Deception technology · November 2026 Edition
OpenCanary vs CounterCraft
Zero of fourteen models named OpenCanary first on the direct prompt; one named CounterCraft. OpenCanary was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and CounterCraft by eleven and OpenCanary carries 22 labels and CounterCraft 20, so the shares are not directly comparable.
OpenCanary
accepted challengerNamed in one category this edition.
CounterCraft
criticized challengerNamed in one category this edition.
First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%25%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#7A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels2220A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, OpenCanary reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Thinkst Canary was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Thinkst Canary vs OpenCanary · Thinkst Canary vs CounterCraft · Canarytokens vs OpenCanary
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
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
OpenCanaryFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCounterCraft
Direct011 against CounterCraft
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained203 against CounterCraft
Scale-constrained00
Negative011 against CounterCraft
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.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where OpenCanary and CounterCraft stood in it.
| Model | DirectOPCO | ParaphraseOPCO | ComparativeOPCO | Budget-constrainedOPCO | Scale-constrainedOPCO | NegativeOPCO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | OP | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | OP | CO | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | CO | OP | OP | CO | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | OP | CO | CO | CO | ||
| Grok 4.20 | OPCO | CO | OPCO | |||
| Mistral Small | OP | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | CO | OP | ||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | CO | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | OP | OP | ||||
| Kimi K2 | OP | CO | OP | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | CO | OP | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | CO | OP | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | OP | OP | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | OP | OP |
OP OpenCanaryCO CounterCraftOP first choiceOP named as an alternativeOP argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, OpenCanary on the left and CounterCraft on the right.
The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where OpenCanary and CounterCraft stood in it.
CounterCraft first, OpenCanary not the choice
1 of 14 modelsOpenCanary was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.MiniMax M2.5CounterCraft, Fidelis Deception alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Attivo Networks
Neither was named
13 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Thinkst Canary alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Canarytokens, Illusive Networks
GPT-5.4 miniLabyrinth Deception Platform alternatives: Cynet, Tracebit
Gemini 3.5 FlashThinkst Canary alternatives: Fortinet FortiDeceptor, SentinelOne Singularity Remote Deception / Identity, Tracebit, Zscaler Deception
Perplexity SonarThinkst Canary alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Fidelis Deception, Rapid7 InsightIDR Deception
Grok 4.20Thinkst Canary alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, FortiDeceptor, Illusive Networks, TrapX
Mistral SmallThinkst Canary alternatives: CyberTrap, Zscaler Deception
DeepSeek V4 FlashAcalvio ShadowPlex alternatives: SentinelOne Singularity, Thinkst Canary
Llama 4 MaverickThinkst Canary alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Cymulate Deception, Fidelis Deception, Illusive Networks, TrapX DeceptionGrid
Qwen 3.7 FlashCymulate alternatives: Attivo Networks, Crypt48
Kimi K2Cynet, Tracebit alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Deceptive Bytes
GLM 4.7 FlashXThinkst Canary alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex
GPT-6 LunaThinkst Canary alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, FortiDeceptor, Rapid7 InsightIDR Deception
Muse Glimmer 30BThinkst Canary alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Attivo Networks ThreatDefend Deception and Response 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
OpenCanary leads by thirteen points.
OpenCanary13%#2 of 15
CounterCraft0%#13 of 15
The full small business standing →Mid-marketThe figures above
OpenCanary leads by two points.
OpenCanary4%#3 of 16
CounterCraft2%#7 of 16
The full mid-market standing →Enterprise
The order flips: CounterCraft leads at enterprise.
CounterCraft2%#4 of 13
OpenCanary0%#– of 13
The full enterprise standing →What the models said about OpenCanary
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“start with canary tokens and one OpenCanary host, because they cost almost nothing and produce alerts you can trust.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“For a very limited budget, start with OpenCanary.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
“OpenCanary is the leading open-source network honeypot platform for teams that want low-overhead network-level deception” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · alternative
What the models said about CounterCraft
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 starting with broad enterprise platforms such as Acalvio, CounterCraft, or Zscaler Deception” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid overly complex enterprise suites like *Acalvio ShadowPlex* or *CounterCraft*” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative
“often start at thousands of dollars per year ... making them unsuitable for tight budgets” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · soft negative
“High-interaction decoys, strong across network/endpoint/identity/cloud/OT; praised for threat intel.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · first choice
“I would recommend Fidelis Security or CounterCraft as the top choices” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Particularly strong for organizations that want deception as part of a broader threat intelligence program” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
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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.