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Internal developer portals · November 2026 Edition

Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud vs Roadie

Two of fourteen models named Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud first on the direct prompt; one named Roadie. Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Roadie by thirteen and Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud carries 49 labels and Roadie 32, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

Roadie

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share8%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels4932A 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 Roadie · 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 modelsRoadie
Direct211 against Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Paraphrase13
Comparative01
Budget-constrained001 against Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Scale-constrained10
Negative004 against Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
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 Roadie were named in the same answer eighty-four times, of the 305 answers naming Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud and the 103 naming Roadie. In those answers Roadie took the first choice nine times and Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud five.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud first, Roadie an alternative

2 of 14 modelsRoadie 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

Roadie first, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud an alternative

1 of 14 modelsPalo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniRoadie alternatives: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Port

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
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
Roadie leads by six points.
Roadie6%#4 of 7
Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud0%#6 of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud8%#3 of 8
Roadie8%#4 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud leads at enterprise.
Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud5%#4 of 9
Roadie3%#5 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 Roadie

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

“starting with a SaaS catalog-first portal like Port or Roadie gives the quickest developer experience lift” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Need speed and developer experience? Port or Roadie.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Roadie for a mid-sized B2B company” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.