AI security platforms for small business buyers
Asked as “AI security platform”, and as “tool to secure LLM applications and employee AI use”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 50 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
32%
Contested · Microsoft 365 14%
32Microsoft Defender for Cloud14Microsoft 36504Coro50others
32% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▼−1Since October 2026: 33% → 32%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Microsoft Defender for Cloud held the lead, −1 point on 33%, 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
Microsoft Defender for Cloud32%Contested▼−1Since October 2026: 33% → 32%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-marketMicrosoft Defender for Cloud12%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Microsoft Defender for Cloud (12%) replaces SentinelOne Singularity (11% then, 8% now), 4 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Enterprise
Check Point AI Security12%Contested▲+1Since October 2026: 11% → 12%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
Microsoft Defender for Cloud32%Contested▼−1Since October 2026: 33% → 32%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-marketMicrosoft Defender for Cloud12%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Microsoft Defender for Cloud (12%) replaces SentinelOne Singularity (11% then, 8% now), 4 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →EnterpriseCheck Point AI Security12%Contested▲+1Since October 2026: 11% → 12%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Microsoft Defender for Cloud32%0%36endorsed leader▼−1Since October 2026: 33% → 32%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.33% → 32%
Microsoft Defender for Cloud32%0%36endorsed leader▼−1Since October 2026: 33% → 32%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.33% → 32%02
Microsoft 36514%8%12accepted challenger▲+14Since October 2026: 0% → 14%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.0% → 14%
Microsoft 36514%8%12accepted challenger▲+14Since October 2026: 0% → 14%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.0% → 14%03
CrowdStrike Falcon Go4%4%25accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%
CrowdStrike Falcon Go4%4%25accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%04
Prompt Security4%0%13accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 8% → 4%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 4%
Prompt Security4%0%13accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 8% → 4%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 4%05
Huntress Managed EDR4%0%11accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%
Huntress Managed EDR4%0%11accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%06
SentinelOne Singularity2%11%28accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
SentinelOne Singularity2%11%28accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%07
Lakera Guard2%0%13accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 6% → 2%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 2%
Lakera Guard2%0%13accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 6% → 2%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 2%08
Microsoft Purview2%10%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Microsoft Purview2%10%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Wiz0%70%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Wiz0%70%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%12
Darktrace0%67%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Darktrace0%67%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%11
Arctic Wolf0%17%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Arctic Wolf0%17%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Nightfall AI0%0%11accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Nightfall AI0%0%11accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%09
Arcjet0%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Arcjet0%0%10accepted 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
Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Microsoft PurviewMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Lakera Guard
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.All fifteen head-to-head pages: the top six products, each against each
Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs Check Point AI SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs CrowdStrike FalconSentinelOne Singularity vs Microsoft PurviewSentinelOne Singularity vs Lakera GuardSentinelOne Singularity vs Check Point AI SecuritySentinelOne Singularity vs CrowdStrike FalconMicrosoft Purview vs Lakera GuardMicrosoft Purview vs Check Point AI SecurityMicrosoft Purview vs CrowdStrike FalconLakera Guard vs Check Point AI SecurityLakera Guard vs CrowdStrike FalconCheck Point AI Security vs CrowdStrike Falcon
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 →
01020304050607080910111213Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Microsoft Defender for Cloud32%
Microsoft Defender for Cloud32%02Microsoft 36514%
Microsoft 36514%03CrowdStrike Falcon Go4%
CrowdStrike Falcon Go4%04Prompt Security4%
Prompt Security4%05Huntress Managed EDR4%
Huntress Managed EDR4%06SentinelOne Singularity2%
SentinelOne Singularity2%07Lakera Guard2%
Lakera Guard2%08Microsoft Purview2%
Microsoft Purview2%09Arcjet0%
Arcjet0%10Nightfall AI0%
Nightfall AI0%11Arctic Wolf0%
Arctic Wolf0%12Darktrace0%
Darktrace0%13Wiz0%
Wiz0%What they warned about
Two of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, 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.
Wiz70%
7 of 10 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Wiz (for SMB use) ... A small business with a few databases and file shares will spend more time configuring” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Cyera83%
5 of 6 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“These tools assume you have petabytes of data, complex cloud architectures, and compliance teams.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Kovrr100%
4 of 4 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Enterprise FAIR platforms – RiskLens, SAFE Security, Axio, Kovrr” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
RiskLens
100%
4 of 4 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“What to Avoid: Enterprise FAIR platforms (full RiskLens/Safe implementations) typically require $50K–$250K+ and dedicated analyst headcount—overkill” Muse Glimmer 30B, 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
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. 777 links across 270 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 46 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 · Acronis32 answers · 39 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Microsoft30 answers · 64 citations · 10 models
publisher (Gane)30 answers · 58 citations · 10 models
16 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 6 models
vendor site · SourceForge14 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Check Point13 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G212 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
vendor site · CrowdStrike11 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Cyera9 answers · 11 citations · 5 models
9 answers · 10 citations · 5 models
vendor site · UnderDefense9 answers · 9 citations · 5 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.
31 answers · 12 models
22 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 7 models
9 answers · 6 models
8 answers · 6 models
8 answers · 5 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 “ai security platform”, “ai security platforms”, “best ai security platform”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Defender microsoft.com Microsoft Defender for Cloud 32% | 32% | 659 | 18,100 | 3,525 | 145,358,109 company | $12,455 | 103 |
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft 365 14%, Microsoft Security 4%, Microsoft Purview 2% | 20% | 514 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | |||
| CrowdStrike parent site CrowdStrike Falcon Go 4% | 4% | 57 | 74,000 | 5,130 | |||
| Prompt Security prompt.security | 4% | 30 | 1,000 | 41 | 2,008 | ||
| Huntress huntress.com Huntress Managed EDR 4% | 4% | 353 | 33,100 | 4,338 | 352,368 company | $15,522 | 120 |
| Coro coro.net | 4% | 90 | 49,500 | 4,833 | 3,791 | 3 | |
| SentinelOne sentinelone.com SentinelOne Singularity 2% | 2% | 499 | 33,100 | 1,675 | 446,702 company | $780 | 22 |
| Lakera Guard lakera.ai | 2% | 44 | 170 | 3 | 2,639 | ||
| Harmonic Security harmonic.security | 2% | 13 | |||||
| Malwarebytes for Business malwarebytes.com | 2% | 13 | 90 | 4 | 2,387,578 | $62 | 99 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 1 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cyera.com). The first result for “ai security platform” is reddit.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 AI security platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which tool to secure LLM applications and employee AI use would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top AI security platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best AI security platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating an AI security platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which AI security platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceno first choiceHeldWitnessAIMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Harmonic Security, Nightfall AI, SentinelOne Singularity, TrueFoundryFour alternatives
Helxon, Lasso Security, Nightfall AI, Prophet SecurityFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, Guardz, Huntress Managed EDR, OvalixGPT-5.4 miniCoro, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender for EndpointPrompt SecurityChangedagainst: Netskope One AI Security, ZscalerOrca Securityagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRSSnykagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Orca Security, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Wizno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Orca Security, Securiti, WizThree alternatives
Defender for Cloud Apps, Lakera Guard, Microsoft PurviewThree alternatives
Google Security Command Center, SentinelOne Singularity, WizOne alternative
CrowdStrikeGemini 3.5 FlashHarmonic Security, Huntress Managed EDRCloudflareChangedLakera Guardagainst: CrowdStrike, Microsoft Purview, Netskope One AI Security, Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS, SymantecLLM Guard, Microsoft Defender for Cloudno first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Lakera Guard, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Purview, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Harmonic Security, Lakera AI, Nightfall AIEight alternatives
Arcjet, Guardrails AI, Microsoft Presidio, NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails, Nightfall AI, Portkey, Protect AI, WitnessAIFive alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, Huntress Managed EDR, Lakera Guard, NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails, SentinelOne SingularityFive alternatives
Harmonic Security, Mend.io AISPM, Nightfall AI, Palo Alto AISPM, Relyance AIPerplexity SonarMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: Cisco AI Defense, Prisma AIRSPrompt Security—now part of SentinelOneChangedagainst: WitnessAIAcronis GenAI Protection, Lakera Guard, Ovalixagainst: Cisco AI Defense, Prisma AIRSHuntress Managed EDRagainst: Cyera, Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS, Wizno first choiceagainst: Check Point AI Security, Cisco AI Defense, Flashpoint, Intel 471, KELA, Palo Alto Networks, Prisma AIRS, Recorded Future, Securiti, Wiz AI-SPM
Three alternatives
Acronis GenAI Protection, Lakera Guard, Microsoft PurviewThree alternatives
Akamai Workforce Protector, Cisco AI Defense, Microsoft PurviewThree alternatives
Aikido Security, CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender XDRThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, Cynet, ESET PROTECTGrok 4.20Microsoft 365Check Point AI SecurityChangedMicrosoft Security Copilot, SentinelOne Singularityagainst: Darktrace, Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAMMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne Singularityno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon, Darktraceagainst: Anomali, ChatGPT, Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud, ThreatConnect
