# Azure Network Security Groups: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 7 judge labels across 1 category by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-network-security-groups

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Microsegmentation](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/microsegmentation/index.md) | 0% | 26 | 29% | 7 |

## What the models said for it

- "Tools like AWS Security Groups, VPC Network Firewall, or Azure NSGs perform microsegmentation natively." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Microsegmentation)
- "paired with AWS Security Groups (or Azure NSGs/Guardicore) for cloud workloads" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Microsegmentation)
- "Azure Network Security Groups with policies" (Grok 4.20, Microsegmentation)

## And against it

- "Native CSP security groups work well within their single environment, but they lack centralized visibility" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Microsegmentation)
- "They require no new hardware but are difficult to manage at scale across multiple accounts and VPCs." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Microsegmentation)

## 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Azure Network Security Groups, from 12 of the 21 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- zeronetworks.com: 7
- illumio.com: 6
- aimultiple.com: 5
- akamai.com: 5
- forrester.com: 5
- gane.ai/index: 4
- cyberpress.org: 3
- elisity.com: 3
- g2.com: 3
- peerspot.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://aimultiple.com/microsegmentation-tools: 4
- https://forrester.com/report/the-forrester-wave-tm-microsegmentation-solutions-q3-2024/RES181302: 4
- https://zeronetworks.com/files/buyers-guides/zero-networks-microsegmentation-buyers-guide.pdf: 4
- https://cyberpress.org/microsegmentation-tools-by-business-size: 3
- https://forrester.com/blogs/announcing-the-forrester-wave-microsegmentation-solutions-q3-2024: 3
- https://yespo.io/blog/best-customer-segmentation-tools: 3
- https://akamai.com/products/akamai-guardicore-segmentation: 2
- https://akamai.com/site/en/documents/white-paper/akamai-clearing-the-path-to-microsegmentation.pdf: 2

## 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.