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Application shielding · October 2026 Edition

AppSealing vs Promon SHIELD

Zero of fourteen models named AppSealing first on the direct prompt; zero named Promon SHIELD. AppSealing was named by eight of the fourteen models and Promon SHIELD by thirteen and AppSealing carries 10 labels and Promon SHIELD 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.

AppSealing

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Promon SHIELD

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%13%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 7; printed, not drawn.
Labels1031A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, AppSealing reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Appdome was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Appdome vs AppSealing · Appdome vs Promon SHIELD · Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard vs AppSealing

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 application shielding page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AppSealingFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPromon SHIELD
Direct001 against Promon SHIELD
Paraphrase01
Comparative00
Budget-constrained202 against Promon SHIELD
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against AppSealing · 1 against Promon SHIELD
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.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, AppSealing and Promon SHIELD were named in the same answer sixteen times, of the 27 answers naming AppSealing and the 87 naming Promon SHIELD. In those answers Promon SHIELD took the first choice two times and AppSealing four.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where AppSealing and Promon SHIELD 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
AppSealing Promon SHIELD first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, AppSealing on the left and Promon SHIELD on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where AppSealing and Promon SHIELD stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5DoveRunner Mobile App Shielding alternatives: AppSealing, Appdome, Zimperium MAPS
Kimi K2Appdome alternatives: DoveRunner Mobile App Shielding, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Promon SHIELD
MiniMax M2.5Appdome alternatives: Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Promon SHIELD, Zimperium
GPT-6 LunaAppdome alternatives: Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Promon SHIELD

Neither was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniAppdome alternatives: Approov, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Zimperium MAPS
Gemini 3.5 FlashApproov alternatives: Appdome, Guardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard, Talsec
Perplexity SonarZimperium MAPS alternatives: Appdome, ByteHide Shield, DexGuard, LIAPP
Grok 4.1 FastAppdome alternatives: DexGuard, Zimperium zShield / MAPS
Mistral SmallDigital.ai Application Protection, DoveRunner AppSealing alternatives: Seclron Mobile Security Suite, Skyhigh Security Service Edge
DeepSeek V4 FlashAppdome alternatives: AppTego, LIAPP
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashAppknox alternatives: Appdome, Jscrambler
GLM 4.7 FlashXGuardsquare DexGuard / iXGuard alternatives: Appdome, Jscrambler
Muse Glimmer 30BDoveRunner Mobile App Shielding, formerly AppSealing alternatives: Appdome, Verimatrix Application Shielding

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
AppSealing leads by four points.
AppSealing8%#4 of 11
Promon SHIELD4%#7 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
AppSealing leads by two points.
AppSealing4%#4 of 7
Promon SHIELD2%#6 of 7
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Promon SHIELD leads at enterprise.
Promon SHIELD10%#3 of 8
AppSealing0%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about AppSealing

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

“Public bypass tutorials and reversal research available (GitHub: "Appsealing-Reversal")” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Go with AppSealing (DoveRunner) — it offers a 30-day free trial, requires no coding ... comprehensive RASP + obfuscation features at a flat, predictable price point.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“subscribe to AppSealing ($129/mo) to quickly wrap your app with robust runtime protections” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“AppSealing is also a strong candidate because it uses pay-as-you-grow pricing and requires no code changes” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · alternative

What the models said about Promon SHIELD

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

“What to Avoid on a Tight Budget - ... Promon SHIELD: Enterprise-grade but require "contact for pricing"” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Researchers have published bypass methods; the company notably sued security researchers in 2018” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“you do not need to purchase expensive, five-figure enterprise contracts (like those from Guardsquare/DexGuard, Promon, or Arxan)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Promon is my first vendor to evaluate for a mid-sized B2B company optimizing for low integration burden” GPT-6 Luna · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“If your primary concern is sophisticated malware targeting device memory, screens, and inputs (especially in banking), choose Promon.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
“If you're a bank or handle highly sensitive transactions and need a "security fortress" → Promon SHIELD” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared

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.