# Lakera Guard: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 17 judge labels across 1 category by 8 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/lakera-guard

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [AI security platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/ai-security-platforms/index.md) | 4% | 5 | 0% | 17 |

## What the models said for it

- "TigerGate, Lakera Guard, and Giskard are among the best options" (Mistral Small, AI security)
- "Lakera (Best for Securing LLM Apps & Custom AI Agents)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, AI security)
- "AI firewall and runtime protection specifically for LLMs, with excellent prompt injection and jailbreak defense." (Grok 4.20, AI security)
- "Choose Lakera or Cisco AI Defense if the central product risk is a public-facing LLM or AI agent" (Perplexity Sonar, AI security)

## 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Lakera Guard, from 44 of the 49 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- checkpoint.com: 19
- superblocks.com: 17
- acronis.com: 11
- securityboulevard.com: 11
- checkmarx.com: 10
- cyera.com: 10
- venn.com: 10
- forcepoint.com: 9
- gane.ai/index: 9
- getmaxim.ai: 9

### Pages cited

- https://checkpoint.com/cyber-hub/tools-vendors/best-ai-security-companies-in-2026: 16
- https://superblocks.com/blog/ai-security-solutions: 13
- https://acronis.com/en/blog/posts/best-ai-security-tools-smb: 10
- https://cyera.com/blog/ai-security-platforms: 9
- https://venn.com/learn/ai-security/ai-security-tools: 9
- https://checkmarx.com/learn/ai-security/best-ai-cybersecurity-solutions-top-9-options-in-2026: 8
- https://forcepoint.com/blog/insights/ai-security-solutions: 7
- https://cyera.com/blog/best-ai-data-security-platform: 5

## In its own words

What Lakera Guard's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The AI-native security platform to accelerate GenAI initiatives (https://lakera.ai/)
- For: enterprise teams (https://lakera.ai/)
- Free plan or trial: Start for free (https://lakera.ai/)
- Customers named: dropbox, aws, asana, pearson, dfinity, nu, sk-telecom

## What it publishes

Every page lakera.ai exposes, read 2026-09-29: 634 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 95 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 10 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## 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.