DDoS protection for enterprise buyers
Asked as “DDoS protection service”, and as “DDoS mitigation provider”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 47 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
68%
Clear leader
68Cloudflare23Akamai Prolexic02AWS Shield06others
68% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+11Since October 2026: 57% → 68%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Cloudflare held the lead, +11 points on 57%, 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.Standing →EnterpriseCloudflare68%Clear leader▲+11Since October 2026: 57% → 68%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This page
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.Standing →EnterpriseCloudflare68%Clear leader▲+11Since October 2026: 57% → 68%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Cloudflare68%6%71endorsed leader▲+11Since October 2026: 57% → 68%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.57% → 68%
Cloudflare68%6%71endorsed leader▲+11Since October 2026: 57% → 68%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.57% → 68%02
Akamai Prolexic23%10%67accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 26% → 23%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.26% → 23%
Akamai Prolexic23%10%67accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 26% → 23%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.26% → 23%03
AWS Shield2%14%66accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
AWS Shield2%14%66accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%04
Azure DDoS Protection2%20%35accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Azure DDoS Protection2%20%35accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
06
Imperva DDoS Protection0%8%39accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 6% → 0%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 0%
Imperva DDoS Protection0%8%39accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 6% → 0%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 0%07
Google Cloud Armor Lab in the set0%6%17accepted 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%17accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%05
Radware Cloud DDoS Protection0%3%38accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Radware Cloud DDoS Protection0%3%38accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%08
NETSCOUT Arbor0%0%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
NETSCOUT Arbor0%0%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
Fastly DDoS Protection0%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Fastly DDoS Protection0%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 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.
For buyers
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.
One product takes 68% 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. Zero products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category.
What they warned about
Nine of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Perplexity Sonar, Qwen 3.7 Flash, MiniMax M2.5 and GPT-6 Luna 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.
AWS Shield14%
9 of 66 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“The enterprise guidance is to avoid relying solely on: Basic / free DDoS tiers from AWS, Azure and Google Cloud” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Azure DDoS Protection20%
7 of 35 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“often flagged as insufficient for large enterprises due to limited capacity” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Akamai Prolexic10%
7 of 67 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“entry-level Prolexic contracts are consistently placed at $10,000 to $15,000 per month, with large enterprise deployments running $30,000 to $100,000+ per month” Claude Haiku 4.5, budget prompt
Cloudflare6%
4 of 71 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Standard self-service or lower-tier plans from major CDN/DDoS providers (e.g., Cloudflare Free/Pro/Business tiers...) Avoid for mission-critical infrastructure.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative 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
76 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. 897 links across 202 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 · Cloudflare38 answers · 74 citations · 13 models
vendor site · IO River35 answers · 42 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Radware34 answers · 66 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Myra Security28 answers · 28 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Akamai26 answers · 38 citations · 9 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
20 answers · 25 citations · 8 models
20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · EdgeOne20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G218 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Cloudflare17 answers · 26 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Fastly17 answers · 19 citations · 12 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.
28 answers · 12 models
22 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 10 models
21 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 8 models
19 answers · 12 models
18 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 9 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 | 68% | 421 | 550,000 | 10,897 | 4,995,413 | 111 | 2 | |
| Akamai parent site Akamai Prolexic 23% | 23% | 137 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||||
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare Magic Transit 2%, Cloudflare One 2% | 4% | 355 | 550,000 | 10,897 | ||||
| AWS parent site AWS Shield 2% | 2% | 154 | 368,000 | 114,001 | ||||
| Azure parent site Azure DDoS Protection 2% | 2% | 64 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Radware DefensePro radware.com Radware Cloud DDoS Protection 0%, Radware DefensePro 0% | 0% | 83 | 43,076 | $21 | 13 | 9 | ||
| Imperva DDoS Protection imperva.com | 0% | 95 | 50 | 0 | 417,309 | 6 | ||
| Google Cloud google.dev Google Cloud Armor 0% | 0% | 55 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 881,346 | 109 | ||
| NetScout netscout.com NETSCOUT Arbor 0%, NETSCOUT Arbor Cloud 0% | 0% | 14 | 50 | 5 | 28,260 company | 71 | ||
| Fastly DDoS Protection fastly.com Fastly DDoS Protection 0%, Fastly Network Protect 0% | 0% | 28 | 70 | 0 | 107,961 | $2,460 | 120 | 6 |
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, edgeone.ai, fastly.com, g2.com, radware.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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which DDoS mitigation provider would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade DDoS protection services and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best DDoS protection service for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a DDoS protection service. What should we look at?”Negative“Which DDoS protection services should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Akamai ProlexicAkamai Prolexic, CloudflareChangedAkamai Prolexic, CloudflareAWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Cloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexicno first choiceagainst: DDoS-Guard, Staminus Communications
Four alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Cloudflare, Imperva DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
StormWallGPT-5.4 miniAkamai ProlexicAkamai ProlexicHeldCloudflareCloudflareno first choiceagainst: Dyn
Four alternatives
AWS Shield, Cloudflare, Fastly Network Protect, Imperva DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
Cloudflare, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionFive alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS / WAF platformTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS ProtectionGemini 3.5 FlashCloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflare, Imperva DDoS ProtectionCloudflareno first choiceagainst: AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Cloudflare
Five alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS Protection, ThalesFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionFive alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, NETSCOUT Arbor, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Fastly DDoS ProtectionPerplexity SonarCloudflare OneAkamai ProlexicChangedCloudflareCloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexicno first choiceagainst: AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection
Four alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Cloudflare, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionSix alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS ProtectionGrok 4.20Akamai ProlexicAkamai ProlexicHeldagainst: AWS Shield, Azure DDoS ProtectionCloudflareCloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS Protectionno first choiceagainst: Cosmic Guard, Path.net, StackPath DDoS Protection, X4B.net
Three alternatives
Cloudflare, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware DefenseProThree alternatives
Cloudflare, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionSix alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, NETSCOUT Arbor, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS ProtectionMistral SmallCloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareno first choiceagainst: AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection
Two alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai ProlexicTwo alternatives
Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionEight alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, Link11, Myra Security, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
Azure DDoS Protection, Gcore DDoS ProtectionDeepSeek V4 FlashCloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionCloudflareagainst: AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, GCP Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection
Three alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionSeven alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, NETSCOUT Arbor, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionLlama 4 MaverickCloudflareCloudflareHeldno first choiceCloudflare Magic Transitno first choiceagainst: AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection
Two alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai ProlexicThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionQwen 3.7 FlashCloudflareAkamai ProlexicChangedCloudflare, Imperva DDoS ProtectionCloudflareno first choiceagainst: Akamai Prolexic, Cloudflare
Nine alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, F5 Distributed Cloud, Google Cloud Armor, IO River, Imperva DDoS Protection, Myra Security, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, CloudflareThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
Akamai ProlexicKimi K2CloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareagainst: AWS Shieldno first choiceagainst: Cloudflare
Two alternatives
Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionFive alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS Protection, NETSCOUT Arbor, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
Akamai ProlexicGLM 4.7 FlashXCloudflareCloudflareHeldno first choiceagainst: F5 BIG-IPCloudflareno first choiceagainst: BackConnect Inc.
