# Target Defense: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/target-defense

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Penetration testing as a service](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/penetration-testing-as-a-service/index.md) | 0% | 74 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Budget Security or Target Defense provide professional, audit‑ready results at a transparent, published price point." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, PTaaS)

## 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 | 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Target Defense, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- pentestingproviders.com: 3
- targetdefense.com: 3 (its own site)
- atlantsecurity.com: 2
- budgetsecurity.com: 2
- reddit.com: 2
- stingrai.io: 2
- turbopentest.com: 2
- accio.com: 1
- affordablepentesting.com: 1
- andersenlab.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://pentestingproviders.com/best/affordable-penetration-testing: 3
- https://targetdefense.com/penetration-testing-experts: 3
- https://atlantsecurity.com/blog/top-penetration-testing-companies: 2
- https://stingrai.io/blog/best-penetration-testing-companies-small-businesses-2026: 2
- https://stingrai.io/blog/best-penetration-testing-companies-startups-2026: 2
- https://turbopentest.com/penetration-testing-for-small-business: 2
- https://accio.com/biz-cheap/affordable-penetration-testing: 1
- https://affordablepentesting.com/: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.