 | ||
| Cohesity DataProtect cohesity.com | 5% | 65 | 140 | 5 | 36,310 | 63 | ||
| Azure parent site Azure Site Recovery 2%, Azure Backup 2% | 3% | 18 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| AvePoint avepoint.com | 2% | 2 | 8,445 | $33 | 42 | |||
| ControlMonkey controlmonkey.io | 2% | 1 | 2 | |||||
| HYCU R-Cloud™ | 2% | |||||||
| Keepit keepit.com | 2% | 2 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 16 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (controlmonkey.io, eon.io, solutionsreview.com). The first result for “backup and disaster recovery solution” is axcient.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best backup and disaster recovery solution for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which data backup and recovery service would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade backup and disaster recovery solutions and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best backup and disaster recovery solution for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a backup and disaster recovery solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which backup and disaster recovery solutions should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Commvault Complete Data Protection, Veeam Data PlatformVeeam Data PlatformChangedVeeam Data PlatformVeeam Data Platformno first choiceagainst: Azure's backup
Three alternatives
AWS Backup, Google Cloud Backup and DR Service, Microsoft Azure BackupTwo alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data ProtectionSix alternatives
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Site Recovery, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security CloudFour alternatives
AWS Backup, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, Druva Data Security Cloud, Nakivo Site RecoveryGPT-5.4 miniAzure Backup, Azure Site RecoveryRubrik Security CloudChangedagainst: Azure BackupVeeam Backup & ReplicationVeeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365against: AWS Backup, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, Azure Backup, Google Cloud Backup and DR Serviceno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
AWS Backup, Google Cloud Backup and DR ServiceTwo alternatives
AWS Backup, Veeam Data PlatformSeven alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Dell PowerProtect, Druva Data Security Cloud, Google Cloud Backup and DR Service, Rubrik Security Cloud, ZertoOne alternative
Commvault Complete Data ProtectionGemini 3.5 FlashRubrik Security CloudRubrik Security CloudHeldno first choiceCommvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Resiliency Cloud, Veeam Data PlatformRubrik Security Cloudagainst: AWS EBS, Azure Managed Disk, GCP
Four alternatives
Cohesity DataCloud, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Resiliency Cloud, Veeam Data PlatformThree alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Veeam Data PlatformSix alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Security Cloud, HPE Zerto Software, Rubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data PlatformThree alternatives
Backblaze B2, Rubrik Security Cloud, WasabiFour alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Security Cloud, Veeam Data PlatformPerplexity SonarVeeam Data Platformagainst: AWS Elastic Disaster RecoveryCommvault Complete Data ProtectionChangedVeeam Data PlatformDruva Data Security Cloudagainst: AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Rubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data Platformno first choiceagainst: AWS Backup
Three alternatives
Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security CloudFour alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data PlatformNine alternatives
AWS Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security Cloud, ZertoTwo alternatives
CrashPlan, HYCU R-CloudGrok 4.20Rubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data Platformagainst: Veritas NetBackupRubrik Security CloudChangedVeeam Data Platformagainst: Veritas NetBackupVeeam Data Platformagainst: AWS Elastic DR, Microsoft Azure Site RecoveryVeeam Data Platformnothing named
Two alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Dell PowerProtect Cyber RecoveryFive alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Dell PowerProtect, Veeam Data Platform, Veritas Alta Data ProtectionSix alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Dell PowerProtect, Druva Data Resiliency Cloud, Rubrik Security Cloud, ZertoOne alternative
Druva Data Resiliency CloudFour alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Dell PowerProtect, Rubrik Security CloudMistral SmallRubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data PlatformVeeam Data PlatformChangedRubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data PlatformCommvault Complete Data Protection, ControlMonkey, Veeam Backup Essentialsno first choiceagainst: Commvault Complete Data Protection, Dropbox, Veeam Data Platform
Two alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data ProtectionFour alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security CloudSix alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Dell PowerProtect, Druva Data Resiliency Cloud, Veritas Alta Data Protection, ZertoThree alternatives
AWS Backup, Eon, Microsoft Azure BackupDeepSeek V4 FlashVeeam Data PlatformVeeam Data PlatformHeldVeeam Data PlatformVeeam Data Platformagainst: Cohesity DataProtect, Rubrik Security Cloudno first choiceagainst: AWS Backup, Azure Backup, Commvault Complete Data Protection, GCP Snapshots, Microsoft's built-in retention, Salesforce's built-in retention, rsync
Five alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security Cloud, ZertoFour alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security CloudSix alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Dell PowerProtect, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security Cloud, ZertoTwo alternatives
Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Security CloudLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceCommvault Complete Data Protection, Rubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data Platformno first choicenothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashCohesity DataProtect, Rubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Backup & Replicationagainst: Commvault Complete Data ProtectionVeeam Backup & ReplicationChangedVeeam Backup & ReplicationDruva Data Security Cloudno first choiceagainst: Backblaze, Dropbox
Two alternatives
AWS Backup, Microsoft Azure BackupFour alternatives
AvePoint, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Phoenix, Rubrik Security CloudFive alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Dell PowerProtect, Rubrik Security Cloud, ZertoTwo alternatives
Rubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Backup & ReplicationSix alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Security Cloud, Eon, Rubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data PlatformKimi K2Veeam Data PlatformRubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data PlatformChangedagainst: Cohesity DataProtectCohesity DataProtect, Rubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data Platformagainst: Commvault Complete Data ProtectionVeeam Data Platformagainst: Commvault Metallicno first choiceagainst: AWS Backup, Azure Backupnothing named
Two alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Rubrik Security CloudOne alternative
Commvault Complete Data ProtectionTwo alternatives
Druva Data Security Cloud, ZertoTwo alternatives
Druva Data Security Cloud, Zmanda ProNine alternatives
Arcserve UDP, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Dell PowerProtect, Druva Data Security Cloud, Metallic, Rubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data Platform, ZertoGLM 4.7 FlashXVeeam Backup & ReplicationVeeam Data PlatformChangedVeeam Data PlatformHYCU R-Cloud™, Veeam Data Platformno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Rubrik Security CloudOne alternative
Cohesity DataProtectNine alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Dell PowerProtect DD, Druva Data Resiliency Cloud, Rubrik Security Cloud, Unitrends Backup & Recovery, Veritas NetBackup, ZertoOne alternative
Druva Data Security CloudMiniMax M2.5Veeam Data PlatformRubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data PlatformChangedVeeam Data Platformagainst: Cohesity DataProtect, Dell PowerProtectno first choiceagainst: Commvault Complete Data Protection, NinjaOne Backup, Veeam Data PlatformCohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security Cloudnothing named
Four alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, HYCU R-Cloud, Rubrik Security CloudOne alternative
Cohesity DataProtectTwo alternatives
Commvault Complete Data Protection, Rubrik Security CloudTwo alternatives
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, Seagate Lyve Cloud + IBM Spectrum ProtectOne alternative
Veeam Data PlatformGPT-6 LunaVeeam Data PlatformRubrik Security CloudChangedCohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Veeam Data PlatformVeeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365no first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Azure Backup, Commvault Complete Data ProtectionTwo alternatives
Commvault Complete Data Protection, Veeam Data PlatformFour alternatives
Dell PowerProtect, Druva Data Security Cloud, HPE Zerto Software, Rubrik Security CloudFour alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, N-able Cove Data Protection, Rubrik Security CloudMuse Glimmer 30BVeeam Data PlatformVeeam Data PlatformHeldVeeam Data PlatformAvePoint, KeepitCohesity DataProtect, Rubrik Security Cloudnothing named
Three alternatives
Cohesity [now Cohesity Veritas], Commvault Complete Data Protection, Rubrik Security CloudThree alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Rubrik Security CloudFive alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Security Cloud, Metallic, Rubrik Security CloudTwo alternatives
HYCU R-Cloud, Rubrik Security CloudSix alternatives
Commvault Complete Data Protection, Druva Data Resiliency Cloud, HPE, HYCU R-Cloud, Veeam Backup & Replication, ZertoBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:08 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:45 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 14:04 | no | 0 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:27 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:39 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:11 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:45 | yes | 25 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:43 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:49 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:33 | yes | 8 | 40 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:01 | yes | 15 | 90 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:13 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:31 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:12 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:33 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:32 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:27 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:05 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:34 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:46 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:14 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:14 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:34 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:28 | yes | 17 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:02 | yes | 19 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:54 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:04 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:59 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:05 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:36 | yes | 8 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:30 | yes | 9 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:04 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:17 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:00 | yes | 7 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:43 | yes | 25 | 40 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:08 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:14 | yes | 5 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:51 | yes | 14 | 81 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:13 | yes | 20 | 162 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:13 | yes | 24 | 58 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:44 | yes | 8 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:01 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:34 | yes | 17 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:48 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 17:22 | no | 0 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:09 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:27 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:55 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:18 | yes | 22 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:22 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:40 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:19 | yes | 20 | 46 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:06 | yes | 23 | 90 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:15 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:25 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:14 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:21 | yes | 19 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:28 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 15:48 | yes | 6 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:47 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:37 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:29 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:46 | yes | 23 | 46 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:38 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:56 | yes | 10 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:28 | yes | 15 | 63 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:01 | yes | 25 | 42 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:46 | yes | 19 | 60 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:45 | yes | 3 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:59 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:39 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:34 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:41 | no | 0 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:52 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:12 | yes | 15 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:42 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:45 | yes | 25 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:05 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:44 | yes | 9 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:54 | yes | 25 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:58 | yes | 15 | 78 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:21 | yes | 5 | 47 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:01 | yes | 6 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:36 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
Normalization in this category
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Category-scoped readings
Acronis read as Acronis Cyber Protect
Arcserve read as Arcserve UDP
Cohesity read as Cohesity DataProtect
Cohesity (Cohesity DataCloud / NetBackup) read as Cohesity DataProtect
Cohesity (DataProtect) read as Cohesity DataProtect
Cohesity Data Cloud read as Cohesity DataProtect
Commvault read as Commvault Complete Data Protection
Commvault (Commvault Cloud) read as Commvault Complete Data Protection
Commvault Cloud read as Commvault Complete Data Protection
Commvault Cloud (Metallic) read as Commvault Complete Data Protection
Commvault Cloud (powered by Metallic AI) read as Commvault Complete Data Protection
Datto read as Datto SIRIS
Dell Technologies read as Dell PowerProtect
Dell Technologies (PowerProtect / Data Domain) read as Dell PowerProtect
Dell Technologies (PowerProtect Data Manager) read as Dell PowerProtect
Dell Technologies (PowerProtect) read as Dell PowerProtect
Dell Technologies PowerProtect read as Dell PowerProtect
Druva read as Druva Data Security Cloud
Druva (Druva Data Resiliency Cloud) read as Druva Data Security Cloud
Druva Resilience Cloud read as Druva Data Security Cloud
Google Cloud Backup read as Google Cloud Backup and DR Service
HYCU read as HYCU R-Cloud
N-able Cove read as N-able Cove Data Protection
Rubrik read as Rubrik Security Cloud
Rubrik (Rubrik Security Cloud) read as Rubrik Security Cloud
Veeam read as Veeam Data Platform
Veeam (Veeam Data Platform) read as Veeam Data Platform
Veritas read as Veritas Alta Data Protection
Veritas (NetBackup) read as Veritas Alta Data Protection
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS Elastic DR
Afi Data Protection
Azure Managed Disk
Azure's backup
BetterWorld Technology's Backup & Disaster Recovery Services
Buxton Consulting's Managed Backup And Recovery Services
Cohesity DataCloud
Cohesity [now Cohesity Veritas]
Dell PowerProtect DD
Dell's PowerProtect
Druva Phoenix
Eon Data Protection
GCP Snapshots
GitProtect
HYCU R-Cloud™
IBM Storage solutions for backup and recovery
ICL Services' Backup and data recovery service
Microsoft's built-in retention
N2W
Nakivo Site Recovery
NinjaOne Backup
Quest OnDemand Backup
Rewind Backups for SaaS Apps
Salesforce's built-in retention
Seagate Lyve Cloud + IBM Spectrum Protect
Unitrends Backup & Recovery
Zmanda
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.