Microsegmentation
Asked as “microsegmentation solution”, and as “east-west network segmentation tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 56 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each. Added to the September 2026 Edition; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories: how the two compare.
Standing · first-choice share
25%
Contested · Illumio Segmentation 20%
25ColorTokens Xshield20Illumio Segmentation12Akamai Guardicore Segmentation43others
25% of first choices, contested.
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.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the two 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 product 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
Negative label rate →
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01ColorTokens Xshield25%
ColorTokens Xshield25%02Illumio Segmentation20%
Illumio Segmentation20%03Akamai Guardicore Segmentation12%
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation12%04Faddom5%
Faddom5%05Zero Networks Segment2%
Zero Networks Segment2%06Zscaler Private Access2%
Zscaler Private Access2%07VMware NSX2%
VMware NSX2%08Elisity0%
Elisity0%09Cisco Secure Workload0%
Cisco Secure Workload0%What they warned about
Three of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2 and GLM 4.7 FlashX 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.
Illumio Segmentation24%
13 of 55 labels negative · 8 of 12 models
“host agent-based solutions (like some older versions of Illumio, Guardicore, ColorTokens, or TrueFort) can be effective, they require deploying and maintaining agents on every workload” Mistral Small, negative prompt
VMware NSX41%
13 of 32 labels negative · 8 of 12 models
“Broadcom-led VMware NSX: While technically powerful, recent restructuring at Broadcom has caused confusion regarding licensing costs and support models. Be cautious of long-term contracts” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation20%
10 of 51 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid first if budget is tight: Akamai Guardicore, because pricing can be a constraint.” GPT-5.4 mini, budget prompt
Cisco Secure Workload25%
7 of 28 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Frequently called out as problematic... "the worst product"... Avoid if you lack deep expertise or time for constant tweaks.” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
79 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1060 links across 169 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Elisity51 answers · 99 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Tigera40 answers · 52 citations · 12 models
vendor site · CyberPress36 answers · 36 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Zero Networks34 answers · 56 citations · 12 models
30 answers · 36 citations · 12 models
30 answers · 33 citations · 12 models
30 answers · 31 citations · 12 models
27 answers · 52 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Akamai27 answers · 49 citations · 13 models
26 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G223 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Illumio19 answers · 29 citations · 11 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.
42 answers · 12 models
36 answers · 12 models
30 answers · 12 models
26 answers · 10 models
24 answers · 12 models
24 answers · 8 models
21 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 11 models
17 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 microsegmentation solution”, “microsegmentation solution”, “microsegmentation solutions”. 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 |
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| ColorTokens Xshield colortokens.com | 25% | 83 | 30 | 1 | 693 | 0 | 6 | |
| Illumio Segmentation illumio.com | 20% | 165 | 30 | 3 | 25,056 | 78 | 3 | |
| Akamai parent site Akamai Guardicore Segmentation 12% | 12% | 147 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||||
| Faddom faddom.com | 5% | 39 | 390 | 8 | 5,183 | $1,015 | 1 | |
| Cilium cilium.io | 4% | 15 | 5,400 | 304 | 4,632 | |||
| Enclave | 4% | |||||||
| Calico Open Source | 4% | |||||||
| Zero Networks Segment zeronetworks.com | 2% | 95 | 10 | 2 | 27,418 | 7 | 4 | |
| Zscaler zscaler.com Zscaler Private Access 2% | 2% | 195 | 60,500 | 3,104 | 103,886 company | $9,116 | 66 | |
| Calico tigera.io | 2% | 28 | 135,000 | 20,802 | 21,429 | $8 | 12 | 2 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 11 sites; 6 of them are among the sites the models cited here (akamai.com, elisity.com, gartner.com, illumio.com, tigera.io, zeronetworks.com). The first result for “best microsegmentation solution” is gartner.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 microsegmentation solution for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which east-west network segmentation tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top microsegmentation solutions and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best microsegmentation solution for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a microsegmentation solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which microsegmentation solutions should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5ColorTokens Xshieldno first choiceChangedno first choiceCisco Identity Services Engineno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Workload, Guardicore, Illumio Segmentation, Palo Alto Networks, VMware vDefend Distributed Firewall, Zero Networks Segment
Four alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio Segmentation, Zero Networks SegmentThree alternatives
12Port Horizon, Faddom, Zscaler Private AccessGPT-5.4 miniIllumio SegmentationIllumio SegmentationHeldIllumio SegmentationMicrosoftagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentationno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Zero Networks SegmentOne alternative
Cisco Secure WorkloadThree alternatives
Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, VMware NSXOne alternative
Illumio SegmentationGemini 3.5 FlashColorTokens Xshieldagainst: VMware NSXAkamai Guardicore SegmentationChangedagainst: Illumio Segmentation, vDefend/NSXIllumio SegmentationAWS Security Groups, Azure Network Security Groups, GCP Firewallsagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationIllumio Segmentationagainst: Cisco ACI, VMware NSXagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSX
Five alternatives
6sense, Faddom, HubSpot, SideChannel, Zero Networks SegmentTwo alternatives
ColorTokens Xshield, Zero Networks SegmentFive alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco, Elisity, VMware NSX, Zero Networks SegmentSix alternatives
Cilium, Faddom, NetBird, Project Calico, Tailscale, Zero Networks SegmentThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, ColorTokens Xshield, ElisityPerplexity SonarColorTokens Xshield, Zscaler Private AccessIllumio SegmentationChangedIllumio Segmentation12Port, Calico Cloudno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio SegmentationThree alternatives
Forescout, VMware NSX, Zero Networks SegmentSix alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Elisity, VMware NSX, Zero Networks Segment, Zscaler Workload SegmentationTwo alternatives
ColorTokens Xshield, Zscaler Private AccessGrok 4.1 FastColorTokens XshieldColorTokens XshieldHeldagainst: Akamai Guardicore SegmentationAkamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentationagainst: Zero Networks SegmentCalico, Ciliumagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio CoreAkamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentationagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSX
Three alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentation, Zscaler Private AccessTwo alternatives
Zero Networks Segment, Zscaler Private AccessFive alternatives
Cisco, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, VMware NSX, Zscaler Workload SegmentationFive alternatives
Istio, Kubernetes Network Policies, Network Security Groups, Security Groups + Network ACLs + VPC Flow Logs, VPC Firewall Rules + Cloud ArmorFour alternatives
ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, VMware NSX, Zero Networks SegmentMistral SmallColorTokens XshieldAkamai Guardicore SegmentationChangedAkamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationEnclave, FaddomIllumio Core, VMware NSXagainst: ColorTokens Xshield, Guardicore, Illumio Segmentation, TrueFort, VMware NSX
Three alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Elisity, Illumio SegmentationTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Workload, Zero Networks SegmentFour alternatives
Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, Zero Networks SegmentOne alternative
CalicoThree alternatives
Microsoft Azure Microsegmentation, Prisma Cloud, Tigera CalicoDeepSeek V4 FlashColorTokens Xshieldagainst: Cisco Secure Workload, Faddom, VMware NSXIllumio SegmentationChangedIllumio SegmentationCiliumagainst: VMware NSXIllumio Segmentationagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio Core, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationTwo alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, ColorTokens XshieldSix alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, VMware NSX, Zero Networks SegmentThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Faddom, Tigera Calico Open SourceFour alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, Zero Networks SegmentLlama 4 MaverickColorTokens Xshieldno first choiceChangedno first choiceFaddomno first choiceagainst: VMware NSX
Qwen 3.7 FlashAkamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentationagainst: VMware NSXZero Networks SegmentChangedVMware NSXagainst: McAfee, TenableProject Calicoagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentationno first choiceagainst: Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Farsight, Palo Alto Networks, Salt Security, VMwareagainst: Guardicore, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSX
One alternative
ColorTokens XshieldTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Workload, Zscaler Private AccessFour alternatives
Cisco AppVision, F5 Advanced WAF, Illumio Core, Palo Alto NetworksFour alternatives
Faddom, Network ACLs, Security Groups, iptables/nftablesKimi K2ColorTokens Xshieldagainst: Illumio SegmentationAkamai Guardicore SegmentationChangedIllumio SegmentationCalico Open Sourceno first choiceagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentation
Two alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, SideChannel EnclaveThree alternatives
Elisity, Illumio Segmentation, Zero Networks SegmentSix alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, VMware NSX, Zero Networks SegmentFour alternatives
12Port Horizon, Cilium, Faddom, OpinnateGLM 4.7 FlashXColorTokens XshieldAkamai Guardicore SegmentationChangedagainst: Cisco Secure WorkloadIllumio Segmentationagainst: ForescoutEnclave, RidgeShieldagainst: Netskope, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, SELinux/AppArmorno first choiceagainst: VMware NSX
Two alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationTwo alternatives
Illumio Core, Zero Networks SegmentEight alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, Tigera, VMware NSX, Wiz, Zero Networks SegmentFour alternatives
Calico, Faddom, Gatekeeper, Open Policy AgentMiniMax M2.5ColorTokens XshieldColorTokens XshieldHeldIllumio SegmentationFaddomIllumio Segmentationagainst: ColorTokens Xshield, Guardicore, Illumio Segmentation, TrueFort
One alternative
Illumio SegmentationTwo alternatives
Illumio Segmentation, Zscaler Private AccessFive alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, Zero Networks SegmentTwo alternatives
