Microsoft 365 management
Asked as “Microsoft 365 management tool”, and as “Microsoft 365 governance and administration tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 55 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
20%
Contested · AdminDroid 16%
20CoreView16AdminDroid15ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus49others
20% 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 mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
03
ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus15%4%25accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 15% now.
ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus15%4%25accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 15% now.07Microsoft 365 Admin Center4%11%18accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 4% now.
10Microsoft 365 Lighthouse2%19%16accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 2% now.
Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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AvePoint Confidence Platform0%0%13accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
AvePoint Confidence Platform0%0%13accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.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.
For buyers
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
CoreView vs Microsoft PurviewCoreView vs Syskit PointCoreView vs Microsoft 365 Admin CenterCoreView vs CIPPAdminDroid vs ManageEngine M365 Manager PlusAdminDroid vs BetterCloudAdminDroid vs Microsoft PurviewAdminDroid vs Syskit PointAdminDroid vs Microsoft 365 Admin CenterAdminDroid vs CIPPManageEngine M365 Manager Plus vs BetterCloudManageEngine M365 Manager Plus vs Microsoft PurviewManageEngine M365 Manager Plus vs Syskit PointManageEngine M365 Manager Plus vs Microsoft 365 Admin CenterManageEngine M365 Manager Plus vs CIPPBetterCloud vs Microsoft PurviewBetterCloud vs Syskit PointBetterCloud vs Microsoft 365 Admin CenterBetterCloud vs CIPPMicrosoft Purview vs Syskit PointMicrosoft Purview vs Microsoft 365 Admin CenterMicrosoft Purview vs CIPPSyskit Point vs Microsoft 365 Admin CenterSyskit Point vs CIPPMicrosoft 365 Admin Center vs CIPP
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
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01CoreView20%
CoreView20%02AdminDroid16%
AdminDroid16%03ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus15%
ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus15%04BetterCloud11%
BetterCloud11%05Microsoft Purview5%
Microsoft Purview5%06Syskit Point5%
Syskit Point5%07Microsoft 365 Admin Center4%
08CIPP4%
CIPP4%09Rencore Governance2%
Rencore Governance2%10Microsoft 365 Lighthouse2%
11ShareGate0%
ShareGate0%12AvePoint Confidence Platform0%
AvePoint Confidence Platform0%13Microsoft Intune0%
Microsoft Intune0%14Orchestry0%
Orchestry0%What they warned about
One 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, 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.
CoreView15%
6 of 41 labels negative · 5 of 14 models
“powerful but enterprise-priced ... even then, it's far more affordable than alternatives like CoreView (which requires ~$20K/year minimum)” DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt
MSOnline PowerShell module
100%
3 of 3 labels negative · 3 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“deprecated 30 March 2024... After this date the module stops working for all tenants and all clouds.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Microsoft 365 Lighthouse
19%
3 of 16 labels negative · 3 of 14 models
“Fine as a starting point for small MSPs, but be cautious about relying on it as your primary management layer.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Microsoft Entra ID29%
2 of 7 labels negative · 2 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Azure AD followed in mid-2025. Any script utilizing cmdlets like `Connect-MsolService` or `Connect-AzureAD` is broken.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, 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
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. 1057 links across 179 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 · G256 answers · 91 citations · 12 models
51 answers · 59 citations · 12 models
vendor site · CoreView34 answers · 47 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Microsoft32 answers · 95 citations · 11 models
31 answers · 32 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Microsoft26 answers · 88 citations · 8 models
24 answers · 42 citations · 11 models
vendor site · FitGap23 answers · 31 citations · 9 models
vendor site · AdminDroid22 answers · 38 citations · 11 models
vendor site · ManageEngine19 answers · 34 citations · 8 models
vendor site · SourceForge19 answers · 19 citations · 11 models
vendor site · AdminDroid17 answers · 21 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.
