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Data security posture management · November 2026 Edition

Securiti vs IBM Guardium

Zero of fourteen models named Securiti first on the direct prompt; zero named IBM Guardium. Securiti was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and IBM Guardium by ten and Securiti carries 22 labels and IBM Guardium 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Securiti

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

IBM Guardium

criticized challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%27%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#7#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels2215A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Securiti reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Cyera was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Purview vs Securiti · Microsoft Purview vs IBM Guardium · Cyera vs Securiti

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 data security posture management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
SecuritiFirst choices, of fourteen modelsIBM Guardium
Direct001 against IBM Guardium
Paraphrase111 against IBM Guardium
Comparative10
Budget-constrained001 against Securiti
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against IBM Guardium
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, Securiti and IBM Guardium were named in the same answer twenty-one times, of the 93 answers naming Securiti and the 54 naming IBM Guardium. In those answers IBM Guardium took the first choice two times and Securiti zero.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Securiti and IBM Guardium stood in it.
ModelDirectIGParaphraseIGComparativeIGBudget-constrainedIGScale-constrainedIGNegativeIG
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20IG
Mistral SmallIGIG
DeepSeek V4 FlashIGIG
Llama 4 MaverickIG
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2IG
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5IG
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30BIG
SecuritiIG IBM Guardium first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Securiti on the left and IBM Guardium on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Securiti and IBM Guardium stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Grok 4.20Wiz alternatives: Cyera DSPM, Securiti, Sentra
DeepSeek V4 FlashCyera alternatives: Securiti, Sentra, Wiz
Qwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Purview alternatives: Cyera, Securiti, Upwind

Neither was named

11 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Sentra alternatives: Cyera, Netwrix
GPT-5.4 miniSentra alternatives: BigID, Rubrik, Tenable
Gemini 3.5 FlashCyera alternatives: Concentric AI, Sentra, Wiz
Perplexity SonarCyera alternatives: BigID, Microsoft Purview, Sentra, Varonis Data Security Platform
Mistral SmallCyera, Wiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Varonis Data Security Platform
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice alternatives: Cyera, Varonis Data Security Platform, Wiz
Kimi K2Sentra alternatives: BigID, Cyera, Orca Security, Wiz
GLM 4.7 FlashXCyera, Wiz alternatives: BigID, Microsoft Purview, Varonis Data Security Platform
MiniMax M2.5Microsoft Purview alternatives: Sentra
GPT-6 LunaCyera alternatives: BigID, Microsoft Purview, Wiz
Muse Glimmer 30BCyera, Sentra alternatives: Wiz DSPM

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.
Securiti0%#8 of 11
IBM Guardium0%#9 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Securiti2%#7 of 11
IBM Guardium2%#8 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
IBM Guardium leads by six points.
IBM Guardium6%#5 of 12
Securiti0%#10 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Securiti

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

“Platforms to Avoid on a Tight Budget” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“For Hybrid/AI-Heavy: Cyera or Securiti for comprehensive coverage.” Grok 4.20 · comparative prompt · first choice
“| Overall best balance | Varonis or Securiti |” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Strong AI-driven discovery across multicloud; great if you have diverse clouds, but it may require more setup than Purview.” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · alternative

What the models said about IBM Guardium

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

“also mentioned as a "criticized challenger" and is not recommended for mid-market B2B companies due to its complexity and cost” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid pure enterprise tools like IBM Guardium unless you have massive scale” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Consistently rated as the top solution with a high G2 Score, ideal for comprehensive data security and compliance needs.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“IBM was the first major brand to acquire DSPM capabilities when it purchased Polar Security in May of 2023.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · alternative
“Hybrid environment with legacy databases? IBM Guardium or Varonis offer the best coverage.” MiniMax M2.5 · 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.