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Breach and attack simulation · November 2026 Edition

Cymulate vs Infection Monkey

Twelve of fourteen models named Cymulate first on the direct prompt; zero named Infection Monkey. Cymulate was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Infection Monkey by nine and Cymulate carries 62 labels and Infection Monkey 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Cymulate

endorsed leader

Named in three categories this edition.

Infection Monkey

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share35%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate24%9%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#8A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels6211A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Cymulate 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 Picus Security Validation Platform · Cymulate vs AttackIQ Flex · Cymulate vs MITRE Caldera

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.
CymulateFirst choices, of fourteen modelsInfection Monkey
Direct120
Paraphrase40
Comparative80
Budget-constrained016 against Cymulate · 1 against Infection Monkey
Scale-constrained30
Negative009 against Cymulate
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, Cymulate and Infection Monkey were named in the same answer thirty-two times, of the 191 answers naming Cymulate and the 39 naming Infection Monkey. In those answers Infection Monkey took the first choice eight times and Cymulate three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Cymulate and Infection Monkey stood in it.
ModelDirectIMParaphraseIMComparativeIMBudget-constrainedIMScale-constrainedIMNegativeIM
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 miniIM
Gemini 3.5 FlashIM
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20IM
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2IMIM
GLM 4.7 FlashXIMIM
MiniMax M2.5IM
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30BIM
CymulateIM Infection Monkey first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cymulate on the left and Infection Monkey on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Cymulate and Infection Monkey stood in it.

Cymulate first, Infection Monkey not the choice

12 of 14 modelsInfection Monkey was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
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
Perplexity SonarCymulate alternatives: AttackIQ, Horizon3.ai NodeZero, Picus Security Validation Platform
Grok 4.20Cymulate alternatives: Pentera, Picus Security Validation Platform
Mistral SmallCymulate, Picus Security Validation Platform alternatives: Pentera, Sakeon
DeepSeek V4 FlashCymulate alternatives: AttackIQ, Picus Security Validation Platform
Kimi K2Cymulate, Picus Security Validation Platform alternatives: AttackIQ, Pentera
GLM 4.7 FlashXCymulate alternatives: AttackIQ, Picus Security Validation Platform, SafeBreach
MiniMax M2.5Cymulate, Picus Security Validation Platform alternatives: Pentera
GPT-6 LunaCymulate alternatives: AttackIQ Flex, Picus Security Validation Platform
Muse Glimmer 30BCymulate alternatives: AttackIQ, Picus Security Validation Platform

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashPicus Security Validation Platform alternatives: AttackIQ, SafeBreach

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
Cymulate leads by four points.
Cymulate16%#3 of 11
Infection Monkey12%#4 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Cymulate leads by thirty-three points.
Cymulate35%#1 of 13
Infection Monkey2%#8 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Cymulate leads by twenty-seven points.
Cymulate27%#1 of 8
Infection Monkey0%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Cymulate

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

“What to avoid if budget is tiny - Cymulate (~$7,000/month = ~$84k/year)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Other options to consider are Cymulate, Picus Security, SafeBreach, and Pentera, but they may have higher pricing.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · soft negative
“they tend to be more expensive and better suited for larger organizations with more robust budgets” Mistral Small · budget prompt · soft negative
“Cymulate and Picus Security are the top recommendations due to their strong market presence, ease of deployment, and comprehensive feature sets” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Cymulate/Picus/SafeBreach/AttackIQ when the priority is continuous, repeatable control validation mapped to MITRE ATT&CK” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“Cymulate is recommended for mid-market and enterprise teams that need a consolidated exposure score alongside simulation.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Infection Monkey

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

“it's generally less polished and more DIY than commercial platforms” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · soft negative
“Infection Monkey is the easiest free option for hands-on breach simulation and lateral movement mapping.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Free for basic use; focuses on lateral movement, breach simulation, and self-propagation testing.” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · alternative
“Cost: Free (GPL-3.0) ... Tests network segmentation and lateral movement” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · alternative
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.