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Cloud-native application protection · October 2026 Edition

Aikido Security vs Aqua Security

Zero of fourteen models named Aikido Security first on the direct prompt; one named Aqua Security. Aikido Security was named by nine of the fourteen models and Aqua Security by eight and Aikido Security carries 10 labels and Aqua Security 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Aikido Security

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

Aqua Security

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

First-choice share6%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%17%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels1012A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Aikido Security reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Wiz was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Wiz vs Aikido Security · Wiz vs Aqua Security · Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs Aikido Security

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; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the cloud-native application protection page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Aikido SecurityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAqua Security
Direct011 against Aqua Security
Paraphrase11
Comparative00
Budget-constrained31
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Aqua Security
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Aikido Security and Aqua Security stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Aikido Security Aqua Security first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Aikido Security on the left and Aqua Security on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Aikido Security and Aqua Security stood in it.

Aqua Security first, Aikido Security not the choice

1 of 14 modelsAikido Security was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
MiniMax M2.5Aqua Security, Wiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Neither was named

13 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Wiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security
GPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Defender for Cloud, Wiz alternatives: Sysdig Secure
Gemini 3.5 FlashOrca Security alternatives: Upwind, Wiz
Perplexity SonarWiz alternatives: Prisma Cloud, Rapid7 InsightCloudSec, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security, Sysdig Secure
Grok 4.1 FastWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Sysdig Secure
Mistral SmallOrca Security, Wiz alternatives: FortiCNAPP, Sysdig Secure
DeepSeek V4 FlashWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Sysdig Secure
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashWiz alternatives: Orca Security, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Kimi K2Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security alternatives: Rapid7 InsightCloudSec, Wiz
GLM 4.7 FlashXWiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security
GPT-6 LunaWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security
Muse Glimmer 30BOrca Security, Wiz alternatives: Rapid7 InsightCloudSec

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Aikido Security leads by twenty-nine points.
Aikido Security29%#1 of 12
Aqua Security0%#– of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Aikido Security leads by one point.
Aikido Security6%#4 of 11
Aqua Security4%#5 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Aikido Security is not named for this buyer.
Aikido Security—not named
Aqua Security0%#10 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Aikido Security

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about Aqua Security

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Aqua Security - a CNAPP that secures containerized and cloud-native applications from development through runtime.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared
Wiz vs Aikido SecurityWiz vs Aqua SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Aikido SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Aqua SecurityOrca Security vs Aikido SecurityOrca Security vs Aqua SecurityAikido Security vs FortiCNAPPAqua Security vs FortiCNAPPAll fifteen head-to-head pages and the full CNAPP standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.