52 answers · 11 models
51 answers · 12 models
31 answers · 12 models
17 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 6 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 microsoft 365 management tool”, “microsoft 365 management tool”, “microsoft 365 management tools”. 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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| CoreView coreview.com CoreView 20%, CoreView ONE 2% | 22% | 110 | 1,600 | 22 | 12,834 | 30 | ||
| AdminDroid admindroid.com | 16% | 75 | 590 | 8 | 9,943 | |||
| ManageEngine parent site ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus 15% | 15% | 64 | 8,100 | 675 | ||||
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Purview 5%, Microsoft 365 Admin Center 4%, Microsoft 365 Lighthouse 2%, Microsoft 365 2% and 3 more | 13% | 438 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| BetterCloud bettercloud.com | 11% | 160 | 1,300 | 8 | 26,677 | |||
| Syskit Point syskit.com | 5% | 43 | 90 | 0 | 12,411 | 45 | 1 | |
| CIPP cipp.app | 4% | 37 | 4,400 | 1,060 | 1,336 | |||
| ShareGate sharegate.com ShareGate Protect 4%, ShareGate 0% | 4% | 58 | 2,900 | 121 | 8,630 | $224 | 120 | |
| Rencore Governance rencore.com | 2% | 35 | 10 | 0 | 716 | 0 | ||
| AvePoint Cloud Governance avepoint.com AvePoint Cloud Governance 2%, AvePoint Confidence Platform 0% | 2% | 56 | 50 | 0 | 8,445 | $33 | 42 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 15 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (g2.com, learn.microsoft.com, manageengine.com, microsoft.com). The first result for “best microsoft 365 management tool” is syskit.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 Microsoft 365 management tool for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which Microsoft 365 governance and administration tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top Microsoft 365 management tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best Microsoft 365 management tool for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a Microsoft 365 management tool. What should we look at?”Negative“Which Microsoft 365 management tools should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5BetterCloudagainst: SyncroManageEngine M365 Manager PlusChangedno first choiceAdminDroid, Asset Management 365no first choiceagainst: AvePoint Cloud Management, BetterCloud, CoreView
Three alternatives
CoreView, ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus, OrchestryTwo alternatives
Powell Governance, Rencore GovernanceOne alternative
Microsoft 365 LighthouseGPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft 365 Admin CenterMicrosoft PurviewChangedMicrosoft 365 Admin CenterMicrosoft 365no first choiceagainst: AIP Unified Labeling add-in for Office, Dynamics 365 COM add-in
Four alternatives
Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Lighthouse, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft IntuneOne alternative
Microsoft 365 Admin CenterFive alternatives
Microsoft Configuration Manager, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Entra admin center, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft PurviewTwo alternatives
Business Basic, Microsoft 365 Admin CenterGemini 3.5 FlashCoreViewSyskit PointChangedagainst: AvePoint Cloud GovernanceAvePoint Confidence PlatformAdminDroidagainst: Cayosoft, CoreViewno first choiceagainst: Azure AD Connect v1, DirSync, Exchange Web Services, MSOnline, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Graph Toolkit, ThreatDown, Trend Micro
Four alternatives
BetterCloud, Cayosoft Administrator, Orchestry, ShareGateThree alternatives
Orchestry, Rencore Governance, ShareGateSeven alternatives
AdminDroid, CIPP, CoreView, ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus, Microsoft 365 Lighthouse, Nerdio, ShareGateFour alternatives
CIPP, CISA ScubaGear, Maester, PowerShellFive alternatives
AdminDroid, AvePoint Cloud Governance, CoreView, Orchestry, ShareGatePerplexity SonarManageEngine M365 Manager PlusMicrosoft PurviewChangedMicrosoft 365 Admin CenterAdminDroidagainst: Microsoft 365 Administrationno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
AdminDroid, Microsoft 365 Admin CenterThree alternatives
Powell Governance, Rencore Governance, ShareGateSeven alternatives
AdminDroid, AvePoint Cloud Management, CoreView, M365 Manager Plus, Nerdio, Syncro, sapio365One alternative
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365Grok 4.1 FastBetterCloudagainst: Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Microsoft 365 LighthouseMicrosoft PurviewChangedManageEngine M365 Manager Plusagainst: CoreView, Microsoft 365 DSCThe Microsoft 365 admin centeragainst: CIPPAdminDroidagainst: Admin Center, Microsoft Purview DLP, Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365against: Azure AD Graph API, AzureAD and MSOnline PowerShell modules, CIPP, Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Two alternatives
AdminDroid, AvePoint Confidence PlatformTwo alternatives
Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Microsoft 365 LighthouseFour alternatives
AdminDroid, AvePoint Cloud Governance, Quadrotech Nova, SyncroTwo alternatives
AdminDroid, Microsoft365DSCThree alternatives
AvePoint Confidence Platform, ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus, Quest On DemandMistral SmallBetterCloud, CoreViewCoreView, Syskit PointChangedCoreViewAdminDroid, CIPPno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Powell GovernanceThree alternatives
AdminDroid, ShareGate, Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365One alternative
Microsoft's Native ToolsDeepSeek V4 FlashManageEngine M365 Manager PlusCoreViewChangedagainst: Orchestry, Syskit Point, ZenityMicrosoft 365 Admin Center, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft IntuneAdminDroidagainst: CoreViewCoreView, ShareGate Protect, Syskit Pointagainst: Microsoft Lighthouseagainst: Augmentt, ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus, Microsoft 365 Lighthouse, Microsoft Intune
Four alternatives
AdminDroid, AvePoint Elements, BetterCloud, CoreViewFour alternatives
Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Purview, Rencore GovernanceEight alternatives
AvePoint Confidence Platform, CIPP, CoreView, ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus, Microsoft 365 Lighthouse, Microsoft Defender, ShareGate, Syskit PointThree alternatives
Microsoft 365 Lighthouse, Native Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Syskit PointThree alternatives
AdminDroid, AvePoint Confidence Platform, inforcerLlama 4 MaverickBetterCloud, CoreViewRencore GovernanceChangedno first choiceNivoAvePoint Cloud Governancenothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashCoreViewManageEngine M365 Manager PlusChangedManageEngine M365 Manager PlusAction1no first choiceagainst: Classic eDiscovery, M365 Admin Center, MSOnline PowerShell module, SharePoint Online Management Shell
Three alternatives
BetterCloud, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft IntuneFour alternatives
CoreView, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Purview, ZyloThree alternatives
AvePoint Confidence Platform, Cayosoft Administrator, CoreViewThree alternatives
Microsoft Intune, N-Protect, SyncroKimi K2BetterCloudagainst: CoreViewShareGate ProtectChangedagainst: CoreViewMicrosoft 365 LighthouseAdminDroidagainst: Native Microsoft 365 Admin CenterAdminDroid, ManageEngine M365 Manager Plusagainst: Native Microsoft 365 Admin Centeragainst: Classic Microsoft Stream, Classic Teams, Exchange Online PowerShell V2 Module, Group-Based Licensing, Microsoft 365 Browser Extension, Microsoft Entra ID, Remote PowerShell (RPS) Protocol, Security & Compliance Center Content Search, Self-Service Password Reset
Two alternatives
AdminDroid, ManageEngine M365 Manager PlusFour alternatives
Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Microsoft Purview, Rencore Governance, Syskit PointFive alternatives
AvePoint Confidence Platform, CIPP, CoreView, Rencore Governance, ShareGateOne alternative
ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus Free EditionTwo alternatives
CoreView, ShareGateGLM 4.7 FlashXCoreViewCoreViewHeldagainst: Native Microsoft 365 ToolsAdminDroidManageEngine M365 Manager Plus, Microsoft 365 Lighthouseno first choiceagainst: Augmentt, CIPP, Native Microsoft 365 Admin Center, SkyKick
Four alternatives
ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus, Rencore Governance, ShareGate, Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365Two alternatives
BetterCloud, Rencore GovernanceSix alternatives
CoreView, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus, Microsoft Intune, Rencore Governance, ShareGate ProtectOne alternative
CIPPMiniMax M2.5AdminDroidBetterCloudChangedAdminDroidCIPPno first choiceagainst: AzureAD PowerShell Module, Classic Azure AD Portal, Customer Service Hub, MSOnline PowerShell module, Omnichannel admin center
Three alternatives
BetterCloud, ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus, ShareGateFour alternatives
CoreView, ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus, Powell Governance, Rencore GovernanceFour alternatives
CIPP, CoreView, ShareGate, Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365Three alternatives
AdminDroid, Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Zero Trust Assessment ToolGPT-6 LunaCoreView ONECoreViewChangedno first choiceagainst: Microsoft 365 LighthouseMicrosoft 365 Admin Centerno first choiceagainst: Exchange Admin Center, MSOnline or AzureAD PowerShell modules
Two alternatives
AdminDroid, ManageEngine M365 Manager PlusThree alternatives
AvePoint Cloud Governance, Microsoft's built-in tools, ShareGate ProtectFive alternatives
AdminDroid, AvePoint Cloud Governance, CoreView, ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus, Syskit PointTwo alternatives
Microsoft 365 Lighthouse, Microsoft Graph PowerShellMuse Glimmer 30BCoreViewManageEngine M365 Manager PlusChangedAdminDroid 365ManageEngine M365 Manager Plusagainst: BetterCloud, SysCloudno first choiceagainst: AzureAD PowerShell, AzureADPreview PowerShell modules, Exchange Online Remote PowerShell v1/v2, Get-*CsDialPlan* cmdlet / Teams Phone cmdlets, IDCRL – Identity Client Run Time Library, MSOnline PowerShell module
Two alternatives
AvePoint Cloud Governance, AvePoint Confidence PlatformThree alternatives
CoreView CoreSuite Pro, Microsoft Entra admin center, Microsoft PurviewSeven alternatives
CoreView, ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus, Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft PurviewOne alternative
AdminDroidSix alternatives
AdminDroid, AvePoint Cloud Governance, CoreView, Orchestry, ShareGate, Syskit PointBold 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 | 2026-10-04 22:08 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:10 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:29 | yes | 18 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 17 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:38 | yes | 17 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:25 | yes | 13 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:48 | yes | 19 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:52 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:00 | yes | 9 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:14 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:51 | yes | 24 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:43 | yes | 16 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:32 | yes | 3 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:12 | yes | 19 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:18 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:47 | yes | 3 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:05 | yes | 12 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 15 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:41 | yes | 19 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:08 | yes | 22 | 57 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:23 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:21 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:43 | yes | 20 | 42 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:01 | yes | 13 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:18 | yes | 8 | 64 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:53 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:33 | yes | 21 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:31 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:49 | yes | 6 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:03 | yes | 20 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:04 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:34 | yes | 18 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:49 | yes | 15 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:48 | yes | 19 | 84 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:42 | yes | 13 | 49 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 18 | 26 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:14 | yes | 21 | 23 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 22:26 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:41 | yes | 7 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:04 | yes | 20 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:00 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:47 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:56 | yes | 15 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:00 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:22 | yes | 9 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:16 | yes | 22 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:40 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:33 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 16 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 23 | 46 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:44 | yes | 13 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:29 | yes | 3 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:08 | yes | 15 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:43 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:52 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:27 | yes | 9 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:08 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:55 | yes | 16 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:47 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:50 | yes | 18 | 52 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:54 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:40 | yes | 17 | 49 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:16 | yes | 19 | 45 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:00 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:58 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:10 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:51 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:07 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:47 | yes | 22 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:39 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:30 | yes | 24 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:48 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:24 | yes | 15 | 52 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:16 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:31 | yes | 23 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 22:41 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:52 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:18 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
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AvePoint (Confidence Platform / EnPower) read as AvePoint Confidence Platform
Quest read as Quest On Demand
Rencore read as Rencore Governance
Veeam read as Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
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AIP Unified Labeling add-in for Office
Asset Management 365
Azure AD Connect v1
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Binary Tree Power365
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CISA ScubaGear
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Classic eDiscovery (Microsoft Purview)
Cloud Sync
Compliance Manager
CoreView CoreSuite Pro
Customer Service Hub
DirSync
Dynamics 365 COM add-in
Exchange Online PowerShell V2 Module (EXO V2)
Exchange Online PowerShell V3 module
Exchange Online Remote PowerShell v1/v2
Fluent UI Web Components
Get-*CsDialPlan* cmdlet / Teams Phone cmdlets
Group-Based Licensing
M365 Lighthouse
MSOnline
MSOnline or AzureAD PowerShell modules
ManageEngine ADAudit Plus
ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus Free Edition
Metalogix
Microsoft 365 Apps admin center / Cloud Update
Microsoft 365 Browser Extension
Microsoft Defender Portal
Microsoft Defender multitenant management
Microsoft Entra Connect v2
Microsoft Graph Toolkit (MGT)
Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management
Microsoft Viva Insights
Microsoft's Native Tools
Microsoft's built-in tools
Microsoft365DSC (open-source)
N-Protect (by N-able)
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Powell365
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Provar
Quest On Demand Audit
Remote PowerShell (RPS) Protocol
Security & Compliance Center Content Search (Legacy Integration)
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SharePoint Online Management Shell (`Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell`)
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Veam Backup for Microsoft 365
Zero Trust Assessment Tool
classic Exchange Admin Center
Discontinued, still offered
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