Deception technology · RankedAcalvio ShadowPlex
Acalvio ShadowPlex is a cyber deception product in the deception technology category · acalvio.com ↗
Leads at enterprise. Ranked 91 of 91 for small business buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Thinkst Canary is first at 53%.
Thinkst Canary is first at 56%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Ranked first. Next is Thinkst Canary at 22%.
Why models recommend it
“Excellent for large enterprises; focuses on disrupting automated/AI-driven attacks... Strong in preemptive deception and low-maintenance deployment.”Grok 4.20 · Comparative question · first choice
“Acalvio ShadowPlex, named a leader and outperformer in the GigaOm Radar for Deception Technology for the fourth consecutive year in 2026”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · first choice
“Choose Acalvio ShadowPlex if: You need enterprise-scale AI-powered deception with broad environment coverage and open integrations.”MiniMax M2.5 · Comparative question · first choice
“Research shows Acalvio ShadowPlex currently leads enterprise-first choice share (~47% in one AI recommendation index)”Kimi K2 · Comparative question · first choice
What gives them pause
“This platform had a 61% negative rate in a recommendation index for small businesses... avoid those that: ... Have a history of negative user reviews (like Acalvio ShadowPlex or T-Pot)”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“Avoid starting with broad enterprise platforms such as Acalvio, CounterCraft, or Zscaler Deception”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · warning
“The deception technology platforms to avoid or be cautious about are: 1. Acalvio ShadowPlex”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
“Avoid overly complex enterprise suites like *Acalvio ShadowPlex* or *CounterCraft*”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Direct question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Acalvio ShadowPlex, over the 133 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 46 | Compare → | |
| 62 | 3 | View → | |
| 52 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 46 | 1 | View → | |
| 45 | 1 | View → | |
| 33 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 31 | 0 | View → | |
| 30 | 0 | View → | |
| 28 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 23 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of Acalvio ShadowPlex →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Acalvio ShadowPlex's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- enterprise and government environments
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
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Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
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. These counts come from 131 of the 133 answers that named Acalvio ShadowPlex and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
354 of the 483 domain citations in answers naming Acalvio ShadowPlex came from a third party's page. Fifty-six were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-11 to 2026-10 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 117 | 31 | 2026-09-15 | Deception, ITDR | |
| Conference or event | 52 | 8 | 2026-09-25 | ITDR | |
| Glossary or explainer | 48 | 23 | 2026-09-13 | Deception, ITDR | |
| News or press | 46 | 14 | 2026-09-29 | Deception, ITDR | |
| Report or ebook | 38 | 8 | 2026-09-12 | Deception, ITDR | |
| Webinar or virtual event | 27 | 4 | 2026-09-12 | Deception, XDR | |
| Case study | 12 | 0 | 2024-09-26 | ||
| Comparison | 3 | 2 | 2026-09-21 | ||
| Template or tool | 1 | 1 | 2026-07-30 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-29Acalvio launches shadowplex ai agent in the gemini enterprise agent marketplace news or press
- 2026-09-25Falcon europe 2026 conference or event
- 2026-09-25Ians new york forum conference or event
- 2026-09-25Cisco live 2026 2 conference or event
- 2026-09-24Isa saudi automation conference 2026 conference or event
- 2026-09-21Ai security solutions preemptive defense vs reactive tools comparison
Events in person
- August 31, 2026 to September 3, 2026Fal.Con USA 2026Las Vegas · exhibited
- August 6, 2026Shooting EventShooting Event · hosted
- August 6, 2026Executive Leadership DinnerExecutive Leadership Dinner · hosted
- August 5, 2026Shooting EventShooting Event · hosted
- August 5, 2026Montecristo Cigar BarMontecristo Cigar Bar · hosted
- August 4, 2026 to August 6, 2026Meet Cyber Deception Experts at Black Hat USA 2026 – Booth 8606, AI ZoneLas Vegas · exhibited
- August 4, 2026Montecristo Cigar BarMontecristo Cigar Bar · hosted
As the event pages on acalvio.com state them, read October 5, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page acalvio.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read October 5, 2026.