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Deception technology · November 2026 Edition

Thinkst Canary vs OpenCanary

Nine of fourteen models named Thinkst Canary first on the direct prompt; zero named OpenCanary. Thinkst Canary was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and OpenCanary by thirteen and Thinkst Canary carries 48 labels and OpenCanary 22, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Thinkst Canary

endorsed leader

Named in one category this edition.

OpenCanary

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share56%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#1#3A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels4822A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Thinkst Canary reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Acalvio ShadowPlex was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Thinkst Canary vs Canarytokens · Thinkst Canary vs HoneyWire · Thinkst Canary vs Acalvio ShadowPlex

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.
Thinkst CanaryFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOpenCanary
Direct90
Paraphrase120
Comparative10
Budget-constrained52
Scale-constrained10
Negative20
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, Thinkst Canary and OpenCanary were named in the same answer fifty-six times, of the 137 answers naming Thinkst Canary and the 65 naming OpenCanary. In those answers OpenCanary took the first choice five times and Thinkst Canary thirty-nine.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Thinkst Canary and OpenCanary 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
Thinkst CanaryOP OpenCanary first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Thinkst Canary on the left and OpenCanary on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Thinkst Canary first, OpenCanary not the choice

9 of 14 modelsOpenCanary was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Thinkst Canary alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Canarytokens, Illusive Networks
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
Llama 4 MaverickThinkst Canary alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Cymulate Deception, Fidelis Deception, Illusive Networks, TrapX DeceptionGrid
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

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.
DeepSeek V4 FlashAcalvio ShadowPlex alternatives: SentinelOne Singularity, Thinkst Canary

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniLabyrinth Deception Platform alternatives: Cynet, Tracebit
Qwen 3.7 FlashCymulate alternatives: Attivo Networks, Crypt48
Kimi K2Cynet, Tracebit alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Deceptive Bytes
MiniMax M2.5CounterCraft, Fidelis Deception alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Attivo Networks

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
Thinkst Canary leads by forty points.
Thinkst Canary53%#1 of 15
OpenCanary13%#2 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Thinkst Canary leads by fifty-two points.
Thinkst Canary56%#1 of 16
OpenCanary4%#3 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Thinkst Canary leads by twenty-two points.
Thinkst Canary22%#2 of 13
OpenCanary0%#– of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What 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 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
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.