DDoS protection for small business buyers
Asked as “DDoS protection service”, and as “DDoS mitigation provider”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 45 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
89%
CloudflareClear leader
89Cloudflare04Gcore DDoS Protection02AWS Shield04others
89% of first choices, clear leader.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the six products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Google Cloud Armor is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other eleven models zero times of 44. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
One product takes 89% of first choices here, so the chart would put ten markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Four products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category.
What they warned about
Ten of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Mistral Small and Llama 4 Maverick changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Akamai Prolexic67%
24 of 36 labels negative · 12 of 12 models · 8 hard negative
“Akamai Prolexic is not suitable for small businesses due to its high cost and extensive features that exceed typical small business needs” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Radware Cloud DDoS Protection73%
11 of 15 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid over-paying – services like Akamai Prolexic, Radware, and F5 are excellent for massive enterprises but are rarely justified for a small team.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, comparative prompt
Imperva DDoS Protection50%
13 of 26 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid these for now. These solutions are designed for large corporations” Gemini 3.5 Flash, paraphrase prompt
AWS Shield14%
8 of 57 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 4 hard negative
“What to Avoid: ... AWS Shield Advanced ($3,000/month) – Only justified if you're a heavy AWS user” Kimi K2, direct prompt
What they cite
Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
62 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 760 links across 147 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · CyberPress51 answers · 55 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Flowtriq46 answers · 96 citations · 11 models
41 answers · 41 citations · 10 models
33 answers · 33 citations · 9 models
26 answers · 31 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Indusface21 answers · 24 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Cloudflare15 answers · 23 citations · 8 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 6 models
vendor site · G213 answers · 18 citations · 7 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
12 answers · 12 citations · 7 models
11 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
49 answers · 11 models
41 answers · 10 models
33 answers · 9 models
26 answers · 11 models
25 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 6 models
13 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best ddos protection service”, “ddos protection service”, “ddos protection services”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare cloudflare.com | 89% | 421 | 550,000 | 10,897 | 4,995,413 | 111 | 2 | |
| Gcore DDoS Protection gcore.com | 4% | 15 | 20 | 0 | 23,524 | 9 | ||
| AWS parent site AWS Shield 2%, AWS WAF 0% | 2% | 154 | 368,000 | 114,001 | ||||
| Sucuri sucuri.net | 2% | 41 | 5,400 | 211 | 87,613 | 15 | ||
| Azure parent site Azure DDoS Protection 2% | 2% | 64 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Flowtriq flowtriq.com | 0% | 5 | 10 | 0 | 245 | |||
| Google Cloud google.dev Google Cloud Armor 0% | 0% | 55 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 881,346 | 109 | ||
| Indusface AppTrana indusface.com | 0% | 51 | 10 | 0 | 15,007 | 0 | ||
| Bunny.net bunny.net | 0% | 109 | 1,300 | 44 | 22,083 | 43 | ||
| Fastly DDoS Protection fastly.com | 0% | 28 | 70 | 0 | 107,961 | $2,460 | 120 | 6 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cloudflare.com, g2.com, gartner.com). The first result for “best ddos protection service” is omr.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best DDoS protection service for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which DDoS mitigation provider would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top DDoS protection services for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best DDoS protection service for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a DDoS protection service. What should we look at?”Negative“Which DDoS protection services should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5CloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareno first choiceagainst: Akamai Prolexic
Four alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Gcore DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
Akamai ProlexicThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, FlowtriqThree alternatives
Flowtriq, Indusface AppTrana, SucuriGPT-5.4 miniCloudflareCloudflareHeldagainst: Akamai ProlexicCloudflareagainst: Fastly DDoS ProtectionCloudflareagainst: Google Cloud Armorno first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Google Cloud ArmorTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
AWS ShieldGemini 3.5 FlashCloudflareagainst: AWS Shield, Azure DDoS ProtectionCloudflareHeldagainst: AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionCloudflareagainst: AWS ShieldCloudflareCloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Two alternatives
Indusface AppTrana, SucuriTwo alternatives
Indusface AppTrana, SucuriFive alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Fastly DDoS Protection, Project Shield, SucuriSix alternatives
AWS Shield, AWS WAF, Azure DDoS Protection, Gcore DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, SucuriThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Imperva DDoS Protection, SucuriPerplexity SonarCloudflareCloudflareHeldagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionCloudflareagainst: Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionCloudflareno first choiceagainst: AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Fastly DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, NETSCOUT Arbor, Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Two alternatives
Gcore DDoS Protection, SucuriOne alternative
FlowtriqThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Google Cloud Armor, SucuriTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, FlowtriqGrok 4.20Cloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionCloudflareHeldagainst: Imperva DDoS ProtectionCloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionCloudflareCloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexic, DDoS-Guard, Gcore DDoS Protection, Hyperfilter, OhzCloud, Path.net
Two alternatives
AWS Shield, SucuriTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, SucuriThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Gcore DDoS Protection, SucuriFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, SucuriFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS Protection, SucuriMistral SmallCloudflareCloudflare, Gcore DDoS ProtectionChangedagainst: Akamai ProlexicCloudflareCloudflareno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Gcore DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
FlowtriqFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Flowtriq, Google Cloud Armor, SucuriFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Flowtriq, Google Cloud ArmorDeepSeek V4 FlashCloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionCloudflareHeldAWS Shield, Cloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionCloudflareagainst: AWS Shield, Akamai ProlexicCloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Radware Cloud DDoS Protectionagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Three alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud ArmorFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Imperva DDoS Protection, Indusface AppTrana, SucuriTwo alternatives
Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud ArmorTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, SucuriThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Fastly DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS ProtectionLlama 4 MaverickCloudflare, Gcore DDoS Protectionno first choiceChangedCloudflareSucuriCloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexic
Two alternatives
Gcore DDoS Protection, SucuriTwo alternatives
Cloudflare, FlowtriqTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai ProlexicQwen 3.7 FlashCloudflareagainst: Akamai ProlexicCloudflareHeldCloudflareagainst: Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionCloudflareagainst: Fail2ban, UFWAWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protectionagainst: CentrixNodes, DDoS-Guard, Webyne, koddos.net
One alternative
Gcore DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Bunny.netFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, SucuriTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, SucuriKimi K2Cloudflareagainst: AWS Shield, Akamai ProlexicCloudflareHeldagainst: AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Fastly DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS ProtectionCloudflareagainst: Imperva DDoS ProtectionCloudflareCloudflareagainst: NETSCOUT Arbor, Radware Cloud DDoS Protectionagainst: Akamai Prolexic, DDoS-Guard, F5 Distributed Cloud DDoS, Gcore DDoS Protection
Two alternatives
AWS Shield, SucuriThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, SucuriThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, SucuriTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, SucuriOne alternative
AWS ShieldGLM 4.7 FlashXCloudflareagainst: Imperva DDoS ProtectionCloudflareHeldagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionCloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, F5, Nexusguard, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionCloudflareno first choiceagainst: Gcore DDoS Protection
Two alternatives
AWS Shield, SucuriThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, SucuriFive alternatives
AWS Shield, Fastly DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, SucuriThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, SucuriMiniMax M2.5CloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareCloudflareagainst: AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, F5 Silverline, Fastly DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS Protectionagainst: Akamai Prolexic
Three alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
Flowtriq, Gcore DDoS Protection, SucuriTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, SucuriThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, FlowtriqThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS ProtectionBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:31 | yes | 9 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:03 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:58 | yes | 7 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 12:27 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 10:15 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 13:02 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 14:11 | yes | 8 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 10:03 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:32 | yes | 14 | 48 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 10:13 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:24 | yes | 13 | 310 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 11:11 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:17 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:25 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 10:11 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:17 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 10:37 | yes | 15 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:33 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:42 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:58 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:30 | yes | 5 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 10:27 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:42 | yes | 10 | 46 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:53 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:57 | yes | 17 | 12 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:00 | yes | 7 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:15 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 13:32 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 14:02 | yes | 26 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:46 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:02 | yes | 16 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:13 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 14:12 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:16 | yes | 14 | 49 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:41 | yes | 11 | 75 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:24 | yes | 8 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:31 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:23 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:53 | yes | 16 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:01 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 09:42 | yes | 26 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:30 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 14:04 | yes | 10 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 10:50 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:04 | no | 0 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:52 | yes | 10 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:56 | yes | 24 | 136 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:11 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:02 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:12 | no | 0 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:06 | no | 0 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:40 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 11:53 | yes | 12 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:20 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:05 | yes | 7 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:37 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 09:30 | no | 0 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:35 | no | 0 | 52 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:50 | yes | 13 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:52 | no | 0 | 78 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 13:03 | yes | 17 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 13:11 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:05 | yes | 23 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:45 | yes | 20 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 10:51 | yes | 32 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:08 | yes | 13 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:38 | yes | 18 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:58 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:47 | yes | 14 | 47 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:59 | yes | 22 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:19 | yes | 26 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:44 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
AWS read as AWS Shield
Akamai read as Akamai Prolexic
Akamai (Prolexic) read as Akamai Prolexic
Azure DDoS read as Azure DDoS Protection
Fastly read as Fastly DDoS Protection
Gcore read as Gcore DDoS Protection
Google Cloud read as Google Cloud Armor
Imperva read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (FlexProtect) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (Incapsula) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (formerly Incapsula) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Netscout read as NETSCOUT Arbor
Radware read as Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Unresolved, counted raw
CentrixNodes
F5 Distributed Cloud DDoS
UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall)
koddos.net
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.