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September 2026 Edition

September 2026 Edition

Published September 17, 2026. This page is the permanent record of the September 2026 Edition: the standing of every category as measured in it, under vendor table v2026-10.8. The unqualified category addresses and the home page carry the latest edition.

67 categories · 12 models · 402 prompts · 4,824 answers · 28,065 judge labels, all published

The leaderboard

The first choice in all 67 categories · 34 unsettled
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Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models. Each row opens that category's page for this edition.What the verdicts mean
Network and edge
DDoS protection
One leader in all three segments
CloudflareClear leader
SMB
89%
Mid-market
93%
Enterprise
80%
Network and edge
Web application firewalls
One leader in all three segments
Cloudflare WAFClear leader
SMB
93%
Mid-market
89%
Enterprise
53%
Developer platform
Error and crash monitoring
One leader in all three segments
SentryClear leader
SMB
79%
Mid-market
82%
Enterprise
62%
Network and edge
Content delivery networks
One leader in all three segments
CloudflareClear leader
SMB
90%
Mid-market
80%
Enterprise
53%
Developer platform
Source control hosting
One leader in all three segments
GitHubClear leader
SMB
78%
Mid-market
74%
Enterprise
56%
Network and edge
Next-generation firewalls
One leader in all three segments
Fortinet FortiGateClear leader
SMB
48%
Mid-market
74%
Enterprise
42%
Developer platform
AI coding assistants
One leader in all three segments
GitHub CopilotConsensus
SMB
65%
Mid-market
67%
Enterprise
95%
Developer platform
CI/CD platforms
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
GitHub ActionsClear leader
SMB
93%
Mid-market
65%
GitLab CI/CDClear leader
Enterprise
44%
Security operations
Extended detection and response
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
CoroClear leader
SMB
57%
Microsoft Defender XDRClear leader
Mid-market
63%
Enterprise
48%
Developer platform
API gateways
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
ZuploClear leader
SMB
43%
Kong GatewayClear leader
Mid-market
61%
Enterprise
45%
Data platform
NoSQL databases
One leader in all three segments
MongoDBClear leader
SMB
77%
Mid-market
59%
Enterprise
53%
Security operations
Attack surface management
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
IntruderClear leader
SMB
52%
Mid-market
59%
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management tiedContested
Enterprise
21%
IT operations and endpoint
IT service management
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
FreshserviceClear leader
SMB
39%
Mid-market
58%
ServiceNow ITSMClear leader
Enterprise
63%
IT operations and endpoint
Application performance monitoring
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
New RelicClear leader
SMB
51%
Mid-market
54%
DynatraceClear leader
Enterprise
46%
Cloud and infrastructure
Cloud cost management
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
VantageClear leader
SMB
41%
Mid-market
54%
IBM Apptio CloudabilityClear leader
Enterprise
45%
Security operations
Third-party risk management
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
UpGuardClear leader
SMB
44%
Mid-market
53%
ProcessUnityContested
Enterprise
25%
IT operations and endpoint
Remote monitoring and management
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
AteraContested
SMB
30%
NinjaOneClear leader
Mid-market
50%
Enterprise
61%
Identity and access
Business password managers
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
1PasswordClear leader
SMB
42%
BitwardenClear leader
Mid-market
49%
Enterprise
43%
Security operations
SOAR platforms
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
TinesClear leader
SMB
49%
Mid-market
47%
Cortex XSOARContested
Enterprise
40%
Data platform
Data warehouses
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
Google BigQueryClear leader
SMB
80%
SnowflakeClear leader
Mid-market
47%
Enterprise
72%
Developer platform
Static application security testing
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
SemgrepClear leader
SMB
70%
Mid-market
47%
Checkmarx OneClear leader
Enterprise
54%
Cloud and infrastructure
Infrastructure as code
One leader in all three segments
TerraformClear leader
SMB
50%
Mid-market
46%
Enterprise
58%
Cloud and infrastructure
Object storage
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Backblaze B2Clear leader
SMB
60%
Mid-market
46%
Amazon S3Contested
Enterprise
30%
Cloud and infrastructure
Cloud-native application protection
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
Microsoft Defender for CloudClear leader
SMB
46%
WizClear leader
Mid-market
46%
Enterprise
49%
Security operations
Vulnerability management platforms
A different leader in every segment
IntruderClear leader
SMB
59%
Rapid7 InsightVMClear leader
Mid-market
45%
Tenable Vulnerability ManagementClear leader
Enterprise
45%
Security operations
Penetration testing as a service
A different leader in every segment
BreachLockContested
SMB
28%
CobaltClear leader
Mid-market
44%
NetSPIContested
Enterprise
40%
IT operations and endpoint
Unified endpoint management
One leader in all three segments
Microsoft IntuneClear leader
SMB
40%
Mid-market
43%
Enterprise
78%
Identity and access
Multi-factor authentication
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Cisco DuoClear leader
SMB
45%
Mid-market
43%
Microsoft Entra IDContested
Enterprise
40%
Cloud and infrastructure
Cloud security posture management
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
Microsoft Defender for CloudContested
SMB
31%
WizClear leader
Mid-market
43%
Enterprise
58%
Network and edge
Zero trust network access
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Cloudflare OneClear leader
SMB
60%
Mid-market
42%
Zscaler Private AccessClear leader
Enterprise
57%
Security operations
Security awareness training
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
Hook SecurityContested
SMB
34%
KnowBe4Clear leader
Mid-market
42%
Enterprise
65%
Network and edge
SD-WAN
A different leader in every segment
Cisco Meraki SD-WANContested
SMB
40%
Fortinet Secure SD-WANClear leader
Mid-market
41%
Cisco Catalyst SD-WANClear leader
Enterprise
45%
Security operations
SIEM platforms
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
Blumira tiedContested
SMB
28%
Microsoft SentinelClear leader
Mid-market
41%
Enterprise
30%
Developer platform
Software composition analysis
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
TrivyContested
SMB
36%
Mid-market
40%
Black Duck tiedContested
Enterprise
19%
Cloud and infrastructure
Managed Kubernetes platforms
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
DigitalOcean KubernetesContested
SMB
39%
Google Kubernetes EngineContested
Mid-market
39%
Enterprise
33%
Security operations
Managed detection and response
A different leader in every segment
Huntress Managed EDRClear leader
SMB
88%
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and ResponseContested
Mid-market
39%
CrowdStrike Falcon CompleteContested
Enterprise
37%
Security operations
Data loss prevention
One leader in all three segments
Microsoft Purview DLPClear leader
SMB
30%
Mid-market
39%
Enterprise
52%
Data platform
LLM gateways and observability
One leader in all three segments
LiteLLMClear leader
SMB
46%
Mid-market
38%
Enterprise
29%
Data platform
Vector databases
A different leader in every segment
pgvectorClear leader
SMB
46%
QdrantContested
Mid-market
37%
PineconeClear leader
Enterprise
53%
Developer platform
API management
A different leader in every segment
ZuploContested
SMB
38%
Kong GatewayContested
Mid-market
