Microsegmentation for small business buyers
Asked as “microsegmentation solution”, and as “east-west network segmentation tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 67 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; 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
16%
Contested · Illumio Segmentation 12%
16Zero Networks Segment12Illumio Segmentation06Akamai Guardicore Segmentation66others
16% 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 fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the one product 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.
Head to head
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
ColorTokens Xshield vs Zero Networks SegmentColorTokens Xshield vs Zscaler Private AccessColorTokens Xshield vs VMware NSXIllumio Segmentation vs Akamai Guardicore SegmentationIllumio Segmentation vs FaddomIllumio Segmentation vs Zero Networks SegmentIllumio Segmentation vs Zscaler Private AccessIllumio Segmentation vs VMware NSXAkamai Guardicore Segmentation vs FaddomAkamai Guardicore Segmentation vs Zero Networks SegmentAkamai Guardicore Segmentation vs Zscaler Private AccessAkamai Guardicore Segmentation vs VMware NSXFaddom vs Zero Networks SegmentFaddom vs Zscaler Private AccessFaddom vs VMware NSXZero Networks Segment vs Zscaler Private AccessZero Networks Segment vs VMware NSXZscaler Private Access vs VMware NSX
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% negative30%
Key
01Zero Networks Segment16%
Zero Networks Segment16%02Illumio Segmentation12%
Illumio Segmentation12%03Faddom6%
Faddom6%04Akamai Guardicore Segmentation6%
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation6%05ColorTokens Xshield4%
ColorTokens Xshield4%06Elisity4%
Elisity4%07Cisco Secure Workload4%
Cisco Secure Workload4%08AWS Security Groups3%
09Zscaler Private Access1%
Zscaler Private Access1%10VMware NSX0%
VMware NSX0%What they warned about
Zero of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. 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 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.
VMware NSX68%
19 of 28 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“implementing a traditional enterprise microsegmentation solution (such as VMware NSX or Cisco Secure Workload) is almost always a mistake” Gemini 3.5 Flash, direct prompt
Cisco Secure Workload56%
15 of 27 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“platform-specific tools lacking agentless options—avoid if your environment is dynamic or multi-cloud” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
Illumio Segmentation52%
29 of 56 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“Why avoid Enterprise solutions for now? Solutions like **Illumio Core** or **Palo Alto Prisma Cloud** ... often means paying thousands of dollars per month” GLM 4.7 FlashX, comparative prompt
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation38%
15 of 39 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Avoid "Big Name" Enterprise Suites: Tools like **Illumio**, **Akamai Guardicore**, and **Prisma Cloud**” Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget 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
79 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. 1150 links across 200 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.
vendor site · CyberPress57 answers · 57 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Elisity48 answers · 77 citations · 12 models
37 answers · 42 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G234 answers · 54 citations · 11 models
33 answers · 39 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Zero Networks32 answers · 55 citations · 13 models
vendor site · SourceForge31 answers · 45 citations · 12 models
29 answers · 34 citations · 10 models
27 answers · 36 citations · 9 models
27 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
27 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Tigera26 answers · 36 citations · 10 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.
