14 categories · RankedPalo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks provides cybersecurity products for discovering internet-facing assets, detecting and preventing threats, and correlating security data · paloaltonetworks.com ↗
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.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is first at 32%.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is first at 12%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Check Point AI Security is first at 12%.
Why models recommend it
“Palo Alto pioneered the XDR category... Unrivaled network telemetry integration and top-tier prevention rates”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Comparative question · first choice
“Prioritize established vendors with strong track records (e.g., those integrating with existing tools like Palo Alto, CrowdStrike, or Microsoft Defender”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · alternative
“Palo Alto Networks Cortex Xpanse is described as Active + passive hybrid discovery with scope covering EASM, CAASM, cloud APIs, containers.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · alternative
“Use dedicated observability/telemetry pipeline tools (e.g., from Cribl, Chronosphere, Mezmo, Edge Delta, or Palo Alto Networks)”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Do not buy enterprise tools (like Palo Alto Networks or Zscaler) yet.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Paraphrase question · warning
“the market leader, gold standard, but historically heaviest to deploy. Strongest in very large enterprises.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Scale-constrained question · warning
“High-end solutions (like CrowdStrike or Palo Alto Networks) are excellent but often carry high price tags”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
“shine in their own stacks but can be painful/expensive to integrate elsewhere”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Palo Alto Networks, over the 116 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 3 | View → | |
| 19 | 4 | View → | |
| 15 | 3 | View → | |
| 14 | 3 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 7 | View → | |
| 11 | 1 | View → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 1 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Palo Alto Networks's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- customers and partners
- Also from Palo Alto
- Palo Alto Cortex, Palo Alto DNS Security, Palo Alto Enterprise DLP, Palo Alto GlobalProtect, Palo Alto Industrial OT, Palo Alto PA-140 and 9 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.
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 91 of the 116 answers that named Palo Alto Networks and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
103 of the 140 domain citations in answers naming Palo Alto Networks came from a third party's page. Twelve 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 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |