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API security platforms · November 2026 Edition

Wallarm API Security vs Cloudflare API Shield

Four of fourteen models named Wallarm API Security first on the direct prompt; one named Cloudflare API Shield. Wallarm API Security was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Cloudflare API Shield by fourteen and Wallarm API Security carries 37 labels and Cloudflare API Shield 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Wallarm API Security

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Cloudflare API Shield

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share12%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels3730A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Wallarm API Security reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Salt Security was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Salt Security vs Wallarm API Security · Salt Security vs Cloudflare API Shield · Zuplo vs Wallarm API Security

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; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the API security platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Wallarm API SecurityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCloudflare API Shield
Direct41
Paraphrase20
Comparative00
Budget-constrained04
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Cloudflare API Shield
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Wallarm API Security and Cloudflare API Shield were named in the same answer forty-four times, of the 97 answers naming Wallarm API Security and the 106 naming Cloudflare API Shield. In those answers Cloudflare API Shield took the first choice twelve times and Wallarm API Security four.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Wallarm API Security and Cloudflare API Shield stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Wallarm API Security Cloudflare API Shield first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Wallarm API Security on the left and Cloudflare API Shield on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Wallarm API Security and Cloudflare API Shield stood in it.

Wallarm API Security first, Cloudflare API Shield an alternative

4 of 14 modelsCloudflare API Shield was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashWallarm API Security alternatives: 42Crunch, Cloudflare API Shield, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platform
DeepSeek V4 FlashWallarm API Security alternatives: 42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Cloudflare API Shield, Traceable API Security Platform
Llama 4 MaverickWallarm API Security alternatives: Aikido Security, Gravitee, OWASP ZAP, Zuplo
GPT-6 LunaWallarm API Security alternatives: Akamai API Security, Cloudflare API Shield, Salt Security

Cloudflare API Shield first, Wallarm API Security not the choice

1 of 14 modelsWallarm API Security was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarCloudflare API Shield alternatives: 42Crunch, Traceable API Security Platform

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Orca Security alternatives: Check Point CloudGuard WAF, Cloudflare API Shield, Imperva API Security, Invicti API Security, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platform
GPT-5.4 miniAkamai API Security alternatives: 42Crunch, Akto, Imperva API Security, Salt Security, Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API Security
Grok 4.20Salt Security alternatives: Cequence Unified API Protection, Cloudflare API Shield, Fastly, Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API Security
Kimi K2Levo.ai alternatives: 42Crunch, StackHawk, Wallarm API Security

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Mistral SmallGravitee, Zuplo alternatives: Graylog, Kong Gateway
Qwen 3.7 Flash42Crunch, Zuplo alternatives: Aikido Security, Salt Security
GLM 4.7 FlashXZuplo alternatives: Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection
MiniMax M2.5Salt Security alternatives: Cequence Unified API Protection, Imperva API Security, Noname Security, Traceable API Security Platform
Muse Glimmer 30BZuplo alternatives: 42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Cloudflare Application Security and Performance, Imperva Application Security Platform, Salt Security

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Cloudflare API Shield leads by twenty-three points.
Cloudflare API Shield33%#1 of 13
Wallarm API Security10%#3 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Wallarm API Security leads at mid-market.
Wallarm API Security12%#3 of 15
Cloudflare API Shield10%#4 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Wallarm API Security leads by four points.
Wallarm API Security4%#5 of 13
Cloudflare API Shield0%#11 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Wallarm API Security

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“The best API security platform for a mid-market B2B company is Wallarm API Security” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“If I had to pick one for a typical mid-market, cloud-native B2B company: Wallarm” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice
“My default recommendation: Wallarm API Security for a mid-sized B2B company” GPT-6 Luna · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Cloudflare API Shield

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“both Cloudflare and Salt operate on volumetric licensing. This can lead to unexpected cost increases” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“For most small businesses and startups, Cloudflare offers the best balance of price and power.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend starting with Cloudflare's free tier + Kong Gateway (open source)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest starting with Cloudflare API Shield or Kong (open source)” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.