Application shielding · November 2026 Edition
Appdome vs Approov
Eleven of fourteen models named Appdome first on the direct prompt; zero named Approov. Appdome was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Approov by seven and Appdome carries 50 labels and Approov 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share36%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate14%18%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels5011A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Appdome reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Appdome vs Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard · Appdome vs Promon SHIELD · Appdome vs DoveRunner AppSealing
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 application shielding page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AppdomeFirst choices, of fourteen modelsApproov
Direct1101 against Appdome
Paraphrase62
Comparative701 against Approov
Budget-constrained005 against Appdome · 1 against Approov
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Appdome
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, Appdome and Approov were named in the same answer eighteen times, of the 165 answers naming Appdome and the 28 naming Approov. In those answers Approov took the first choice three times and Appdome six.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Appdome and Approov stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | | |
Appdome Approov first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Appdome on the left and Approov on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Appdome and Approov stood in it.
Appdome first, Approov an alternative
11 of 14 modelsApproov was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniAppdome alternatives: DexProtector, Promon SHIELD
Perplexity SonarAppdome alternatives: DoveRunner AppSealing, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Promon SHIELD, Zimperium MAPS
Grok 4.20Appdome alternatives: Approov, Arxan, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Promon SHIELD
Mistral SmallAppdome alternatives: Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Promon SHIELD
DeepSeek V4 FlashAppdome alternatives: DoveRunner AppSealing, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Promon SHIELD
Qwen 3.7 FlashAppdome, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard alternatives: Zimperium MAPS
Kimi K2Appdome alternatives: Arxan, DoveRunner AppSealing, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Promon SHIELD
GLM 4.7 FlashXAppdome alternatives: Appknox, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, PreEmptive Dotfuscator, Zimperium Mobile Application Protection Suite
MiniMax M2.5Appdome alternatives: Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Promon SHIELD
GPT-6 LunaAppdome alternatives: Digital.ai Application Protection, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard
Muse Glimmer 30BAppdome alternatives: Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Promon SHIELD, Zimperium MAPS
Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5DoveRunner AppSealing alternatives: Appdome, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Gemini 3.5 FlashGuardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard alternatives: AppSealing, PreEmptive Dotfuscator, Promon SHIELD
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
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
Appdome leads by nineteen points.
Appdome23%#1 of 9Approov4%#– of 9Mid-marketThe figures above
Appdome leads by thirty-two points.
Appdome36%#1 of 12Approov4%#3 of 12Enterprise
What the models said about Appdome
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Do not go with Jscrambler or enterprise-tier tools (Appdome, Guardsquare, Zimperium)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid as a first choice on a tight budget: Appdome or Guardsquare” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“commercial app shielding vendors (such as Guardsquare, Promon, Digital.ai, Appdome, PreEmptive, Zimperium, etc.), watch for these specific drawbacks” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Recognized as the endorsed leader with the highest share of recommendations (33%) for enterprise B2B app shielding” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“Guardsquare and Appdome are widely considered the top leaders for this specific demographic” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“33% of the models recommended Appdome as the best app shielding tool for a mid-market B2B company.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Approov
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“has limited full in-app shielding and requires additional tools for broader coverage” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“What to avoid on a tight budget” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · soft negative
“Approov would be the leading recommendation if protecting backend APIs, preventing app impersonation, and minimizing integration effort are the priorities” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Approov if your app is API-centric and you need fast integration with backend enforcement.” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Approov is a strong budget-conscious candidate because it offers runtime mobile app shielding / RASP” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · alternative
Also compared
Appdome vs Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuardAppdome vs Promon SHIELDAppdome vs DoveRunner AppSealingAppdome vs AppSealingGuardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard vs ApproovApproov vs Promon SHIELDApproov vs DoveRunner AppSealingApproov vs AppSealingAll fifteen head-to-head pages and the full app shielding standing
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.