57 answers · 12 models
39 answers · 12 models
36 answers · 11 models
29 answers · 11 models
28 answers · 10 models
25 answers · 9 models
24 answers · 8 models
24 answers · 12 models
19 answers · 9 models
18 answers · 10 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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| Zero Networks Segment zeronetworks.com | 16% | 95 | 10 | 2 | 27,418 | 7 | 4 | |
| Illumio Segmentation illumio.com | 12% | 165 | 30 | 3 | 25,056 | 78 | 3 | |
| Faddom faddom.com | 6% | 39 | 390 | 8 | 5,183 | $1,015 | 1 | |
| Akamai parent site Akamai Guardicore Segmentation 6% | 6% | 147 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||||
| ColorTokens Xshield colortokens.com | 4% | 83 | 30 | 1 | 693 | 0 | 6 | |
| Elisity elisity.com | 4% | 82 | 1,000 | 16,992 | 1,097 | 5 | 4 | |
| Tailscale tailscale.com | 4% | 94 | 165,000 | 2,416 | 115,710 | 33 | ||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Secure Workload 4% | 4% | 90 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| AWS parent site AWS Security Groups 3% | 3% | 12 | 368,000 | 114,001 | ||||
| Azure Network Security Groups | 3% | 301,000 | 47,904 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 11 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (elisity.com, gartner.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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which east-west network segmentation tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top microsegmentation solutions for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best microsegmentation solution for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a microsegmentation solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which microsegmentation solutions should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5ColorTokens Xshield, Zero Networks SegmentIllumio SegmentationChangedColorTokens Xshield, Zero Networks SegmentColorTokens Xshieldno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Workload
One alternative
Illumio SegmentationOne alternative
Zscaler Private AccessOne alternative
Illumio SegmentationOne alternative
FaddomGPT-5.4 miniCisco Secure WorkloadIllumio SegmentationChangedIllumio Segmentation, Zscaler Private AccessCisco Secure Workloadno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Palo Alto NetworksSix alternatives
Arista, Cisco, Faddom, HPE, Tufin, Zscaler Private AccessTwo alternatives
Fortinet, VMware NSXOne alternative
VLANs, firewall rules, and identity-based accessGemini 3.5 FlashZero Networks Segmentagainst: Cisco Secure Workload, VMware NSXTailscale, TwingateChangedagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationZero Networks Segmentagainst: Cisco Secure Workload, VMware NSXNetBird, Tailscaleagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Core, VMware NSXZero Networks Segmentagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workloadagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cilium, Cisco ACI, Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio Segmentation, VMware vDefend
Five alternatives
ColorTokens Xshield, CrowdStrike Falcon Firewall Management, Elisity, Illumio Edge, SentinelOne Firewall ControlTwo alternatives
Native Cloud Security Groups & Network Security Groups, Zero Networks SegmentFour alternatives
ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, Faddom, Illumio SegmentationThree alternatives
Active Directory GPOs + Windows Defender Firewall, Cloud Security Groups / Network Security Groups, Project CalicoFour alternatives
Illumio Segmentation, Tailscale, Tigera, TwingatePerplexity SonarIllumio Segmentation, Zero Networks SegmentIllumio SegmentationChangedAWS Security Groups, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Azure Network Security Groups, Illumio Segmentationagainst: Cisco Secure Workloadno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure WorkloadTwo alternatives
Cisco Secure Workload, Zero Networks SegmentFour alternatives
Elisity, Nutanix Flow Network Security, VMware NSX, Zero Networks SegmentTwo alternatives
ColorTokens Xshield, Zscaler Private AccessGrok 4.1 FastAkamai Guardicore SegmentationZero Networks SegmentChangedIllumio Segmentationagainst: Cisco Secure Workload, Nutanix Flow, VMware NSXTigera Calico Open Sourceagainst: Akamai, Guardicore, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSXElisity, Zero Networks Segmentagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentationagainst: Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio Segmentation, Prisma Cloud, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
ColorTokens Xshield, Illumio SegmentationTwo alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Elisity, Zero Networks SegmentFour alternatives
12Port Horizon, Cilium, Faddom, IstioTwo alternatives
Illumio Segmentation, TigeraMistral SmallAkamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationCisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto NetworksChangedagainst: VMware NSXAkamai Guardicore Segmentation, Zscaler Private Accessagainst: Cisco Secure Workload, ColorTokens XshieldFaddom, Illumio SegmentationAWS Security Groups, Azure Network Security Groupsagainst: VMware NSXagainst: ColorTokens Xshield
Two alternatives
Tufin, Unisys StealthOne alternative
ElisityThree alternatives
Faddom, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSXOne alternative
RidgeShieldSeven alternatives
Calico, Cilium, Cloudflare Access, Google Cloud Firewall Rules, Guardicore, Illumio Segmentation, TailscaleDeepSeek V4 Flash12Port Horizon, Akamai Guardicore Segmentationagainst: Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSXZero Networks SegmentChangedagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSXTigera, Zero Networks Segmentagainst: Illumio SegmentationAWS Security Groups, Azure Network Security Groups, Enclaveagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, ColorTokens Xshield, Illumio SegmentationElisity, Zero Networks Segmentagainst: Cisco ACI, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSXagainst: Cisco Secure Workload, Guardicore, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSX
