API security platforms
Asked as “API security platform”, and as “API discovery and protection tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 49 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
12%
Aikido SecurityContested · OWASP ZAP 10%
12Aikido Security10OWASP ZAP10Wallarm API Security67others
12% 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
01
Wallarm API Security10%0%29accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 10% now.
Wallarm API Security10%0%29accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 10% now.05
Akamai API Security6%21%39accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 6% now.
Akamai API Security6%21%39accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 6% now.09
Cloudflare API Shield2%20%20accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 2% now.
Cloudflare API Shield2%20%20accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 2% now.10
Imperva API Security2%24%25accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 2% now.
Imperva API Security2%24%25accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 2% now.Show the two products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
12
Cequence Unified API Protection0%6%17accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
Cequence Unified API Protection0%6%17accepted 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.
Head to head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Wallarm API Security vs Akamai API SecurityWallarm API Security vs Traceable AIWallarm API Security vs Noname SecurityWallarm API Security vs StackHawkOWASP ZAP vs 42CrunchOWASP ZAP vs Salt SecurityOWASP ZAP vs Akamai API SecurityOWASP ZAP vs Traceable AIOWASP ZAP vs Noname SecurityOWASP ZAP vs StackHawk42Crunch vs Salt Security42Crunch vs Akamai API Security42Crunch vs Traceable AI42Crunch vs Noname Security42Crunch vs StackHawkSalt Security vs Akamai API SecuritySalt Security vs Traceable AISalt Security vs Noname SecuritySalt Security vs StackHawkAkamai API Security vs Traceable AIAkamai API Security vs Noname SecurityAkamai API Security vs StackHawkTraceable AI vs Noname SecurityTraceable AI vs StackHawkNoname Security vs StackHawk
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
01Wallarm API Security10%
Wallarm API Security10%02OWASP ZAP10%
OWASP ZAP10%0342Crunch8%
42Crunch8%04Salt Security8%
Salt Security8%05Akamai API Security6%
Akamai API Security6%06Traceable AI6%
Traceable AI6%07Noname Security6%
08StackHawk4%
StackHawk4%09Cloudflare API Shield2%
Cloudflare API Shield2%10Imperva API Security2%
Imperva API Security2%11Postman2%
Postman2%12Cequence Unified API Protection0%
Cequence Unified API Protection0%13Traceable0%
Traceable0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, 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.
Salt Security33%
14 of 43 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Another platform frequently mentioned as having significant setup and operational overhead.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Noname Security
43%
6 of 14 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Criticized for long setup times, limited remediation guidance... Some experts consider it less effective compared to newer agentless approaches” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Akamai API Security21%
8 of 39 labels negative · 5 of 14 models
“If you use cloud-delivery platforms (like Cloudflare, Fastly, or Akamai) on their basic, entry-level, or pro tiers, do not assume your APIs are safe.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
F557%
4 of 7 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“using a standard WAF (like a legacy Check Point WAF, F5, or generic Cloud WAF) as an API security solution... Why to avoid” GLM 4.7 FlashX, 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
78 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. 1080 links across 230 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 · Radware55 answers · 91 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G237 answers · 39 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Akamai33 answers · 37 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Zuplo27 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G225 answers · 40 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Beagle Security24 answers · 32 citations · 12 models
24 answers · 29 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Indusface21 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
19 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
18 answers · 22 citations · 7 models
vendor site · CyberPress17 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
17 answers · 17 citations · 9 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.
46 answers · 10 models
33 answers · 10 models
30 answers · 12 models
27 answers · 10 models
21 answers · 11 models
20 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 10 models
16 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 “api security platform”, “api security platforms”, “best api security platform”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aikido aikido.dev Aikido Security 12% | 12% | 342 | 2,400 | 51 | 6,442 company | $936 | 120 | 7 |
| Wallarm API Security wallarm.com | 10% | 75 | 50 | 0 | 80,870 | 0 | ||
| OWASP ZAP owasp.org | 10% | 177 | 3,600 | 122 | 365,222 | |||
| 42Crunch 42crunch.com | 8% | 81 | 320 | 4 | 380 | 0 | ||
| Salt Security salt.security | 8% | 124 | 880 | 135 | 2,611 | 21 | 4 | |
| Akamai parent site Akamai API Security 6% | 6% | 121 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||||
| Traceable AI traceable.ai | 6% | 47 | 170 | 10 | 1,793 | 3 | ||
| Noname Security | 6% | 390 | 7 | |||||
| StackHawk stackhawk.com | 4% | 142 | 590 | 10 | 8,458 | 8 | 1 | |
| Zuplo zuplo.com | 4% | 154 | 390 | 0 | 7,963 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (akamai.com, indusface.com, radware.com). The first result for “api security platform” is opentext.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 API security platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which API discovery and protection tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top API security platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best API security platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a API security platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which API security platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Salt SecurityImperva API Security, Salt SecurityChangedno first choice42Crunch, Traceable AIno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
42Crunch, Wallarm API SecurityOne alternative
Akto API SecurityThree alternatives
Akto, Cloudflare API Shield, PostmanGPT-5.4 miniAkamai API SecurityWallarm API SecurityChangedAkamai API Securityagainst: Noname Security42Crunchagainst: Salt Securityno first choiceagainst: 42Crunch, APIsec, Imperva API Security, ThreatX
Three alternatives
Akto, Imperva API Security, Traceable API Security PlatformOne alternative
TraceableFour alternatives
42Crunch, Imperva API Security, Salt Security, TraceableOne alternative
Akamai API SecurityGemini 3.5 FlashWallarm API SecurityCloudflare API Gateway, EscapeChangedagainst: Salt Security, TraceableSalt Security, Traceable AIAktoagainst: Akamai API Security, Noname, Salt Security, Traceableno first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Cloudflare API Shield, Fastly, Kong Gateway, Neosec, Noname Security, Traceable AI, Wib Security
Four alternatives
Cloudflare API Shield, Harness WAAP, Salt Security, StackHawkTwo alternatives
Indusface AppTrana, Wallarm API SecurityFour alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Wallarm API SecuritySix alternatives
42Crunch, Escape, Gravitee, Kong Gateway, Nuclei, OWASP ZAPPerplexity SonarAikido Securityagainst: Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API ProtectionAikido SecurityHeldno first choiceAikido Securityagainst: Akamai API Security, Salt Securityno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Check Point CloudGuard WAFTwo alternatives
Akamai API Security, Imperva API SecurityThree alternatives
42Crunch, Beagle Security, StackHawkGrok 4.1 FastSalt Securityagainst: Imperva API SecurityCloudflare API ShieldChangedagainst: Akamai API Security, Imperva API Security, SaltStackSalt Security, Traceable AIagainst: Apigee, Azure API Management, Cloudflare API Shield, Imperva API Security, OWASP ZAP, RadwareOWASP ZAPagainst: StackHawkSaltStackagainst: Akamai API Security
Four alternatives
Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Noname Security, Traceable AIOne alternative
Kong GatewayFour alternatives
Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, StackHawk, Wallarm API SecurityOne alternative
Tyk Open-Source API GatewaySix alternatives
Akamai API Security, Cloudflare API Shield, F5, Imperva API Security, Traceable, Wallarm API SecurityMistral SmallAikido Security, Data Theorem API SecurityAkamai API SecurityChangedSalt Security42Crunchno first choiceagainst: Noname Security, Salt Security, Traditional WAFs and API Gateways
Three alternatives
Imperva API Security, Traceable AI, Wallarm API SecurityOne alternative
PyntNine alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, F5 Distributed Cloud API Security, Imperva API Security, Microsoft Defender for API, StackHawk, Traceable AI, Wallarm API SecurityThree alternatives
APIsec, OWASP ZAP, PostmanDeepSeek V4 FlashNoname Securityagainst: Salt SecurityAikido SecurityChangedagainst: Noname/Akamai, Salt SecuritySalt SecurityOWASP ZAPagainst: Salt Security, Traceable AIno first choiceagainst: Check Point CloudGuard WAF, F5, Imperva API Security, Noname Security, Salt Security
Four alternatives
APIsec, Postman, Traceable, Wallarm API SecurityTwo alternatives
Beagle Security, Cloudflare API ShieldFour alternatives
Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Traceable, Wallarm API SecurityTwo alternatives
Aikido Security, Cloudflare API ShieldSeven alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Imperva API Security, Noname, SaltStack, Traceable, Wallarm API SecurityLlama 4 MaverickAikido Securityno first choiceChangedno first choiceStackHawkno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
AWS API Gateway with AWS Shield, Salt SecurityTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, RadwareQwen 3.7 FlashNoname SecurityNoname SecurityHeldagainst: Cisco, IBM42Crunch, Salt SecurityStackHawkagainst: Salt Securityno first choiceagainst: Kong Gateway, Tykagainst: Cloudflare API Shield, F5, Imperva API Security, OWASP ZAP, Postman, Standard WAFs, SwaggerHub
Three alternatives
42Crunch, StackHawk, Wallarm API SecurityTwo alternatives
42Crunch, Cloudflare API ShieldFive alternatives
Akamai API Security, Apigee, Cequence AI, StackHawk, Wallarm API SecurityFour alternatives
Apache JMeter, Burp Suite, KrakenD, OWASP ZAPKimi K2Data Theorem, Traceable AIagainst: Noname, Salt Security42Crunch, Wallarm API SecurityChangedagainst: Noname/Akamai, SaltStack, TraceableSalt Security, Traceable AIOWASP ZAPno first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Barracuda, F5, Noname, Noname Security, RapidAPI, Salt Security, ThreatX
Three alternatives
APIsec, Beagle Security, Imperva API SecurityFour alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Wallarm API SecuritySix alternatives
Cloudflare API Shield, Postman, RESTler, Swagger, Treblle, ffufGLM 4.7 FlashXZuploZuploHeldSalt SecurityPostmanno first choiceagainst: Check Point CloudGuard WAF, F5, Postman, apisec.ai
Four alternatives
Apigee, Kong Gateway, Salt Security, Traceable AIFive alternatives
Akamai API Security, Akto, Cequence Unified API Protection, Salt Security, Wallarm API SecurityFour alternatives
Akamai API Security, Cloudflare API Shield, Imperva API Security, Wallarm API SecurityThree alternatives
OWASP Juice Shop, OWASP ZAP, StackHawkMiniMax M2.5Auth0Salt SecurityChangedno first choiceOWASP ZAPno first choiceagainst: Cloudflare API Shield, SaltStack
Four alternatives
