AWS Security Groups
AWS Security Groups is a built-in AWS firewall control used to limit traffic between application tiers and segment workloads · aws.amazon.com ↗
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.
Zero Networks Segment is first at 30%.
ColorTokens Xshield is first at 36%.
Illumio Segmentation is first at 77%.
Why models recommend it
“Tools like AWS Security Groups, VPC Network Firewall, or Azure NSGs perform microsegmentation natively.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Use AWS Security Groups / Network ACLs or Azure Application Security Groups (ASGs)”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Paraphrase question · alternative
“paired with AWS Security Groups (or Azure NSGs/Guardicore) for cloud workloads”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Paraphrase question · alternative
“near-zero licensing cost (e.g., AWS Security Groups, Kubernetes NetworkPolicies)”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Relying solely on native Cloud Service Provider tools (e.g., AWS Security Groups, Azure NSGs, GCP Firewalls) to handle enterprise-wide microsegmentation”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
“They require no new hardware but are difficult to manage at scale across multiple accounts and VPCs.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Scale-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as AWS Security Groups, over the 25 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 0 | View → | |
| 17 | 3 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 1 | View → | |
| 7 | 5 | View → | |
| 6 | 1 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on AWS Security Groups's own site, not checked by Gane.
- Certifications
- PCI DSS, HIPAA, HITECH, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140-2, NIST 800-171
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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 15 of the 25 answers that named AWS Security Groups and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Fifty-four of the fifty-nine domain citations in answers naming AWS Security Groups came from a third party's page. Five 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |