# Defender for Cloud Apps: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/defender-for-cloud-apps

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [AI security platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/ai-security-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 90 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Natively tracks employee "Shadow AI" usage, redacts sensitive B2B data pasted into web-based AI tools" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, AI security)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Defender for Cloud Apps, from 4 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- crowdstrike.com: 2
- nudgesecurity.com: 2
- reco.ai: 2
- appomni.com: 1
- cloudsecurityalliance.org: 1
- cybersecuritynews.com: 1
- defendmybusiness.com: 1
- dope.security: 1
- humansecurity.com: 1
- iru.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/identity-security/saas-security-posture-management-sspm: 2
- https://reco.ai/compare/top-sspm-tools: 2
- https://appomni.com/ao-labs/ciso-guide-assessing-saas-vendor-security: 1
- https://appomni.com/learn/saas-security-fundamentals/sspm: 1
- https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/artifacts/saas-security-capability-framework: 1
- https://cybersecuritynews.com/best-sspm-tools: 1
- https://defendmybusiness.com/best-cloud-security-small-business: 1
- https://dope.security/post/obsidian-security-alternatives: 1

## 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.