# Insider risk management: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "insider risk management tool" and as "insider threat platform", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/insider-risk-management

**Standing:** Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management leads with 45% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 56 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/microsoft-purview-insider-risk-management/index.md) | 45% | 10% | 63 |
| 2 | [Teramind](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/teramind/index.md) | 14% | 21% | 48 |
| 3 | [Code42 Incydr](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/code42-incydr/index.md) | 7% | 4% | 26 |
| 4 | [ActivTrak](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/activtrak/index.md) | 7% | 8% | 13 |
| 5 | [Proofpoint Insider Threat Management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/proofpoint-insider-threat-management/index.md) | 4% | 21% | 24 |
| 6 | [Apploye](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/apploye/index.md) | 4% | 10% | 10 |
| 8 | [Cyberhaven](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cyberhaven/index.md) | 2% | 13% | 15 |
| 9 | [DTEX Systems](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/dtex-systems/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 10 |
| 10 | [Varonis Data Security Platform](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/varonis-data-security-platform/index.md) | 2% | 25% | 24 |
| 17 | [DTEX InTERCEPT](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/dtex-intercept/index.md) | 0% | 35% | 26 |
| 19 | [Exabeam](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/exabeam/index.md) | 0% | 29% | 14 |
| 20 | [Securonix UEBA](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/securonix-ueba/index.md) | 0% | 20% | 10 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 87 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Above Security, Code42; alternatives Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Teramind, eMonitor
- GPT-5.4 mini: Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management; alternatives Proofpoint Insider Threat Management, Teramind, Varonis Data Security Platform
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Code42 Incydr; alternatives Cyberhaven, DTEX InTERCEPT, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
- Perplexity Sonar: Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management; alternatives Code42 Incydr, ManageEngine Log360, Teramind
- Grok 4.20: Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management; alternatives Code42 Incydr, Cyberhaven, Safetica, Teramind
- Mistral Small: Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management; alternatives Teramind, Varonis Data Security Platform
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management; alternatives Above Security, Code42 Incydr, Safetica, Teramind
- Llama 4 Maverick: Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management; alternatives Above Security, Code42 Incydr, DTEX Systems, Teramind
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management; alternatives Forcepoint DLP, OSense, Varonis Data Security Platform
- Kimi K2: Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management; alternatives DTEX InTERCEPT, Proofpoint Insider Threat Management
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management; alternatives Safetica Intelligent Data Security Platform, Teramind
- MiniMax M2.5: Code42 Incydr, Teramind; alternatives Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
- GPT-6 Luna: Code42 Incydr; alternatives Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Teramind; alternatives Above Security, DTEX InTERCEPT, Varonis Data Security Platform

## Sources the answers cite

71 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- insiderisk.io: 42 answers, 79 citations
- microsoft.com: 26 answers, 35 citations
- jazz.security: 23 answers, 34 citations
- dtex.ai: 22 answers, 24 citations
- companionlink.com: 20 answers, 20 citations
- rankite.com: 19 answers, 22 citations
- learn.microsoft.com: 18 answers, 20 citations
- g2.com: 16 answers, 28 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://insiderisk.io/research/best-insider-risk-management-tools-2026 (33 answers)
- https://rankite.com/blog/best-insider-threat-software (19 answers)
- https://companionlink.com/blog/2026/10/best-employee-monitoring-software-for-insider-threat-detection (18 answers)
- https://dtex.ai/knowledge-base/insider-risk-monitoring-tools-a-2026-comparison-guide (18 answers)
- https://insiderisk.io/research/insider-threat-detection-solutions-technologies-2025 (18 answers)
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-5-insider-threat-management-tools-2026 (15 answers)
- https://venn.com/learn/insider-threats/insider-threat-software (15 answers)
- https://jazz.security/dlp-explained/dlp-basics/best-insider-threat-software (14 answers)
- https://anysecura.com/blogs/insider-threat-detection-software.html (13 answers)
- https://lepide.com/blog/top-20-insider-threat-prevention-and-monitoring-tools (11 answers)

## Warned against

- Teramind: 10 of 48 labels negative. "Tools/Types to Approach with High Caution or Avoid: Overly Surveillance-Heavy Tools (e.g., Teramind, Veriato, some legacy user activity monitoring like Proofpoint ObserveIT)" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- DTEX InTERCEPT: 9 of 26 labels negative. "Avoid pure enterprise tools like Exabeam, DTEX, or Varonis unless your budget exceeds ~$50K–100K/year" (Grok 4.20, paraphrase prompt)
- Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: 6 of 63 labels negative. "DLP and IRM tools such as Microsoft Purview "scan the content of emails, Teams messages and documents..." which is itself a processing activity with significant privacy implications." (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Forcepoint DLP: 5 of 14 labels negative. "Forcepoint's behavioral analytics products were criticized for using "user and entity behavior analytics" (UEBA) to flag employees as "high risk" based on ambiguous signals" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management at 45%.

- Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: 26% to 45%, +19. Cleared the floor by 8 points · rank 1 of 87, unchanged.
- Above Security: 17% to 4%, −13. Cleared the floor by 2 points · rank 2 → 7 of 87.
- Teramind: 2% to 14%, +12. Cleared the floor by 1 point · rank 8 → 2 of 87.
- ActivTrak: 0% to 7%, +7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 23 → 4 of 87.
- Code42 Incydr: 13% to 7%, −6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 3 of 87, unchanged.
- Apploye: 0% to 4%, +4. New · not ranked in October 2026 · rank 6 of 87.
- DTEX Systems: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 21 → 9 of 87.
- Varonis Data Security Platform: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 18 → 10 of 87.
- Proofpoint Insider Threat Management: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 6 → 5 of 87.
- Cyberhaven: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 → 8 of 87.
- DTEX InTERCEPT: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 19 → 17 of 87.
- Gurucul: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 24 → 18 of 87.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.