DDoS protection
Asked as “DDoS protection service”, and as “DDoS mitigation provider”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 48 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
94%
Consensus
94Cloudflare04Akamai Prolexic02AWS Shield
94% of first choices, consensus.
Since October 2026▲+12Since October 2026: 82% → 94%, +12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Cloudflare held the lead, +12 points on 82%, past the floor.
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.
Small business
Cloudflare100%Consensus=heldSince October 2026: 100% → 100%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketCloudflare94%Consensus▲+12Since October 2026: 82% → 94%, +12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageEnterpriseCloudflare68%Clear leader▲+11Since October 2026: 57% → 68%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →
Cloudflare100%Consensus=heldSince October 2026: 100% → 100%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketCloudflare94%Consensus▲+12Since October 2026: 82% → 94%, +12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageEnterpriseCloudflare68%Clear leader▲+11Since October 2026: 57% → 68%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →The standing
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. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Cloudflare94%3%68endorsed leader▲+12Since October 2026: 82% → 94%, +12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.82% → 94%
Cloudflare94%3%68endorsed leader▲+12Since October 2026: 82% → 94%, +12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.82% → 94%02
Akamai Prolexic4%23%48accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%
Akamai Prolexic4%23%48accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%03
AWS Shield2%11%63accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
AWS Shield2%11%63accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%Show the six products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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DDoS-Guard0%80%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
DDoS-Guard0%80%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%07
Azure DDoS Protection0%26%31criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Azure DDoS Protection0%26%31criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
Fastly DDoS Protection0%12%16accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Fastly DDoS Protection0%12%16accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%05
Radware Cloud DDoS Protection0%6%32accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Radware Cloud DDoS Protection0%6%32accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%06
Google Cloud Armor Lab in the set0%6%16accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Google Cloud Armor Lab in the set0%6%16accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%04
Imperva DDoS Protection0%5%40accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Imperva DDoS Protection0%5%40accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
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 thirteen models zero times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
One product takes 94% of first choices here, so the chart would put eight 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. Two products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category.
What they warned about
Fourteen of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. 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.
DDoS-Guard80%
8 of 10 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 7 hard negative
“Multiple complaints on Trustpilot (overall ~2.0/5 rating) highlight issues like assigning Russian IP addresses... Avoid if you're in regions sensitive to Russian infrastructure ties” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Akamai Prolexic23%
11 of 48 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“avoid enterprise services such as Akamai Prolexic, Imperva, or dedicated Radware deployments” Perplexity Sonar, budget prompt
Azure DDoS Protection26%
8 of 31 labels negative · 7 of 14 models
“Some services like Azure DDoS Protection have limited granular configuration options for tuning attack response and lack manual override features” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
AWS Shield11%
7 of 63 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid *AWS Shield Advanced*, as it costs a minimum of $3,000/month.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
72 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 764 links across 165 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 33 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Cloudflare25 answers · 58 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Radware24 answers · 43 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Myra Security23 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
20 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
20 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Fastly18 answers · 19 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Imperva16 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Cloudflare15 answers · 27 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Akamai15 answers · 21 citations · 7 models
15 answers · 17 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.
23 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 7 models
15 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 8 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 | 94% | 421 | 550,000 | 10,897 | 4,995,413 | 111 | 2 | |
| Akamai parent site Akamai Prolexic 4% | 4% | 137 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||||
| AWS parent site AWS Shield 2% | 2% | 154 | 368,000 | 114,001 | ||||
| Imperva Incapsula imperva.com Imperva DDoS Protection 0%, Imperva Incapsula 0% | 0% | 95 | 50 | 0 | 417,309 | 6 | ||
| Radware Cloud DDoS Protection radware.com | 0% | 83 | 0 | 43,076 | $21 | 13 | 9 | |
| Google Cloud google.dev Google Cloud Armor 0% | 0% | 55 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 881,346 | 109 | ||
| Azure parent site Azure DDoS Protection 0% | 0% | 64 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Fastly DDoS Protection fastly.com | 0% | 28 | 70 | 0 | 107,961 | $2,460 | 120 | 6 |
| Vercara | 0% | |||||||
| Link11 link11.com | 0% | 13 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 6 of them are among the sites the models cited here (akamai.com, cloudflare.com, fastly.com, imperva.com, radware.com, softwareadvice.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 mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which DDoS mitigation provider would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top DDoS protection services and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best DDoS protection service for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a DDoS protection service. What should we look at?”Negative“Which DDoS protection services should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Cloudflareagainst: Azure DDoS ProtectionCloudflareHeldCloudflareagainst: Fastly DDoS ProtectionCloudflareno first choiceagainst: Azure DDoS Protection, DDoS-Guard, NeoProtect
Three alternatives
Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS Protection, VercaraTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Imperva DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Flowtriq, SucuriGPT-5.4 miniCloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareagainst: Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armorno first choiceagainst: Cloudflare, OVH anti-DDoS
Four alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Cloudflare Magic TransitThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionSix alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, F5, Fastly DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
AWS ShieldGemini 3.5 FlashCloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareagainst: AWS ShieldCloudflarenothing named
Three alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Fastly DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS ProtectionFive alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Fastly DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, OVHcloud, SucuriSeven alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Fastly DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS Protection, VercaraPerplexity SonarCloudflareagainst: Akamai ProlexicCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS Protectionno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionSeven alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Fastly DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Indusface AppTrana, SucuriGrok 4.20CloudflareCloudflareHeldagainst: Akamai ProlexicCloudflareCloudflareagainst: Radware Cloud DDoS Protectionno first choiceagainst: DDoS-Guard, Path.net, TCPShield
Five alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Gcore DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Google Cloud Armor, SucuriFive alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Cloudflare, Fastly DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS ProtectionMistral SmallCloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareno first choiceagainst: AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Sucuri
Two alternatives
Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionTen alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, Link11, Myra Security, Radware Cloud DDoS Protection, Ribbon, VercaraTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Google Cloud ArmorDeepSeek V4 FlashCloudflareagainst: AWS Shield, Akamai ProlexicCloudflareHeldagainst: Akamai ProlexicCloudflareCloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS ProtectionAkamai Prolexic, Cloudflareagainst: DDoS-Guard, DartNode, OVHcloud, Sucuri, X4B
One alternative
Imperva DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionFive alternatives
AWS Shield, Bekchy, CloudLayar, DDoS-Guard, WEDOS ProtectionThree alternatives
Imperva DDoS Protection, NETSCOUT Arbor, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionLlama 4 MaverickCloudflareCloudflareHeldno first choiceCloudflareno first choiceagainst: AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, DDoS-Guard
Two alternatives
Sharktech, WEDOS ProtectionQwen 3.7 FlashCloudflareCloudflareHeldagainst: AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS ProtectionCloudflareagainst: F5Cloudflareagainst: AWS Shieldno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
AWS Shield, Imperva DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
Imperva DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, DDoS-GuardKimi K2CloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareagainst: AWS Shieldno first choiceagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Cloudflare, Cosmic Guard, DDoS-Guard, Fastly DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS Protection, Sharktech
Five alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, IO River, Imperva DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Project Shield, SharktechGLM 4.7 FlashXCloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareno first choiceagainst: ColoCrossing, DDoS-Guard, Gcore DDoS Protection, Hyperfilter, Vultr DDoS Protection, X4B
Two alternatives
Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva Incapsula, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionEleven alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, CDNetworks, Fastly DDoS Protection, Gcore DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, IO River, Imperva DDoS Protection, Link11, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Sucuri WAFMiniMax M2.5CloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareAWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Cloudflareagainst: DDoS-Guard
Two alternatives
Akamai Prolexic, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Imperva Application Security Platform, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
Azure DDoS Protection, IONOSGPT-6 LunaCloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Cloudflare Magic TransitThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Cloudflare Magic TransitSix alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, NETSCOUT Arbor CloudOne alternative
AWS ShieldMuse Glimmer 30BCloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protectionno first choiceagainst: DDoS-Guard
Three alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
AWS ShieldBold 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.
Eighty-four 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 | 2026-11-01 14:13 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:14 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 15:27 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:57 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:17 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:51 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:14 | yes | 23 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:33 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:47 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:15 | yes | 15 | 49 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:39 | yes | 13 | 194 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:47 | yes | 20 | 63 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:25 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:55 | yes | 15 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:04 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:34 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:27 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:24 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:19 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:07 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:16 | yes | 17 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:40 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:02 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:57 | yes | 9 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:05 | yes | 9 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:21 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:14 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:21 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:23 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:59 | yes | 11 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:52 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:00 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:54 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:45 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:56 | yes | 22 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:10 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:59 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:32 | yes | 14 | 59 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:20 | yes | 10 | 48 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:44 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:50 | yes | 7 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:22 | yes | 13 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:37 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:36 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:09 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:36 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:53 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:26 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:44 | yes | 18 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:39 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:52 | yes | 10 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:54 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:15 | yes | 15 | 52 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:17 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:11 | yes | 3 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:03 | yes | 14 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:32 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:23 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 18:57 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:03 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:14 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:02 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:07 | yes | 22 | 53 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:12 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:37 | yes | 5 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:28 | yes | 20 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:34 | yes | 20 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:50 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:07 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:23 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:27 | yes | 27 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:25 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 19:01 | yes | 9 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:23 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:05 | yes | 7 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:33 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:51 | yes | 24 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:58 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:30 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:50 | yes | 19 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:10 | yes | 18 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:48 | yes | 24 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:58 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:58 | yes | 22 | 23 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
Akamai read as Akamai Prolexic
Akamai (Prolexic & App & API Protector) 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
Gcore read as Gcore DDoS Protection
Imperva read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (Incapsula) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (Thales) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (by Akamai) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (formerly Incapsula) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
NetScout read as NETSCOUT Arbor
NetScout (Arbor Networks) read as NETSCOUT Arbor
Radware read as Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Radware (Defense pro) read as Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Radware (DefensePro & Cloud DDoS Protection) read as Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service read as Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Unresolved, counted raw
Bekchy
CloudLayar
DartNode
Deutsche Telekom
FastNetMon
NETSCOUT Arbor Cloud
OVH anti-DDoS
TCPShield
Verizon DDoS Shield
Vultr DDoS Protection
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.