Zeek
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.
Sophos NDR is first at 16%.
Vectra AI Platform is first at 24%.
Vectra AI Platform is first at 24%.
Why models recommend it
“Start free with Malcolm + Zeek + Suricata (CISA ICSNPP) for passive monitoring”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“an open-source stack (Zeek + Security Onion) can provide a respectable baseline at near-zero cost”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Stick to well-established, actively maintained tools like SolarWinds NPM, PRTG, Nagios, or Zeek”MiniMax M2.5 · Negative question · alternative
“Tools like Zeek (formerly Bro) can add protocol analysis for ICS/OT traffic at low cost.”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Tools like Zeek (Bro), Suricata are excellent, but rolling your own OT detection without dedicated ICS signatures and asset modeling typically fails.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“lowest-license-cost option because it is open source, but it requires substantial in-house expertise”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Very labor-intensive to set up and maintain compared to Security Onion or Malcolm.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Zeek, over the 33 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 1 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 2 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 1 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 1 | View → | |
| 6 | 4 | View → | |
| 6 | 1 | 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 26 of the 33 answers that named Zeek and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Zeek, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |