Deception technology · RankedProofpoint Shadow
Proofpoint Shadow is deception technology from Proofpoint that focuses on identity threats · proofpoint.com ↗
Why models recommend it
“SentinelOne or Proofpoint for identity and lateral-movement emphasis”GPT-6 Luna · Comparative question · alternative
“Need identity-threat emphasis → look at Proofpoint Shadow.”GPT-5.4 mini · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Cautious for non-email-focused environments—may feel like an add-on rather than core platform.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“Proofpoint Shadow is flagged with 56% negative share, 5 of 9 labels negative”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Proofpoint Shadow, over the 21 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 2 | View → | |
| 15 | 5 | View → | |
| 11 | 2 | View → | |
| 9 | 4 | View → | |
| 9 | 1 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 1 | View → | |
| 6 | 1 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Proofpoint Shadow's own site, not checked by Gane.
- Free plan or trial
- Inizia una Prova Gratuita
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 21 of the 21 answers that named Proofpoint Shadow and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Eighty-seven of the ninety-seven domain citations in answers naming Proofpoint Shadow came from a third party's page. Ten 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |