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Cyber risk quantification · November 2026 Edition

Kovrr vs Axio

Three of fourteen models named Kovrr first on the direct prompt; zero named Axio. Kovrr was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Axio by ten and Kovrr carries 33 labels and Axio 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Kovrr

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Axio

criticized challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share9%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate15%25%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels3316A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Kovrr reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.CyberSaint CyberStrong vs Kovrr · CyberSaint CyberStrong vs Axio · Kovrr vs Axio360

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 cyber risk quantification page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
KovrrFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAxio
Direct30
Paraphrase21
Comparative01
Budget-constrained001 against Kovrr · 1 against Axio
Scale-constrained001 against Kovrr
Negative003 against Kovrr · 3 against Axio
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, Kovrr and Axio were named in the same answer forty-one times, of the 108 answers naming Kovrr and the 61 naming Axio. In those answers Axio took the first choice zero times and Kovrr two.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Kovrr and Axio stood in it.

Kovrr first, Axio not the choice

3 of 14 modelsAxio was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.20Kovrr alternatives: Axio360, CyberSaint CyberStrong, SAFE Security, vCISO Lite
Mistral SmallKovrr, SAFE Security alternatives: Optro, ThreatConnect Risk Quantifier
MiniMax M2.5Kovrr, ThreatConnect Risk Quantifier alternatives: Ostrich Cyber Risk

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashAxio360 alternatives: Bitsight Financial Quantification, Kovrr, SAFE Security
Perplexity SonarCyberSaint CyberStrong alternatives: Axio, Balbix, LogicGate Risk Cloud, SAFE Security, ThreatConnect Risk Quantifier
DeepSeek V4 FlashAxio360 alternatives: Balbix, Kovrr, ThreatConnect Risk Quantifier
Qwen 3.7 FlashX-Analytics alternatives: Kovrr, SAFE Security
GLM 4.7 FlashXUpGuard alternatives: Axio, SAFE Security

Neither was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Black Kite alternatives: Nisura, UpGuard
GPT-5.4 miniX-Analytics alternatives: Bitsight Financial Quantification, SecurityScorecard, ThreatConnect Risk Quantifier
Llama 4 MaverickCyber Quant alternatives: Axio360, Risk Cloud Quantify, ThreatConnect Risk Quantifier
Kimi K2CyberSaint CyberStrong, SAFE Security alternatives: Axio360, FortifyData
GPT-6 LunaAxio360 alternatives: CyberStrong, SAFE One
Muse Glimmer 30BAxio360, CyberSaint CyberStrong, CyberStrong alternatives: C-Risk

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
Kovrr leads by two points.
Kovrr2%#6 of 11
Axio0%#10 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Kovrr leads by seven points.
Kovrr9%#2 of 10
Axio2%#6 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Kovrr leads by six points.
Kovrr6%#4 of 13
Axio0%#8 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Kovrr

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

“Platforms like Kovrr and Axio have faced criticism in niche reviews for being overly focused on insurance market dynamics rather than pure operational risk quantification” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Traditional, enterprise-grade CRQ platforms (e.g., Safe Security (SAFE One), Kovrr, Axio) - generally not recommended for B2B SMBs.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“enterprise Cyber Risk Quantification (CRQ) platforms (such as Kovrr, Safe Security, or ThreatConnect) are often cost-prohibitive” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“I'd suggest starting with ThreatConnect Risk Quantifier or Kovrr as they offer the best balance of capability, usability, and value” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Kovrr and Safe Security are the strongest choices due to their robust quantification methodologies” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“Kovrr – *Best Overall for Fast Time-to-Value & Automation*” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Axio

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

“Avoid enterprise tools like SAFE Security, Axio, or Balbix if budget is tight” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Traditional, enterprise-grade CRQ platforms (e.g., Safe Security (SAFE One), Kovrr, Axio) - generally not recommended for B2B SMBs.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“Platforms like Kovrr and Axio have faced criticism in niche reviews for being overly focused on insurance market dynamics” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“SAFE and Axio frequently lead in recent Forrester evaluations” Grok 4.20 · comparative prompt · first choice
“I'd lean toward Kovrr or Axio” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Scenario-based modeling with historical industry loss library, positioned around cyber insurance premium alignment.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared

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.