37%
Apigee tiedContested
Enterprise
29%
Security operations
Compliance automation
A different leader in every segment
VantaContested
SMB
35%
DrataContested
Mid-market
37%
VantaClear leader
Enterprise
48%
Identity and access
Workforce identity and SSO
A different leader in every segment
JumpCloudClear leader
SMB
48%
Microsoft Entra IDContested
Mid-market
36%
Okta Workforce IdentityClear leader
Enterprise
53%
Data platform
Managed relational databases
One leader in all three segments
Amazon RDSContested
SMB
24%
Mid-market
35%
Enterprise
36%
Identity and access
Secrets management
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
DopplerClear leader
SMB
46%
Mid-market
33%
HashiCorp VaultClear leader
Enterprise
75%
Cloud and infrastructure
Backup and disaster recovery
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
Acronis Cyber ProtectClear leader
SMB
41%
Veeam Data PlatformClear leader
Mid-market
32%
Enterprise
41%
Data platform
Streaming platforms
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
RedpandaContested
SMB
30%
Confluent CloudClear leader
Mid-market
32%
Enterprise
60%
Data platform
ETL and ELT
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Airbyte tiedContested
SMB
36%
Mid-market
32%
FivetranClear leader
Enterprise
49%
Security operations
Email security
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Microsoft Defender for Office 365Clear leader
SMB
44%
Mid-market
31%
Proofpoint Email ProtectionClear leader
Enterprise
40%
Developer platform
Feature flags
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
ConfigCatClear leader
SMB
43%
LaunchDarklyClear leader
Mid-market
30%
Enterprise
59%
Identity and access
Privileged access management
A different leader in every segment
KeeperPAM tiedContested
SMB
27%
Delinea Secret ServerContested
Mid-market
30%
CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerClear leader
Enterprise
66%
Cloud and infrastructure
Cloud hosting
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
DigitalOcean DropletsClear leader
SMB
40%
Amazon Web ServicesClear leader
Mid-market
29%
Enterprise
57%
IT operations and endpoint
Observability platforms
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
GrafanaContested
SMB
32%
Mid-market
29%
DatadogContested
Enterprise
36%
Cloud and infrastructure
Container and Kubernetes security
A different leader in every segment
TrivyContested
SMB
28%
Sysdig SecureContested
Mid-market
29%
Aqua SecurityContested
Enterprise
29%
Network and edge
SASE platforms
A different leader in every segment
Cloudflare OneClear leader
SMB
54%
Cato SASE CloudContested
Mid-market
28%
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASEContested
Enterprise
31%
IT operations and endpoint
Patch management
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Action1Clear leader
SMB
68%
Mid-market
27%
Microsoft IntuneContested
Enterprise
19%
IT operations and endpoint
Incident management and on-call
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
incident.ioContested
SMB
30%
Mid-market
25%
PagerDutyClear leader
Enterprise
50%
Data platform
Workflow orchestration
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
PrefectContested
SMB
23%
Mid-market
24%
Apache AirflowContested
Enterprise
29%
IT operations and endpoint
IT asset management
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Snipe-ITClear leader
SMB
41%
Mid-market
24%
ServiceNow IT Asset ManagementClear leader
Enterprise
62%
IT operations and endpoint
Infrastructure monitoring
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Site24x7Contested
SMB
22%
Mid-market
24%
DatadogContested
Enterprise
35%
Identity and access
Customer identity and access management
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
ClerkContested
SMB
27%
Auth0 tiedClear leader
Mid-market
22%
Enterprise
47%
IT operations and endpoint
Endpoint protection
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Microsoft Defender for CloudClear leader
SMB
50%
Mid-market
22%
Microsoft Defender for EndpointClear leader
Enterprise
46%
Identity and access
Identity governance
A different leader in every segment
AccessOwlContested
SMB
25%
LumosContested
Mid-market
20%
SailPoint Identity Security CloudClear leader
Enterprise
53%
IT operations and endpoint
Log management
A different leader in every segment
Better StackContested
SMB
34%
Datadog Log ManagementContested
Mid-market
20%
SplunkClear leader
Enterprise
41%
Security operations
Endpoint detection and response
A different leader in every segment
Huntress Managed EDRClear leader
SMB
44%
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR tiedContested
Mid-market
20%
CrowdStrike Falcon InsightClear leader
Enterprise
50%
Data platform
ML platforms
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
Google Vertex AIContested
SMB
17%
Databricks Mosaic AIContested
Mid-market
19%
Enterprise
33%
Security operations
GRC platforms
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Vanta tiedContested
SMB
22%
Mid-market
14%
ServiceNow Integrated Risk ManagementContested
Enterprise
36%
Security operations
Threat intelligence platforms
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
NordStellarContested
SMB
19%
Mid-market
13%
Recorded Future Intelligence CloudClear leader
Enterprise
61%
Security operations
AI security platforms
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
Collecting
SMB
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Collecting
Mid-market
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Enterprise
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Security operations
AI SOC agents
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
Collecting
SMB
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Collecting
Mid-market
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Enterprise
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Security operations
API security platforms
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
Collecting
SMB
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Collecting
Mid-market
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Enterprise
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Security operations
Breach and attack simulation
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
Collecting
SMB
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Collecting
Mid-market
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Enterprise
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Security operations
Business continuity management
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
Collecting
SMB
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Collecting
Mid-market
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Enterprise
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Security operations
Client-side protection
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
Collecting
SMB
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Mid-market
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Enterprise
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Security operations
Communications archiving and compliance
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
Collecting
SMB
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Mid-market
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Enterprise
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Security operations
Cyber risk quantification
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
Collecting
SMB
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Mid-market
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Enterprise
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Security operations
Data security posture management
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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SMB
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Mid-market
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Security operations
Deception technology
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
Collecting
SMB
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Mid-market
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Security operations
Digital risk protection
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
Collecting
SMB
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Mid-market
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Security operations
Enterprise browsers
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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SMB
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Mid-market
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Security operations
Insider risk management
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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Security operations
Network detection and response
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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Security operations
OT and IoT security
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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Security operations
SaaS security posture management
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
AI IT support agents
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
AIOps platforms
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
Business phone systems
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
Data center infrastructure management
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
Digital employee experience
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
Enterprise architecture tools
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
IT documentation
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
IT financial management
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
Microsoft 365 management
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
Process mining
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
Remote support and remote access
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
Robotic process automation
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
SaaS management platforms
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
Telemetry pipelines
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
Video conferencing
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
Virtual desktops
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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IT operations and endpoint
Website and synthetic monitoring
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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Cloud and infrastructure
Colocation providers
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Cloud and infrastructure
Enterprise storage systems
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Cloud and infrastructure
Server virtualization platforms
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Developer platform
Application security posture management
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Application shielding
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Artifact and container registries
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Communications APIs
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Dynamic application security testing
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Developer platform
Internal developer portals
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Secure code training
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AI governance platforms
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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Data catalogs and governance
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Data masking and test data management
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Data quality and observability
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Data virtualization
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EDI platforms
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Embedded analytics
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Enterprise AI assistants
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Intelligent document processing
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Managed file transfer
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Master data management
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Proxy and web data providers
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Time series databases
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Identity and access
Certificate lifecycle management
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Identity and access
Identity threat detection and response
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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Identity and access
Identity verification
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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Identity and access
Non-human identity management
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Network and edge
Bot management
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Data center networking
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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DDI and IP address management
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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DNS filtering
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
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Mid-market
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Collecting
Enterprise
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Network and edge
Load balancers
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
Collecting
SMB
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Collecting
Mid-market
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Collecting
Enterprise
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Network and edge
Managed DNS
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
Collecting
SMB
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Collecting
Mid-market
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Collecting
Enterprise
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Network and edge
Microsegmentation
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
Collecting
SMB
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Collecting
Mid-market
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Collecting
Enterprise
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Network and edge
Network access control
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
Collecting
SMB
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Collecting
Mid-market
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Collecting
Enterprise
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Network and edge
Network monitoring and management
Still collecting in small business and mid-market and enterprise.
Collecting
SMB
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Collecting
Mid-market
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Collecting
Enterprise
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The models asked

Twelve models: the generally available models a buyer meets as a default in an assistant, with search on. A model joins at an edition boundary and stays at least three editions; movement is read over the models both editions asked, so a join never moves a share on its own. The roster rule.
ModelVersion asked forLabHow it searchesIn the set since
Claude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5Anthropicnative searchSeptember 2026
GPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-miniOpenAInative searchSeptember 2026
Gemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flashGooglenative searchSeptember 2026
Perplexity SonarsonarPerplexitynative searchSeptember 2026
Grok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoningxAIgateway, Perplexity searchNovember 2026
Mistral Smallmistral/mistral-smallMistralgateway, Perplexity searchSeptember 2026
DeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flashDeepSeekgateway, Perplexity searchSeptember 2026
Llama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverickMetagateway, Perplexity searchSeptember 2026
Qwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flashAlibabagateway, Perplexity searchSeptember 2026
Kimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2Moonshotgateway, Perplexity searchSeptember 2026
GLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashxZ.AIgateway, Perplexity searchSeptember 2026
MiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5MiniMaxgateway, Perplexity searchSeptember 2026

The record

The prompts, the model set, the vendor table the edition was scored under and the report, free to download and to cite. The raw judge labels and full answers are sent on request.
JSON
Raw judge labels
One row per named product, with the name exactly as written and a verbatim evidence quote.
28.8 MB, by request
JSON
Full responses
Every call with its full answer text, timestamp, version string, search flag, cited URLs, latency and token counts.
23.9 MB, by request
JSON
Vendor table v2026-10.8
Canonical names, aliases, category-scoped readings, exclusions and the change log.
1.9 MB, by request
JSON
Prompts
Every prompt verbatim: six variants across 136 categories for each buyer segment, 816 per segment. Each prompt carries its set; the September 2026 mid-market set, asked as a B2B software company, is kept under its own ids beside the current one.
1.1 MB
JSON
Model set
Pinned models, endpoints, search tools and list prices as of the edition.
17 KB
Markdown
Edition report
The derived report for the edition, including the appendix on loose paraphrase stability.
662 KB
JSON
Calibration repeat: judge labels
The same prompts asked again on September 18, 2026 with nothing changed, over 12 categories. One row per named product, as in the edition file.
5.1 MB, by request
JSON
Calibration repeat: full responses
Every call of the repeat with its full answer text, timestamp, version string, search flag, cited URLs, latency and token counts.
4.2 MB, by request
Markdown
Calibration report
The derived report for the repeat, the per-model flip rates behind the noise floor.
125 KB
Cite this edition
IT AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. it-ai-index.com. Scored under vendor table v2026-10.8.