Backup and disaster recovery
Asked as “backup and disaster recovery solution”, and as “data backup and recovery service”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 55 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
38%
Contested · Druva Data Security Cloud 11%
38Veeam Data Platform11Druva Data Security Cloud09Veeam Backup & Replication42others
38% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026▲+6Since September 2026: 32% → 38%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Veeam Data Platform held the lead, +6 points on 32%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Acronis Cyber Protect23%Contested▼−18Since September 2026: 41% → 23%, −18 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-market
Veeam Data Platform38%Contested▲+6Since September 2026: 32% → 38%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterpriseVeeam Data Platform32%Contested▼−10Since September 2026: 41% → 31%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →
Acronis Cyber Protect23%Contested▼−18Since September 2026: 41% → 23%, −18 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketVeeam Data Platform38%Contested▲+6Since September 2026: 32% → 38%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterpriseVeeam Data Platform32%Contested▼−10Since September 2026: 41% → 31%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Veeam Data Platform38%2%48endorsed leader▲+6Since September 2026: 32% → 38%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.32% → 38%
Veeam Data Platform38%2%48endorsed leader▲+6Since September 2026: 32% → 38%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.32% → 38%02
Druva Data Security Cloud11%0%27accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 5% → 9%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 9%
Druva Data Security Cloud11%0%27accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 5% → 9%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 9%03Acronis Cyber Protect5%9%32accepted challenger▼−9Since September 2026: 15% → 6%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.15% → 6%
Acronis Cyber Protect5%9%32accepted challenger▼−9Since September 2026: 15% → 6%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.15% → 6%04
Rubrik Security Cloud2%6%33accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Rubrik Security Cloud2%6%33accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%Show the seven products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Datto SIRIS0%12%24accepted challenger▼−12Since September 2026: 12% → 0%, −12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 0%
Datto SIRIS0%12%24accepted challenger▼−12Since September 2026: 12% → 0%, −12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 0%06
Cohesity DataProtect0%12%25accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Cohesity DataProtect0%12%25accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%10
AWS Backup0%10%10accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
AWS Backup0%10%10accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%09
Arcserve UDP0%10%10accepted challenger▼−5Since September 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 0%
Arcserve UDP0%10%10accepted challenger▼−5Since September 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 0%11
Azure Site Recovery0%10%10accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Azure Site Recovery0%10%10accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%05
Commvault0%7%28accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Commvault0%7%28accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%08
Zerto0%0%13accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Zerto0%0%13accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
All six head-to-head pages: the top four products, each against each
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
0102030405060708091011Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Veeam Data Platform38%
Veeam Data Platform38%02Druva Data Security Cloud11%
Druva Data Security Cloud11%03Acronis Cyber Protect5%
Acronis Cyber Protect5%04Rubrik Security Cloud2%
Rubrik Security Cloud2%05Commvault0%
Commvault0%06Cohesity DataProtect0%
Cohesity DataProtect0%07Datto SIRIS0%
Datto SIRIS0%08Zerto0%
Zerto0%09Arcserve UDP0%
Arcserve UDP0%10AWS Backup0%
AWS Backup0%11Azure Site Recovery0%
Azure Site Recovery0%What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Microsoft OneDrive100%
3 of 3 labels negative · 3 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Treating Cloud Sync Services (OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox) as "Backup": Cloud drives are designed for productivity and file-sharing, not disaster recovery.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Acronis Cyber Protect9%
3 of 32 labels negative · 3 of 14 models
“Caution level: Medium-High. If you must use it, allocate ample time for testing, and keep a secondary backup copy independent of Acronis.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Cohesity DataProtect12%
3 of 25 labels negative · 3 of 14 models
“though it's more appliance-anchored with limited coverage outside VMware environments” Kimi K2, comparative prompt
Datto SIRIS12%
3 of 24 labels negative · 3 of 14 models
“product packaging and current positioning can change, so I'd want to verify the latest official details before making a strong recommendation” GPT-5.4 mini, comparative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
72 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1026 links across 304 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 42 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
36 answers · 50 citations · 12 models
30 answers · 46 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Veeam24 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
vendor site · NinjaOne24 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Eon23 answers · 27 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G218 answers · 19 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G217 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Axcient17 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
vendor site · ConnectWise14 answers · 20 citations · 7 models
14 answers · 17 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Backblaze12 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
22 answers · 11 models
20 answers · 10 models
18 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 11 models
15 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 6 models
9 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “backup and disaster recovery solution”, “backup and disaster recovery solutions”, “best backup and disaster recovery solution”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veeam Data Platform veeam.com Veeam Data Platform 38%, Veeam Backup & Replication 9%, Veeam Community Edition 2% | 49% | 133 | 720 | 23 | 86,318 | $2,697 | 113 | |
| Backblaze backblaze.com Backblaze Business Backup 5%, Backblaze B2 4%, Backblaze 4% | 13% | 171 | 27,100 | 818 | 135,980 company | 74 | ||
| Druva Data Security Cloud druva.com | 11% | 55 | 40 | 0 | 24,186 | 44 | ||
| Acronis Cyber Protect acronis.com | 5% | 129 | 880 | 23 | 166,260 | 42 | 8 | |
| IDrive Business idrive.com | 4% | 32 | 40 | 11 | 198,720 | 24 | ||
| Duplicati duplicati.com | 4% | 5 | ||||||
| Synology DiskStation synology.com Synology Active Backup for Business 2%, Synology DiskStation 2% | 4% | 3 | 239,190 | 1 | ||||
| Rubrik Security Cloud rubrik.com | 2% | 74 | 390 | 3 | 63,198 | 44 | ||
| TierPoint tierpoint.com | 2% | 46 | 3,600 | 192 | 33,285 | $160 | 63 | |
| IDrive Online and SaaS Backup | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 16 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (axcient.com, eon.io, expertinsights.com, solutionsreview.com). The first result for “backup and disaster recovery solution” is axcient.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best backup and disaster recovery solution for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which data backup and recovery service would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top backup and disaster recovery solutions and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best backup and disaster recovery solution for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a backup and disaster recovery solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which backup and disaster recovery solutions should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceno first choiceHeldVeeam Data Platformno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Acronis Advanced Disaster Recovery, Arcserve UDP, Bacula, Datto SIRIS, Unitrends
One alternative
HPE Zerto SoftwareThree alternatives
AWS Backup, Azure Backup, Google Cloud Backup and DR ServiceGPT-5.4 miniVeeam Data PlatformVeeam Data PlatformHeldagainst: Carbonite SafeVeeam Data Platformagainst: Acronis Cyber Protect, Datto SIRISno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security CloudThree alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Datto SIRIS, Druva Data Security CloudFive alternatives
Azure Backup, Cohesity DataProtect, Druva Data Security Cloud, Google Cloud Backup and DR Service, Rubrik Security CloudGemini 3.5 FlashDruva Data Security Cloud, Veeam Data PlatformDruva Data Security CloudChangedVeeam Data PlatformSynology Active Backup for Business, Veeam Backup & ReplicationVeeam Data Platformagainst: Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Veritas Backup Exec, Windows Server Backup
Four alternatives
Commvault, Datto SIRIS, HYCU R-Cloud, Rubrik Security CloudThree alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data PlatformFive alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security Cloud, ZertoFour alternatives
Backblaze B2, MSP360 Managed Backup, Proxmox Backup Server, WasabiFive alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Datto SIRIS, Druva Data Security Cloud, Metallic, Rubrik Security CloudPerplexity SonarVeeam Data PlatformDruva Data Security CloudChangedno first choiceIDrive Businessno first choiceagainst: Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive
Four alternatives
Commvault, Datto BCDR, Druva Data Security Cloud, NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationThree alternatives
Arcserve UDP, Datto SIRIS, OpenText CloudAllyTwo alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationGrok 4.1 FastVeeam Data Platformagainst: Rubrik Security Cloud, Veritas NetBackupVeeam Data PlatformHeldagainst: Rubrik Security CloudVeeam Data PlatformDuplicati, Veeam Agent for Windows/Linuxagainst: Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Site RecoveryVeeam Data Platformagainst: Acronis True Image, Backblaze, CBackup, Dropbox sync, Duplicati, EaseUS Todo Free, Microsoft OneDrive
Five alternatives
Arcserve UDP, Cohesity DataProtect, Datto SIRIS, Druva inSync, KaseyaTwo alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Datto SIRISSix alternatives
Arcserve UDP, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault, Dell Technologies, Rubrik Security Cloud, Veritas Alta Data ProtectionThree alternatives
Axcient x360Recover, Backblaze, IDrive BusinessThree alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Cohesity DataProtect, Rubrik Security CloudMistral SmallAcronis Cyber Protect, Veeam Data Platformagainst: Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud BackupAcronis Cyber ProtectChangedVeeam Data PlatformBackblaze, CrashPlanno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Axcient x360RecoverThree alternatives
Axcient x360Recover, Carbonite Cloud Backup, Quorum onQSix alternatives
Arcserve UDP, Cohesity DataProtect, Nutanix DRaaS, SolarWinds Backup, Unitrends Backup and Recovery, Veritas Alta Data ProtectionThree alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, IDrive Business, Veeam Data PlatformDeepSeek V4 FlashVeeam Data PlatformVeeam Data PlatformHeldagainst: Cohesity DataProtectVeeam Data PlatformBackblaze B2, Veeam Backup & ReplicationVeeam Data Platformagainst: Acronis Cyber Protect, Backblaze, Carbonite Safe, CrashPlan, IDrive Business
Four alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Datto SIRIS, Rubrik Security Cloud, ZertoThree alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Arcserve UDP, Datto SIRISSix alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault, Datto BCDR, Datto SIRIS, Rubrik Security Cloud, ZertoFour alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Datto SIRIS, IDrive Business, NinjaOneFive alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault, Datto SIRIS, Rubrik Security CloudLlama 4 MaverickTierPointno first choiceChangedno first choiceIDrive Online and SaaS BackupVeeam Data Platformnothing named