Enclave, RidgeShieldThree alternatives
Calico, VMware NSX, Zscaler Private AccessBold 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
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 | 2026-10-04 23:18 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:44 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:37 | yes | 15 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:09 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:45 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:33 | yes | 22 | 52 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:49 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:58 | yes | 8 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:40 | yes | 19 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:43 | yes | 22 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:24 | yes | 21 | 44 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:45 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:28 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:19 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:30 | yes | 15 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:13 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:37 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:40 | yes | 21 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:26 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:40 | yes | 10 | 45 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:52 | yes | 9 | 44 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:56 | yes | 23 | 55 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 17 | 51 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:34 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:12 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 15 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 16 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:04 | yes | 19 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:38 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:52 | yes | 17 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:36 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:34 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:16 | yes | 16 | 26 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:27 | yes | 22 | 65 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:10 | yes | 24 | 59 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:59 | yes | 16 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:42 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:14 | yes | 18 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:27 | yes | 15 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:43 | yes | 20 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:06 | yes | 11 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:33 | yes | 23 | 71 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:48 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:33 | yes | 18 | 48 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:46 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:31 | yes | 9 | 39 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 8 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:51 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 8 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:19 | yes | 11 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:29 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:30 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:59 | yes | 16 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:44 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:31 | no | 0 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:42 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:06 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:37 | yes | 18 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:49 | yes | 6 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:20 | yes | 27 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:51 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:02 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:33 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:04 | yes | 23 | 49 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:41 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:05 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:54 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:15 | yes | 20 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 5 | 17 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
Akamai Guardicore read as Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Akamai Guardicore Centra read as Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Azure NSGs read as Azure Network Security Groups
ColorTokens read as ColorTokens Xshield
ColorTokens (Xshield) read as ColorTokens Xshield
Illumio read as Illumio Segmentation
Illumio (Illumio Core) read as Illumio Segmentation
Palo Alto read as Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto (Prisma Cloud) read as Palo Alto Networks
Zero Networks read as Zero Networks Segment
Zscaler read as Zscaler Private Access
Zscaler (Zero Trust Exchange) read as Zscaler Private Access
Unresolved, counted raw
12Port
Calico Cloud
Calico Cloud Free Tier
ChurnZero
Cisco AppVision (part of Cisco ACI)
Cisco Secure Workload, formerly Tetration
Farsight (Zayo)
GCP Firewalls
Microsoft Azure Microsegmentation (via Azure Firewall Manager, NSGs, or partner solutions)
NSX Cloud for AWS and Azure workloads
Network ACLs
Network Security Groups (NSGs)
Optimove
SELinux/AppArmor
Security Groups
Security Groups + Network ACLs + VPC Flow Logs
SideChannel (Enclave)
Skybox Security
Tigera Calico
VMware NSX Distributed Firewall
VPC Firewall Rules + Cloud Armor
Zentera
Zscaler Microsegmentation
iptables/nftables
vDefend/NSX
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.