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Breach and attack simulation · November 2026 Edition

Atomic Red Team vs AttackIQ

Zero of fourteen models named Atomic Red Team first on the direct prompt; zero named AttackIQ. Atomic Red Team was named by nine of the fourteen models and AttackIQ by fourteen and Atomic Red Team carries 11 labels and AttackIQ 47, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Atomic Red Team

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

AttackIQ

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share7%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%19%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1147A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Atomic Red Team reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Picus Security Validation Platform was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Cymulate vs Atomic Red Team · Cymulate vs AttackIQ · Picus Security Validation Platform vs Atomic Red Team

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 breach and attack simulation page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Atomic Red TeamFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAttackIQ
Direct002 against AttackIQ
Paraphrase01
Comparative02
Budget-constrained411 against AttackIQ
Scale-constrained001 against Atomic Red Team
Negative006 against AttackIQ
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, Atomic Red Team and AttackIQ were named in the same answer fourteen times, of the 28 answers naming Atomic Red Team and the 155 naming AttackIQ. In those answers AttackIQ took the first choice two times and Atomic Red Team one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Atomic Red Team and AttackIQ 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
Atomic Red Team AttackIQ first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Atomic Red Team on the left and AttackIQ on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Atomic Red Team and AttackIQ stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarCymulate alternatives: AttackIQ, Horizon3.ai NodeZero, Picus Security Validation Platform
DeepSeek V4 FlashCymulate alternatives: AttackIQ, Picus Security Validation Platform
Qwen 3.7 FlashPicus Security Validation Platform alternatives: AttackIQ, SafeBreach
Kimi K2Cymulate, Picus Security Validation Platform alternatives: AttackIQ, Pentera
GLM 4.7 FlashXCymulate alternatives: AttackIQ, Picus Security Validation Platform, SafeBreach
Muse Glimmer 30BCymulate alternatives: AttackIQ, Picus Security Validation Platform

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Cymulate alternatives: Pentera, Picus Security Validation Platform, Validato
GPT-5.4 miniCymulate alternatives: Picus Security Validation Platform
Gemini 3.5 FlashCymulate alternatives: Pentera, Picus Security Validation Platform
Grok 4.20Cymulate alternatives: Pentera, Picus Security Validation Platform
Mistral SmallCymulate, Picus Security Validation Platform alternatives: Pentera, Sakeon
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
MiniMax M2.5Cymulate, Picus Security Validation Platform alternatives: Pentera
GPT-6 LunaCymulate alternatives: AttackIQ Flex, Picus Security Validation Platform

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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Atomic Red Team0%#9 of 11
AttackIQ0%#10 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Atomic Red Team leads by four points.
Atomic Red Team7%#5 of 13
AttackIQ4%#6 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: AttackIQ leads at enterprise.
AttackIQ15%#3 of 8
Atomic Red Team2%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Atomic Red Team

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

“can supplement but usually lack the enterprise polish, automation, reporting, and support a 500-person company needs” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · soft negative
“Very limited budget + technical team | Atomic Red Team + Caldera | Free, powerful, but requires expertise” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Start free: Deploy Atomic Red Team or MITRE Caldera to establish baseline testing” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend starting with the free open-source tools (Atomic Red Team + MITRE Caldera)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about AttackIQ

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

“Criticisms include potential unsuitability for very large enterprises in some older reviews, and calls for better AI integration or documentation.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“A few (like AttackIQ) have limited free/low-cost tiers, but they don't match the flexibility of open-source” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · soft negative
“questioned suitability for some larger environments. Validate scalability, architecture, and performance” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“AttackIQ is strongly associated with the original BAS category and still emphasizes continuous security control validation” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · first choice
“Top Pick: AttackIQ (Flex Model) ... widely considered the best option for companies trying to balance cost with functionality” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Choose Cymulate/Picus/SafeBreach/AttackIQ when the priority is continuous, repeatable control validation” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared
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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.