DDoS protection for enterprise buyers
Asked as “DDoS protection service”, and as “DDoS mitigation provider”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 53 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
57%
Clear leader
57Cloudflare26Akamai Prolexic06Cloudflare Magic Transit11others
57% of first choices, clear leader.
Since September 2026▼−24Since September 2026: 80% → 56%, −24 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Cloudflare held the lead, −24 points on 80%, past the 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
Cloudflare100%Consensus▲+11Since September 2026: 89% → 100%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketCloudflare82%Clear leader▼−9Since September 2026: 93% → 84%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →EnterpriseCloudflare57%Clear leader▼−24Since September 2026: 80% → 56%, −24 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.This page
Cloudflare100%Consensus▲+11Since September 2026: 89% → 100%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketCloudflare82%Clear leader▼−9Since September 2026: 93% → 84%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →EnterpriseCloudflare57%Clear leader▼−24Since September 2026: 80% → 56%, −24 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Cloudflare57%2%64endorsed leader▼−24Since September 2026: 80% → 56%, −24 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.80% → 56%
Cloudflare57%2%64endorsed leader▼−24Since September 2026: 80% → 56%, −24 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.80% → 56%02
Akamai Prolexic26%9%68accepted challenger▲+13Since September 2026: 13% → 27%, +13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.13% → 27%
Akamai Prolexic26%9%68accepted challenger▲+13Since September 2026: 13% → 27%, +13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.13% → 27%03
Imperva DDoS Protection6%5%43accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 4%
Imperva DDoS Protection6%5%43accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 4%04
Radware Cloud DDoS Protection2%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%
Radware Cloud DDoS Protection2%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 four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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NETSCOUT Arbor0%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
NETSCOUT Arbor0%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%06
Azure DDoS Protection0%16%38accepted 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 DDoS Protection0%16%38accepted 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
AWS Shield0%14%66accepted 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 Shield0%14%66accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%07
Google Cloud Armor Lab in the set0%0%16accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Google Cloud Armor Lab in the set0%0%16accepted 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.
Google Cloud Armor is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other thirteen models zero times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
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 →
0102030405060708Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative70%
Key
01Cloudflare57%
Cloudflare57%02Akamai Prolexic26%
Akamai Prolexic26%03Imperva DDoS Protection6%
Imperva DDoS Protection6%04Radware Cloud DDoS Protection2%
Radware Cloud DDoS Protection2%05AWS Shield0%
AWS Shield0%06Azure DDoS Protection0%
Azure DDoS Protection0%07Google Cloud Armor0%
Google Cloud Armor0%08NETSCOUT Arbor0%
NETSCOUT Arbor0%What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 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.
AWS Shield14%
9 of 66 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Hyperscaler-native tools without "Advanced" tiers (e.g., basic AWS Shield Standard, Azure DDoS Protection Basic)**” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
Azure DDoS Protection16%
6 of 38 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“basic AWS Shield Standard, Azure DDoS Protection Basic)**: - Why: Free/limited capacity tied to your cloud usage; fails against multi-Tbps” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
Akamai Prolexic9%
6 of 68 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“pricing is negotiated and typically much higher (starting around $30,000/year), making it less predictable for budgeting” Mistral Small, budget prompt
Sucuri100%
2 of 2 labels negative · 2 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Services/Types to **Avoid for Large Enterprises**: - **Consumer/SMB-focused CDNs with basic DDoS (e.g., some free tiers of Sucuri, basic Cloudflare plans...” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative 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
78 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. 994 links across 181 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 16 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.
vendor site · Radware53 answers · 125 citations · 12 models
46 answers · 48 citations · 12 models
44 answers · 51 citations · 12 models
28 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
vendor site · CyberPress24 answers · 30 citations · 12 models
24 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Flowtriq23 answers · 44 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Liquid Web22 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Guideflow21 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Cloudflare20 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 31 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Indusface18 answers · 19 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.
