ProGuard
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.
Appdome is first at 23%.
Appdome is first at 36%.
Appdome is first at 51%.
Why models recommend it
“Best Free Android Obfuscator: R8 / ProGuard ... 100% free, built-in, and requires no third-party vendor”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Tools like ProGuard (for Android) or OWASP Mason are transparent and widely tested”MiniMax M2.5 · Negative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“What to avoid: Relying solely on default tools like standard ProGuard or basic string obfuscators for high-risk applications”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
“it lacks "Active Defense" features... leaves you exposed to serious tampering”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Comparative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as ProGuard, over the 16 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | View → | |
| 10 | 1 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 2 | View → | |
| 5 | 1 | View → | |
| 4 | 2 | View → | |
| 4 | 1 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → |
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 12 of the 16 answers that named ProGuard and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for ProGuard, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |