Canarytokens vs HoneyWire
Zero of fourteen models named Canarytokens first on the direct prompt; zero named HoneyWire. Canarytokens was named by eight of the fourteen models and HoneyWire by six and Canarytokens carries 11 labels and HoneyWire 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
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 deception technology page.
By framing
CanarytokensFirst choices, of fourteen modelsHoneyWire
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Canarytokens and HoneyWire were named in the same answer six times, of the 34 answers naming Canarytokens and the 28 naming HoneyWire. In those answers HoneyWire took the first choice zero times and Canarytokens one.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | |
Canarytokens HoneyWire first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Canarytokens on the left and HoneyWire on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
13 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Canarytokens9%#3 of 15HoneyWire2%#4 of 15Canarytokens6%#2 of 16HoneyWire4%#4 of 16Canarytokens0%#– of 13HoneyWire—not namedWhat the models said about Canarytokens
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Step 1 (Today - $0): Go to [Canarytokens.org]... This gives you immediate detection capabilities with zero cost.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Start with Canarytokens.org — deploy free tokens across your critical assets immediately” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Immediate: Deploy Canarytokens.org (free) across your critical assets” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about HoneyWire
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“HoneyWire (Top Recommendation for Pure Open-Source): A free, open-source deception platform designed for quick deployment on Linux hosts.” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice
“The best deception technology platform for a company with a limited budget is HoneyWire, an open-source deception platform” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“OpenCanary and HoneyWire are also recognized as strong, budget-friendly alternatives” Mistral Small · budget prompt · alternative
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.