Illusive Networks
Why models recommend it
“Illusive and Acalvio are commonly described as agentless, with Illusive focusing on deception everywhere across data, servers, applications and hosts”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · alternative
“Illusive Networks has achieved rapid growth with their deception-as-a-service offering targeting mid-market and large enterprises”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Direct question · alternative
“Highly realistic decoys with minimal performance impact; excels at detecting credential theft and insider threats.”Grok 4.20 · Comparative question · alternative
“Illusive Networks or SentinelOne's deception capabilities would be the next step up”MiniMax M2.5 · Paraphrase question · alternative
What gives them pause
“High negative sentiment: The IT AI Recommendation Index shows 42% negative rate with a "criticized challenger" rating”Kimi K2 · Negative question · warning
“2. Illusive Networks / Proofpoint Deceptions Everywhere”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
“often start at thousands of dollars per year ... making them unsuitable for tight budgets”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Illusive Networks 2% is described as a "criticized challenger" with 28% negative share.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Illusive Networks, over the 55 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 15 | View → | |
| 29 | 16 | View → | |
| 26 | 1 | View → | |
| 22 | 2 | View → | |
| 21 | 0 | View → | |
| 20 | 0 | View → | |
| 16 | 3 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of Illusive Networks →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
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 49 of the 55 answers that named Illusive Networks and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Illusive Networks, so its own site is not marked. Twenty 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |