Email security for small business buyers
Asked as “email security platform”, and as “phishing and email threat protection tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 49 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
43%
Clear leader
43Microsoft Defender for Office 36512IRONSCALES10Microsoft 36535others
43% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+16Since October 2026: 27% → 43%, +16 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Microsoft Defender for Office 365 held the lead, +16 points on 27%, 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.This pageMid-marketMicrosoft Defender for Office 36545%Clear leader▲+13Since October 2026: 32% → 45%, +13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Enterprise
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.This pageMid-marketMicrosoft Defender for Office 36545%Clear leader▲+13Since October 2026: 32% → 45%, +13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →EnterpriseProofpoint 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 small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Microsoft Defender for Office 36543%2%63endorsed leader▲+16Since October 2026: 27% → 43%, +16 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.27% → 43%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36543%2%63endorsed leader▲+16Since October 2026: 27% → 43%, +16 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.27% → 43%02
IRONSCALES12%0%30accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 11% → 12%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 12%
IRONSCALES12%0%30accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 11% → 12%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 12%03
Microsoft 36510%20%10accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 4% → 10%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 10%
Microsoft 36510%20%10accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 4% → 10%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 10%04
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration6%0%21accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 9% → 6%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 6%
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration6%0%21accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 9% → 6%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 6%05
SpamTitan6%17%12accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 11% → 6%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 6%
SpamTitan6%17%12accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 11% → 6%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 6%06
Barracuda Email Protection4%22%40accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 7% → 4%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 4%
Barracuda Email Protection4%22%40accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 7% → 4%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 4%07Proofpoint Email Protection4%40%55criticized challenger▼−7Since October 2026: 11% → 4%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 4%
Proofpoint Email Protection4%40%55criticized challenger▼−7Since October 2026: 11% → 4%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 4%08
Trustifi2%0%21accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Trustifi2%0%21accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the two products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Mimecast Email Security0%43%42criticized challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
Mimecast Email Security0%43%42criticized challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%09
Abnormal AI0%19%21accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Abnormal AI0%19%21accepted 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
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 vs Abnormal AIMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 vs Mimecast Email SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 vs Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.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 →
01020304050607080910Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Microsoft Defender for Office 36543%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36543%02IRONSCALES12%
IRONSCALES12%03Microsoft 36510%
Microsoft 36510%04Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration6%
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration6%05SpamTitan6%
SpamTitan6%06Barracuda Email Protection4%
Barracuda Email Protection4%07Proofpoint Email Protection4%
Proofpoint Email Protection4%08Trustifi2%
Trustifi2%09Abnormal AI0%
Abnormal AI0%10Mimecast Email Security0%
Mimecast Email Security0%What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Gemini 3.5 Flash, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, 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 Protection40%
22 of 55 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Avoid: Enterprise-focused tools like Proofpoint, Mimecast, or Abnormal Security” Grok 4.20, budget prompt
Mimecast Email Security43%
18 of 42 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Why cautious/avoid? High recurring complaints about unreliable support ... it's seen as overkill and expensive for SMBs.” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Barracuda Email Protection22%
9 of 40 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Barracuda Email Protection (legacy on-premises versions) has been flagged in reviews for: Outdated performance, Maintenance hassles, Vulnerability risks” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
Cisco Secure Email50%
3 of 6 labels negative · 3 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“legacy configurations of Cisco Secure Email/IronPort... Why avoid them: High Administrative Overhead:” Gemini 3.5 Flash, 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
70 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. 769 links across 191 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 · Microsoft41 answers · 62 citations · 13 models
33 answers · 48 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G231 answers · 65 citations · 13 models
24 answers · 28 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Huntress20 answers · 23 citations · 10 models
20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
16 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
13 answers · 19 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Check Point11 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
11 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
vendor site · KnowBe411 answers · 13 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Consilien11 answers · 11 citations · 6 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.
32 answers · 11 models
30 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 10 models
16 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 5 models
11 answers · 10 models
11 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 43% | 43% | 166 | 18,100 | 3,525 | ||||
| IRONSCALES ironscales.com | 12% | 66 | 1,900 | 28 | 10,997 | 22 | 5 | |
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft 365 10% | 10% | 123 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| Check Point parent site Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration 6% | 6% | 79 | 14,800 | 4,487 | ||||
| SpamTitan spamtitan.com | 6% | 22 | 590 | 22 | 4,190 | |||
| Barracuda barracuda.com Barracuda Email Protection 4% | 4% | 100 | 201,000 | 10,561 | 64,778 company | 116 | 4 | |
| Proofpoint proofpoint.com Proofpoint Email Protection 4% | 4% | 164 | 27,100 | 1,488 | 593,092 company | $9,336 | 43 | 4 |
| Trustifi trustifi.com | 2% | 32 | ||||||
| Sophos parent site Sophos Email 2% | 2% | 16 | 18,100 | 2,046 | ||||
| Paubox paubox.com | 2% | 7 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 15 sites; 1 of them are among the sites the models cited here (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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which phishing and email threat protection tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top email security platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best email security platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating an email security platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which email security platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceno first choiceHeldIRONSCALESIRONSCALESno first choiceagainst: Proofpoint Email Protection, Sublime Security
Five alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Guardz, Mimecast Email SecurityFive alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Guardz, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection, SpamTitanGPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365Heldagainst: Proofpoint Email ProtectionGoogle Workspace, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365against: Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protectionno first choiceagainst: KnowBe4, Proofpoint Email Protection
Three alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Coro, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Mimecast Email SecurityOne alternative
Proofpoint Email ProtectionOne alternative
Barracuda Email ProtectionGemini 3.5 FlashCheck Point Harmony Email & CollaborationIRONSCALESChangedCheck Point Harmony Email & CollaborationCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365against: Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaborationagainst: Cisco Secure Email, Google Workspace, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Symantec Email Security.cloud
Four alternatives
IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection, Sublime SecurityFour alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Inky, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Sublime SecurityFive alternatives
Cloudflare Email Security, IRONSCALES, Inky, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFour alternatives
IRONSCALES, Mesh Security, SpamTitan, Sublime SecurityFour alternatives
IRONSCALES, Inky, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Sublime SecurityPerplexity SonarMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365Heldagainst: Proofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365against: Mimecast Email SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Office 365against: Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protectionno first choiceagainst: Abnormal AI, Gmail, Mimecast Email Security, Outlook.com, Proofpoint Email Protection
Two alternatives
IRONSCALES, Material SecurityTwo alternatives
Huntress, Mimecast Email SecurityFive alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALES, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, CyberSentriq Email SecurityGrok 4.20Microsoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365Heldagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Libraesva, Mimecast Email Security, Noon Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, VirtruMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ContentCatcheragainst: Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protectionno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Cisco Secure Email, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Symantec Email Security.cloud, Trend Micro Email Security
Four alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, TrustifiOne alternative
TrustifiFour alternatives
Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Proton Mail, TrustifiFour alternatives
Google Workspace built-in protections + free tools, Libraesva Email Security, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, TrustifiMistral SmallIRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365ChangedIRONSCALESMicrosoft Defender for Office 365no first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, SpamTitan
Three alternatives
Abnormal AI, Guardz, TrustifiThree alternatives
Huntress, Libraesva Email Security, TrustifiSix alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Guardz, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Paubox, SpamTitanThree alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Libraesva Email Security, TrustifiDeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft 365against: Proofpoint Email ProtectionIRONSCALESChangedagainst: Abnormal AIBarracuda Email Protection, IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365SpamTitanagainst: Proofpoint Email Protection, Proton Mailno first choiceagainst: Abnormal AIagainst: Acronis Cyber Protect, Barracuda Email Protection, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, SaneBox, SpamTitan
Three alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Mimecast Email Security, SpamTitan Email SecurityTwo alternatives
KnowBe4, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Three alternatives
Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Sophos EmailSix alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Hornetsecurity, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionLlama 4 MaverickProofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ChangedIRONSCALESBarracuda Email Protectionno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALES, Mimecast Email SecurityThree alternatives
Abnormal AI, Guardz, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Four alternatives
Abnormal AI, Guardz, IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Qwen 3.7 FlashIRONSCALESMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ChangedBarracuda Email Protection Serviceagainst: Mimecast Email SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Office 365against: Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365against: Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protectionagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
Five alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Paubox, Sophos Email, TrustifiFour alternatives
CyberSentriq, IRONSCALES, Proofpoint Email Protection, SpamTitanThree alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, SpamTitan, TrustifiTwo alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, TessianKimi K2Microsoft 365Microsoft 365HeldMicrosoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionSpamTitanno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Gateway Defense, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
Three alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Mimecast Email Security, TrustifiThree alternatives
Huntress, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFour alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Mimecast Email Security, SpamTitan, TrustifiTwo alternatives
Google Workspace Built-in Security, Microsoft Defender for Office 365GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender for Office 365, TrustifiMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ChangedTrustifiMXGuardian, Spambrellano first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft 365's built-in filtering
Three alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Libraesva Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionOne alternative
Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, IRONSCALES, Mimecast Email SecuritySix alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, ContentCatcher, Libraesva Em, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection, Sophos EmailMiniMax M2.5Paubox, Sophos EmailMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Changedagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Zerospam / Mailroute / SpamHeroMicrosoft Defender for Office 365against: Mimecast Email SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Office 365, SpamTitanno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365
