# Application shielding for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "app shielding tool" and as "runtime application self-protection for mobile apps", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/application-shielding/enterprise

**Standing:** Appdome leads with 51% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 45 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Appdome](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/appdome/index.md) | 51% | 9% | 57 |
| 2 | [Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/guardsquare-dexguard-ixguard/index.md) | 24% | 14% | 51 |
| 3 | [Promon SHIELD](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/promon-shield/index.md) | 2% | 19% | 43 |
| 5 | [DoveRunner AppSealing](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/doverunner-appsealing/index.md) | 2% | 23% | 13 |
| 14 | [Zimperium MAPS](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/zimperium-maps/index.md) | 0% | 17% | 23 |
| 15 | [Digital.ai Application Protection](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/digital-ai-application-protection/index.md) | 0% | 7% | 15 |
| 16 | [Jscrambler](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/jscrambler/index.md) | 0% | 8% | 12 |
| 18 | [OneSpan Mobile Application Shielding](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/onespan-mobile-application-shielding/index.md) | 0% | 33% | 18 |
| 20 | [PreEmptive Dotfuscator](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/preemptive-dotfuscator/index.md) | 0% | 25% | 12 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 82 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard; alternatives Appdome, Digital.ai Application Protection, Promon SHIELD, Zimperium MAPS
- GPT-5.4 mini: Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard; alternatives Guardsquare ThreatCast, IBM MaaS360
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard; alternatives Appdome, Approov, Digital.ai Application Protection, Promon SHIELD
- Perplexity Sonar: Appdome; alternatives Arxan Application Protection, DoveRunner AppSealing, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Zimperium MAPS
- Grok 4.20: Appdome; alternatives Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Promon SHIELD
- Mistral Small: Appdome, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard; alternatives Arxan Application Protection, Promon SHIELD, Zimperium MAPS
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Appdome; alternatives Digital.ai Application Protection, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Promon SHIELD
- Llama 4 Maverick: Arxan Application Protection; alternatives Appdome, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, LIAPP, Promon SHIELD
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Appseal.io; alternatives Checkmarx One, Mobiscan, Palo Alto Networks, Veracode
- Kimi K2: Appdome; alternatives Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Promon SHIELD, Zimperium Mobile Application Protection Suite
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Appdome; alternatives Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Jscrambler
- MiniMax M2.5: Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard; alternatives Appdome, Arxan Guard, DoveRunner AppSealing, OneSpan Mobile Application Shielding
- GPT-6 Luna: Guardsquare—DexGuard for Android and iXGuard for iOS; alternatives Appdome, Promon SHIELD
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Appdome; alternatives Arxan Application Protection, Digital.ai Application Protection, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Promon SHIELD

## Sources the answers cite

79 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- g2.com: 52 answers, 110 citations
- gane.ai/index: 34 answers, 45 citations
- promon.io: 29 answers, 59 citations
- guardsquare.com: 28 answers, 72 citations
- preemptive.com: 27 answers, 42 citations
- guideflow.com: 25 answers, 25 citations
- onespan.com: 22 answers, 37 citations
- appdome.com: 19 answers, 42 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://gane.ai/index/it/developer/application-shielding/enterprise (34 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/application-shielding-software (23 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/application-shielding (20 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/application-shielding/enterprise (20 answers)
- https://luciq.ai/blog/top-mobile-app-protection-and-shielding-tools (19 answers)
- https://geeksframework.com/software/application-shielding-software (15 answers)
- https://preemptive.com/blog/app-shielding (15 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/runtime-application-self-protection-rasp-tools (13 answers)
- https://onespan.com/sites/default/files/2019-01/OneSpan-WhitePaper-LT-Mobile-App-Shielding-How-to-Reduce-Fraud-Save-Money-Protect-Revenue.pdf (13 answers)
- https://softwaresuggest.com/application-shielding-software (13 answers)

## Warned against

- Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard: 7 of 51 labels negative. "What to Avoid on a Tight Budget - Guardsquare DexGuard/iXGuard ... typically very expensive" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Promon SHIELD: 8 of 43 labels negative. "Documented bypasses... demonstrated two concrete attacks against Promon Shield, including complete protection removal" (Kimi K2, negative prompt)
- OneSpan Mobile Application Shielding: 6 of 18 labels negative. "Avoid deploying or maintaining any version of OneSpan App Shielding prior to version 6.5.0" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Appdome: 5 of 57 labels negative. "avoid download-count or user-based licensing models such as Appdome's active-download tied options" (Muse Glimmer 30B, budget prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Appdome at 51%.

- Appdome: 33% to 51%, +18. Cleared the floor by 7 points · rank 1 of 82, unchanged.
- Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard: 12% to 24%, +12. Cleared the floor by 1 point · rank 2 of 82, unchanged.
- Promon SHIELD: 10% to 2%, −8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 3 of 82, unchanged.
- Digital.ai Application Protection: 6% to 0%, −6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 4 → 15 of 82.
- Zimperium MAPS: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 6 → 14 of 82.
- OneSpan Mobile Application Shielding: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 20 → 18 of 82.
- DoveRunner AppSealing: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 9 → 5 of 82.
- Jscrambler: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 30 → 16 of 82.
- Verimatrix Application Shielding: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 22 → 19 of 82.
- PreEmptive Dotfuscator: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 72 → 20 of 82.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.