Three alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon Go, SentinelOne SingularityFour alternatives
Credo AI, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Prompt Security, WitnessAIThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon, Lakera Guard, SequirlyThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, ESET PROTECT Entry, Malwarebytes for BusinessFive alternatives
Arctic Wolf, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Security Copilot, SentinelOne Singularity, Vectra AIMistral SmallMicrosoft 365Prompt Security, dope.securityChangedAcronis AI Security Tools, Adaptive Security, AurascapeMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: Astrix Security, AttackIQ, Citalid, Cortex Xpanse, CyCognito, Cyera, Delinea, Kovrr, Mandiant Attack Surface Management, Mandiant Security Validation, Oasis Security, Okta, Pentera, RiskLens, SAFE Security, SafeBreach, SailPoint, Wiz
Two alternatives
Aikido Security, Microsoft PurviewOne alternative
Microsoft Defender for CloudFour alternatives
Arctic Wolf, Darktrace, Microsoft Security Copilot, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Arcjet, CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Huntress Managed EDRDeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft 365against: DarktraceLakera Guard, Microsoft PurviewChangedSequirlyagainst: SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: Arctic Wolf, DarktraceReco AIagainst: Orca Security, Varonis, Wizagainst: Astrix Security, BigID, CrowdStrike Falcon, Cyera, Darktrace, Delinea, Flashpoint, Intel 471, KELA, Kovrr, Okta, Recorded Future, RiskLens, SAFE Security, SailPoint, Securiti, Wiz
Five alternatives
Arctic Wolf, CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Garak, Prompt Security, PromptfooSix alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Lakera Guard, LayerX, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Nightfall AI, Prompt SecurityFive alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Hunto, Huntress Managed EDR, LooksGood, SentinelOne SingularityFour alternatives
Acronis, Lasso, Microsoft 365, Prompt SecurityLlama 4 MaverickMicrosoft Securityno first choiceChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choiceagainst: BigID, Cyera, Darktrace, Kovrr, Recorded Future, RiskLens, SAFE Security, Securiti, Varonis Data Security Platform, Wiz, ZeroFox
Six alternatives
Aikido Security, Amazon Macie, Conviso Platform, Microsoft Purview, Nightfall AI, SnykQwen 3.7 FlashSentinelOne SingularityCloudflare AI GatewayChangedMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike, Symantec, Trend Microno first choiceagainst: AttackIQ, Cymulate, Mandiant Security Validation, Pentera, Picus Security Validation, SafeBreach
Four alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sophos Central, WizNine alternatives
Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, Azure AI Content Safety, CrowdStrike, Drata, Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Trend Micro Deep Security, VantaFive alternatives
Adaptive Security, Arcjet, CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Lakera Guard, Prophet SecurityThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, SentinelOne Singularity, Webroot SecureAnywhere CompleteThree alternatives
Acronis GenAI Protection, Lasso Security, Microsoft PurviewKimi K2CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for CloudChangedSequirlyMalwarebytes for Businessno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Arctic Wolf, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Jazz, Prompt Security, StracFour alternatives
Arctic Wolf, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Microsoft Defender for CloudFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Cyera, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Prompt SecurityGLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender for CloudFolio3 AI GuardianChangedArcjetagainst: Darktrace, Vectra AI, CrowdStrike (Charlotte AI), Abnormal SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: Darktrace, ExtraHop RevealX, IBM, Vectra AI
Four alternatives
Arctic Wolf, CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Darktrace, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
WASViking AI Guardian, WitnessAISeven alternatives
Adaptive Security, Daylight Security, Check Point (Lakera), Azure Prompt Shields, NeMo Guardrails, Guardrails AI, Llama Guard, Forcepoint AI Security, Microsoft Security Copilot, SentinelOne Prompt Security, SentinelOne Singularity, Zenity, Microsoft Agent 365, Noma SecurityFour alternatives
Arcjet, Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon, JudyMiniMax M2.5Coro, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Securityagainst: Arctic WolfMicrosoft Security for Small and Medium BusinessChangedMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choicenothing named
One alternative
SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
Cloudflare's SASE Platform, Pentaguard AI Prompt ShieldFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Darktrace, Huntress Managed EDR, Malwarebytes for BusinessThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Cynet, SentinelOne SingularityGPT-6 LunaMicrosoft 365SentinelOne Prompt SecurityChangedagainst: Microsoft 365Promptfooagainst: Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRSMicrosoft 365no first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, Check Point AI Guardrails, NVIDIA NeMo GuardrailsOne alternative
Huntress Managed EDRMuse Glimmer 30BMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for CloudHeldArcjet, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SequirlyCrowdStrike Falcon Go, Microsoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: Astrix Security, Axio, Barracuda Email Protection, BigID, Cortex Xpanse, CrowdStrike Charlotte AI, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, CyCognito, Cyera, Delinea, Flashpoint, Group-IB Digital Risk Protection, HashiCorp Vault, Intel 471, KELA, Kovrr, Mandiant Attack Surface Management, Microsoft Security Copilot, Mimecast Email Security, Okta, PhishLabs, Recorded Future, RiskLens, SAFE Security, SailPoint, Securiti, SentinelOne Purple AI, SentinelOne Singularity, Wiz, ZeroFox
Four alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Kitecyber, Microsoft Purview, Prompt SecurityTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Prompt SecurityTwo alternatives
Aurascape, StracTwo alternatives