Six alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, IO River, Imperva DDoS Protection, NETSCOUT Arbor Edge Defense, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
Akamai ProlexicTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai ProlexicMiniMax M2.5CloudflareAkamai ProlexicChangedCloudflareAkamai Prolexic, Cloudflareno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai ProlexicThree alternatives
Cloudflare, Fastly DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS ProtectionSeven alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, NETSCOUT Arbor, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS ProtectionGPT-6 LunaCloudflareAkamai ProlexicChangedno first choiceCloudflareagainst: AWS Shieldno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Magic TransitTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Cloudflare Magic TransitEight alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Cloudflare, Fastly DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, NETSCOUT Arbor Cloud, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Cloudflare Magic TransitMuse Glimmer 30BCloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareno first choiceagainst: AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Cloudflare, Google Cloud Armor, Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Two alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai ProlexicTwo alternatives
Akamai Prolexic, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionSix alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
Amazon CloudFrontBold 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 16:28 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:36 | yes | 4 | 5 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 14:50 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:43 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:19 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:42 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:25 | yes | 23 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:09 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:06 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:02 | yes | 10 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:18 | yes | 22 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:04 | yes | 15 | 56 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:18 | yes | 3 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:07 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:05 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:42 | yes | 3 | 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 09:22 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:02 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:53 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:19 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:33 | yes | 24 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:05 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:35 | yes | 13 | 65 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:30 | yes | 10 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:56 | yes | 10 | 58 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:22 | yes | 14 | 37 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:55 | yes | 3 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:17 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:54 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:35 | yes | 8 | 12 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 17:50 | yes | 12 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:18 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:24 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:07 | yes | 8 | 12 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:16 | yes | 24 | 44 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:03 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:26 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:21 | yes | 17 | 38 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:25 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:19 | yes | 14 | 39 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:59 | yes | 8 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:50 | yes | 13 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:18 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:34 | yes | 3 | 5 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 17:10 | yes | 9 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:56 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:58 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:17 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:05 | yes | 23 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:05 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:45 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:07 | yes | 23 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:57 | yes | 24 | 75 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:26 | yes | 18 | 65 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:50 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:24 | yes | 20 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:06 | yes | 17 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:38 | yes | 6 | 10 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 08:59 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:23 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:35 | yes | 10 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:29 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:49 | yes | 25 | 68 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:23 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:36 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 19 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:13 | yes | 19 | 150 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:44 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:38 | yes | 4 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:33 | yes | 20 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:55 | yes | 27 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:40 | yes | 5 | 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 09:24 | no | 0 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:44 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:58 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:46 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:19 | yes | 24 | 73 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:08 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:53 | yes | 5 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:29 | yes | 25 | 43 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:17 | yes | 24 | 53 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:46 | no | 0 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:58 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:16 | yes | 24 | 29 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 (Kona Site Defender + Prolexic) read as Akamai Prolexic
Akamai (Prolexic & App & API Protector) read as Akamai Prolexic
Akamai (Prolexic) read as Akamai Prolexic
Akamai (specifically Akamai Prolexic) read as Akamai Prolexic
Amazon Web Services read as AWS Shield
Azure read as Azure DDoS Protection
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
Google Cloud read as Google Cloud Armor
Imperva read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (Cloud DDoS & Infrastructure Protection) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (Incapsola) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (Incapsula) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (by Akamai) 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 (Cloud DDoS Protection & DefensePro) read as Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Radware (DefensePro & Cloud DDoS Protection) read as Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Radware Cloud DDoS read as Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service read as Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Unresolved, counted raw
Akamai Prolexic Solutions
Arbor Edge Defense
Arbor Peakflow
Azure DDoS Protection Plan
BackConnect Inc.
G-Core Labs
GCP Armor
Google Cloud DDoS Protection
Imperva DDoS / WAF platform
NETSCOUT Arbor Cloud
NETSCOUT Arbor Edge Defense
Pantheon.io
Pravail APS
StackPath DDoS Protection
Staminus Communications
StormWall
X4B.net
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.