5 categories · RankedMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps
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.
Wing Security is first at 29%.
Wing Security is first at 28%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
AppOmni is first at 54%.
Why models recommend it
“Best budget pick: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps—if your company already has it licensed.”GPT-6 Luna · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“The "Low Hanging Fruit": Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps ... Likely Included”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“If your organization is already heavily invested in Microsoft 365, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps ... is a compelling starting point”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Direct question · alternative
“Choose Falcon Shield, Microsoft Defender, or Zscaler when consolidating into an existing security stack.”Perplexity Sonar · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, and similar modules can be sensible if already deployed, but verify whether their SSPM functionality is equivalent”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“they do not track SaaS contracts, license tiers, renewal timelines, or spending data”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, over the 46 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 14 | View → | |
| 21 | 4 | View → | |
| 16 | 2 | View → | |
| 16 | 0 | View → | |
| 15 | 1 | View → | |
| 12 | 1 | View → | |
| 12 | 1 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 3 | View → | |
| 9 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- business
- Also from Microsoft
- Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Microsoft 365 Administration, Microsoft 365 Backup, Microsoft 365 Compliance Center, Microsoft 365 Copilot and 165 more
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.
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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 39 of the 46 answers that named Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
107 of the 107 domain citations in answers naming Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps came from a third party's page.
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 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |