Adaptive Shield
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Wing Security is first at 29%.
Wing Security is first at 28%. 3 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
AppOmni is first at 54%.
Why models recommend it
“Best for: Organizations needing continuous monitoring and control of their entire SaaS stack... often praised for its depth and breadth of coverage.”Mistral Small · Comparative question · first choice
“Adaptive Shield and AppOmni are top contenders, with Adaptive Shield being especially popular for its comprehensive features and ease of use”Mistral Small · Direct question · first choice
“Go with Wing Security or Adaptive Shield. They offer turn-key configurations, quick agentless API deployment”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Best pure SSPM for most mid-market B2B teams: Adaptive Shield”GPT-5.4 mini · Direct question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Heavyweight enterprise solutions (such as AppOmni, Adaptive Shield/CrowdStrike Falcon Shield, or Varonis) often carry high annual contract minimums”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Also labeled a "challenger" in recent indices, with some negative sentiment... can feel limited in breadth or remediation compared to leaders”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“Some reviews suggest caution due to potential integration or support issues following the acquisition.”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“can be cost-effective in a larger contract but less ideal as a standalone for pure mid-market”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Adaptive Shield, over the 73 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 12 | Compare → | |
| 40 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 33 | 13 | Compare → | |
| 27 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 25 | 8 | Compare → | |
| 25 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 20 | 0 | View → | |
| 18 | 1 | View → | |
| 18 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 15 | 3 | View → |
What the models named instead of Adaptive Shield →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
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.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
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 72 of the 73 answers that named Adaptive Shield and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Adaptive Shield, so its own site is not marked. Twenty-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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |