Microsegmentation
Asked as “microsegmentation solution”, and as “east-west network segmentation tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 45 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
36%
Contested · Zero Networks Segment 16%
36ColorTokens Xshield16Zero Networks Segment11Illumio Segmentation38others
36% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▲+11Since October 2026: 25% → 36%, +11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.ColorTokens Xshield held the lead, +11 points on 25%, inside the 11-point 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
Zero Networks Segment30%Contested▲+14Since October 2026: 16% → 30%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Mid-market
ColorTokens Xshield36%Contested▲+11Since October 2026: 25% → 36%, +11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterprise
Illumio Segmentation77%Clear leader▲+14Since October 2026: 63% → 77%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →
Zero Networks Segment30%Contested▲+14Since October 2026: 16% → 30%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Mid-marketColorTokens Xshield36%Contested▲+11Since October 2026: 25% → 36%, +11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterpriseIllumio Segmentation77%Clear leader▲+14Since October 2026: 63% → 77%, +14 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
01ColorTokens Xshield36%0%43endorsed leader▲+11Since October 2026: 25% → 36%, +11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.25% → 36%
ColorTokens Xshield36%0%43endorsed leader▲+11Since October 2026: 25% → 36%, +11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.25% → 36%02Zero Networks Segment16%3%33accepted challenger▲+14Since October 2026: 2% → 16%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.2% → 16%
Zero Networks Segment16%3%33accepted challenger▲+14Since October 2026: 2% → 16%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.2% → 16%03Illumio Segmentation11%18%56accepted challenger▼−10Since October 2026: 21% → 11%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.21% → 11%
Illumio Segmentation11%18%56accepted challenger▼−10Since October 2026: 21% → 11%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.21% → 11%04
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation9%7%43accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 12% → 9%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 9%
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation9%7%43accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 12% → 9%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 9%05
Cisco Secure Workload2%15%20accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Cisco Secure Workload2%15%20accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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VMware NSX0%27%30criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
VMware NSX0%27%30criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%08
Cisco0%10%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Cisco0%10%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%06
Elisity0%0%23accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Elisity0%0%23accepted 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.
Head to head
All ten head-to-head pages: the top five products, each against each
ColorTokens Xshield vs Cisco Secure WorkloadZero Networks Segment vs Illumio SegmentationZero Networks Segment vs Akamai Guardicore SegmentationZero Networks Segment vs Cisco Secure WorkloadIllumio Segmentation vs Akamai Guardicore SegmentationIllumio Segmentation vs Cisco Secure WorkloadAkamai Guardicore Segmentation vs Cisco Secure Workload
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
0102030405060708Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01ColorTokens Xshield36%
ColorTokens Xshield36%02Zero Networks Segment16%
Zero Networks Segment16%03Illumio Segmentation11%
Illumio Segmentation11%04Akamai Guardicore Segmentation9%
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation9%05Cisco Secure Workload2%
Cisco Secure Workload2%06Elisity0%
Elisity0%07VMware NSX0%
VMware NSX0%08Cisco0%
Cisco0%What they warned about
Nine of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.20, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 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.
Illumio Segmentation18%
10 of 56 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid Enterprise Giants (like Illumio or Tufin) unless you have the scale” Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt
VMware NSX27%
8 of 30 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Best avoided if you're not already deeply invested in the VMware ecosystem; migration or new setups often lead to "policy debt" and audit headaches.” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation7%
3 of 43 labels negative · 3 of 14 models
“Instead of paying high six-figure annual licenses for enterprise microsegmentation suites like Illumio or Akamai Guardicore” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Tufin50%
2 of 4 labels negative · 2 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid Enterprise Giants (like Illumio or Tufin) unless you have the scale” Qwen 3.7 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
73 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. 840 links across 155 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 84 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 · Elisity33 answers · 52 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Akamai31 answers · 57 citations · 11 models
publisher (Gane)28 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Zero Networks27 answers · 50 citations · 11 models
25 answers · 58 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G225 answers · 38 citations · 13 models
vendor site · CyberPress22 answers · 22 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Ordr21 answers · 28 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 24 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Tigera20 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Tufin18 answers · 22 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Illumio15 answers · 23 citations · 9 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.
22 answers · 12 models
22 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 7 models
15 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 5 models
12 answers · 10 models
12 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 6 models
11 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 microsegmentation solution”, “microsegmentation solution”, “microsegmentation solutions”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ColorTokens Xshield colortokens.com | 36% | 78 | 30 | 1 | 693 | 0 | 6 | |
| Zero Networks Segment zeronetworks.com | 16% | 100 | 10 | 2 | 27,418 | 7 | 4 | |
| Illumio Segmentation illumio.com | 11% | 165 | 30 | 3 | 25,056 | 78 | 3 | |
| Akamai parent site Akamai Guardicore Segmentation 9% | 9% | 146 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||||
| Faddom faddom.com | 7% | 44 | 390 | 8 | 5,183 | $1,015 | 1 | |
| Cilium cilium.io | 4% | 19 | 5,400 | 304 | 4,632 | |||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Secure Workload 2% | 2% | 81 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| Calico tigera.io Calico 2%, Tigera Calico 0% | 2% | 35 | 135,000 | 20,802 | 21,429 | $8 | 12 | 2 |
| Calico Open Source | 2% | |||||||
| Cloud Security Groups & Host Firewalls | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 11 sites; 6 of them are among the sites the models cited here (akamai.com, elisity.com, illumio.com, tigera.io, tufin.com, zeronetworks.com). The first result for “best microsegmentation solution” is gartner.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 microsegmentation solution for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which east-west network segmentation tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top microsegmentation solutions and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best microsegmentation solution for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a microsegmentation solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which microsegmentation solutions should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceno first choiceHeldIllumio SegmentationColorTokens Xshieldno first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, Zero Networks SegmentTwo alternatives
Faddom, Zscaler Private AccessGPT-5.4 miniAkamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationIllumio SegmentationChangedagainst: Cisco Secure Workload, VMware NSXCisco Secure Workload, Illumio SegmentationCisco Secure Workloadagainst: Pangolinno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Zero Networks SegmentTwo alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Palo Alto Networks Prisma AccessThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentation, Palo Alto NetworksGemini 3.5 FlashAkamai Guardicore SegmentationZero Networks SegmentChangedagainst: VMware NSXIllumio SegmentationCilium, Native Cloud Security Groups + Infrastructure as Code, Project Calicoagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentationno first choiceagainst: AWS Security Groups, Azure Network Security Groups, GCP Firewalls
Five alternatives
Elisity, Illumio Segmentation, Isovalent/Cilium, Tigera Calico, Zero Networks SegmentFour alternatives
AWS Security Groups, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Azure Application Security Groups, Illumio SegmentationNine alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco ACI, Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, Isovalent, Tigera Calico, VMware NSX, Zero Networks SegmentFour alternatives
Nebula, Tailscale, ZeroTier, iptables/nftablesPerplexity SonarColorTokens XshieldColorTokens XshieldHeldIllumio SegmentationFaddomno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentation, Zero Networks SegmentThree alternatives
Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSX, Zscaler Private AccessSeven alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, Tigera Calico, VMware NSX, Zero Networks SegmentThree alternatives
Calico, ColorTokens Xshield, VMware NSXGrok 4.20ColorTokens Xshieldagainst: Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSXAkamai Guardicore SegmentationChangedagainst: Cisco Secure Workload, VMware NSXIllumio SegmentationCalicoagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio Segmentation, Zscaler Workload Segmentationno first choiceagainst: Check Point, Cisco ACI, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSX, Zscaler Zero Trust
Three alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Elisity, Zero Networks SegmentationTwo alternatives
ColorTokens Xshield, Illumio SegmentationThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco, ColorTokens XshieldTwo alternatives
Cilium, Zero Networks SegmentationMistral SmallColorTokens Xshieldagainst: Illumio SegmentationColorTokens XshieldHeldElisity, Illumio Segmentation, OrdrZero Networks Segmentno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Zero Networks SegmentTwo alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationFour alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, ColorTokens Xshield, TrueFort, Zero Networks SegmentTwo alternatives
AWS Security Groups, FaddomDeepSeek V4 FlashColorTokens XshieldColorTokens XshieldHeldIllumio SegmentationZero Networks SegmentIllumio Segmentationagainst: VMware NSXagainst: Cisco, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSX
One alternative
Illumio SegmentationThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentation, Zscaler Device SegmentationEight alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, Ordr, TrueFort, VMware NSX, Zero Networks SegmentFour alternatives
AWS Security Groups, Faddom, Illumio Segmentation, Kubernetes NetworkPoliciesFive alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens Xshield, Palo Alto Networks, Zero Networks SegmentLlama 4 MaverickColorTokens XshieldColorTokens XshieldHeldAkamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentationno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationOne alternative
ElisityQwen 3.7 FlashColorTokens XshieldColorTokens XshieldHeldno first choiceFaddomagainst: Illumio Segmentation, Tufinno first choiceagainst: AWS Security Groups, Azure Network Security Groupsnothing named
Three alternatives
Illumio Segmentation, Palo Alto Networks, Tigera CalicoOne alternative
Illumio SegmentationFive alternatives
AWS Security Groups, Azure Network Security Groups, ColorTokens Xshield, VMware NSX, VPC Network FirewallKimi K2Zero Networks Segmentagainst: Illumio SegmentationZero Networks SegmentHeldIllumio SegmentationFaddomagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentationno first choicenothing named
One alternative
ColorTokens XshieldThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Elisity, Illumio SegmentationSeven alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Elisity, NSX, Ordr, VMware vDefend, Zero Networks SegmentThree alternatives
Calico, Cilium, ColorTokens XshieldGLM 4.7 FlashXAkamai Guardicore Segmentation, ColorTokens XshieldZero Networks SegmentChangedagainst: Forescout, Tufinno first choiceZero Networks Segmentno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Cisco Identity Services Engine, Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSXFour alternatives
AWS Security Groups, Azure Network Security Groups, Guardicore, Illumio SegmentationThree alternatives
Calico, Cilium, IstioMiniMax M2.5ColorTokens Xshieldno first choiceChangedno first choiceCloud Security Groups & Host Firewallsagainst: Illumio Segmentationno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Airlock Microgateway, Faddom, Opinnate Network Security Policy ManagerThree alternatives
Enclave, Faddom, Kubernetes Network PoliciesGPT-6 LunaIllumio Segmentationagainst: Zero Networks SegmentIllumio SegmentationHeldAkamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationWindows Defender Firewall, security groupsno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Workload M6 appliances
Two alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, ColorTokens XshieldOne alternative
Akamai Guardicore SegmentationFive alternatives
Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, VMware vDefend, Zero Networks SegmentTwo alternatives
Cilium, Kubernetes NetworkPolicyMuse Glimmer 30BColorTokens XshieldColorTokens XshieldHeldIllumio SegmentationCalico Open Source, Ciliumno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Workload formerly Tetration, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSX
Five alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Broadcom, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSX, Zscaler Private AccessTwo alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationFive alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Broadcom VMware NSX / vDefend Distributed Firewall, Calico, Cisco Secure Workload, Prisma CloudOne alternative
12Port HorizonBold 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 18:05 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:59 | yes | 3 | 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 17:40 | yes | 7 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:53 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:07 | yes | 17 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:27 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:02 | yes | 22 | 42 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:00 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 19 | 78 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:41 | yes | 25 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:37 | yes | 13 | 108 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:43 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:35 | yes | 4 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:03 | yes | 11 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:24 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:35 | no | 0 | 3 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 18:34 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:35 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:07 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:54 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:51 | yes | 22 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:09 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:45 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:23 | yes | 18 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:07 | yes | 19 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:13 | yes | 5 | 112 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:11 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:19 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:40 | yes | 14 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:08 | yes | 4 | 6 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 13:31 | yes | 6 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:51 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:42 | yes | 12 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:41 | yes | 11 | 15 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:17 | yes | 22 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:58 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:56 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:24 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:38 | yes | 21 | 101 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:21 | yes | 15 | 39 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:41 | yes | 8 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:33 | yes | 14 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:44 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:33 | 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 12:46 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:08 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:39 | yes | 9 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:35 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:45 | yes | 24 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:05 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 9 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:08 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:39 | yes | 25 | 66 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:22 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:28 | yes | 3 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:56 | yes | 25 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:23 | yes | 18 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:16 | no | 0 | 8 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 12:22 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:04 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:54 | yes | 9 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:26 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:23 | yes | 23 | 47 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:29 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:09 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:21 | yes | 9 | 54 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:15 | yes | 15 | 94 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:39 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:28 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:43 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:04 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:14 | yes | 6 | 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 10:15 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:17 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:49 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:13 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:53 | yes | 19 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:15 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:34 | no | 0 | 37 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:13 | yes | 20 | 58 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:29 | yes | 23 | 93 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:22 | yes | 9 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:39 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:41 | yes | 22 | 37 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 (Guardicore) read as Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Akamai Guardicore read as Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Azure NSGs read as Azure Network Security Groups
Cisco Tetration read as Cisco Secure Workload
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare One
ColorTokens read as ColorTokens Xshield
ColorTokens (Xshield) read as ColorTokens Xshield
Fortinet read as Fortinet FortiGate
Illumio read as Illumio Segmentation
Illumio (Illumio Core / CloudSecure) read as Illumio Segmentation
Illumio Core read as Illumio Segmentation
Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation read as Illumio Segmentation
Palo Alto read as Palo Alto Networks
Tigera read as Tigera Calico
Tigera (Calico Enterprise) read as Tigera Calico
Tigera (Calico) read as Tigera Calico
VMware read as VMware NSX
VMware (NSX) read as VMware NSX
VMware NSX Distributed Firewall read as VMware NSX
Zero Networks read as Zero Networks Segment
Zscaler read as Zscaler Private Access
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS VPC Lattice
AWS VPC Security Groups / VPC Lattice
Aruba Fabric Composer
Broadcom (formerly VMware) NSX
Broadcom VMware NSX / vDefend Distributed Firewall
Cisco Secure Workload M6 appliances
Cisco Secure Workload formerly Tetration
Cloud Security Groups & Host Firewalls
ColorTokens Xshield Microsegmentation Platform
CrowdStrike Tungsten
Elisity Identity-Based Microsegmentation
GCP Firewalls
Kubernetes Cilium/Calico
Kubernetes NetworkPolicies
Kubernetes NetworkPolicy
Native Cloud Security Groups + Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Nebula (by Defined Networking)
Opinnate Network Security Policy Manager
Pangolin
VMware Tigris
VPC Network Firewall
Zscaler Device Segmentation
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.