AI governance platforms · November 2026 Edition
Credo AI vs dope.security
Five of fourteen models named Credo AI first on the direct prompt; two named dope.security. Credo AI was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and dope.security by seven and Credo AI carries 49 labels and dope.security 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
dope.security
accepted challengerNamed in three categories this edition.
First-choice share19%12%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate18%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels4914A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Credo AI reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Credo AI vs Strac · Credo AI vs Microsoft Purview · Credo AI vs Vanta
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 AI governance platforms page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Credo AIFirst choices, of fourteen modelsdope.securityDirect521 against Credo AI
Paraphrase551 against Credo AI
Comparative90
Budget-constrained006 against Credo AI
Scale-constrained10
Negative001 against Credo AI
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.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Credo AI and dope.security stood in it.
| Model | DirectDS | ParaphraseDS | ComparativeDS | Budget-constrainedDS | Scale-constrainedDS | NegativeDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | DS | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | DS | DS | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | DS | | | DS | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | DS | DS | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | DS | DS | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | DS | DS | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | DS | DS | | |
Credo AIDS dope.security first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Credo AI on the left and dope.security on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Credo AI and dope.security stood in it.
Credo AI first, dope.security not the choice
5 of 14 modelsdope.security was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Credo AI alternatives: Govern365, Holistic AI, Walled AI
GPT-5.4 miniCredo AI alternatives: IBM watsonx.governance, OneTrust AI Governance
Gemini 3.5 FlashCredo AI alternatives: Fiddler AI, ModelOp Center, Trustible, Vanta
Perplexity SonarCredo AI alternatives: AWS SageMaker AI Governance, Govarna, Microsoft Purview, OneTrust AI Governance, Speakeasy
MiniMax M2.5Credo AI alternatives: Drata, Govarna, IBM watsonx.governance
dope.security first, Credo AI an alternative
2 of 14 modelsCredo AI was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Llama 4 Maverickdope.security alternatives: Cakewalk, Govern365, Pillar Security
Muse Glimmer 30BStrac, dope.security alternatives: Credo AI, Govarna, IBM watsonx.governance, OneTrust AI Governance
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.Grok 4.20Microsoft Purview alternatives: Credo AI, Drata, Holistic AI, Vanta, dope.security
Mistral SmallGovarna alternatives: Govern365, dope.security
DeepSeek V4 FlashVanta alternatives: Credo AI, Govarna, Holistic AI
Qwen 3.7 FlashGovarna alternatives: Credo AI, Govern365, dope.security
GLM 4.7 FlashXGovern365 alternatives: IBM watsonx.governance, dope.security
GPT-6 LunaTrustible alternatives: Credo AI, OneTrust AI Governance
Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Kimi K2Govarna alternatives: Vanta
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
dope.security is not named for this buyer.
Credo AI10%#2 of 12dope.security—not named
The full small business standing →Mid-marketThe figures above
Credo AI leads by seven points.
Credo AI19%#1 of 10dope.security12%#2 of 10
The full mid-market standing →Enterprise
dope.security is not named for this buyer.
Credo AI29%#2 of 11dope.security—not named
The full enterprise standing →What the models said about Credo AI
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“$25K–$45K+/year | Enterprise-focused” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Most traditional GRC ... platforms—like Credo AI, OneTrust, Vanta, Drata, or Holistic AI—are designed more for documentation and reporting, which may not be sufficient” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Tools such as Credo AI, OneTrust, and Holistic AI can be strong for inventories, assessments, policy mapping, and audit evidence, but may not stop unsafe prompts” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Credo AI is widely considered a pioneer in the dedicated AI governance space. Unlike general GRC tools that added AI features later, Credo was built specifically for AI.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Credo AI pioneered the AI governance category... Best for: Organizations needing a governance-first platform with mature policy automation and audit-ready evidence.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Credo AI is the most-deployed control plane, a Forrester Wave Leader and Gartner Visionary, making it the best AI governance platform for most enterprises.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about dope.security
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Enforcement and shadow-AI control now - e.g. dope.security - to discover every AI app, enforce enterprise-only accounts and block sensitive data in prompts.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“The author argues the best AI governance tool for a mid-size company is "an enforcement layer that sees and controls AI use on every laptop"” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“dope.security - discovers every AI app in use, enforces enterprise-only accounts, and blocks sensitive data in prompts from one console.” Llama 4 Maverick · 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.