Next-generation firewalls · Named, not rankedZenarmor
Zenarmor is a software plugin that adds application control, web filtering, and threat protection to a firewall · zenarmor.com ↗
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. Zenarmor has 1.
Why models recommend it
“Best Open-Source / DIY Solution... Trade-off: High administrative overhead.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Zenarmor, over the 1 answer that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Zenarmor's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- hyper-distributed enterprise
- Price stated
- 28 USD
- Starting price
- 28
- Free plan or trial
- Get started for free; Start a free trial
- Customers named
- MSP, WiLine Networks, Enterprise Management Associates, De Hooge Waerder Accountants, Fred Loya Insurance, Innovation Federal Credit Union, WebMed EPJ AS
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 1 of the 1 answers that named Zenarmor and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Seven of the seven domain citations in answers naming Zenarmor came from a third party's page.
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glossary or explainer | 396 | 0 | 2023-06-25 | SASE, CSPM | |
| Comparison | 67 | 0 | 2025-10-28 | SASE, SD-WAN | |
| Report or ebook | 37 | 0 | 2026-03-27 | ||
| Blog | 9 | 1 | 2026-07-01 | Firewalls, SASE | |
| Case study | 1 | undated | |||
| News or press | 1 | 0 | 2018-10-15 |
Most recent
- 2026-07-01Beyond the next gen firewall blog
- 2026-03-27Best practices for zenarmor deployment report or ebook
- 2025-10-28Nftables vs iptables linux firewall einrichtung comparison
- 2025-10-23Sase vs traditionelle sicherheit comparison
- 2025-10-07Nftables vs iptables linux firewall setup comparison
- 2023-09-05Client vs server comparison
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page zenarmor.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Of its titles that name a category, most name SASE (17); 3 name the category the models place it in. Read September 29, 2026.