Microsegmentation for enterprise buyers
Asked as “microsegmentation solution”, and as “east-west network segmentation tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 47 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
77%
Clear leader
77Illumio Segmentation11Zero Networks Segment06Akamai Guardicore Segmentation06others
77% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+14Since October 2026: 63% → 77%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Illumio Segmentation held the lead, +14 points on 63%, 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
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.Standing →Enterprise
Illumio Segmentation77%Clear leader▲+14Since October 2026: 63% → 77%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This page
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.Standing →EnterpriseIllumio Segmentation77%Clear leader▲+14Since October 2026: 63% → 77%, +14 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
01Illumio Segmentation77%7%71endorsed leader▲+14Since October 2026: 63% → 77%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.63% → 77%
Illumio Segmentation77%7%71endorsed leader▲+14Since October 2026: 63% → 77%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.63% → 77%02Zero Networks Segment11%0%30accepted challenger▲+9Since October 2026: 2% → 11%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 11%
Zero Networks Segment11%0%30accepted challenger▲+9Since October 2026: 2% → 11%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 11%03
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation6%8%62accepted challenger▼−9Since October 2026: 15% → 6%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.15% → 6%
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation6%8%62accepted challenger▼−9Since October 2026: 15% → 6%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.15% → 6%04
Cisco Secure Workload4%20%46accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%
Cisco Secure Workload4%20%46accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%05
Elisity2%6%36accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%
Elisity2%6%36accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
06
VMware NSX0%27%45criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
VMware NSX0%27%45criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%07ColorTokens Xshield0%9%23accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 3% → 0%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 0%
ColorTokens Xshield0%9%23accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 3% → 0%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 0%08
Zscaler Private Access0%0%12accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Zscaler Private Access0%0%12accepted 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.
For buyers
Head to head
ColorTokens Xshield vs Zero Networks SegmentColorTokens Xshield vs Illumio SegmentationColorTokens Xshield vs Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.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
One product takes 77% of first choices here, so the chart would put seven 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. One product carries a negative rate above 25% in this category.
What they warned about
Thirteen of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini 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.
Cisco Secure Workload20%
9 of 46 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Described by practitioners as "the worst product I've ever dealt with"” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
VMware NSX27%
12 of 45 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Traditional virtual firewalls / hypervisor‑based micro‑firewalls (older versions of VMware NSX, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, etc.) | Poor scalability” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Illumio Segmentation7%
5 of 71 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“What to Avoid: Per-Workload Pricing Models ... Illumio is a leader in capability ... but uses workload-based pricing that becomes unpredictable and expensive at enterprise scale.” Kimi K2, budget prompt
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation8%
5 of 62 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“flag it as a solution to avoid if budget is tight, citing pricing constraints that can become prohibitive for large-scale deployments” Mistral Small, 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
74 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. 888 links across 156 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 · Akamai36 answers · 67 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Elisity33 answers · 62 citations · 13 models
30 answers · 66 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Zero Networks29 answers · 54 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Illumio26 answers · 39 citations · 9 models
24 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
publisher (Gane)24 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
22 answers · 22 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 44 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Cisco18 answers · 26 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Tufin16 answers · 22 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G216 answers · 16 citations · 8 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.
24 answers · 11 models
22 answers · 11 models
22 answers · 8 models
21 answers · 8 models
19 answers · 7 models
19 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 7 models
14 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 5 models
12 answers · 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illumio Segmentation illumio.com | 77% | 165 | 30 | 3 | 25,056 | 78 | 3 | |
| Zero Networks Segment zeronetworks.com | 11% | 100 | 10 | 2 | 27,418 | 7 | 4 | |
| Akamai parent site Akamai Guardicore Segmentation 6% | 6% | 146 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Secure Workload 4% | 4% | 81 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| Elisity elisity.com | 2% | 78 | 1,000 | 16,992 | 1,097 | 5 | 4 | |
| VMware parent site VMware NSX 0% | 0% | 132 | 74,000 | 17,842 | ||||
| ColorTokens Xshield colortokens.com | 0% | 78 | 30 | 1 | 693 | 0 | 6 | |
| Zscaler zscaler.com Zscaler Private Access 0% | 0% | 166 | 60,500 | 3,104 | 103,886 company | $9,116 | 66 | |
| Palo Alto paloaltonetworks.com Palo Alto Networks 0% | 0% | 91 | 246,000 | 18,254 | 951,391 company | $383 | 106 | 5 |
| Cisco cisco.com | 0% | 121 | 165,000 | 48,352 | 5,114,808 | $683 | 91 | 9 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 11 sites; 6 of them are among the sites the models cited here (akamai.com, cisco.com, elisity.com, illumio.com, 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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which east-west network segmentation tool would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade microsegmentation solutions and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best microsegmentation solution 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 microsegmentation solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which microsegmentation solutions should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceno first choiceHeldIllumio SegmentationZero Networks Segmentno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio Segmentation