Guardz, Malwarebytes for BusinessBold 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 08:36 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:27 | yes | 2 | 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 11:02 | yes | 7 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:44 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:02 | yes | 8 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:56 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:17 | yes | 20 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:20 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:16 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:29 | yes | 12 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:29 | yes | 17 | 39 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:39 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:26 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:12 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:59 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:37 | no | 0 | 4 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 14:06 | yes | 13 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:34 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:02 | yes | 10 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:29 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:16 | yes | 24 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:57 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:29 | no | 0 | 37 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:46 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:18 | yes | 22 | 68 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:04 | yes | 10 | 45 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:25 | yes | 2 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:05 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:11 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:00 | yes | 4 | 9 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 12:53 | yes | 9 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:28 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:57 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:26 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:39 | yes | 23 | 47 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:52 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:39 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:10 | yes | 18 | 35 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:22 | yes | 18 | 58 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:30 | yes | 10 | 36 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:13 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:53 | yes | 14 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:23 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:05 | 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 10:07 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:46 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:38 | yes | 8 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:04 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:29 | yes | 22 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:32 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:50 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:25 | yes | 7 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:34 | yes | 13 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:25 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:50 | yes | 2 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:30 | yes | 23 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:59 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:56 | 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 14:54 | yes | 9 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:06 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:34 | yes | 15 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:37 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:20 | yes | 24 | 42 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:32 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:51 | yes | 22 | 96 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:06 | yes | 20 | 59 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:37 | no | 0 | 61 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:16 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:15 | yes | 1 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:39 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:41 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:27 | yes | 6 | 5 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 09:37 | yes | 8 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:44 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:12 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:49 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:34 | yes | 22 | 51 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:15 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:07 | yes | 10 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:48 | yes | 25 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:39 | yes | 24 | 81 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:48 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:48 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:22 | yes | 12 | 27 s |
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AWS Bedrock Guardrails read as Amazon Bedrock Guardrails
Bitdefender read as Bitdefender GravityZone
Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security read as Bitdefender GravityZone
Check Point read as Check Point AI Security
Huntress read as Huntress Managed EDR
Lakera read as Lakera Guard
Lakera (Lakera Guard) read as Lakera Guard
Microsoft Defender read as Microsoft Defender XDR
Microsoft Purview Suite for Business Premium read as Microsoft Purview
Netskope read as Netskope One AI Security
Orca read as Orca Security
Palo Alto read as Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Prisma AIRS read as Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS
SentinelOne read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne Singularity Core read as SentinelOne Singularity
Sophos read as Sophos Intercept X
Unresolved, counted raw
Acronis AI Security Tools
Adaptive Security, Daylight Security
Akamai Firewall for AI
Check Point (Lakera), Azure Prompt Shields, NeMo Guardrails, Guardrails AI, Llama Guard
Check Point AI Guardrails (Lakera)
Copilot Management
Folio3 AI Guardian
Google Workspace security add-ons
Gretel
Humanize
Judy (AaDya Security)
LooksGood (AaDya Security)
Mend.io AISPM
Microsoft Security for Small and Medium Business
Palo Alto AISPM
Pentaguard AI Prompt Shield (Magna5)
Picus Security Validation
Purview Suite
Trend Micro Deep Security
Vectra AI, CrowdStrike (Charlotte AI), Abnormal Security
WASViking AI Guardian
Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete
Zenity, Microsoft Agent 365, Noma Security
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.