Three alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Mimecast Email Security, TrustifiThree alternatives
Google Workspace Advanced Protection Plus, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFour alternatives
Google Workspace Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Proton Mail, TrustifiTwo alternatives
Libraesva Email Security, TrustifiGPT-6 LunaMicrosoft 365 Business Premium with Defender for Office 365 Plan 1Microsoft 365ChangedGoogle Workspace, Microsoft Defender for Office 365against: Proofpoint 365 Total ProtectionMicrosoft 365against: Proofpoint Email Protectionno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Email, Microsoft 365
Two alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Proofpoint 365 Total ProtectionOne alternative
Check Point Harmony Email Advanced ProtectThree alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALESTwo alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Gmail's built-in phishing and malware protectionsMuse Glimmer 30BBarracuda Email ProtectionIRONSCALESChangedMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protectionno first choiceagainst: AOL Mail, Barracuda Email Protection, Gmail, Hotmail, Microsoft Outlook, Mimecast Email Security, Mozilla Thunderbird, Proofpoint Email Protection, Yahoo, iCloud Mail
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection, TrustifiThree alternatives
Abnormal AI, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Two alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Sublime SecurityBold 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 10:17 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:57 | yes | 3 | 5 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 17:24 | yes | 8 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:05 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:59 | yes | 8 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:05 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:47 | yes | 23 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:34 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:30 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:00 | yes | 10 | 40 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:46 | yes | 15 | 86 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:20 | yes | 9 | 39 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:34 | yes | 4 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 12 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:50 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:27 | 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 17:17 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:49 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:32 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:18 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:20 | yes | 23 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:11 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:22 | yes | 10 | 45 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:59 | yes | 14 | 53 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:29 | yes | 13 | 58 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:55 | no | 0 | 108 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:16 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:45 | yes | 22 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:39 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 5 | 7 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 16:11 | no | 0 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:45 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:22 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:36 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:15 | yes | 23 | 45 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:08 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:22 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:53 | yes | 10 | 40 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:14 | yes | 25 | 294 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:40 | yes | 10 | 30 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:13 | yes | 6 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:21 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:42 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:02 | 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 15:04 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:06 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:47 | yes | 23 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:42 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:18 | yes | 22 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:11 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:53 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:08 | yes | 17 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:14 | yes | 13 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:33 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:29 | yes | 4 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:58 | yes | 13 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:03 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:59 | no | 0 | 7 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 11:57 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:58 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:10 | yes | 10 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:40 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:12 | yes | 22 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:02 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:59 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:26 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:20 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:31 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:44 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:09 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:32 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:32 | yes | 4 | 5 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 15:28 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:37 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:43 | yes | 9 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:38 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:47 | yes | 24 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:54 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:39 | yes | 9 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:54 | yes | 25 | 52 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:37 | yes | 21 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:24 | yes | 15 | 63 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:10 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:06 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
AOL read as AOL Mail
Abnormal read as Abnormal AI
Barracuda read as Barracuda Email Protection
Barracuda (by Lumen) read as Barracuda Email Protection
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
Cloudflare Area 1 read as Cloudflare Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1 Email Security read as Cloudflare Email Security
Darktrace read as Darktrace EMAIL
Google Workspace's built-in Gmail protections read as Google Workspace
Microsoft Defender read as Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Mimecast read as Mimecast Email Security
Mimecast (Advanced Email Security) read as Mimecast Email Security
Proofpoint read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint (Core Email Protection or similar) read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint (Proofpoint Essentials) read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint Enterprise read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint Essentials read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint Essentials (Business) read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Sophos read as Sophos Email
Symantec read as Symantec Email Security.cloud
Trend Micro read as Trend Micro Email Security
Unresolved, counted raw
Agari Phishing Defense
Barracuda Email Protection Service
Check Point Harmony Email Advanced Protect
CyberSentriq Email Security
Forcepoint Email Security
Gmail's built-in phishing and malware protections
Google Security for Workspace
Google Workspace Built-in Security
Google Workspace Email Security
Google Workspace built-in ATP
Google Workspace built-in protections + free tools
Google's built-in AI-based spam/phishing filtering
Gremlin Security
Hornetsecurity 365 Total
Libraesva Em
MXGuardian
Mailchimp
Mesh Security
Microsoft 365 Business Premium with Defender for Office 365 Plan 1
Microsoft 365's built-in filtering
Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP)
Outlook.com
SaneBox
Spambrella
TitaniumSpy
Zerospam / Mailroute / SpamHero
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.