46 answers · 12 models
44 answers · 12 models
31 answers · 10 models
28 answers · 11 models
27 answers · 10 models
24 answers · 9 models
22 answers · 8 models
21 answers · 10 models
21 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 8 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 “best ddos protection service”, “ddos protection service”, “ddos protection services”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare cloudflare.com Cloudflare 57%, Cloudflare Enterprise with DDoS protection 2%, Cloudflare’s Enterprise plan 2% | 60% | 430 | 550,000 | 10,897 | 4,995,413 | 111 | 2 | |
| Akamai parent site Akamai Prolexic 26% | 26% | 138 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||||
| Imperva DDoS Protection imperva.com | 6% | 104 | 50 | 0 | 417,309 | 6 | ||
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare Magic Transit 6% | 6% | 7 | 550,000 | 10,897 | ||||
| Radware Cloud DDoS Protection radware.com | 2% | 80 | 0 | 43,076 | $21 | 13 | 9 | |
| AWS parent site AWS Shield 0% | 0% | 187 | 368,000 | 114,001 | ||||
| Azure parent site Azure DDoS Protection 0% | 0% | 71 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Google Cloud google.dev Google Cloud Armor 0% | 0% | 57 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 881,346 | 109 | ||
| NetScout netscout.com NETSCOUT Arbor 0%, NETSCOUT Arbor Cloud 0% | 0% | 18 | 50 | 5 | 28,260 company | 71 | ||
| Magic Transit | 0% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cloudflare.com, gartner.com, liquidweb.com, radware.com). The first result for “best ddos protection service” is omr.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 DDoS protection service for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which DDoS mitigation provider would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade DDoS protection services and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best DDoS protection service 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 DDoS protection service. What should we look at?”Negative“Which DDoS protection services should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Akamai ProlexicAkamai ProlexicHeldCloudflareCloudflareno first choiceagainst: Azure WAF
Three alternatives
AWS Shield, Cloudflare, Imperva DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
CloudflareFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS ProtectionGPT-5.4 miniCloudflareAkamai ProlexicChangedCloudflare, Magic TransitCloudflare Enterprise with DDoS protectionno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Fastly DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud ArmorOne alternative
AWS ShieldGemini 3.5 FlashCloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareagainst: Akamai ProlexicCloudflarenothing named
Five alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS ProtectionPerplexity SonarCloudflareAkamai ProlexicChangedAkamai ProlexicCloudflareagainst: Akamai Prolexicno first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS Protection, NETSCOUT Arbor, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
Cloudflare, NETSCOUT Arbor, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionSeven alternatives
AWS Shield, Cloudflare, F5 Distributed Cloud, Fastly DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS Protection, NETSCOUT Arbor Cloud, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionGrok 4.1 FastCloudflareCloudflareHeldCloudflareCloudflareagainst: Akamai ProlexicCloudflare, Imperva DDoS Protectionagainst: AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, F5, Fastly DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS Protection, Sucuri
Three alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionFive alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Google Cloud Armor, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionMistral SmallAkamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionAkamai ProlexicChangedagainst: NETSCOUT ArborAkamai Prolexic, CloudflareCloudflare’s Enterprise planagainst: AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexicno first choiceagainst: StackPath
Two alternatives
AWS Shield, NETSCOUT ArborTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Cloudflare Magic TransitFive alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionDeepSeek V4 FlashCloudflareagainst: AWS Shield, NETSCOUT ArborAkamai ProlexicChangedCloudflareCloudflare Magic Transitagainst: AWS ShieldCloudflareagainst: SiteLock, Sucuri
Two alternatives
Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Cloudflare, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionFive alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, NETSCOUT Arbor, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceAkamai Prolexic, Cloudflare, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionChangedno first choiceCloudflareno first choiceagainst: Akamai Prolexic
One alternative
Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionQwen 3.7 FlashCloudflareCloudflareHeldAkamai Security, CloudflareCloudflareno first choiceagainst: AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection
Four alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, F5, Imperva DDoS ProtectionThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
Akamai ProlexicKimi K2CloudflareAkamai ProlexicChangedCloudflareCloudflare Magic TransitAkamai Prolexic, Cloudflare Magic Transitagainst: AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, DDoS-Guard
Three alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
CloudflareSix alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Fortinet FortiDDoS, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
AWS ShieldOne alternative
Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionGLM 4.7 FlashXCloudflareAkamai ProlexicChangedAkamai ProlexicCloudflareagainst: AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexicno first choiceagainst: Azure DDoS Protection, Cosmic Guard, DDoS‑Guard, Imperva DDoS Protection, Indusface AppTrana, Path.net, Radware Cloud DDoS Protection, Tcpshield
Four alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Imperva DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, CloudflareSix alternatives
AWS Shield, Cloudflare, Fastly DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
Azure DDoS ProtectionMiniMax M2.5Akamai Prolexic, CloudflareCloudflareChangedCloudflareCloudflareagainst: Azure DDoS Protectionno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
AWS Shield, Google Cloud ArmorSix alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionFour alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Azure DDoS Protection, Google Cloud ArmorTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai ProlexicGPT-6 LunaCloudflareCloudflareHeldno first choiceCloudflareno first choiceagainst: AWS Shield, Cloudflare
Three alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Google Cloud ArmorTwo alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai ProlexicThree alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, Magic TransitMuse Glimmer 30BAkamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionAkamai ProlexicChangedCloudflare, Magic TransitCloudflareCloudflareagainst: AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Two alternatives
