Container and Kubernetes security for enterprise buyers
Asked as “container security platform”, and as “Kubernetes security tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 51 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
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.
01The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.
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
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Key
01Aqua Security29%
Aqua Security29%02Prisma Cloud24%
Prisma Cloud24%03Wiz20%
Wiz20%04Sysdig Secure12%
Sysdig Secure12%05Sysdig4%
Sysdig4%06Snyk4%
Snyk4%07Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes0%
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes0%08SUSE NeuVector0%
SUSE NeuVector0%09Snyk Container0%
Snyk Container0%10Falco0%
Falco0%11Trivy0%
Trivy0%02What they warned about
Four of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2 and MiniMax M2.5 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.
Prisma Cloud23%
12 of 52 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid credit-based models (like Prisma Cloud) if predictability is your top priority” Kimi K2, budget prompt
Snyk35%
8 of 23 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“platforms like **Snyk**—which traditionally bill **per contributing developer**—can become extremely expensive and unpredictable” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Aqua Security9%
5 of 56 labels negative · 5 of 12 models
“While technically strong for container-specific security, enterprises should be cautious because: It's fundamentally a **point solution**” Kimi K2, negative prompt
Sysdig23%
5 of 22 labels negative · 4 of 12 models
“Traditional Agent-Based Runtime Scanners (e.g., Older Models of Sysdig/Aqua) ... these agents can consume excessive CPU and memory resources” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
03What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
67 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 4 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 930 links across 221 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
45 answers · 60 citations · 10 models
44 answers · 50 citations · 10 models
35 answers · 48 citations · 10 models
34 answers · 43 citations · 10 models
30 answers · 40 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Checkmarx22 answers · 30 citations · 10 models
vendor site · SentinelOne20 answers · 27 citations · 8 models
16 answers · 23 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Expert Insights13 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Portainer13 answers · 13 citations · 5 models
vendor site · Sysdig12 answers · 22 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Aikido12 answers · 15 citations · 9 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.
37 answers · 10 models
34 answers · 10 models
31 answers · 10 models
30 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 6 models
04How 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.
ModelDirect“What is the best container security platform for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which Kubernetes security tool would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade container security platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best container security platform for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a container security platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which container security platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Aqua Security, Prisma CloudAqua Security, WizChangedAqua Security, Prisma Cloud, WizWizagainst: Snykno first choiceagainst: Anchore, Falco, Kubernetes, Trivy
Three alternatives
Snyk, Sysdig Secure, WizTwo alternatives
AccuKnox, PortainerOne alternative
Sysdig SecureFour alternatives
Aqua Security, OX Security, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security, Sysdig SecureGPT-5.4 miniSysdig SecureSysdig SecureHeldWizagainst: HarborSysdig Secureno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Aqua Security, WizOne alternative
Red Hat OpenShiftSix alternatives
Anchore, Aqua Security, Prisma Cloud, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Snyk Container, Sysdig SecureOne alternative
Aqua SecurityGemini 3.5 FlashWizWizHeldWizagainst: Prisma CloudSysdig Secure, Wizagainst: Snykno first choiceagainst: Anchore, Docker Scout, Elastic "Defend for Containers", FortiCNAPP, JFrog Xray, Sonatype IQ, Tenable Legacy Container Security, Trivy, Wiz
Three alternatives
Aqua Security, Prisma Cloud, Sysdig SecureThree alternatives
Prisma Cloud, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Sysdig SecureThree alternatives
Aqua Security, Snyk, Sysdig SecureTwo alternatives
Prisma Cloud, SUSE NeuVectorPerplexity SonarPrisma CloudAqua SecurityChangedAqua SecurityAqua Securityagainst: Snyk Containerno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Aqua Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security, WizTwo alternatives
Prisma Cloud, SysdigFour alternatives
Prisma Cloud, Snyk Container, Sysdig Secure, WizOne alternative
Prisma CloudGrok 4.1 FastAqua Security, Prisma Cloudagainst: Snyk, WizPrisma CloudChangedagainst: Falco, KubescapeAqua SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Containersagainst: Prisma Cloud, SnykAqua Security, Prisma Cloud, Sysdig Secureagainst: Falco, Prisma Cloud, Snyk, Trivy, Wiz
One alternative
Sysdig SecureFive alternatives
Aqua Security, OPA/Gatekeeper, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Sysdig Secure, WizSix alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Prisma Cloud, Snyk, Sysdig Secure, WizThree alternatives
Aqua Security, SUSE NeuVector, Sysdig SecureTwo alternatives
Snyk, WizMistral SmallAqua SecurityKubescapeChangedAqua SecurityAikido Securityagainst: Aqua Security, Prisma Cloud, Sysdigno first choiceagainst: Lacework, Trend Micro (Trend) Container Security
Two alternatives
Sysdig Secure, WizThree alternatives
Calico, Falco, PortainerFive alternatives
OX Security, Prisma Cloud, SUSE NeuVector, Snyk Container, Sysdig SecureDeepSeek V4 FlashPrisma Cloud, WizPrisma Cloud, WizHeldAqua SecuritySnykagainst: Prisma Cloud, Tigera, Trendno first choiceagainst: Aporeto, Aqua Security, Prisma Cloud, Protego, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, SUSE NeuVector
Three alternatives
Aqua Security, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, SysdigTwo alternatives
Aqua Security, SysdigSix alternatives
Prisma Cloud, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, SUSE NeuVector, Snyk, Sysdig Secure, WizTwo alternatives
Aqua Security, SysdigLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceAqua Security, Prisma Cloud, SysdigChangedAqua Securityno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Prisma Cloud
Three alternatives
Aikido Security, Falco, KubescapeTwo alternatives
Prisma Cloud, SysdigQwen 3.7 FlashAqua SecurityPrisma Cloud, WizChangedAqua SecurityAqua Security, Sysdig Secureagainst: Snykno first choiceagainst: Aqua Security, Prisma Cloud, Snyk, Sysdig
Four alternatives
Prisma Cloud, Snyk, Sysdig Secure, WizFour alternatives
Aqua Security, Falco, Kubescape, Sysdig SecureFive alternatives
Prisma Cloud, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Snyk, Sysdig Secure, WizOne alternative
Microsoft Defender for ContainersKimi K2Aqua Security, WizAqua Security, Prisma CloudChangedagainst: Falco, KubescapeAqua SecurityAqua Securityagainst: Prisma Cloud, SysdigWizagainst: Aqua Security, Prisma Cloud, Sysdig, Wiz
Two alternatives
Prisma Cloud, Sysdig SecureTwo alternatives
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Sysdig SecureFour alternatives
Prisma Cloud, Snyk Container, Sysdig Secure, WizOne alternative
Microsoft Defender for CloudThree alternatives
Aqua Security, Prisma Cloud, Sysdig SecureGLM 4.7 FlashXPrisma Cloudagainst: Snyk ContainerPrisma CloudHeldAqua Security, Sysdig SecureSnykno first choiceagainst: Google Cloud Container Security, Prisma Cloud, Tenable Container Security
Four alternatives
Aqua Security, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Sysdig Secure, WizTwo alternatives
Aqua Security, SysdigFour alternatives
Prisma Cloud, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Snyk, WizOne alternative
SysdigMiniMax M2.5Aqua Security, SysdigAqua SecurityChangedAqua Security, SysdigAikido Securityagainst: Aqua Security, Prisma Cloud, Snyk, Sysdigno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Prisma Cloud, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, SUSE NeuVector, WizThree alternatives
Lacework, Prisma Cloud, Sysdig SecureFour alternatives
Prisma Cloud, SUSE NeuVector, Snyk Container, WizOne alternative
Microsoft Defender for ContainersBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
05The 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
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 13:22 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:55 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:56 | yes | 18 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:19 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 14:00 | yes | 34 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:39 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 11:43 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:42 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:03 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:52 | yes | 16 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:13 | yes | 19 | 103 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:19 | yes | 6 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:21 | yes | 11 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:04 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:24 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 12:19 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 09:48 | yes | 35 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:40 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 11:51 | yes | 23 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:27 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 09:41 | yes | 9 | 50 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 10:28 | yes | 17 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:50 | yes | 20 | 204 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 11:07 | no | 0 | 52 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:25 | yes | 18 | 12 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 13:48 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:14 | yes | 16 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 13:12 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 10:49 | yes | 18 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 13:22 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:00 | yes | 16 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:11 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:22 | yes | 5 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:53 | yes | 12 | 28 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 10:14 | yes | 17 | 94 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 11:55 | yes | 9 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:18 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:43 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:04 | yes | 20 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 12:48 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 12:36 | yes | 34 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:29 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:52 | yes | 19 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:30 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:08 | yes | 18 | 85 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:07 | yes | 9 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 10:46 | yes | 31 | 136 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:32 | yes | 22 | 59 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 13:06 | yes | 18 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:26 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 14:02 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 12:16 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 09:54 | yes | 14 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 12:54 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:28 | yes | 29 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:41 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:48 | yes | 5 | 38 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:04 | yes | 14 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:46 | yes | 15 | 149 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:21 | no | 0 | 67 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 13:35 | yes | 22 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 13:24 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:26 | yes | 16 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 13:45 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 11:06 | yes | 23 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:38 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:20 | yes | 29 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:08 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:30 | yes | 14 | 99 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:07 | yes | 26 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:45 | yes | 28 | 220 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:06 | yes | 23 | 51 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
Category-scoped readings
Aqua read as Aqua Security
Aqua Platform read as Aqua Security
Palo Alto Networks (Prisma Cloud) read as Prisma Cloud
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security read as Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security (ACS) read as Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security (RHACS) read as Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes
SentinelOne read as SentinelOne Singularity
Unresolved, counted raw
Aporeto
Checkmarx Container Security Solution
Cisco Isovalent
ClamAV
Elastic "Defend for Containers"
Protego
RapidFort
Sonatype IQ
Tenable Container Security
Tenable Legacy Container Security (TIO-CSI)
ThreatMapper
Tigera
Trend Micro (Trend) Container Security
Trivy+Falco
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.