API security platforms for enterprise buyers
Asked as “API security platform”, and as “API discovery and protection tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 51 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
33%
Contested · Salt Security 31%
33Akamai API Security31Salt Security06Tyk29others
33% 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 an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the three products 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.
Apigee is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other thirteen models one time of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
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%.
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01Akamai API Security33%
Akamai API Security33%02Salt Security31%
Salt Security31%0342Crunch4%
42Crunch4%04Cequence Unified API Protection2%
Cequence Unified API Protection2%05Wallarm API Security2%
Wallarm API Security2%06Traceable AI2%
Traceable AI2%07Noname Security2%
08Apigee2%
Apigee2%09Kong Gateway2%
Kong Gateway2%10Imperva API Security0%
Imperva API Security0%11Traceable0%
Traceable0%12Cloudflare API Shield0%
Cloudflare API Shield0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, 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 and GPT-6 Luna 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.
Akamai API Security12%
7 of 58 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“Vendors with opaque enterprise-only pricing and long production integration timelines, which is the criticism most frequently leveled at Noname/Akamai” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Kong Gateway50%
5 of 10 labels negative · 5 of 14 models
“Many enterprises rely on standard API Gateways (like legacy versions of Kong, Apigee, or AWS API Gateway) for security... they lack deep runtime protection.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Apigee45%
5 of 11 labels negative · 4 of 14 models
“standard API Gateways (like legacy versions of Kong, Apigee, or AWS API Gateway) for security... they lack deep runtime protection.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Imperva API Security15%
4 of 26 labels negative · 4 of 14 models
“has limited integration with platforms outside the Imperva ecosystem and reports of outdated documentation and a lack of expertise among support staff” Claude Haiku 4.5, 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. 1126 links across 254 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 · Radware45 answers · 84 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G238 answers · 40 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Akamai32 answers · 50 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Zuplo29 answers · 36 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Beagle Security29 answers · 34 citations · 12 models
28 answers · 28 citations · 10 models
24 answers · 28 citations · 11 models
19 answers · 28 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Cequence19 answers · 22 citations · 11 models
18 answers · 23 citations · 8 models
17 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G216 answers · 30 citations · 8 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.
37 answers · 10 models
36 answers · 12 models
28 answers · 10 models
28 answers · 10 models
26 answers · 12 models
26 answers · 9 models
25 answers · 12 models
20 answers · 11 models
16 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 8 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 | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
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| Akamai parent site Akamai API Security 33% | 33% | 121 | 27,100 | 1,614 | |||
| Salt Security salt.security | 31% | 124 | 880 | 135 | 2,611 | 21 | 4 |
| Tyk tyk.io | 6% | 208 | 1,300 | 42 | 7,963 | 0 | |
| 42Crunch 42crunch.com | 4% | 81 | 320 | 4 | 380 | 0 | |
| Gravitee gravitee.io | 4% | 90 | 1,000 | 27 | 10,592 | 120 | |
| Cequence Unified API Protection cequence.ai | 2% | 45 | 0 | 950 | 10 | 8 | |
| Wallarm API Security wallarm.com | 2% | 75 | 50 | 0 | 80,870 | 0 | |
| Traceable traceable.ai Traceable AI 2%, Traceable 0% | 2% | 47 | 2,900 | 3,256 | 1,793 | 3 | |
| Noname Security | 2% | 390 | 7 | ||||
| Check Point parent site Check Point CloudGuard WAF 2% | 2% | 18 | 14,800 | 4,487 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (akamai.com, cequence.ai, gartner.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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which API discovery and protection tool would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade API security platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best API security platform for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a API security platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which API security platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceAkamai API Security, Salt SecurityChangedSalt SecurityApigeeno first choiceagainst: 42 Crunch, Imperva API Security, Salt Security, Wallarm API Security
One alternative
Imperva API SecurityThree alternatives
Akamai API Security, Imperva API Security, Traceable AIOne alternative
TykGPT-5.4 miniAkamai API SecurityAkamai API SecurityHeldAkamai API Securityagainst: Imperva API SecurityWallarm API Securityno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Cloudflare API Shield, Fastly, Traceable, Wallarm API SecurityOne alternative
