Email security
Asked as “email security platform”, and as “phishing and email threat protection tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 53 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
45%
Clear leader
45Microsoft Defender for Office 36508Abnormal AI08Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration40others
45% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+13Since October 2026: 32% → 45%, +13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Microsoft Defender for Office 365 held the lead, +13 points on 32%, past the floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Microsoft Defender for Office 36543%Clear leader▲+16Since October 2026: 27% → 43%, +16 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Mid-marketMicrosoft Defender for Office 36545%Clear leader▲+13Since October 2026: 32% → 45%, +13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageEnterprise
Proofpoint Email Protection41%Clear leader▼−7Since October 2026: 48% → 41%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
Microsoft Defender for Office 36543%Clear leader▲+16Since October 2026: 27% → 43%, +16 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Mid-marketMicrosoft Defender for Office 36545%Clear leader▲+13Since October 2026: 32% → 45%, +13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageEnterpriseProofpoint Email Protection41%Clear leader▼−7Since October 2026: 48% → 41%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
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. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Microsoft Defender for Office 36545%3%63endorsed leader▲+13Since October 2026: 32% → 45%, +13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.32% → 45%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36545%3%63endorsed leader▲+13Since October 2026: 32% → 45%, +13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.32% → 45%02
Abnormal AI8%9%43accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 8%
Abnormal AI8%9%43accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 8%03
Mimecast Email Security8%19%54accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 10% → 8%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 8%
Mimecast Email Security8%19%54accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 10% → 8%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 8%04
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration8%3%35accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 8% → 8%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 8%
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration8%3%35accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 8% → 8%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 8%05
IRONSCALES8%4%23accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 2% → 8%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 8%
IRONSCALES8%4%23accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 2% → 8%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 8%06Proofpoint Email Protection6%26%57criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 8% → 6%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 6%
Proofpoint Email Protection6%26%57criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 8% → 6%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 6%07
Barracuda Email Protection2%18%33accepted challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 10% → 2%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 2%
Barracuda Email Protection2%18%33accepted challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 10% → 2%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 2%Show the two products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Cisco Secure Email0%47%15criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Cisco Secure Email0%47%15criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
Sublime Security0%10%10accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Sublime Security0%10%10accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 vs IRONSCALESMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 vs Proofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 vs Barracuda Email ProtectionAbnormal AI vs Mimecast Email SecurityAbnormal AI vs Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationAbnormal AI vs IRONSCALESAbnormal AI vs Proofpoint Email ProtectionAbnormal AI vs Barracuda Email ProtectionMimecast Email Security vs Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationMimecast Email Security vs IRONSCALESMimecast Email Security vs Proofpoint Email ProtectionMimecast Email Security vs Barracuda Email ProtectionCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaboration vs IRONSCALESCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaboration vs Proofpoint Email ProtectionCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaboration vs Barracuda Email ProtectionIRONSCALES vs Proofpoint Email ProtectionIRONSCALES vs Barracuda Email ProtectionProofpoint Email Protection vs Barracuda Email Protection
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
010203040506070809Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Microsoft Defender for Office 36545%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36545%02Abnormal AI8%
Abnormal AI8%03Mimecast Email Security8%
Mimecast Email Security8%04Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration8%
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration8%05IRONSCALES8%
IRONSCALES8%06Proofpoint Email Protection6%
Proofpoint Email Protection6%07Barracuda Email Protection2%
Barracuda Email Protection2%08Sublime Security0%
Sublime Security0%09Cisco Secure Email0%
Cisco Secure Email0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Proofpoint Email Protection26%
15 of 57 labels negative · 8 of 14 models
“Pure "MX-Record Only" Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) for Cloud Email ... Traditional SEGs (like older implementations of Proofpoint, Mimecast, or Cisco)” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Mimecast Email Security19%
10 of 54 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Mimecast — typically priced for mid-market and enterprise” DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt
AOL Mail100%
6 of 6 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“consumer-focused platforms like Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail, Gmail, and Microsoft Outlook have significant privacy and security concerns” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Gmail
86%
6 of 7 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“often criticized for their data collection practices, lack of end-to-end encryption, and past security incidents” Mistral Small, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
72 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 810 links across 228 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 22 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Huntress32 answers · 40 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Check Point30 answers · 46 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Microsoft24 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G222 answers · 34 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Proofpoint19 answers · 30 citations · 10 models
19 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
16 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
16 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
14 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Mimecast12 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
12 answers · 14 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Guardian Digital12 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
17 answers · 10 models
16 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 10 models
9 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best email security platform”, “email security platform”, “email security platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Defender parent site Microsoft Defender for Office 365 45% | 45% | 166 | 18,100 | 3,525 | ||||
| Abnormal abnormal.ai Abnormal AI 8% | 8% | 107 | 8,100 | 130 | 30,467 company | $6 | 120 | |
| Mimecast mimecast.com Mimecast Email Security 8% | 8% | 134 | 320 | 17 | 148,929 company | 21 | ||
| Check Point parent site Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration 8% | 8% | 79 | 14,800 | 4,487 | ||||
| IRONSCALES ironscales.com | 8% | 66 | 1,900 | 28 | 10,997 | 22 | 5 | |
| Proofpoint proofpoint.com Proofpoint Email Protection 6% | 6% | 164 | 27,100 | 1,488 | 593,092 company | $9,336 | 43 | 4 |
| Trustifi trustifi.com | 6% | 32 | ||||||
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft 365 4% | 4% | 123 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| Barracuda barracuda.com Barracuda Email Protection 2% | 2% | 100 | 201,000 | 10,561 | 64,778 company | 116 | 4 | |
| SpamTitan spamtitan.com | 2% | 22 | 590 | 22 | 4,190 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 15 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (proofpoint.com, reddit.com). The first result for “best email security platform” is gartner.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best email security platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which phishing and email threat protection tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top email security platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best email security platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating an email security platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which email security platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceBarracuda Email ProtectionChangedno first choiceMicrosoft Defender for Office 365no first choiceagainst: Microsoft 365
Three alternatives
IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityThree alternatives
Google Workspace Security Features, Proton Mail, Zoho MailGPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ChangedProofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365no first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, IRONSCALES, Proofpoint Email ProtectionOne alternative
Proofpoint Email ProtectionFive alternatives
Abnormal AI, Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense, IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityTwo alternatives
Coro, SpamTitan Email SecurityGemini 3.5 FlashAbnormal AI, Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationAbnormal AIChangedagainst: Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionAbnormal AI, Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365no first choiceagainst: Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protectionagainst: Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Bitdefender Legacy Security for Email, Cisco Secure Email, Google Workspace, Legacy Cisco ESA, Microsoft 365 E3, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Securence, Symantec Email Security.cloud, Trend Micro Hosted Email Security
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
IRONSCALES, Proofpoint Email Protection, Sublime SecurityOne alternative
Microsoft Defender for Office 365Perplexity SonarMicrosoft Defender for Office 365against: Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionCheck Point Harmony Email & CollaborationChangedagainst: Proofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365no first choiceagainst: AOL Mail, Gmail, Mimecast Email Security, Native Microsoft 365 protection, Outlook, Proofpoint Email Protection, Yahoo Mail
Three alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationFour alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecuritySeven alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Cisco Secure Email, Guardian Digital, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
IRONSCALES, SpamTitan, Sublime SecurityGrok 4.20Microsoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365HeldMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Trustifiagainst: Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Sublime SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Office 365against: Appriver, Barracuda Email Protection, Bitdefender Email Security, Exchange Online Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection, Sophos Email
Three alternatives
Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
Huntress Managed ITDR, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFive alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, IRONSCALES, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, TrustifiThree alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, CleanTalk, Microsoft 365Six alternatives
Abnormal AI, Cisco Secure Email, Material Security, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Sophos EmailMistral SmallMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365Heldno first choiceMicrosoft 365against: Barracuda Email Protectionno first choiceagainst: AOL Mail, Barracuda Email Protection, Gmail, Hotmail, IRONSCALES, Microsoft Outlook, Mimecast Email Security, Mozilla Thunderbird, Yahoo, iCloud Mail
Two alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationFour alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, EasyDMARC, Huntress, Mimecast Email SecurityThree alternatives
CleanTalk, Libraesva Email Security, TrustifiDeepSeek V4 FlashAbnormal AI, Microsoft Defender for Office 365against: Proofpoint Email ProtectionMimecast Email SecurityChangedagainst: Proofpoint Email ProtectionProofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365against: Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Mimecast Email Securityno first choiceagainst: Microsoft Defender for Office 365against: AOL Mail, Apple Mail, Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Cisco Secure Email, Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, Proofpoint Email Protection, Symantec Email Security.cloud, Trend Micro Email Security, Yahoo Mail
Two alternatives
Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection, Mimecast Email SecurityThree alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Six alternatives
Abnormal AI, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Cisco Secure Email, Darktrace EMAIL, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityFour alternatives
ContentCatcher, KnowBe4 PhishER, Libraesva, Microsoft 365Five alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionLlama 4 MaverickMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365Heldno first choiceTrustifino first choiceagainst: AOL Mail, Gmail, Hotmail, Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, Yahoo, iCloud Mail
Three alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, ContentCatcher, SpamTitanThree alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, ContentCatcher, SpamTitanFour alternatives
Guardian Digital, Libraesva Email Security, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Sublime SecurityQwen 3.7 FlashProofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ChangedProofpoint Email ProtectionLibraesva, Microsoft 365no first choiceagainst: AOL Mail, Barracuda Email Protection, Cisco IronPort, Gmail, Mimecast Email Security, Outlook, Proofpoint Email Protection, Trend Micro Email Security, Yahoo Mail
Four alternatives
Abnormal AI, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALES, Mimecast Email SecurityThree alternatives
Huntress, KnowBe4, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFour alternatives
Cisco Secure Email, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Zix CorporationTwo alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Proofpoint Email ProtectionKimi K2Mimecast Email SecurityIRONSCALESChangedagainst: Abnormal AIMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Libraesva Email Securityagainst: Google Workspaceno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Security Gateway, CipherMail, Cisco Secure Email, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Proton Mail Bridge, SEPPmail, Sophos Email
Five alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionOne alternative
Microsoft Defender for Office 365Five alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, SpamTitanGLM 4.7 FlashXMimecast Email SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Changedno first choiceMicrosoft Defender for Office 365, SpamTitanagainst: GoPhish, Red Sift OnDMARCIRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protectionagainst: Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Cisco Secure Email, Cofense, FortiMail, Zimbra
Four alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender XDR, Proofpoint Email ProtectionOne alternative
Mimecast Email SecurityThree alternatives
Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, ShieldForce Email SecurityMiniMax M2.5Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALESMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ChangedMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Trustifiagainst: Abnormal AIno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFive alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Darktrace EMAIL, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionOne alternative
Microsoft 365GPT-6 LunaAbnormal AIagainst: Proofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ChangedMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365no first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Security Gateway appliances, Cisco Secure Email
Two alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365One alternative
Abnormal AISix alternatives
Abnormal AI, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense, Cloudflare Email Security, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Gmail, Proofpoint Email ProtectionMuse Glimmer 30BIRONSCALESMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ChangedProofpoint Email Protectionagainst: Cisco Secure EmailProofpoint Email Protection, SpamTitan Cloudno first choiceagainst: AOL Mail, Apple Mail, Barracuda Email Protection, Cisco Secure Email, Cuenote FC, Gmail, Hotmail, Mozilla Thunderbird, Outlook, Proofpoint Email Protection, Yahoo Mail, iCloud Mail
Five alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionSix alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALES, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFive alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityTwo alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:01 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:01 | yes | 2 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 12:12 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:47 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:59 | yes | 15 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:33 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:17 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:51 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:58 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:38 | yes | 15 | 55 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:01 | yes | 24 | 46 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:26 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:15 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:04 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:09 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:10 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 15:27 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:24 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:44 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:32 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:13 | yes | 25 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:29 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:48 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:28 | yes | 15 | 51 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:54 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:58 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:22 | yes | 2 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:23 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:22 | yes | 6 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:29 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:59 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:12 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:19 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:34 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:21 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:04 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:55 | yes | 9 | 22 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:30 | yes | 25 | 58 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:37 | yes | 15 | 36 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:13 | yes | 7 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:46 | yes | 24 | 43 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:54 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:52 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:57 | yes | 7 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:11 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:47 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:34 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:13 | yes | 22 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:47 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:39 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:50 | yes | 13 | 56 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:44 | yes | 18 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:34 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:19 | yes | 4 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:04 | yes | 13 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:50 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:08 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 15:46 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:57 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:09 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:29 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:47 | yes | 21 | 51 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:29 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:08 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:53 | yes | 15 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:03 | yes | 14 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:50 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:24 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:23 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 17:58 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:20 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:26 | yes | 14 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:35 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:44 | yes | 25 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:00 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:45 | yes | 20 | 52 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:23 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:48 | yes | 24 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:11 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:40 | yes | 4 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:24 | yes | 23 | 34 s |
Normalization in this category
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AOL read as AOL Mail
Abnormal read as Abnormal AI
Barracuda read as Barracuda Email Protection
Check Point read as Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Check Point Harmony read as Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Check Point Harmony Email read as Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Cisco read as Cisco Secure Email
Fortinet read as FortiMail
Google Workspace Security read as Google Workspace
Google Workspace security read as Google Workspace
Huntress Managed Email Security/ITDR read as Huntress Managed ITDR
Material read as Material Security
Microsoft Defender read as Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Mimecast read as Mimecast Email Security
Proofpoint read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint (by Tapco) read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint Enterprise read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint Essentials read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Sophos read as Sophos Email
Sublime read as Sublime Security
TitanHQ read as SpamTitan
Trend Micro read as Trend Micro Email Security
Unresolved, counted raw
Barracuda Email Security Gateway appliances
Bitdefender Email Security
Bitdefender Legacy Security for Email
CipherMail
Cuenote FC
Google Workspace Security Features
Google's built-in protections
KnowBe4 Defend
Legacy Cisco ESA
Mail-in-a-Box
Modoboa
Native Microsoft 365 protection
Proton Mail Bridge
ProtonMail
Rspamd
SEPPmail
ShieldForce Email Security
SpamAssassin
SpamTitan Cloud
Trend Micro Hosted Email Security (HES)
Zimbra
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.