Cloudflare API Shield, Imperva API Security, Noname Security, Salt SecurityThree alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Cloudflare API GatewayFive alternatives
42Crunch API Security Platform, Cloudflare Rate Limiting, Postman, Treblle, apisec.aiGPT-6 LunaWallarm API SecurityF5 Distributed Cloud API SecurityChangedAkamai API SecurityWallarm API Securityno first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Harness, Noname Security, Traceable
Two alternatives
42Crunch, Salt SecurityThree alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API ProtectionSeven alternatives
42Crunch, Cequence Unified API Protection, Cloudflare API Shield, Imperva API Security, Salt Security, Traceable, Wallarm API SecurityTwo alternatives
42Crunch, OWASP ZAPMuse Glimmer 30BCheck Point CloudGuard WAF, Traceable AIAkamai API SecurityChangedagainst: Salt SecuritySalt SecurityOWASP ZAPno first choiceagainst: Salt Security
Five alternatives
Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Noname, Salt Security, TreblleTwo alternatives
42Crunch, Traceable AIThree alternatives
42Crunch, Noname Security – now Akamai API Security, Wallarm API SecurityFive alternatives
42Crunch, APIsec, Kong Gateway, StackHawk, TykBold 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 | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:02 | yes | 1 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:31 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:32 | yes | 22 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:04 | yes | 12 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 21 | 35 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:23 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:52 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:23 | yes | 19 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:21 | yes | 19 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:32 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:20 | yes | 4 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:22 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:02 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:23 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:26 | yes | 18 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:01 | yes | 23 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:56 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:26 | yes | 22 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:54 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:13 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:52 | yes | 24 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:58 | yes | 20 | 77 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 16 | 43 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:36 | yes | 4 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:11 | yes | 23 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:51 | yes | 9 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:01 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:56 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:34 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:57 | yes | 8 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 23 | 42 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:43 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:29 | yes | 20 | 45 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:01 | yes | 22 | 71 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:57 | yes | 17 | 33 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 8 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:49 | yes | 15 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:13 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:13 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:49 | yes | 15 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:46 | yes | 23 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:06 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:22 | yes | 23 | 42 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:23 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:33 | yes | 10 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:52 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 25 | 65 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:47 | yes | 9 | 42 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:28 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:49 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:47 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:44 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:53 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:22 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:03 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:13 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:26 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:22 | no | 0 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 18 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 17 | 218 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:28 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 2 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:59 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:24 | yes | 19 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:24 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:23 | yes | 16 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:09 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:12 | yes | 24 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:08 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:42 | yes | 25 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:51 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 10 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:01 | yes | 25 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 23:55 | yes | 22 | 183 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:16 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:20 | yes | 4 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:03 | yes | 22 | 22 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 read as Akamai API Security
Akamai (Noname) read as Akamai API Security
Akamai (formerly Noname Security) read as Akamai API Security
Cequence read as Cequence Unified API Protection
Cequence (or Firetail) read as Cequence Unified API Protection
Cequence Security read as Cequence Unified API Protection
Cequence Security (API Sentinel) read as Cequence Unified API Protection
Check Point read as Check Point CloudGuard WAF
Check Point WAF (CloudGuard WAF) read as Check Point CloudGuard WAF
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare API Shield
Cloudflare (API Shield) read as Cloudflare API Shield
Cloudflare (Application Security & Performance / API Shield) read as Cloudflare API Shield
Imperva read as Imperva API Security
Kong read as Kong Gateway
Wallarm read as Wallarm API Security
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS API Gateway with AWS Shield
Akto API Security
Apache JMeter
Astra API Security Platform
Cequence AI
Cloudflare Rate Limiting
Data Theorem API Security
Harness WAAP (by Traceable AI)
Karate
Levo
Noname Security – now Akamai API Security
RESTler
Standard WAFs
Traditional WAFs and API Gateways
Tyk Open-Source API Gateway
Wib Security
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.