Application shielding · November 2026 Edition
Appdome vs Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard
Eleven of fourteen models named Appdome first on the direct prompt; two named Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard. Both were named by all fourteen models and Appdome carries 50 labels and Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard 54, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share36%15%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate14%17%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels5054A 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.Promon SHIELD was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Appdome vs Approov · 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 modelsGuardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard
Direct1121 against Appdome
Paraphrase621 against Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard
Comparative78
Budget-constrained035 against Appdome · 5 against Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard
Scale-constrained00
Negative011 against Appdome · 3 against Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard
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 Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard were named in the same answer 132 times, of the 165 answers naming Appdome and the 155 naming Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard. In those answers Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard took the first choice twenty-three times and Appdome fifty-four.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Appdome and Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard 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 Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Appdome on the left and Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Appdome and Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard stood in it.
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Qwen 3.7 FlashAppdome, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard alternatives: Zimperium MAPS
Appdome first, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard an alternative
10 of 14 modelsGuardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard 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
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
Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard first, Appdome not the choice
1 of 14 modelsAppdome was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashGuardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard alternatives: AppSealing, PreEmptive Dotfuscator, Promon SHIELD
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
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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 fifteen points.
Appdome23%#1 of 9Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard9%#3 of 9Mid-marketThe figures above
Appdome leads by twenty-one points.
Appdome36%#1 of 12Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard15%#2 of 12Enterprise
Appdome leads by twenty-seven points.
Appdome51%#1 of 9Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard24%#2 of 9What 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 Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard
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
“When evaluating 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
“Guardsquare is the code-level benchmark, unifying continuous mobile app security testing (MAST) with polymorphic code hardening, and RASP.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“Guardsquare is widely considered the gold standard for mobile app protection, combining advanced code obfuscation with automated RASP.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“DexGuard if you need the broadest mobile app protection, especially if you care about code hardening and anti-tamper protections.” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared
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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.