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AI security platforms · October 2026 Edition

Wiz vs CrowdStrike

Zero of fourteen models named Wiz first on the direct prompt; one named CrowdStrike. Wiz was named by ten of the fourteen models and CrowdStrike by eight and Wiz carries 14 labels and CrowdStrike 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Wiz

accepted challenger

Named in sixteen categories this edition.

CrowdStrike

accepted challenger

Named in twenty-eight categories this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 6; printed, not drawn.
Labels1416A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Wiz reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.SentinelOne Singularity vs Wiz · SentinelOne Singularity vs CrowdStrike

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; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the AI security platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
WizFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCrowdStrike
Direct01
Paraphrase10
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against CrowdStrike
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Wiz and CrowdStrike were named in the same answer sixty-three times, of the 743 answers naming Wiz and the 382 naming CrowdStrike. In those answers CrowdStrike took the first choice one time and Wiz fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Wiz and CrowdStrike stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Muse Glimmer 30B
Wiz CrowdStrike first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Wiz on the left and CrowdStrike on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Wiz and CrowdStrike stood in it.

CrowdStrike first, Wiz an alternative

1 of 14 modelsWiz was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Qwen 3.7 FlashCrowdStrike, Hidden Layer alternatives: Cyberint, Lakera Guard, OneTrust, Varonis, Wiz

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarSentinelOne Purple AI alternatives: Acronis GenAI Protection, Forcepoint Data Security Cloud, Wiz
Grok 4.1 FastCrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity alternatives: Microsoft Defender XDR, Prisma Cloud, Wiz
GPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Purview alternatives: Check Point AI Agent Security, Defender for Cloud Apps, Noma, Wiz
Muse Glimmer 30BCrowdStrike Falcon Platform with Charlotte AI alternatives: Acronis GenAI Protection, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS, Radiant Security, Wiz

Neither was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniProofpoint AI Security alternatives: HiddenLayer, Palo Alto Networks AI Security / AI Gateway
Gemini 3.5 FlashHarmonic Security, Radiant Security alternatives: Nudge Security, Prompt Security, Torq
Mistral SmallMicrosoft Sentinel, SentinelOne Singularity alternatives: Cyberhaven
DeepSeek V4 FlashCrowdStrike Falcon alternatives: SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Kimi K2Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, Darktrace, Nightfall AI
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Purview, Security Copilot alternatives: 7AI, UnderDefense AI SOC, Wiz AI-SPM
MiniMax M2.5Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity alternatives: Vectra AI Platform

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Level: the same share of first choices.
Wiz0%#– of 7
CrowdStrike0%#– of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Wiz2%#2 of 6
CrowdStrike2%#3 of 6
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Wiz0%#– of 8
CrowdStrike0%#7 of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Wiz

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about CrowdStrike

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Most mid-market companies start by deploying Hidden Layer (for app sec) and CrowdStrike (for infrastructure).” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared
SentinelOne Singularity vs WizSentinelOne Singularity vs CrowdStrikeAll three head-to-head pages and the full AI security standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.