# Flashpoint: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 7 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/flashpoint

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Digital risk protection](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/digital-risk-protection/index.md) | 0% | 104 | 43% | 7 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best For: Organizations needing access to the deepest corners of the criminal underground." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, DRP)
- "Excels at primary-source dark web intelligence ... Premium pricing (~$50K+/yr)" (Kimi K2, DRP)

## And against it

- "Platforms to evaluate carefully: Recorded Future, Flashpoint, Intel 471, Cyberint." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, DRP)
- "without the complexity of enterprise solutions like Flashpoint or Recorded Future" (Mistral Small, DRP)
- "such as Recorded Future, ZeroFox, or Flashpoint—are often cost-prohibitive" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, DRP)

## 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 Flashpoint, from 25 of the 26 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- flashpoint.io: 11 (its own site)
- g2.com: 11
- peerspot.com: 11
- zerofox.com: 11
- expertinsights.com: 9
- netcraft.com: 9
- cloudsek.com: 8
- breachsense.com: 7
- upguard.com: 7
- gane.ai/index: 6

### Pages cited

- https://flashpoint.io/why-flashpoint/digital-risk-protection-solutions: 9
- https://cloudsek.com/knowledge-base/best-digital-risk-protection-platforms: 8
- https://expertinsights.com/security-operations/top-digital-risk-protection-solutions: 7
- https://g2.com/categories/digital-risk-protection-drp-platforms/enterprise: 7
- https://netcraft.com/blog/best-digital-risk-protection-providers: 7
- https://peerspot.com/categories/digital-risk-protection: 6
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/digital-risk-protection/smb: 5
- https://breachsense.com/blog/dark-web-monitoring-for-business: 4

## In its own words

What Flashpoint's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Threat Intelligence With Industry-Best Data (https://flashpoint.io/)
- For: the world’s leading businesses and government organizations (https://flashpoint.io/)
- Customers named: CSI-NY, Community Security Initiative (NY), Texas A&M, AXA XL, Dräger, Lineas, SITA, US Fusion Center

## What it publishes

Every page flashpoint.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1375 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 610 pages, 20 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-25
- case study: 17 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-05-29
- webinar or virtual event: 138 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-05-16
- conference or event: 177 pages, 16 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-18
- report or ebook: 99 pages, 9 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-13
- comparison: 130 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-02-27
- glossary or explainer: 11 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-07-18
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 6 pages, 3 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-17
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: The flashpoint threat intelligence brief middle east https://flashpoint.io/blog/the-flashpoint-threat-intelligence-brief-middle-east
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: Process parameter poisoning edr evasion technique https://flashpoint.io/blog/process-parameter-poisoning-edr-evasion-technique
- Recent: 2026-09-17 blog: Flashpoint named a customer favorite in the forrester wave https://flashpoint.io/blog/flashpoint-named-a-customer-favorite-in-the-forrester-wave
- Recent: 2026-09-17 news or press: Flashpoint named a customer favorite by leading independent analyst firm https://flashpoint.io/news/flashpoint-named-a-customer-favorite-by-leading-independent-analyst-firm/
- Recent: 2026-09-11 blog: How natural language search powers rapid physical security intelligence https://flashpoint.io/blog/how-natural-language-search-powers-rapid-physical-security-intelligence
- Recent: 2026-09-01 blog: Cybercrime machine speed key takeaways flashpoints 2026 midyear threat intelligence https://flashpoint.io/blog/cybercrime-machine-speed-key-takeaways-flashpoints-2026-midyear-threat-intelligence

## 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.