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Internal developer portals · November 2026 Edition

Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud vs Atlassian Compass

Two of fourteen models named Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud first on the direct prompt; zero named Atlassian Compass. Both were named by all fourteen models and Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud carries 49 labels and Atlassian Compass 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

Atlassian Compass

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share8%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%17%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels4930A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Port was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Port vs Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud · Port vs Atlassian Compass · Backstage vs Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud

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 internal developer portals page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Palo Alto Networks Cortex CloudFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAtlassian Compass
Direct201 against Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Paraphrase10
Comparative00
Budget-constrained021 against Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Scale-constrained101 against Atlassian Compass
Negative004 against Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud · 4 against Atlassian Compass
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, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud and Atlassian Compass were named in the same answer sixty-six times, of the 305 answers naming Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud and the 97 naming Atlassian Compass. In those answers Atlassian Compass took the first choice one time and Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud zero.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud and Atlassian Compass stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud Atlassian Compass first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud on the left and Atlassian Compass on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud and Atlassian Compass stood in it.

Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud first, Atlassian Compass not the choice

2 of 14 modelsAtlassian Compass was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.20Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud alternatives: OpsLevel, Port, Roadie
MiniMax M2.5OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud alternatives: Backstage, Harness IDP, Roadie

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniRoadie alternatives: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Port
Gemini 3.5 FlashPort alternatives: Atlassian Compass, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Roadie
Perplexity SonarPort alternatives: Atlassian Compass, Backstage, Humanitec, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
DeepSeek V4 FlashPort alternatives: OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Llama 4 MaverickPort alternatives: Backstage, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
GLM 4.7 FlashXPort alternatives: Backstage, Humanitec, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Muse Glimmer 30BPort alternatives: Backstage, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Mistral SmallPort
Qwen 3.7 FlashPort alternatives: Humanitec
Kimi K2Port alternatives: OpsLevel
GPT-6 LunaPort alternatives: Backstage, OpsLevel

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
Atlassian Compass leads by seven points.
Atlassian Compass7%#3 of 7
Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud0%#6 of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud leads at mid-market.
Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud8%#3 of 8
Atlassian Compass4%#5 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud leads by three points.
Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud5%#4 of 9
Atlassian Compass2%#8 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Other Options to Avoid on a Tight Budget - Cortex, configure8, or Cycloid are excellent but are paid SaaS platforms” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative

What the models said about Atlassian Compass

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“I would not start a new evaluation with Atlassian Compass as a standalone option.” GPT-6 Luna · scale prompt · hard negative
“Avoid for new implementations — Atlassian is winding this down” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Ecosystem-centric portals like Atlassian Compass... can lack the deep extensibility or custom integration freedom” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“The best internal developer portal for a company with a limited budget is Atlassian Compass, which is a cheap per-user IDP at $8/user/mo” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Atlassian Compass is usually the best paid choice” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“If you're already using Atlassian tools, Compass is the most budget-friendly paid option.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · alternative
Also compared

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.