API security platforms
Asked as “API security platform”, and as “API discovery and protection tool”, on behalf of a mid-market 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
16%
Contested · Zuplo 14%
16Salt Security14Zuplo12Wallarm API Security58others
16% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Salt Security (16%) replaces Aikido Security (12% then, 2% now), 14 points clear, past the 11-point floor.Salt Security leads at 16%, replacing Aikido Security, which led at 12% and stands at 2% now: 14 points clear, 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
Cloudflare API Shield33%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Cloudflare API Shield (33%) replaces 42Crunch (12% then, 10% now), 23 points clear, past the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-market
Salt Security16%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Salt Security (16%) replaces Aikido Security (12% then, 2% now), 14 points clear, past the 11-point floor.This pageEnterpriseSalt Security44%Clear leader↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Salt Security (44%) replaces Akamai API Security (33% then, 19% now), 25 points clear, past the 11-point floor.Standing →
Cloudflare API Shield33%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Cloudflare API Shield (33%) replaces 42Crunch (12% then, 10% now), 23 points clear, past the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-marketSalt Security16%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Salt Security (16%) replaces Aikido Security (12% then, 2% now), 14 points clear, past the 11-point floor.This pageEnterpriseSalt Security44%Clear leader↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Salt Security (44%) replaces Akamai API Security (33% then, 19% now), 25 points clear, past the 11-point floor.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
01Salt Security16%16%55accepted challenger▲+8Since October 2026: 8% → 16%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 16%
Salt Security16%16%55accepted challenger▲+8Since October 2026: 8% → 16%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 16%02
Zuplo14%0%11accepted challenger▲+10Since October 2026: 4% → 14%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 14%
Zuplo14%0%11accepted challenger▲+10Since October 2026: 4% → 14%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 14%03
Wallarm API Security12%0%37accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 10% → 12%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 12%
Wallarm API Security12%0%37accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 10% → 12%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 12%04Cloudflare API Shield10%3%30accepted challenger▲+8Since October 2026: 2% → 10%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 10%
Cloudflare API Shield10%3%30accepted challenger▲+8Since October 2026: 2% → 10%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 10%05
OWASP ZAP8%0%16accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 10% → 8%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 8%
OWASP ZAP8%0%16accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 10% → 8%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 8%06
Akamai API Security4%22%51accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%
Akamai API Security4%22%51accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%07Traceable API Security Platform4%15%40accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%
08
Kong Gateway4%12%16accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%
Kong Gateway4%12%16accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%09Noname Security4%21%14accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%
10
42Crunch2%3%36accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 8% → 2%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 2%
42Crunch2%3%36accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 8% → 2%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 2%11
Imperva API Security2%25%24criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Imperva API Security2%25%24criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
15F5 Distributed Cloud API Security0%36%11criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
14
Postman0%30%10criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Postman0%30%10criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%13
StackHawk0%9%23accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
StackHawk0%9%23accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%12
Cequence Unified API Protection0%5%22accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Cequence Unified API Protection0%5%22accepted 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 twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Salt Security vs OWASP ZAPSalt Security vs Akamai API SecuritySalt Security vs Traceable API Security PlatformSalt Security vs Kong GatewayZuplo vs Wallarm API SecurityZuplo vs Cloudflare API ShieldZuplo vs OWASP ZAPZuplo vs Akamai API SecurityZuplo vs Traceable API Security PlatformZuplo vs Kong GatewayWallarm API Security vs Cloudflare API ShieldWallarm API Security vs OWASP ZAPWallarm API Security vs Akamai API SecurityWallarm API Security vs Traceable API Security PlatformWallarm API Security vs Kong GatewayCloudflare API Shield vs OWASP ZAPCloudflare API Shield vs Akamai API SecurityCloudflare API Shield vs Traceable API Security PlatformCloudflare API Shield vs Kong GatewayOWASP ZAP vs Akamai API SecurityOWASP ZAP vs Traceable API Security PlatformOWASP ZAP vs Kong GatewayAkamai API Security vs Traceable API Security PlatformAkamai API Security vs Kong GatewayTraceable API Security Platform vs Kong Gateway
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 →
010203040506T07
08N09
1011121314F15
Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
Key
01Salt Security16%
Salt Security16%02Zuplo14%
Zuplo14%03Wallarm API Security12%
Wallarm API Security12%04Cloudflare API Shield10%
Cloudflare API Shield10%05OWASP ZAP8%
OWASP ZAP8%06Akamai API Security4%
Akamai API Security4%07Traceable API Security Platform4%
08Kong Gateway4%
Kong Gateway4%09Noname Security4%
1042Crunch2%
42Crunch2%11Imperva API Security2%
Imperva API Security2%12Cequence Unified API Protection0%
Cequence Unified API Protection0%13StackHawk0%
StackHawk0%14Postman0%
Postman0%15F5 Distributed Cloud API Security0%
What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B 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.
Salt Security16%
9 of 55 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“What to Avoid (Unless You Have Enterprise Budget) | Salt Security | ~$50k–$100k+ | Enterprise-only sales; heavy tuning required” Kimi K2, direct prompt
Akamai API Security22%
11 of 51 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Bundled WAAP complexity; overkill for mid-market” Kimi K2, direct prompt
Traceable API Security Platform
15%
6 of 40 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Enterprise-focused pricing and deployment” Kimi K2, direct prompt
Imperva API Security25%
6 of 24 labels negative · 5 of 14 models
“companies like Imperva, F5 (Big-IP), and older iterations of Akamai relied on rule-based Web Application Firewall technology... Why to be cautious” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
70 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. 794 links across 191 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 36 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 · G231 answers · 45 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Radware29 answers · 39 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Akamai26 answers · 43 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Zuplo26 answers · 35 citations · 11 models
25 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Checkmarx15 answers · 16 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Check Point15 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
13 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Wallarm12 answers · 14 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G212 answers · 12 citations · 6 models
vendor site · GitHub11 answers · 19 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.
25 answers · 9 models
24 answers · 10 models
23 answers · 10 models
18 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 6 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 “api security platform”, “api security platforms”, “best api 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 | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Security salt.security | 16% | 144 | 880 | 135 | 2,611 | 21 | 4 | |
| Zuplo zuplo.com | 14% | 169 | 390 | 0 | 7,963 | |||
| Wallarm API Security wallarm.com | 12% | 92 | 50 | 0 | 80,870 | 0 | ||
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare API Shield 10% | 10% | 94 | 550,000 | 10,897 | ||||
| OWASP ZAP owasp.org | 8% | 194 | 3,600 | 122 | 365,222 | |||
| Akto akto.io | 6% | 25 | 590 | 21 | 978 | 10 | ||
| Akamai parent site Akamai API Security 4% | 4% | 133 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||||
| Traceable API Security Platform traceable.ai | 4% | 95 | 1,793 | 3 | ||||
| Kong konghq.com Kong Gateway 4% | 4% | 359 | 880 | 93 | 20,236 company | $376 | 62 | |
| Noname Security | 4% | 390 | 7 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (akamai.com, checkpoint.com, radware.com). The first result for “api security platform” is opentext.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 API security platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which API discovery and protection tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top API security platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best API security platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a API security platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which API security platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Orca SecurityImperva API SecurityChangedSalt SecurityOWASP ZAPagainst: Akamai API Security, Salt Securityno first choicenothing named
Six alternatives
Check Point CloudGuard WAF, Cloudflare API Shield, Imperva API Security, Invicti API Security, Salt Security, Traceable API Security PlatformThree alternatives
Salt Security, StackHawk, Wallarm API SecurityFive alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Gravitee API Platform, Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API SecurityFive alternatives
Beagle Security, Nuclei, StackHawk, Wallarm API Firewall, mitmproxyGPT-5.4 miniAkamai API SecurityAkamai API SecurityHeldno first choiceOWASP ZAPno first choicenothing named
Six alternatives
42Crunch, Akto, Imperva API Security, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API SecurityOne alternative
Fastly API Discovery / API SecuritySeven alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Imperva API Security, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API SecurityOne alternative
Cloudflare API ShieldGemini 3.5 FlashWallarm API SecurityTraceable API Security PlatformChangedSalt SecurityAktoagainst: Noname, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platformno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
42Crunch, Cloudflare API Shield, Salt Security, Traceable API Security PlatformThree alternatives
Cloudflare API Shield, Salt Security, Wallarm API SecurityFive alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API SecurityFive alternatives
AWS WAF, Cloudflare API Shield, OWASP ZAP, StackHawk, Wallarm API SecurityPerplexity SonarCloudflare API Shieldagainst: Akamai API Security, Salt SecurityAikido SecurityChangedSalt SecurityCloudflare API Shieldagainst: Akamai API Security, SaltStack, Traceable API Security Platformno first choiceagainst: 42Crunch, APIsec, Akamai API Security, Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, F5 Distributed Cloud API Security, Imperva API Security, Kong Gateway, StackHawk
Two alternatives
42Crunch, Traceable API Security PlatformFour alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Pynt, Salt SecurityEight alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Cloudflare API Shield, Imperva API Security, Radware API Protection, StackHawk, Wallarm API Security, WizThree alternatives
42Crunch, Postman, ZuploGrok 4.20Salt Securityagainst: Akamai API Security, Imperva API SecuritySalt SecurityHeldAkamai API SecurityOWASP ZAPagainst: Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Salt Securityno first choiceagainst: API Alarm, AWS, Akamai API Security, Azure WAF, COSGrid, Check Point CloudGuard WAF, F5 Distributed Cloud API Security, GCP, Imperva API Security, Imvision, Noname Security, Prophaze, RapidAPI
Five alternatives
Cequence Unified API Protection, Cloudflare API Shield, Fastly, Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API SecurityFive alternatives
Akamai App & API Protector, Cequence Unified API Protection, Cloudflare API Shield, Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API SecurityFive alternatives
Cequence Unified API Protection, Imperva API Security, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API SecurityTwo alternatives
Treblle, Wallarm API FirewallMistral SmallGravitee, Zuploagainst: Salt SecuritySalt Security, ZuploChangedSalt SecurityZuplono first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platform
Two alternatives
Graylog, Kong GatewayTwo alternatives
Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API SecurityNine alternatives
42Crunch API Security Platform, Akamai API Security, Check Point CloudGuard WAF, Imperva API Security, OWASP ZAP, Radware API Protection, StackHawk, Treblle, Wallarm API SecurityFive alternatives
42Crunch, Cloudflare Application Security and Performance, OWASP ZAP, Postman, StackHawkDeepSeek V4 FlashWallarm API SecurityAktoChangedSalt SecurityZuplono first choiceagainst: Citrix, F5 Distributed Cloud API Security, Imperva API Security, NetScaler, Salt Security
Five alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Cloudflare API Shield, Traceable API Security PlatformTwo alternatives
Akamai API Security, Salt SecuritySix alternatives
Akamai API Security, Apigee, Cequence Unified API Protection, Radware API Protection, Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API SecurityFour alternatives
42Crunch, Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, StackHawkLlama 4 MaverickWallarm API Securityno first choiceChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Aikido Security, Gravitee, OWASP ZAP, ZuploQwen 3.7 Flash42Crunch, ZuploNoname SecurityChangedCequence Unified API Protection, Salt Securityagainst: StackHawkCloudflare API Shieldagainst: APIsec, Check Point CloudGuard WAF, Noname, SaltStackno first choiceagainst: AWS WAF, Akamai API Security, Azure API Management, F5 Distributed Cloud API Security, Imperva API Security, Kong Gateway, Postman, Tyk, WSO2
Two alternatives
Aikido Security, Salt SecurityThree alternatives
Kong Gateway, Salt Security, SecureframeFour alternatives
Akamai API Security, Cloudflare API Shield, Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API SecurityThree alternatives
Jit, OWASP ZAP, PyntFive alternatives
Akamai API Security, Apigee, HUMAN Security, Kong Gateway, Salt SecurityKimi K2Levo.aiagainst: Akamai API Security, Salt Security, Traceable API Security PlatformTraceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API SecurityChangedSalt SecurityCloudflare API Shield, Kong GatewaySalt Securityagainst: APIsec, Akamai API Security, CA API Gateway, Cloudflare API Gateway, Imperva API Security, Lacework, Noname Security, Postman, RapidAPI
Three alternatives
42Crunch, StackHawk, Wallarm API SecurityTwo alternatives
Akamai API Security, StackHawkFive alternatives
Akamai App & API Protector, Cloudflare API Security, Noname Security, StackHawk, Traceable API Security PlatformThree alternatives
42Crunch, Apache APISIX, StackHawkThree alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Traceable API Security PlatformGLM 4.7 FlashXZuploSalt SecurityChangedSalt SecurityOWASP ZAP, Tyk Open Source Gatewayno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API ProtectionTwo alternatives
Akamai API Security, Cloudflare API ShieldThree alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, ZuploFive alternatives
42Crunch, Akto, Cloudflare API Shield, Postman, StackHawkMiniMax M2.5Salt SecurityNoname Security, Salt SecurityChangedSalt SecurityCloudflare API Shield, Kong Gatewayno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Cequence Unified API Protection, Imperva API Security, Noname Security, Traceable API Security PlatformOne alternative
Akamai API SecuritySeven alternatives
Akamai API Security, Apigee, Noname Security, OWASP ZAP, Radware API Security Service, Traceable API Security Platform, TreblleFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, DreamFactory, GraviteeGPT-6 LunaWallarm API SecurityWallarm API SecurityHeldno first choiceAktono first choiceagainst: Noname, Traceable API Security Platform
Three alternatives
Akamai API Security, Cloudflare API Shield, Salt SecurityTwo alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API SecurityTwo alternatives
42Crunch, OWASP ZAPMuse Glimmer 30BZuploSalt SecurityChangedSalt SecurityMetlo, Tykagainst: Postmanno first choiceagainst: APIsec, Cloudflare API Shield, Noname Security, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platform
Five alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Cloudflare Application Security and Performance, Imperva Application Security Platform, Salt SecurityFive alternatives
Akamai API Security, Akto, Radware API Security Service, Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API SecuritySix alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Imperva Application Security Platform, Radware API Protection, Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API SecurityFive alternatives
42Crunch, APIsec Bolt, Assertible, OWASP API Security Testing Framework + ZAP, StackHawkBold 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 17:35 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:36 | 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 11:37 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:47 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:38 | yes | 9 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:51 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:31 | yes | 19 | 35 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:29 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:51 | yes | 10 | 37 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:58 | yes | 14 | 78 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:49 | yes | 14 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:08 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:48 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:05 