One alternative
ColorTokens XshieldOne alternative
Akamai Guardicore SegmentationThree alternatives
Calico, Cilium, FaddomOne alternative
Akamai Guardicore SegmentationLlama 4 MaverickColorTokens Xshieldno first choiceChangedno first choiceFaddomno first choicenothing named
One alternative
RidgeShieldQwen 3.7 FlashZscaler Internet Accessagainst: Broadcom NSX, Illumio SegmentationTigera CalicoChangedagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSXTigeraSideChannel Enclaveagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentation, Prisma Cloudno first choiceagainst: FireMon, McAfee, Tufin, VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Two alternatives
ColorTokens Xshield, FaddomOne alternative
FaddomThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, ColorTokens Xshield, Illumio SegmentationTwo alternatives
Calico, FaddomSeven alternatives
Calico, Cisco Secure Workload, Orca, Palo Alto Networks, Tenable.io Network Control, Wiz, Zscaler Private AccessKimi K2Cloudflare One, Tailscaleagainst: Illumio Segmentation, Zscaler Private AccessZero Networks SegmentChangedagainst: VLAN-based segmentationFaddomagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio SegmentationOPNsense, pfSenseagainst: HashiCorp Consul Connect, Illumio Segmentation, IstioElisityagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, FireMon, Illumio Segmentation, Tufin Orchestration Suite, VMware NSX
One alternative
TwingateTwo alternatives
VMware NSX, Zscaler Cloud Workload SegmentationThree alternatives
ColorTokens Xshield, Elisity, Zero Networks SegmentTwo alternatives
Calico Open Source, Zero Networks SegmentFour alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Illumio Segmentation, Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler Private AccessGLM 4.7 FlashXCisco Secure Workloadagainst: Illumio SegmentationAkamai Guardicore SegmentationChanged12Port Horizon, Faddomagainst: Illumio Segmentation, Prisma CloudFaddomagainst: Prisma Cloud, VMware NSXno first choiceagainst: Illumio Segmentationagainst: Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSX
Three alternatives
Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, RidgeShieldThree alternatives
Ubiquiti UDM-Pro / UDM-SE, VLANs on Managed Switches, Zero Networks SegmentOne alternative
OpinnateFive alternatives
AWS Security Groups, Azure Network Security Groups, RidgeShield, Windows Firewall, iptablesMiniMax M2.5Illumio Core, Zscaler Private Accessagainst: Cisco Secure Workload, Linux iptables/nftables scripts, Palo Alto Networks VM\u2011Series / Prisma, VMware NSX12Port Horizon, Calico CloudChangedagainst: Illumio Segmentationno first choiceagainst: Illumio SegmentationCloud-Native Security Groupsagainst: Illumio SegmentationIllumio Segmentationnothing named
Five alternatives
AWS Network Firewall, AWS Security Groups, Cloudflare One, Kube\u2011NetworkPolicies, Open Policy AgentOne alternative
Zero Networks SegmentSix alternatives
AWS Security Groups, Azure Network Security Groups, Calico Open Source, ColorTokens Xshield, Kubernetes Network Policies, Zero Networks SegmentThree alternatives
12Port Horizon, Cisco ISE, FaddomThree alternatives
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Elisity, Zero Networks SegmentGPT-6 LunaAWS, Azure, Google CloudZero Networks SegmentChangedAWS Security Groupsagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio SegmentationWindows Defender Firewallagainst: Tailscaleno first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio Segmentation, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio SegmentationOne alternative
AWS Security GroupsTwo alternatives
Cilium, TailscaleThree alternatives
AWS Security Groups, Azure Network Security Groups, Microsoft Defender for CloudOne alternative
Illumio SegmentationMuse Glimmer 30BFaddom, RidgeShieldagainst: Airlock Microgateway, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco, Illumio Segmentation, Zscaler Private AccessZero Networks SegmentChangedagainst: Illumio CoreColorTokens Xshield, Faddomagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Guardicore, Illumio Segmentationno first choiceIllumio Segmentationagainst: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, Cisco ISE, Cisco Secure Workload, Illumio Segmentation, Tufin Orchestration Suite, VMware NSX
One alternative
ColorTokens XshieldTwo alternatives
Elisity, Zero Networks SegmentFive alternatives
Calico, Cilium, Faddom, nftables, pfSenseOne alternative
ElisityBold 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 |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:53 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:33 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:08 | yes | 19 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:27 | yes | 16 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:36 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:58 | yes | 12 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:41 | yes | 21 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:45 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:32 | yes | 21 | 60 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:00 | yes | 19 | 39 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:09 | yes | 24 | 103 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:24 | no | 0 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 4 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:22 | yes | 11 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:09 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:09 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:32 | yes | 19 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:57 | yes | 17 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:03 | yes | 24 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:29 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:05 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:57 | yes | 22 | 82 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:56 | yes | 17 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:33 | yes | 20 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:48 | yes | 24 | 76 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:59 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:35 | yes | 19 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:04 | yes | 15 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:05 | yes | 4 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:19 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:08 | yes | 13 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:34 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 7 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:06 | yes | 25 | 56 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:32 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:24 | yes | 13 | 40 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:14 | yes | 24 | 54 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:00 | yes | 21 | 32 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 22:24 | yes | 14 | 27 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:25 | yes | 7 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:38 | yes | 21 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:13 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:46 | yes | 4 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:30 | yes | 18 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:14 | yes | 16 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:01 | yes | 22 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:57 | yes | 12 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:08 | yes | 22 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:15 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:55 | yes | 24 | 67 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:21 | yes | 24 | 52 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:04 | yes | 20 | 145 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:27 | yes | 18 | 58 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:26 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:24 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:53 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:42 | yes | 13 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:53 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:54 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:41 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:02 | yes | 19 | 58 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:32 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:24 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:55 | yes | 19 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 23:30 | yes | 15 | 106 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:46 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:39 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:16 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:31 | yes | 16 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:44 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:30 | yes | 14 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:30 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:53 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:41 | yes | 21 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:32 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:18 | yes | 10 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:14 | yes | 23 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:07 | yes | 19 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:18 | yes | 20 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:51 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:27 | yes | 19 | 29 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
Cisco Tetration read as Cisco Secure Workload
ColorTokens read as ColorTokens Xshield
ColorTokens (Xshield) read as ColorTokens Xshield
Illumio read as Illumio Segmentation
Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation read as Illumio Segmentation
Palo Alto (Prisma/Terraform) read as Palo Alto Networks
Zero Networks read as Zero Networks Segment
Zero Networks (Segment) read as Zero Networks Segment
Zero Networks (Zero Networks Segment) read as Zero Networks Segment
Zscaler read as Zscaler Private Access
Unresolved, counted raw
Active Directory GPOs + Windows Defender Firewall
Airlock Microgateway
Broadcom NSX
Calico Cloud (Tigera)
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security
Cloud Security Groups / Network Security Groups (NSGs)
Cloud-Native Security Groups
CrowdStrike Falcon Firewall Management
Google Cloud Firewall Rules
HashiCorp Consul Connect
Illumio Edge
Kube\u2011NetworkPolicies
Linux iptables/nftables scripts
Native Cloud Security Groups & Network Security Groups (NSGs)
Netgear ProSafe
OpenShift Network Policies
Palo Alto Networks VM\u2011Series / Prisma
Pushwoosh
SentinelOne Firewall Control
Tenable.io Network Control
ThreatLocker Network Control
Tigera Calico
Ubiquiti UDM-Pro / UDM-SE
Unisys Stealth
VLAN-based segmentation
VLANs on Managed Switches
VLANs, firewall rules, and identity-based access
VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Windows Firewall
Windows Firewall / iptables + Group Policy
Zscaler Cloud Workload Segmentation
iptables
nftables
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.