# IRI DarkShield: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/iri-darkshield

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data masking and test data management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/data-masking-and-test-data/index.md) | 0% | 28 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose IRI FieldShield/DarkShield for lower-cost, flexible masking across databases and files." (Perplexity Sonar, Data masking)
- "Strong Mid-Market Contender: IRI DarkShield" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Data masking)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named IRI DarkShield, from 4 of the 4 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- atlan.com: 4
- ovaledge.com: 3
- sourceforge.net: 3
- topbusinesssoftware.com: 3
- g2.com: 2
- gbhackers.com: 2
- iri.com: 2
- itsecuritynews.info: 2
- k2view.com: 2
- slashdot.org: 2

### Pages cited

- https://atlan.com/data-masking-tools: 4
- https://ovaledge.com/blog/data-masking-tools: 3
- https://gbhackers.com/data-masking-tools-buyers-guide: 2
- https://iri.com/support/data-education-center/the-top-15-data-masking-tools-in-2026: 2
- https://itsecuritynews.info/12-data-masking-tools-the-2026-buyers-verdict-guide: 2
- https://k2view.com/blog/data-masking-tools-comparison: 2
- https://k2view.com/blog/data-masking-tools-list: 2
- https://slashdot.org/software/data-masking/f-mid-size-business: 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.