Five alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, VMware NSX, Zscaler Private AccessTwo alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationGPT-5.4 miniIllumio SegmentationCisco Secure WorkloadChangedIllumio SegmentationCisco Secure Workloadno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, VMware NSXThree alternatives
Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSX, Zscaler Workload SegmentationFive alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Arista Microsegmentation / MSS, Cisco Secure Workload, VMware NSX, Zscaler Workload SegmentationOne alternative
Illumio SegmentationGemini 3.5 FlashIllumio SegmentationIllumio SegmentationHeldAkamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationAkamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentationagainst: VMware NSXIllumio Segmentationagainst: AWS Security Groups, Azure Network Security Groups, Calico, Cilium, GCP Firewall Rules, VMware NSX
Four alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Isovalent Enterprise for Cilium, VMware NSXThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, VMware NSXFour alternatives
Cisco, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, VMware NSXThree alternatives
Cloudflare One, Zero Networks Segment, Zscaler Private AccessFive alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens Xshield, Isovalent/Cilium, Palo Alto NetworksPerplexity SonarIllumio SegmentationIllumio SegmentationHeldIllumio SegmentationElisityno first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Elisity, Tigera Calico, VMware NSX, Zero Networks SegmentFour alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Elisity, VMware NSXSeven alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, VMware NSX, Zero Networks Segment, Zscaler Private AccessThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio SegmentationGrok 4.20Illumio SegmentationIllumio SegmentationHeldAkamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentationagainst: Check Point, Fortinet FortiGate, Trend MicroZero Networks Segmentagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSXno first choiceagainst: Ciscoagainst: AWS Security Groups, Azure Network Security Groups, Check Point, Cisco ACI, Palo Alto non-cloud offerings, VMware NSX, older Cisco DNA Center tools
Three alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, ColorTokens Xshield, ElisityFive alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, AlgoSec, Cisco Secure Workload, Tufin, VMware NSXFour alternatives
Cisco, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks, VMware NSXMistral SmallIllumio SegmentationIllumio SegmentationHeldIllumio SegmentationIllumio Segmentationagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentationno first choiceagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload
Two alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, ElisityThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, VMware NSXSix alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, VMware NSX, Zscaler Workload SegmentationOne alternative
ElisityDeepSeek V4 FlashIllumio Segmentationagainst: VMware NSXIllumio SegmentationHeldagainst: Cisco Secure Workload, VMware NSXIllumio Segmentationagainst: Zscaler Workload SegmentationIllumio Segmentation, Zero Networks Segmentagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workloadno first choiceagainst: Cisco ACI, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, Guardicore, Illumio Segmentation, Juniper Contrail, Nuage, Ordr, TrueFort, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, ColorTokens XshieldOne alternative
Akamai Guardicore SegmentationSix alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Elisity, Ordr, Prisma Cloud, VMware NSXOne alternative
Tigera Calico CloudLlama 4 MaverickIllumio SegmentationIllumio SegmentationHeldIllumio SegmentationIllumio Segmentationno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, ElisityTwo alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, ElisityOne alternative
Akamai Guardicore SegmentationTwo alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, ElisityQwen 3.7 FlashIllumio SegmentationIllumio SegmentationHeldIllumio SegmentationIllumio SegmentationIllumio Segmentationnothing named
Four alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Elisity, Zero Networks Segment, Zscaler Private AccessTwo alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, VMware NSX Secure WorkloadThree alternatives
Broadcom, Cisco ACI, Palo Alto NetworksTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Workload, ElisityThree alternatives
Cisco ACI, Palo Alto Networks, TufinKimi K2Illumio SegmentationIllumio SegmentationHeldagainst: VMware NSXIllumio Segmentationagainst: Cisco Secure WorkloadAkamai Guardicore Segmentationagainst: Illumio SegmentationAkamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentationnothing named
Four alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Zero Networks Segment, Zscaler Zero Trust CloudTwo alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure WorkloadFour alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Check Point CloudGuard, VMware NSX, Zscaler Workload SegmentationOne alternative
Zscaler Zero Trust Cloud / ZPAGLM 4.7 FlashXIllumio Segmentationagainst: VMware NSXIllumio SegmentationHeldAkamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationIllumio Segmentationno first choiceagainst: Cisco ACI, Cisco Secure Workload, FireMon, Guardicore, Illumio Segmentation, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Tufin, VMware NSX
Three alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Zero Networks SegmentThree alternatives
Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall, Elisity, Zero Networks SegmentNine alternatives
AlgoSec Horizon, Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, Ordr, TrueFort, Tufin Orchestration Suite, VMware NSX, Zero Networks SegmentTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Workload, Zero Networks SegmentMiniMax M2.5Illumio SegmentationIllumio SegmentationHeldIllumio SegmentationZero Networks Segmentno first choiceagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload
One alternative
Akamai Guardicore SegmentationThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, VMware NSXSix alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, FireMon, Tigera Calico, VMware NSX, Zscaler Private AccessThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Elisity, Illumio SegmentationGPT-6 LunaIllumio SegmentationIllumio SegmentationHeldno first choiceZero Networks SegmentIllumio Segmentationagainst: VMware NSX
Three alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, VMware NSXTwo alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, VMware NSXSeven alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, Illumio Segmentation, VMware vDefend, Zero Networks SegmentThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Elisity, Illumio SegmentationThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens XshieldMuse Glimmer 30BIllumio SegmentationIllumio SegmentationHeldIllumio SegmentationIllumio Segmentationno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Workload, VMware NSX
Four alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Elisity, VMware NSXThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, VMware NSXFive alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Systems, Palo Alto Networks, VMware NSX, Zscaler Private AccessOne alternative
Zero Networks SegmentBold 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 10:55 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:10 | yes | 3 | 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 18:28 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:48 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:52 | yes | 13 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:23 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:05 | yes | 21 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:54 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:59 | yes | 9 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:24 | yes | 17 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:03 | yes | 13 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:48 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:51 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:59 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:56 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:37 | yes | 6 | 6 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 10:56 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:57 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:47 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:09 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:06 | yes | 20 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:22 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:33 | yes | 14 | 74 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:20 | yes | 23 | 130 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:51 | yes | 5 | 48 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:18 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:13 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:15 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:19 | 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 09:42 | yes | 11 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:44 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:10 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:33 | yes | 8 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:11 | yes | 23 | 41 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:35 | yes | 9 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:56 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:50 | yes | 20 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:05 | yes | 15 | 158 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:30 | yes | 10 | 29 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:18 | yes | 7 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:50 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:50 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:53 | yes | 2 | 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 12:16 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:43 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:54 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:34 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:45 | yes | 24 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:14 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:23 | yes | 10 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:56 | yes | 23 | 44 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:49 | yes | 23 | 53 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:14 | yes | 14 | 45 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:38 | yes | 3 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:32 | yes | 22 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:27 | yes | 26 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:24 | no | 0 | 7 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 16:28 | no | 0 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:21 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:25 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:37 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:42 | yes | 23 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:38 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:12 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:43 | yes | 20 | 53 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:58 | yes | 13 | 41 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:43 | no | 0 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:31 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:58 | yes | 25 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:51 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:10 | yes | 4 | 6 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 09:55 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:52 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:40 | yes | 18 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:19 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:40 | yes | 21 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:54 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:51 | yes | 10 | 44 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:06 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:47 | yes | 23 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:42 | yes | 17 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:12 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:48 | yes | 23 | 30 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 Guardicore Segmentation
Akamai (Guardicore) read as Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Akamai GuardiCore (formerly Guardicore) read as Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Akamai Guardicore read as Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Akamai Guardicore (now Akamai) read as Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Akamai Guardicore Centra read as Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Akamai Technologies read as Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Cisco Tetration read as Cisco Secure Workload
Cisco Tetration (now Cisco Secure Workload) read as Cisco Secure Workload
ColorTokens read as ColorTokens Xshield
ColorTokens (Xshield) read as ColorTokens Xshield
Fortinet read as Fortinet FortiGate
Illumio read as Illumio Segmentation
Illumio Core read as Illumio Segmentation
Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation read as Illumio Segmentation
Microsoft (Azure Firewall + Defender for Cloud / Network Security Groups with microseg extensions) read as Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Tigera read as Tigera Calico
VMware read as VMware NSX
VMware (Aria/NSX) read as VMware NSX
VMware (Broadcom) read as VMware NSX
VMware (NSX Microsegmentation) read as VMware NSX
VMware NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) read as VMware NSX
VMware NSX Microsegmentation (Broadcom) read as VMware NSX
VMware by Broadcom (VMware NSX / vDefend) read as VMware NSX
Zero Networks read as Zero Networks Segment
Zscaler read as Zscaler Private Access
Zscaler (Zero Trust Exchange) read as Zscaler Private Access
Zscaler Microsegmentation read as Zscaler Workload Segmentation
illumio read as Illumio Segmentation
Unresolved, counted raw
Airgap Networks
Arista Microsegmentation / MSS
Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall
Isovalent Enterprise for Cilium (by Cisco)
Palo Alto non-cloud offerings
Tigera Calico Cloud
VMware NSX Secure Workload
Volterra
Zscaler Zero Trust Cloud
Zscaler Zero Trust Cloud / ZPA
older Cisco DNA Center tools
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.