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:07 | yes | 15 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:58 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 15:56 | yes | 6 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:27 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:48 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:41 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:54 | yes | 22 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:20 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:46 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:53 | yes | 18 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:17 | yes | 20 | 57 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:29 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:14 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:38 | yes | 13 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:43 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:32 | yes | 10 | 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 18:13 | yes | 7 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:36 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:55 | yes | 9 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:22 | yes | 8 | 14 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:13 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:53 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:21 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:00 | yes | 15 | 45 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:53 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:05 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:35 | yes | 9 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:55 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:39 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:06 | yes | 3 | 6 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 14:32 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:22 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:42 | yes | 10 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:32 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:59 | yes | 22 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:25 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:43 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:32 | yes | 18 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:29 | yes | 24 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:07 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:01 | yes | 3 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:18 | yes | 13 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:51 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:33 | 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 16:09 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:17 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:54 | yes | 11 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:17 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:59 | yes | 18 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:05 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:48 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:14 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:55 | no | 0 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:07 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:28 | yes | 2 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:45 | yes | 13 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:47 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:22 | no | 0 | 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 15:34 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:28 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:24 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:43 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:12 | yes | 25 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:16 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:51 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:24 | yes | 25 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:26 | yes | 23 | 77 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:12 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:24 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:44 | yes | 23 | 24 s |
Normalization in this category
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Category-scoped readings
APIsec.ai read as APIsec
Akamai read as Akamai API Security
Akamai (Noname) read as Akamai API Security
Akamai (with Noname acquisition) read as Akamai API Security
Cequence read as Cequence Unified API Protection
Cequence Security read as Cequence Unified API Protection
Check Point read as Check Point CloudGuard WAF
Check Point WAF read as Check Point CloudGuard WAF
Checkmarx read as Checkmarx One
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare API Shield
F5 read as F5 Distributed Cloud API Security
F5 (Big-IP) read as F5 Distributed Cloud API Security
Imperva read as Imperva API Security
Invicti read as Invicti API Security
Kong read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Open Source Version) read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise read as Kong Gateway
Qodex.ai read as Qodex
Radware read as Radware API Security Service
Radware API Security read as Radware API Security Service
Traceable read as Traceable API Security Platform
Traceable (Harness) read as Traceable API Security Platform
Traceable (now part of Harness WAAP) read as Traceable API Security Platform
Traceable AI read as Traceable API Security Platform
Traceable AI (now part of Harness) read as Traceable API Security Platform
Traceable.ai read as Traceable API Security Platform
Wallarm read as Wallarm API Security
apisec.ai read as APIsec
Unresolved, counted raw
API Alarm
APIsec Bolt
Assertible
Burp Pro
CA API Gateway (Broadcom)
COSGrid
Fastly API Discovery / API Security
GCP Apigee
Harness API Security (Traceable)
Imply/Solo.io
Imvision
OWASP API Security Testing Framework + ZAP
Thales Imperva API Security
Tyk Open Source Gateway
Wallarm's API Firewall
apisec-ai
mitmproxy
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.