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Deception technology · November 2026 Edition

OpenCanary vs HoneyWire

Zero of fourteen models named OpenCanary first on the direct prompt; zero named HoneyWire. OpenCanary was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and HoneyWire by six and OpenCanary carries 22 labels and HoneyWire 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

OpenCanary

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

HoneyWire

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share4%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels2212A 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 HoneyWire · 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 modelsHoneyWire
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained22
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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, OpenCanary and HoneyWire were named in the same answer twenty-one times, of the 65 answers naming OpenCanary and the 28 naming HoneyWire. In those answers HoneyWire took the first choice two times and OpenCanary three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where OpenCanary and HoneyWire stood in it.
ModelDirectOPParaphraseOPComparativeOPBudget-constrainedOPScale-constrainedOPNegativeOP
Claude Haiku 4.5OP
GPT-5.4 miniOP
Gemini 3.5 FlashOPOP
Perplexity SonarOP
Grok 4.20OPOP
Mistral SmallOP
DeepSeek V4 FlashOP
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 FlashOPOP
Kimi K2OPOP
GLM 4.7 FlashXOP
MiniMax M2.5OP
GPT-6 LunaOPOP
Muse Glimmer 30BOPOP
OP OpenCanary HoneyWireOP first choiceOP named as an alternativeOP argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, OpenCanary on the left and HoneyWire on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was named

14 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
MiniMax M2.5CounterCraft, Fidelis Deception alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Attivo Networks
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 eleven points.
OpenCanary13%#2 of 15
HoneyWire2%#4 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
OpenCanary4%#3 of 16
HoneyWire4%#4 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
HoneyWire is not named for this buyer.
OpenCanary0%#– of 13
HoneyWire—not named
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 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
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.