API security platforms for small business buyers
Asked as “API security platform”, and as “API discovery and protection tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 48 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
33%
Contested · 42Crunch 10%
33Cloudflare API Shield1042Crunch10Wallarm API Security46others
33% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Cloudflare API Shield (33%) replaces 42Crunch (12% then, 10% now), 23 points clear, past the 11-point floor.Cloudflare API Shield leads at 33%, replacing 42Crunch, which led at 12% and stands at 10% now: 23 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.This pageMid-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.Standing →EnterpriseSalt 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.This pageMid-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.Standing →EnterpriseSalt 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 small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Cloudflare API Shield33%7%44endorsed leader▲+24Since October 2026: 9% → 33%, +24 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.9% → 33%
Cloudflare API Shield33%7%44endorsed leader▲+24Since October 2026: 9% → 33%, +24 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.9% → 33%02
42Crunch10%2%43accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 12% → 10%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 10%
42Crunch10%2%43accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 12% → 10%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 10%03
Wallarm API Security10%17%29accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 7% → 10%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 10%
Wallarm API Security10%17%29accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 7% → 10%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 10%04
StackHawk8%2%41accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 11% → 8%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 8%
StackHawk8%2%41accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 11% → 8%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 8%05
Zuplo6%0%18accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 7% → 6%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 6%
Zuplo6%0%18accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 7% → 6%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 6%06
OWASP ZAP4%7%15accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 7% → 4%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 4%
OWASP ZAP4%7%15accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 7% → 4%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 4%Show the seven products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Akamai API Security0%79%33criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Akamai API Security0%79%33criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%10
Imperva API Security0%77%13criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Imperva API Security0%77%13criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%13Salt Security0%72%43criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Salt Security0%72%43criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%11Traceable API Security Platform0%72%25criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
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Cequence Unified API Protection0%70%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Cequence Unified API Protection0%70%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
APIsec0%18%17accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
APIsec0%18%17accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%07
Postman0%7%27accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 0%
Postman0%7%27accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 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 headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.
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 →
01020304050607080910T11
1213Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Cloudflare API Shield33%
Cloudflare API Shield33%0242Crunch10%
42Crunch10%03Wallarm API Security10%
Wallarm API Security10%04StackHawk8%
StackHawk8%05Zuplo6%
Zuplo6%06OWASP ZAP4%
OWASP ZAP4%07Postman0%
Postman0%08APIsec0%
APIsec0%09Cequence Unified API Protection0%
Cequence Unified API Protection0%10Imperva API Security0%
Imperva API Security0%11Traceable API Security Platform0%
12Akamai API Security0%
Akamai API Security0%13Salt Security0%
Salt Security0%What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna 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 Security72%
31 of 43 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 14 hard negative
“Avoid or scale down: Salt Security or Akamai (excellent but often enterprise-priced at $1K+/month minimum, better for mid-sized teams expanding).” Grok 4.20, comparative prompt
Akamai API Security79%
26 of 33 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 12 hard negative
“flagged for being designed for large-scale API portfolios, with complex configuration and maintenance needs that are not practical for smaller teams” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Traceable API Security Platform
72%
18 of 25 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Traceable is frequently cited as a great product that simply isn't built for SMBs.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Cequence Unified API Protection70%
7 of 10 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“I would not start with the big enterprise-only vendors unless you already have a meaningful security budget” GPT-5.4 mini, budget prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
76 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 828 links across 185 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 · G248 answers · 77 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Zuplo26 answers · 37 citations · 11 models
25 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Radware22 answers · 31 citations · 9 models
publisher (Gane)21 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Indusface21 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Akamai20 answers · 27 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Check Point17 answers · 19 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Cloudflare16 answers · 26 citations · 5 models
15 answers · 18 citations · 10 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 8 models
vendor site · GitHub13 answers · 17 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.
48 answers · 12 models
26 answers · 11 models
25 answers · 10 models
21 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 7 models
15 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 8 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 | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare API Shield 33%, Cloudflare Application Security 4%, Cloudflare Application Security and Performance 2%, Cloudflare API Security 2% | 42% | 94 | 550,000 | 10,897 | |||
| 42Crunch 42crunch.com | 10% | 98 | 320 | 4 | 380 | 0 | |
| Wallarm API Security wallarm.com | 10% | 92 | 50 | 0 | 80,870 | 0 | |
| StackHawk stackhawk.com | 8% | 175 | 590 | 10 | 8,458 | 8 | 1 |
| Zuplo zuplo.com | 6% | 169 | 390 | 0 | 7,963 | ||
| OWASP ZAP owasp.org | 4% | 194 | 3,600 | 122 | 365,222 | ||
| Indusface AppTrana indusface.com | 4% | 51 | 10 | 0 | 15,007 | 0 | 6 |
| Akto akto.io | 2% | 25 | 590 | 21 | 978 | 10 | |
| TigerGate tigergate.dev | 2% | 22 | |||||
| AWS parent site AWS WAF 2% | 2% | 154 | 368,000 | 114,001 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (akamai.com, checkpoint.com, indusface.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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which API discovery and protection tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top API security platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best API security platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a API security platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which API security platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceAktoChangedagainst: Akamai API Security, Salt Security42Crunchagainst: OWASP ZAPCloudflare API Shield, StackHawkno first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Cloudflare API Shield, Imperva API Security, Postman, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platform
One alternative
StackHawkFour alternatives
Beagle Security, StackHawk, Tyk, ZuploOne alternative
Beagle SecurityGPT-5.4 miniWallarm API SecurityCloudflare API ShieldChangedagainst: Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platform42Crunchagainst: Akamai API Security, NonameCloudflare Application Security and Performanceagainst: APIsec, Cequence Unified API Protection, Salt Securityno first choiceagainst: APIwiz, Akto, Cequence Unified API Protection, Salt Security, ThreatX, Traceable API Security Platform
Four alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Akto, Imperva API SecurityOne alternative
Fastly API DiscoveryFour alternatives
Cloudflare API Shield, Salt Security, StackHawk, Traceable API Security PlatformOne alternative
PostmanGemini 3.5 FlashCloudflare API Shieldagainst: Akamai API Security, Salt Security, Traceable API Security PlatformCloudflare API ShieldHeldagainst: Akamai API Security, Noname, Salt SecurityEscape, StackHawkagainst: Akamai API Security, Noname, Salt SecurityCloudflare API Shieldagainst: Noname/Akamai, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platformno first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Noname, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platformagainst: Enterprise Apigee, Envoy, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Noname Security, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platform
Four alternatives
AWS WAF, Akto, StackHawk, Wallarm API SecurityTwo alternatives
42Crunch, Wallarm API SecurityFour alternatives
Akto, Astra Security, Cloudflare API Shield, Wallarm API SecurityFive alternatives
42Crunch, Akto, Kong API Gateway, OWASP ZAP, StackHawkSix alternatives
APIsec, Cloudflare API Shield, Escape, Firetail, StackHawk, Wallarm API SecurityPerplexity SonarCloudflare API Shieldagainst: Akamai API Security, Imperva API Security, Radware API Security Service, Salt Security, SaltStackCloudflare API ShieldHeldagainst: Akamai API Security, Radware API Security Service, SaltStackCloudflare API Shield, Zuploagainst: Aikido SecurityCloudflare Application Securityagainst: Akamai API Security, Imperva API Security, SaltStack, Traceable API Security Platformno first choiceagainst: 42Crunch, APIsec, Akamai API Security, Aqua Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, F5 Distributed Cloud API Security, Imperva API Security, Salt Security, StackHawk, Traceable API Security Platform, Upwind, Wallarm API Security, Wiz
Four alternatives
42Crunch, Aikido Security, Postman, ZuploTwo alternatives
42Crunch, StackHawkThree alternatives
42Crunch, Postman, StackHawkFour alternatives
OWASP ZAP, Spectral, StackHawk, ZuploGrok 4.20Cloudflare API Shieldagainst: Akamai API Security, Imperva API SecurityCloudflare API ShieldHeldCloudflare API Shieldagainst: Akamai API Security, Imperva API Security, Salt SecurityCloudflare API Securityagainst: Akamai API Security, Check Point CloudGuard WAF, Salt Securityno first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Fastly Web Application and API Security, Imperva API Security, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API Security
Two alternatives
Salt Security, Wallarm API SecurityThree alternatives
Metlo, Salt Security, Wallarm API SecurityFour alternatives
42Crunch, StackHawk, Treblle, Wallarm API SecurityFour alternatives
42Crunch, Astra Security, Intruder, PostmanMistral SmallZuploStackHawkChangedPostman, StackHawkagainst: APIsecTigerGate, Zuplono first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Noname Security, Salt Security
Three alternatives
42Crunch, Cloudflare API Shield, StackHawkThree alternatives
42Crunch, APIsec, Cloudflare Application Security and PerformanceThree alternatives
Akamai API Security, Cloudflare Application Security and Performance, Salt SecurityThree alternatives
Cloudflare Application Security and Performance, Noname Security, Wallarm API SecurityDeepSeek V4 FlashCloudflare API Shield42CrunchChangedagainst: Akamai API Security, Salt SecurityCloudflare API Shield, Postmanagainst: Akamai API Security, Salt Security, Wallarm API SecurityWallarm API Securityagainst: Akamai API Security, Noname, Salt Security, Traceable API Security PlatformCloudflare API Shieldagainst: Akamai API Security, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platformagainst: Akamai API Security, Check Point CloudGuard WAF, Noname, Ping Identity, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platform
Four alternatives
42Crunch, Postman, Wallarm API Security, ZuploTwo alternatives
Cloudflare API Shield, StackHawkThree alternatives
42Crunch, StackHawk, ZuploFour alternatives
42Crunch, Amazon API Gateway, StackHawk, ZuploFour alternatives
APIsec, ApyGuard, Indusface AppTrana, Wallarm API SecurityLlama 4 Maverick42Crunch42CrunchHeldPostmanNoname Security, Wallarm API Securityno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Cloudflare API Shield, Gravitee, StackHawk, ZuploFour alternatives
Cloudflare API Shield, Prophaze's API security platform, StackHawk, Wallarm's API DiscoveryThree alternatives
APIsec, Astra Security, Indusface AppTranaTwo alternatives
Cloudflare Application Security and Performance, ZuploQwen 3.7 FlashKong GatewayCloudflare Application SecurityChanged42Crunch, StackHawkStackHawkagainst: Cequence Unified API Protection, Noname/Akamai, Salt Securityno first choiceagainst: Noname Security, Salt Security
Three alternatives
Cloudflare API Shield, Postman API Security, Salt SecurityTwo alternatives
42Crunch, APIsecThree alternatives
Cloudflare API Shield, Tyk, ZuploThree alternatives
42Crunch, Cloudflare API Shield, JitKimi K2Cloudflare API ShieldCloudflare API ShieldHeldTreblle, ZuploCloudflare API Shieldagainst: Imperva API Security, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platformno first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Fastly, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platform
Two alternatives
Postman, Wallarm API SecurityTwo alternatives
Indusface AppTrana, TykFour alternatives
42Crunch, Kong Gateway, StackHawk, TykOne alternative
StackHawkFive alternatives
42Crunch, Salt Security, StackHawk, Tyk, ZuploGLM 4.7 FlashXZuploagainst: ApigeeCloudflare API ShieldChangedStackHawkCloudflare API Shield, OWASP ZAPno first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Apigee, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, Postman, Salt Security
Two alternatives
Cloudflare API Security, PostmanThree alternatives
42Crunch, Postman, StackHawkThree alternatives
42Crunch, Cloudflare API Shield, OWASP ZAPFour alternatives
42Crunch, Metlo, StackHawk, TykMiniMax M2.5StackHawk, Wallarm API Security42Crunch, Indusface AppTranaChangedCloudflare API Shieldagainst: Traceable API Security PlatformOWASP ZAPno first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Cloudflare API Shield, Noname Security, Salt Security, Wallarm API Security
One alternative
Salt SecurityOne alternative
Cloudflare API ShieldFour alternatives
OWASP ZAP, Postman, Salt Security, Wallarm API SecurityTwo alternatives
Postman, StackHawkGPT-6 LunaWallarm Security EdgeAikido Runtime ProtectionChanged42CrunchWallarm API Securityno first choicenothing named
One alternative
42CrunchThree alternatives
Akto, StackHawk, Wallarm API SecurityOne alternative
42CrunchMuse Glimmer 30B42Crunchagainst: Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Imperva API Security, Noname, Salt Security, Traceable API Security PlatformIndusface AppTranaChangedZuploagainst: Akamai API Security, Imperva API Security, Salt Security, Traceable API Security PlatformAWS WAFno first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, formerly Noname, Cequence Unified API Protection, Check Point WAF, formerly CloudGuard WAF, Cloudflare API Shield, Cloudflare Application Security and Performance, Salt Security, Wallarm API Security
Four alternatives
Cloudflare API Shield, StackHawk, TigerGate, ZuploTwo alternatives
42Crunch, Cloudflare API ShieldFive alternatives
42Crunch, APIsec, KnoxCall, Postman, StackHawkEight alternatives
42Crunch, Burp Suite, ImmuniWeb Neuron API, OWASP ZAP, Postman, StackHawk, TigerGate, ZuploBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:30 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:45 | 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 15:11 | yes | 7 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:32 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:21 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:31 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:27 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:29 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:58 | no | 0 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:35 | yes | 20 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:45 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:40 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:44 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:37 | yes | 12 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:56 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:13 | yes | 4 | 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 18:37 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:37 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:09 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:50 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:11 | yes | 23 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:29 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:00 | yes | 10 | 43 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:15 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:16 | yes | 14 | 54 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:26 | yes | 5 | 68 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:44 | yes | 1 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:47 | yes | 21 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:23 | yes | 17 | 14 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:46 | yes | 5 | 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 18:54 | yes | 12 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:32 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:13 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:43 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:06 | yes | 24 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:44 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:47 | yes | 5 | 42 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:06 | yes | 23 | 39 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:30 | yes | 23 | 48 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:00 | yes | 10 | 94 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:27 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:20 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:18 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:54 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 17:09 | yes | 7 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:47 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:24 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:50 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:26 | yes | 24 | 58 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:35 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:20 | yes | 20 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:07 | yes | 13 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:23 | yes | 10 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:24 | yes | 3 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:00 | yes | 13 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:46 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:50 | no | 0 | 6 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 18:59 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:36 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:56 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:20 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:59 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:18 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:38 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:38 | yes | 14 | 87 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:49 | no | 0 | 83 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:29 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:34 | yes | 14 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:18 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:29 | yes | 5 | 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 12:09 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:02 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:14 | yes | 14 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:03 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:20 | yes | 24 | 43 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:57 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:59 | yes | 9 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:40 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:46 | yes | 24 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:07 | yes | 25 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:22 | yes | 2 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:49 | yes | 19 | 30 s |
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Akamai read as Akamai API Security
Akamai (API Security) read as Akamai API Security
Akamai (Noname Security) read as Akamai API Security
Akamai (Noname) read as Akamai API Security
Akamai (including Noname Security 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
Check Point WAF (formerly CloudGuard WAF) read as Check Point CloudGuard WAF
Checkmarx read as Checkmarx One
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare API Shield
Cloudflare (WAF & API Shield) read as Cloudflare API Shield
F5 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) read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise read as Kong Gateway
Qodex.ai read as Qodex
Radware read as Radware API Security Service
Traceable read as Traceable API Security Platform
Traceable AI read as Traceable API Security Platform
Wallarm read as Wallarm API Security
Wallarm (Open Source) read as Wallarm API Security
apisec.ai read as APIsec
Unresolved, counted raw
APIsec Free Tier
APIvoid
APIwiz
Aikido Runtime Protection
Akamai API Gateway
Akamai API Security, formerly Noname
Check Point WAF, formerly CloudGuard WAF
Enterprise Apigee (Google Cloud)
Fastly API Discovery
Fastly's Next-Gen WAF
ImmuniWeb Neuron API
Parasoft SOAtest
Postman API Governance
Postman API Security
Prophaze's API security platform
ShiftLeft
Snyk API Security
Swagger Inspector
Wallarm Security Edge
Wallarm's API Discovery
ngrok
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.