AI governance platforms · November 2026 Edition
Strac vs Microsoft Purview
One of fourteen models named Strac first on the direct prompt; one named Microsoft Purview. Strac was named by eight of the fourteen models and Microsoft Purview by twelve and Strac carries 11 labels and Microsoft Purview 24, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in eleven categories this edition.
First-choice share7%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels1124A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Strac reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Credo AI was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Credo AI vs Strac · Credo AI vs Microsoft Purview · dope.security vs Strac
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.
StracFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMicrosoft Purview
Direct11
Paraphrase011 against Microsoft Purview
Comparative00
Budget-constrained31
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against Microsoft Purview
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 Strac and Microsoft Purview 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 | | | |
Strac Microsoft Purview first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Strac on the left and Microsoft Purview on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Strac and Microsoft Purview stood in it.
Strac first, Microsoft Purview not the choice
1 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Purview was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Muse Glimmer 30BStrac, dope.security alternatives: Credo AI, Govarna, IBM watsonx.governance, OneTrust AI Governance
Microsoft Purview first, Strac not the choice
1 of 14 modelsStrac was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Grok 4.20Microsoft Purview alternatives: Credo AI, Drata, Holistic AI, Vanta, dope.security
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.Perplexity SonarCredo AI alternatives: AWS SageMaker AI Governance, Govarna, Microsoft Purview, OneTrust AI Governance, Speakeasy
Neither was named
11 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Mistral SmallGovarna alternatives: Govern365, dope.security
DeepSeek V4 FlashVanta alternatives: Credo AI, Govarna, Holistic AI
Llama 4 Maverickdope.security alternatives: Cakewalk, Govern365, Pillar Security
Qwen 3.7 FlashGovarna alternatives: Credo AI, Govern365, dope.security
Kimi K2Govarna alternatives: Vanta
GLM 4.7 FlashXGovern365 alternatives: IBM watsonx.governance, dope.security
MiniMax M2.5Credo AI alternatives: Drata, Govarna, IBM watsonx.governance
GPT-6 LunaTrustible alternatives: Credo AI, OneTrust AI Governance
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
Strac leads by forty-one points.
Strac43%#1 of 12Microsoft Purview2%#5 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
The order flips: Microsoft Purview leads at enterprise.
Microsoft Purview7%#4 of 11Strac0%#– of 11What the models said about Strac
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Strac's per-user modular pricing is the cheapest purpose-built commercial option cited for usage governance.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“the best AI governance platform is typically Strac or Prompts.ai” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice
“Best for AI usage governance and data protection — Strac.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Microsoft Purview
No label in this category carried a quote.
Also compared
Credo AI vs StracCredo AI vs Microsoft Purviewdope.security vs Stracdope.security vs Microsoft PurviewStrac vs VantaStrac vs Holistic AIStrac vs Fiddler AIStrac vs IBM watsonx.governanceMicrosoft Purview vs VantaMicrosoft Purview vs Holistic AIMicrosoft Purview vs Fiddler AIMicrosoft Purview vs IBM watsonx.governanceAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full AI governance standing
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.