# DexGuard: 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/dexguard

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Application shielding](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/application-shielding/index.md) | 0% | 34 | 29% | 7 |

## What the models said for it

- "DexGuard is widely considered the "gold standard" for Android security." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, App shielding)
- "DexGuard (commercial but well-documented)" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, App shielding)

## And against it

- "top-tier enterprise app shielding suites (such as DexGuard, Promon Shield, or Appdome) are often cost-prohibitive" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, App shielding)
- "We tested DexGuard but we couldn't justify the price tag" (Muse Glimmer 30B, App shielding)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named DexGuard, from 10 of the 12 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 4
- gartner.com: 4
- arxiv.org: 3
- guardsquare.com: 3
- guideflow.com: 3
- preemptive.com: 3
- sourceforge.net: 3
- bugsmirror.com: 2
- doverunner.com: 2
- gane.ai/index: 2

### Pages cited

- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/in-app-protection: 4
- https://guardsquare.com/dexguard: 3
- https://guideflow.com/blog/application-shielding-software: 3
- https://sourceforge.net/software/application-shielding: 3
- https://bugsmirror.com/blog/security-blogs/best-rasp-tools-for-mobile-apps-how-to-choose-in-2026-6fdx1GC5dRhaBCYQOG0Z: 2
- https://doverunner.com/blogs/a-complete-guide-of-app-shielding: 2
- https://preemptive.com/blog/app-shielding-9-techniques-to-protect-mobile-apps: 2
- https://softwaresuggest.com/application-shielding-software: 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.