Two alternatives
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, Acronis Cyber ProtectThree alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Druva Data Security Cloud, ZertoQwen 3.7 FlashVeeam Backup & ReplicationAcronis Cyber ProtectChangedRubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Backup & Replicationagainst: Veritas Alta Data ProtectionQNAP TS series, Synology DiskStationVeeam Data Platformagainst: Commvaultagainst: AWS Backup, Azure Backup
Four alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security CloudThree alternatives
Backblaze, Datto SIRIS, Veeam Backup & ReplicationFour alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault, Druva Data Security Cloud, ZertoSix alternatives
Backblaze Business Backup, Cloudflare R2, IDrive Business, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup Free Edition, WasabiThree alternatives
Druva Data Security Cloud, Spanning, ZertoKimi K2Veeam Data PlatformVeeam Data PlatformHeldVeeam Data Platformagainst: Cohesity DataProtectBackblazeno first choiceagainst: Microsoft's native toolsagainst: AWS native snapshots, Azure Backup, Veeam Data Platform
Four alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Druva Data Security Cloud, Quorum onQ, Rubrik Security CloudThree alternatives
Datto SIRIS, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security CloudFive alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault, Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security Cloud, ZertoFive alternatives
AWS Backup, Amazon S3, CrashPlan, IDrive Business, Veeam Data PlatformOne alternative
Veeam Data PlatformGLM 4.7 FlashXRubrik Security Cloud, Veeam Data PlatformVeeam Data PlatformChangedCommvault, Veeam Data PlatformBackblaze Business Backupno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Cohesity DataProtect, CommvaultThree alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault, Rubrik Security CloudEight alternatives
AWS Backup, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Cohesity DataProtect, Google Cloud Backup and DR Service, Rubrik Security Cloud, SolarWinds BackupThree alternatives
Backblaze B2, Duplicati, Veeam Backup & ReplicationMiniMax M2.5Veeam Backup & Replicationagainst: Datto SIRIS, Microsoft Azure Backup ServerDruva Data Security Cloud, Veeam Backup & ReplicationChangedVeeam Data Platformagainst: Dell TechnologiesBackblaze B2, Duplicati, Veeam Community Editionno first choiceagainst: Veritas Backup Exec
Five alternatives
Azure Site Recovery, Commvault, Druva Data Security Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, ZertoOne alternative
MSP360 Managed BackupFour alternatives
Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault, Rubrik Security Cloud, Veritas Alta Data ProtectionThree alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, Restic, WasabiGPT-6 LunaVeeam Data PlatformDruva Data Security CloudChangedVeeam Data PlatformBackblaze Business Backupno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Druva Data Security Cloud, Rubrik Security CloudOne alternative
Veeam Data PlatformSix alternatives
Azure Site Recovery, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault, Druva Data Security Cloud, HPE Zerto Software, Rubrik Security CloudThree alternatives
Microsoft 365 Backup, Veeam Data Platform, WasabiMuse Glimmer 30BDruva Data Security Cloud, Veeam Data Platformagainst: Cohesity DataProtectVeeam Data PlatformChangedVeeam Data Platformagainst: CommvaultBackblaze Business Backup, IDrive Businessno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Rubrik Security CloudTwo alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Datto BCDRFive alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Datto BCDR, Datto SIRIS, N-able Cove Data Protection, Veritas Alta Data ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Amazon S3Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:46 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:09 | yes | 7 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:02 | yes | 20 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:52 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:07 | yes | 21 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:52 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:37 | yes | 23 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:25 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:06 | no | 0 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:33 | yes | 16 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:47 | yes | 24 | 91 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:46 | no | 0 | 49 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:48 | yes | 7 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:32 | yes | 14 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:53 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:59 | yes | 7 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:31 | yes | 11 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:14 | yes | 16 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:59 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:15 | yes | 11 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:46 | yes | 23 | 38 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:21 | yes | 9 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:21 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:48 | yes | 18 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:56 | yes | 19 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 13:43 | yes | 5 | 51 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:24 | yes | 2 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 12:47 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 13:34 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:47 | yes | 7 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:20 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:36 | yes | 21 