Cloud-native application protection for small business buyers
Asked as “CNAPP”, and as “cloud-native application protection platform”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 56 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
30%
Contested · Aikido Security 25%
30Microsoft Defender for Cloud25Aikido Security16Orca Security29others
30% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Microsoft Defender for Cloud (30%) replaces Aikido Security (29% then, 25% now), 5 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Microsoft Defender for Cloud leads at 30%, replacing Aikido Security, which led at 29% and stands at 25% now: 5 points clear, inside the floor, so the swap reads as unsettled.
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
Microsoft Defender for Cloud30%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Microsoft Defender for Cloud (30%) replaces Aikido Security (29% then, 25% now), 5 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.This pageMid-market
Wiz36%Contested▼−1Since October 2026: 37% → 36%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseWiz51%Clear leader▲+3Since October 2026: 48% → 51%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
Microsoft Defender for Cloud30%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Microsoft Defender for Cloud (30%) replaces Aikido Security (29% then, 25% now), 5 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.This pageMid-marketWiz36%Contested▼−1Since October 2026: 37% → 36%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseWiz51%Clear leader▲+3Since October 2026: 48% → 51%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Microsoft Defender for Cloud30%17%64endorsed leader▲+2Since October 2026: 28% → 30%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.28% → 30%
Microsoft Defender for Cloud30%17%64endorsed leader▲+2Since October 2026: 28% → 30%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.28% → 30%02
Aikido Security25%3%39accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 29% → 25%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.29% → 25%
Aikido Security25%3%39accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 29% → 25%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.29% → 25%03
Orca Security16%19%57accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 16% → 16%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 16%
Orca Security16%19%57accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 16% → 16%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 16%04Wiz11%46%61criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 9% → 11%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 11%
Wiz11%46%61criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 9% → 11%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 11%05FortiCNAPP2%35%20criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%
Show the nine products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud0%87%15criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud0%87%15criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%14
Prisma Cloud0%83%36criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Prisma Cloud0%83%36criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%12
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security0%48%31criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security0%48%31criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Aqua Security0%46%13criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Aqua Security0%46%13criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%11
Sysdig Secure0%45%20criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Sysdig Secure0%45%20criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%07
AWS Security Hub0%13%15accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
AWS Security Hub0%13%15accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%06Cyscale CNAPP0%7%15accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
09
Trivy0%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Trivy0%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 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.
For buyers
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Wiz vs Palo Alto Networks Cortex CloudWiz vs FortiCNAPPWiz vs Prisma CloudOrca Security vs Microsoft Defender for CloudOrca Security vs Aikido SecurityOrca Security vs Palo Alto Networks Cortex CloudOrca Security vs FortiCNAPPOrca Security vs Prisma CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Aikido SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Palo Alto Networks Cortex CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs FortiCNAPPMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Prisma CloudAikido Security vs Palo Alto Networks Cortex CloudAikido Security vs FortiCNAPPAikido Security vs Prisma CloudPalo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud vs FortiCNAPPPalo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud vs Prisma CloudFortiCNAPP vs Prisma 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 →
01020304F05
C06
07S08
091011121314Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Microsoft Defender for Cloud30%
Microsoft Defender for Cloud30%02Aikido Security25%
Aikido Security25%03Orca Security16%
Orca Security16%04Wiz11%
Wiz11%05FortiCNAPP2%
06Cyscale CNAPP0%
07AWS Security Hub0%
AWS Security Hub0%08SecPod Saner Cloud0%
09Trivy0%
Trivy0%10Aqua Security0%
Aqua Security0%11Sysdig Secure0%
Sysdig Secure0%12CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security0%
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security0%13Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud0%
Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud0%14Prisma Cloud0%
Prisma Cloud0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B 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.
Wiz46%
28 of 61 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 14 hard negative
“Often recommended to be avoided unless you have specific compliance or multi-cloud-at-scale requirements that justify its enterprise-level pricing and complexity.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Prisma Cloud83%
30 of 36 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 11 hard negative
“What Small Teams Should Avoid ... Prisma Cloud historically consists of multiple acquired modules ... high maintenance overhead” Gemini 3.5 Flash, comparative prompt
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security48%
15 of 31 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“approach Prisma Cloud, Wiz, Orca, and CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security with significant caution” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Orca Security19%
11 of 57 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Avoid Wiz/Orca/Prisma unless you have specific compliance or multi-cloud-at-scale requirements” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative 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. 872 links across 179 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 53 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 · G250 answers · 84 citations · 13 models
33 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
vendor site · SourceForge27 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 25 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Microsoft21 answers · 36 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Wiz20 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
publisher (Gane)19 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
19 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
vendor site · CyberPress19 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
17 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Aikido15 answers · 22 citations · 8 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.
46 answers · 13 models
33 answers · 11 models
26 answers · 10 models
25 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 10 models
18 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 10 models
16 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 7 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 “best cnapp”, “cnapp”, “cnapps”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Defender microsoft.com Microsoft Defender for Cloud 30% | 30% | 659 | 18,100 | 3,525 | 145,358,109 company | $12,455 | 103 | 1 |
| Aikido aikido.dev Aikido Security 25%, Aikido Securi 0% | 25% | 326 | 2,400 | 51 | 6,442 company | $936 | 120 | |
| Orca Security orca.security | 16% | 379 | 1,900 | 103 | 125,483 | $441 | 27 | 8 |
| Wiz wiz.io | 11% | 764 | 40,500 | 16,751 | 102,573 | $6,856 | 120 | 2 |
| TigerGate tigergate.dev | 4% | 22 | ||||||
| Lightspin | 4% | |||||||
| Fidelis Halo Cloud Secure | 4% | |||||||
| FortiCNAPP | 2% | 170 | 3 | |||||
| Prowler Open Source | 2% | |||||||
| Wiz Go | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (microsoft.com, wiz.io). The first result for “best cnapp” is gartner.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 CNAPP for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which cloud-native application protection platform would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top CNAPPs for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best CNAPP for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a CNAPP. What should we look at?”Negative“Which CNAPPs should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Lightspin, Orca Securityagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Prisma Cloud, WizAikido SecurityChangedAikido SecurityLightspin, Microsoft Defender for Cloudno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Microsoft Defender for CloudThree alternatives
Cyscale CNAPP, Lightspin, Microsoft Defender for CloudThree alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Sysdig SecureTwo alternatives
Cyscale CNAPP, FortiCNAPPGPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Prisma CloudMicrosoft Defender for CloudHeldWizMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: FortiCNAPP
One alternative
WizFour alternatives
Aqua Security, CrowdStrike, Orca Security, WizFive alternatives
Aqua Security, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud, Sysdig SecureTwo alternatives
Orca Security, Sysdig SecureGemini 3.5 FlashOrca Security, WizOrca SecurityChangedOrca Security, Wizagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Prisma CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: Orca Security, Prisma Cloud, Wizno first choiceagainst: Aqua Security, Orca Security, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Prisma Cloud, Wiz
Five alternatives
AWS Native Stack, Aikido Security, Datadog Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, ProwlerFour alternatives
AWS Security Hub, Datadog Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, WizFive alternatives
AWS Security Hub, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity, Sysdig SecureNine alternatives
AWS Security Hub, Amazon GuardDuty, Amazon Inspector, Datadog Cloud Security, Falco, Google Security Command Center, Prowler, Snyk, TrivyTwo alternatives
AWS Security Hub, Datadog Cloud SecurityPerplexity SonarAikido Securityagainst: CrowdStrike, Prisma Cloud, WizAikido SecurityHeldagainst: Prisma Cloud, WizWizagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Prisma CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud, Wizno first choiceagainst: Aqua Security, Check Point CloudGuard, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Sysdig Secure, Wiz
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Sysdig SecureTwo alternatives
Cloudflare, Microsoft Defender for CloudFive alternatives
Aikido Security, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Sysdig SecureFour alternatives
Aikido Security, Falco, Prowler, TrivyGrok 4.20Wizagainst: Aqua Security, Prisma Cloud, Sysdig SecureWizHeldagainst: Prisma CloudAikido Securityagainst: Check Point CloudGuard, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Prisma Cloud, WizMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: FortiCNAPP, WizWizagainst: Prisma Cloudagainst: Aqua Security, Check Point CloudGuard, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud, Sysdig Secure, Wiz, Zscaler Posture Control
Five alternatives
Aikido Security, Cyscale CNAPP, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud SecurityFour alternatives
Aqua Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Sysdig SecureTwo alternatives
Cyscale CNAPP, Orca SecurityTwo alternatives
Aikido Security, Orca SecurityThree alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Sysdig SecureMistral SmallAikido Securityno first choiceChangedOrca SecurityAikido Securityagainst: Microsoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: Orca Security, Prisma Cloud, Wiz
Two alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, TigerGateSix alternatives
Aikido Security, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, FortiCNAPP, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SecPod Saner Cloud, WizOne alternative
TigerGateDeepSeek V4 FlashAikido Securityagainst: Orca Security, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, WizMicrosoft Defender for CloudChangedagainst: FortiCNAPP, Prisma Cloud, WizWizagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud SecurityAikido Securityagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Prisma Cloud, Sysdig Secure, Wizno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud, Wiz
One alternative
Microsoft Defender for CloudOne alternative
Orca SecurityThree alternatives
Aikido Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca SecurityThree alternatives
Cyscale CNAPP, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca SecurityTwo alternatives
AWS Security Hub, Microsoft Defender for CloudLlama 4 MaverickAikido SecurityAikido Security, Microsoft Defender for CloudChangedno first choiceTigerGateno first choiceagainst: Orca Security, Prisma Cloud, Wiz
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, TigerGateTwo alternatives
Aqua Security, Orca SecurityQwen 3.7 FlashWizOrca SecurityChangedWizagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud SecurityAikido Security, Orca Securityagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Wizno first choiceagainst: AWS Security Hub, Amazon GuardDuty, Broadcom, Google Security Command Center, IBM QRadar, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Oracle Cloud Guard / OCI Security Zones, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Symantec
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Tenable Cloud SecurityThree alternatives
AWS Security Hub, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SnykThree alternatives
Aikido Security, Cyscale CNAPP, Orca SecurityOne alternative
Microsoft Defender for CloudSix alternatives
AWS Security Hub, Aikido Security, Jit, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, WizKimi K2FortiCNAPP, Orca Securityagainst: Check Point CloudGuard, Prisma CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloud, Orca SecurityChangedagainst: WizOrca Securityagainst: Prisma Cloud, WizTigerGateagainst: Orca Security, Prisma Cloud, Snyk, Sysdig Secure, Wizno first choiceagainst: Prisma Cloud, Sysdig Secure, Wizagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Prisma Cloud, Wiz
Two alternatives
Aikido Security, Microsoft Defender for CloudOne alternative
TigerGateFive alternatives
Aikido Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Prowler, Trivy, WazuhGLM 4.7 FlashXAikido Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloudagainst: Cyscale CNAPP, FortiCNAPP, Lightspin, Prisma Cloud, SecPod Saner Cloud, Sysdig Secure, UptycsMicrosoft Defender for CloudChangedagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud SecurityAikido Security, Cyscale CNAPPagainst: WizMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: Aqua Securityno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, FortiCNAPP, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Prisma Cloud, Wiz
Three alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Orca Security, WizFour alternatives
Aikido Security, Cyscale CNAPP, Orca Security, WizOne alternative
Orca SecurityFive alternatives
Aikido Security, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Orca Security, Prowler, TigerGateMiniMax M2.5Orca Security, WizAikido SecurityChangedAikido SecurityFidelis Halo Cloud Secure, Microsoft Defender for Cloudagainst: Aikido Securityno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, FortiCNAPP, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud, Wiz
Three alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, FortiCNAPP, Microsoft Defender for CloudTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca SecurityFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, WizOne alternative
FortiCNAPPGPT-6 LunaWiz GoMicrosoft Defender for CloudChangedOrca Security, WizProwler Open Sourceagainst: AWS Security Hubno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Wiz
Two alternatives
AWS Security Hub, Microsoft Defender for CloudOne alternative
AWS Security HubThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sysdig SecureThree alternatives
Google Security Command Center, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Foundational CSPM, ProwlerMuse Glimmer 30BCheck Point CloudGuard, Fidelis Halo Cloud Secure, Microsoft Defender for CloudAikido SecurityChangedagainst: Microsoft Defender for CloudOrca Security, Sweet Securityagainst: FortiCNAPP, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Prisma CloudAikido Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Securityagainst: Aqua Security, Sysdig Secure, Wizno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Prisma Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security, Sysdig Secure, Wiz
Four alternatives
Aikido Securi, Orca Security, TigerGate, WizSix alternatives
Aikido Securi, Cyscale CNAPP, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SecPod Saner Cloud, Tenable Cloud Security, WizFour alternatives
Checkov, Google Security Command Center, Prowler, SecPod Saner CloudThree alternatives
AWS Security Hub, Google Security Command Center, Microsoft Defender for CloudBold 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 14:35 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:15 | 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 11:15 | yes | 9 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:55 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:31 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:32 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:41 | yes | 22 | 47 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:23 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:21 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:06 | yes | 8 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:15 | yes | 13 | 74 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:35 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:13 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:30 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:34 | yes | 16 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:38 | yes | 6 | 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 16:50 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:06 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:52 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:45 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:42 | yes | 25 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:24 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:43 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:42 | yes | 15 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:20 | yes | 25 | 82 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:45 | yes | 7 | 61 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:43 | yes | 2 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:31 | yes | 16 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:52 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:35 | yes | 5 | 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 12:38 | yes | 13 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:41 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:40 | yes | 21 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:53 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:46 | yes | 23 | 43 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:51 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:09 | yes | 10 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:39 | yes | 18 | 26 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:51 | yes | 23 | 48 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:47 | yes | 23 | 63 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:50 | yes | 6 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:54 | yes | 13 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:35 | yes | 13 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:15 | yes | 3 | 9 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 11:50 | yes | 8 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:14 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:14 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:42 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:20 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:56 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:28 | yes | 23 | 51 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:04 | yes | 21 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:43 | yes | 12 | 73 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:07 | yes | 5 | 38 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:25 | yes | 2 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:52 | yes | 11 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:53 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:30 | no | 0 | 7 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 18:58 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:23 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:23 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:36 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:57 | yes | 22 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:42 | yes | 24 | 91 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:36 | yes | 20 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:39 | yes | 13 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:41 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:40 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:44 | yes | 13 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:11 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:08 | yes | 3 | 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 18:03 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:48 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:52 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:10 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:29 | yes | 22 | 44 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:26 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:09 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:35 | yes | 24 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:30 | yes | 22 | 82 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:31 | yes | 8 | 67 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:09 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 12 | 18 s |
Normalization in this category
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Category-scoped readings
Aikido read as Aikido Security
Aqua read as Aqua Security
Check Point read as Check Point CloudGuard
CrowdStrike Falcon read as CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security
Cyscale read as Cyscale CNAPP
Lacework read as FortiCNAPP
Lacework / FortiCNAPP read as FortiCNAPP
Microsoft Defender read as Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Orca read as Orca Security
Palo Alto read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Palo Alto (Prisma) read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Palo Alto Cortex Cloud (formerly Prisma Cloud) read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Palo Alto Networks read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Palo Alto Networks (Prisma Cloud) read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud / Cortex Cloud read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Rapid7 read as Rapid7 InsightCloudSec
Sweet read as Sweet Security
Sysdig read as Sysdig Secure
Tenable (Security Center) read as Tenable Cloud Security
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS Native Stack (AWS Security Hub + AWS Inspector + GuardDuty)
Oracle Cloud Guard / OCI Security Zones
Prowler Open Source
SecPod Saner Cloud
ThreatMapper
Wiz Go
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.