Thinkst Canary vs HoneyWire
Nine of fourteen models named Thinkst Canary first on the direct prompt; zero named HoneyWire. Thinkst Canary was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and HoneyWire by six and Thinkst Canary carries 48 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
Thinkst CanaryFirst choices, of fourteen modelsHoneyWire
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Thinkst Canary and HoneyWire were named in the same answer twenty-six times, of the 137 answers naming Thinkst Canary and the 28 naming HoneyWire. In those answers HoneyWire took the first choice two times and Thinkst Canary eighteen.
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 | | | |
Thinkst Canary HoneyWire first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Thinkst Canary on the left and HoneyWire on the right.The direct prompt
Thinkst Canary first, HoneyWire not the choice
9 of 14 modelsHoneyWire was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.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
4 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
Thinkst Canary53%#1 of 15HoneyWire2%#4 of 15Thinkst Canary56%#1 of 16HoneyWire4%#4 of 16Thinkst Canary22%#2 of 13HoneyWire—not namedWhat the models said about Thinkst Canary
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Thinkst Canary offers the best value for money among paid platforms due to its simplicity, low false positives, and comprehensive coverage.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Thinkst Canary (from Thinkst Applied Research) stands out as the best deception technology platform for most mid-market B2B companies.” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · first choice
“Excellent signal quality, very easy (Canarytokens are free and powerful), low maintenance. Often the "gold standard" for fidelity.” Grok 4.20 · scale 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.