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:46 | yes | 23 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:53 | yes | 15 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:48 | yes | 25 | 51 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:18 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:03 | no | 0 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:19 | yes | 19 | 33 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:40 | yes | 25 | 151 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:26 | yes | 20 | 50 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:14 | yes | 7 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:16 | yes | 23 | 39 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:23 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:22 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:47 | yes | 11 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:08 | yes | 21 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:49 | yes | 20 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 13:33 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:17 | yes | 24 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:18 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:42 | yes | 10 | 43 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:23 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:20 | yes | 25 | 75 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:48 | yes | 10 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:24 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:41 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:04 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:27 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:13 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:59 | yes | 18 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:17 | yes | 14 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:24 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:24 | yes | 20 | 41 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:59 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:40 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:22 | yes | 10 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:33 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:47 | yes | 8 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:54 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 12:28 | yes | 15 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:51 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:03 | yes | 6 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:59 | yes | 21 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:43 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:10 | yes | 23 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:25 | yes | 13 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:03 | yes | 25 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:50 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:28 | yes | 15 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:30 | yes | 25 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:23 | yes | 20 | 65 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:04 | yes | 20 | 50 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:14 | yes | 4 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 07:49 | yes | 14 | 29 s |
Noise floor in this category
Flips between the edition run and its calibration repeat. Six prompts per model is a small sample; the index-wide floor is the number to trust.
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Claude Haiku 4.5
2 of 3 flipped
GPT-5.4 mini
1 of 3 flipped
Gemini 3.5 Flash
5 of 5 flipped
Perplexity Sonar
3 of 3 flipped
Grok 4.1 Fast
4 of 6 flipped
Mistral Small
3 of 4 flipped
DeepSeek V4 Flash
2 of 6 flipped
Llama 4 Maverick
3 of 3 flipped
Qwen 3.7 Flash
4 of 5 flipped
Kimi K2
3 of 5 flipped
GLM 4.7 FlashX
4 of 4 flipped
MiniMax M2.5
3 of 4 flipped
GPT-6 Luna
1 of 4 flipped
Muse Glimmer 30B
2 of 4 flipped
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Acronis read as Acronis Cyber Protect
Acronis (Cyber Protect / Cyber Backup) read as Acronis Cyber Protect
Arcserve read as Arcserve UDP
Axcient read as Axcient x360Recover
Backblaze Business Computer Backup read as Backblaze Business Backup
Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud read as Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup
Carbonite read as Carbonite Safe
Cohesity read as Cohesity DataProtect
Cohesity Data Cloud read as Cohesity DataProtect
Datto read as Datto SIRIS
Datto (via MSP) read as Datto SIRIS
Dell EMC PowerProtect read as Dell PowerProtect
Druva read as Druva Data Security Cloud
Druva Resilience Cloud read as Druva Data Security Cloud
Google Cloud Backup read as Google Cloud Backup and DR Service
HYCU read as HYCU R-Cloud
MSP360 read as MSP360 Managed Backup
MSP360 (formerly CloudBerry) read as MSP360 Managed Backup
NAKIVO read as NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Nakivo read as NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Rubrik read as Rubrik Security Cloud
Veeam read as Veeam Data Platform
Veritas read as Veritas Alta Data Protection
Veritas (NetBackup) read as Veritas Alta Data Protection
Veritas Technologies read as Veritas Alta Data Protection
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS Disaster Recovery (DRS)
AWS native snapshots
Acronis Cyber Cloud
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
Arq
BDRShield
Barracuda Backup
Borg
CBackup
CTERA Intelligent Data Platform
Carbonite Cloud Backup
Carbonite Endpoint Backup
CloudEndure
Dell Apex
Dell EMC PowerVault
Dropbox sync
Druva inSync
EaseUS Todo Free
Google Cloud DR
HPE StoreOnce
Halo Cloud Backup
ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus
Metallic
Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS)
Microsoft's native tools
N2W
OpenText CloudAlly
QNAP TS series
Quest Enterprise Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions
Unitrends Backup and Recovery
Unitrends Recovery Series
UrBackup
VMware Live Recovery
Veeam Agent for Windows/Linux
Veeam Backup Free Edition
Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator
Xopero
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.