Suricata
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 IoT is first at 49%.
Microsoft Defender for IoT is first at 38%.
No model named it for this buyer.
Why models recommend it
“Start free with Malcolm + Zeek + Suricata (CISA ICSNPP) for passive monitoring”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Primary Recommendation: Snort or Suricata (IDS/IPS) + Wireshark.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Suricata & Zeek (Bro): These are industry-standard IDS/IPS”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“tcpdump, Zeek (formerly Bro), or Suricata”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Very labor-intensive to set up and maintain compared to Security Onion or Malcolm.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Static rules (like Suricata/Snort alone) generate too much noise.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Scale-constrained question · warning
“Use these as supplements, but don't consider them a "platform."”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Suricata, over the 24 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 2 | View → | |
| 9 | 1 | View → | |
| 8 | 1 | View → | |
| 7 | 1 | View → | |
| 6 | 1 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 3 | 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 19 of the 24 answers that named Suricata and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Suricata, 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |