NodeZero
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.
Vanta is first at 20%.
Cymulate is first at 35%.
Cymulate is first at 27%.
Why models recommend it
“starts around $25,000/year for autonomous pentesting-style BAS. It's cheaper than the big three”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Choose Pentera/NodeZero/XM Cyber when the priority is autonomous internal exploit chaining”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · alternative
“NodeZero is also highly recommended for mid-sized businesses”Mistral Small · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Picus or NodeZero | Good value commercial platforms”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“More capable commercial platforms, but typically priced for a larger security program.”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as NodeZero, over the 19 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 4 | View → | |
| 17 | 3 | View → | |
| 15 | 1 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 3 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 4 | View → | |
| 5 | 2 | View → | |
| 5 | 2 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of NodeZero →
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 19 of the 19 answers that named NodeZero and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for NodeZero, so its own site is not marked.
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 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |