Three of fourteen models named Dropzone AI first on the direct prompt; two named SentinelOne Purple AI. Dropzone AI was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and SentinelOne Purple AI by eleven and Dropzone AI carries 40 labels and SentinelOne Purple AI 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
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 SOC agents page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Dropzone AI and SentinelOne Purple AI were named in the same answer twenty-four times, of the 120 answers naming Dropzone AI and the 36 naming SentinelOne Purple AI. In those answers SentinelOne Purple AI took the first choice zero times and Dropzone AI seven.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“$36,000/year entry price ... likely not a limited-budget choice” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · soft negative
“Autonomous 24/7 alert investigation; collects evidence, classifies true/false positives with confidence scores, proposes responses. Best for high-volume alert reduction” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
“I'd prioritize Dropzone AI because of its quick deployment, predictable pricing, pre-built integrations, and standalone nature” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Dropzone AI is specifically designed for this purpose, offering an AI agent that can autonomously handle alert triage 24/7” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“I'm being a bit more cautious here because the comparison pages are vendor-curated and can be marketing-heavy.” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · soft negative
“frequently cited as the top choice for mid-market organizations because its pricing model does not scale with the number of alerts generated” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“SentinelOne Purple AI is highly recommended for mid-market to enterprise SOCs” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
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.