Cloudflare, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionTwo alternatives
Cloudflare, Imperva DDoS ProtectionSix alternatives
AWS Shield, Akamai Prolexic, F5 Distributed Cloud, Google Cloud Armor, Imperva DDoS Protection, Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionOne alternative
AWS ShieldTwo alternatives
Akamai Prolexic, Imperva DDoS ProtectionBold 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 11:34 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:25 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:31 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:51 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:03 | yes | 25 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:51 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:22 | yes | 22 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:13 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 13:25 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:09 | yes | 9 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:05 | yes | 19 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:11 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 07:37 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:39 | yes | 22 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 13:38 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:07 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:24 | yes | 13 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:58 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:48 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:10 | yes | 11 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:47 | yes | 18 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:53 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:56 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:23 | yes | 7 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:50 | yes | 15 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:29 | no | 0 | 41 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:01 | yes | 3 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:17 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:42 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:31 | yes | 6 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:44 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:09 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:43 | yes | 15 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:45 | yes | 7 | 18 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:48 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:50 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:03 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:30 | yes | 20 | 28 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:14 | yes | 10 | 48 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:54 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:03 | yes | 8 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 12:05 | yes | 15 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:02 | yes | 16 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:21 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:12 | yes | 23 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:40 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:40 | yes | 15 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:33 | yes | 19 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:58 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:22 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:49 | yes | 5 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:53 | yes | 22 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:45 | yes | 23 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:39 | yes | 17 | 41 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:20 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:21 | yes | 20 | 45 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:57 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:33 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:17 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:14 | yes | 18 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:05 | yes | 19 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:25 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:41 | yes | 22 | 41 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:14 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:12 | yes | 5 | 38 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:45 | yes | 9 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:41 | yes | 13 | 90 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:19 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:41 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:07 | yes | 13 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 07:43 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:27 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:34 | yes | 6 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:33 | yes | 23 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:33 | yes | 21 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:49 | yes | 13 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:37 | yes | 21 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:28 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 13:14 | yes | 5 | 47 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:33 | yes | 23 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:26 | yes | 20 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 13:11 | yes | 10 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:17 | yes | 3 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:42 | yes | 18 | 49 s |
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
AWS read as AWS Shield
Akamai read as Akamai Prolexic
Akamai (Prolexic / App & API Protector) read as Akamai Prolexic
Akamai (Prolexic) read as Akamai Prolexic
Azure read as Azure DDoS Protection
Fastly read as Fastly DDoS Protection
Gcore read as Gcore DDoS Protection
Google read as Google Cloud Armor
Imperva read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (Advanced DDoS Protection) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (Incapsola) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (Incapsula) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (Thales) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (by Akamai) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (by Thales) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (formerly Incapsula) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
Imperva (incapsula) read as Imperva DDoS Protection
NETSCOUT read as NETSCOUT Arbor
NETSCOUT (Arbor) read as NETSCOUT Arbor
Radware read as Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Radware (DefensePro & Cloud DDoS) read as Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Radware Cloud DDoS read as Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Radware DDoS Protection read as Radware Cloud DDoS Protection
Unresolved, counted raw
Akamai Security
Cloudflare Enterprise with DDoS protection
Cloudflare’s Enterprise plan
DDoS‑Guard (ddos‑guard.net)
Fortinet FortiDDoS
NETSCOUT Arbor Cloud
Ribbon
SiteLock
Tcpshield (tcpshield.com)
Verizon DDoS Shield
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.