3 categories · RankedGuardz
Guardz is a unified cybersecurity platform built for managed service providers (MSPs), combining email security, identity, endpoint protection, and managed detection and response in a single console · guardz.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.
SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence is first at 27%.
SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence is first at 34%.
No model named it for this buyer.
Why models recommend it
“Consider MSP-managed platforms like Guardz — they bundle multiple security tools ... into one affordable platform”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“For SMBs, look at more affordable "challengers" like Guardz or UpGuard”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · alternative
“MSP / managed delivery model: Guardz.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Direct question · alternative
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Guardz, over the 33 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 5 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 4 | View → | |
| 5 | 1 | 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 Guardz's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- MSPs
- Price stated
- No-Gotcha, All-Inclusive Pricing; Flexible Terms, Per-seat Pricing; Flexible, all-inclusive pricing
- Free plan or trial
- 14-Day Free Trial
- Certifications
- SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting
- US, EU, AU Data Residency
- Customers named
- Elmdale IT Services, Cyber Distribution, Jones IT, ArkCybr, S5 IT Solutions, Trusted Computing
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 32 of the 33 answers that named Guardz and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Sixty-nine of the ninety-two domain citations in answers naming Guardz came from a third party's page. Fifteen 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 288 | 11 | 2026-09-23 | EDR, MDR | |
| Comparison | 13 | 2 | 2026-08-13 | Email security | |
| Template or tool | 9 | 4 | 2026-09-16 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 8 | 0 | 2025-02-25 | MDR | |
| Conference or event | 4 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 1 | undated | |||
| Podcast or video | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-23What to include in an msp security bundle blog
- 2026-09-22Msp cybersecurity tool pricing comparison matrix blog
- 2026-09-16Msp client security onboarding checklist template or tool
- 2026-09-15Best itdr tools for msps blog
- 2026-09-09Best mdr for msps blog
- 2026-09-08Incident response plan template for msps blog
Events in person
- September 28, 2026 to September 30, 2026MSP Summit 2026Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Orlando, USA
- October 21, 2026 to October 22, 2026MSP GlobalTBC
- October 21, 2026 to October 22, 2026ASCII Edge Conference Series 2026San Antonio, USA
- November 4, 2026 to November 6, 2026IT Nation Connect Global 2026Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, USA · attends
- November 11, 2026 to November 13, 2026SpiceWorld 2026Austin, USA
- September 23, 2026 to September 24, 2026ASCII Edge Conference Series 2026Chicago, USA
- September 9, 2026 to September 11, 2026CanITCon 2026Telus Convention Centre, Calgary, Canada
- August 26, 2026 to August 27, 2026ASCII Edge Conference Series 2026Toronto, Canada
- August 3, 2026 to August 5, 2026Build IT LIVE 2026Hyatt Regency, Jersey City, USA
- July 22, 2026 to July 23, 2026ASCII Edge Conference Series 2026Washington, USA
- July 12, 2026 to July 14, 2026XChange Security 2026Frisco, USA
- June 7, 2026 to June 9, 2026Pax8 Beyond 2026Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, USA
- May 27, 2026 to May 28, 2026ASCII Edge Conference Series 2026Seattle, USA
- May 17, 2026 to May 19, 2026MSPGeekCon 2026Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, USA
- May 4, 2026 to May 6, 2026NerdioCon 2026Palm Springs, USA
- May 3, 2026 to May 7, 2026HDI Service & Support WorldCaesars Palace, Las Vegas, USA
- April 27, 2026 to April 30, 2026Kaseya ConnectMGM Grand Resort, Las Vegas, USA
- April 22, 2026 to April 23, 2026ASCII Edge Conference Series 2026Newark, USA
- April 13, 2026 to April 16, 20262026 Channel Partners Conference & ExpoThe Venetian, Las Vegas, USA
- April 13, 2026 to April 15, 2026N‑able EmpowerOmni Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, USA
As the event pages on guardz.com state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page guardz.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.