App & API ProtectorFour alternatives
Cequence Unified API Protection, Cloudflare API Shield, Salt Security, TraceableTwo alternatives
Salt Security, TraceableGemini 3.5 FlashSalt SecurityAkamai API SecurityChangedSalt SecurityGraviteeTraceable AIagainst: Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft
Six alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, StackHawk, Traceable AI, Wallarm API SecurityTwo alternatives
Salt Security, Traceable AIFour alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security — incorporating Noname Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Traceable AIThree alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API ProtectionThree alternatives
Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Salt SecurityPerplexity SonarAkamai API SecurityAkamai API SecurityHeldSalt Security, Traceable, Wallarm API SecuritySalt Securityno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Check Point CloudGuard WAF, Imperva Application Security Platform, RadwareThree alternatives
Akto, Noname Security, Wallarm API SecuritySeven alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Akto, Check Point CloudGuard WAF, Cloudflare Application Security and Performance, Imperva Application Security Platform, Orca SecurityOne alternative
Akamai API SecurityGrok 4.1 FastSalt Securityagainst: Apigee, MuleSoftAkamai API SecurityChangedagainst: Traceable AIno first choiceSalt Securityagainst: APIsec, Beagle, Cloudflare API Shield, Postman, StackHawk, Wallarm API Security, ZuploNoname, Salt Securityagainst: Imperva API Security
Four alternatives
Akamai API Security, F5 Distributed Cloud, Noname Security, Traceable AITwo alternatives
Imperva API Security, Salt SecurityFour alternatives
Akamai API Security, Imperva API Security, Noname Security, Traceable AIFour alternatives
Akamai API Security, Imperva API Security, Traceable AI, Wallarm API SecurityMistral SmallSalt SecurityInvicti API Security, Noname Security, Salt SecurityChangedSalt Securityagainst: RadwareTykno first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Postman
One alternative
Akamai API SecurityOne alternative
Radware’s Application SecurityFour alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Wallarm API SecurityDeepSeek V4 FlashSalt SecurityAkamai API SecurityChangedSalt SecurityTykagainst: Akamai API Security, Cloudflare API Security, Kong Gateway, Noname, Salt Security, Traceable AIno first choiceagainst: Cloudflare API Security, Imperva API Security, Postman
Two alternatives
Akamai API Security, TraceableFour alternatives
42Crunch, Cequence Unified API Protection, Radware WAAP, Salt SecurityFive alternatives
Akamai API Security, Apigee, Cequence Unified API Protection, Traceable, Wallarm API SecurityLlama 4 MaverickCheck Point CloudGuard WAFAkamai API SecurityChangedJitno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Wallarm API Security
Three alternatives
Fastly Next-Gen WAF, Radware, ZuploFour alternatives
Invicti API Security, Radware API Security Platforms, Traceable API Security Platform, Wallarm API DiscoveryTwo alternatives
Pynt, Salt SecurityQwen 3.7 FlashAkamai API SecurityAkamai API Security, Salt SecurityChangedSalt SecurityKong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Cloudflare API Shield, F5
Three alternatives
42Crunch, Check Point Software, TraceableThree alternatives
42Crunch, Cequence Unified API Protection, Traceable AIFour alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API Security, Traceable AI, Wallarm API SecurityThree alternatives
Noname Security, Salt Security, TykKimi K2Akamai API Security, Salt SecurityAkamai API SecurityChangedAkamai API Security42Crunchagainst: Akamai API Security, Apigee, Kong Gateway, Salt Securityno first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Neosec, Noname Security, Traceable AI
Two alternatives
Cequence Unified API Protection, Traceable AIFour alternatives
Cequence Unified API Protection, Imperva API Security, Salt Security, Traceable AIFive alternatives
42Crunch, Cequence Unified API Protection, Salt Security, Traceable AI, Wallarm API SecurityFive alternatives
Indusface, MuleSoft, Radware, Tyk, Wallarm API SecurityGLM 4.7 FlashXAkamai API Security, Salt SecurityAkamai API SecurityChangedAkamai API Security, Salt SecurityTyk, apPostureagainst: AWS WAF, Apigee, Salt Security, Traceable AIno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway
Three alternatives
42Crunch API Security Platform, Imperva API Security, Radware API ProtectionThree alternatives
Apigee, Kong Gateway, Salt SecurityFour alternatives
42Crunch, Cloudflare API Shield, Imperva API Security, WizMiniMax M2.5no first choiceAkamai API SecurityChangedno first choiceGraviteeagainst: 42CrunchZuploagainst: Apache APISIX, Kong Gateway, WSO2
Four alternatives
Checkmarx One, Imvision, Invicti, Wallarm API SecurityFour alternatives
Akamai API Security, Salt Security, Traceable AI, TykGPT-6 LunaAkamai API Security, Salt SecurityCequence Unified API ProtectionChangedno first choiceagainst: Cloudflare API Shield42Crunchagainst: SaltStackno first choiceagainst: Akamai's legacy Neosec offering, Amazon API Gateway, Traceable
Two alternatives
Cloudflare API Shield, Harness TraceableOne alternative
Akamai API SecurityTwo alternatives
Akamai API Security, Cloudflare API ShieldMuse Glimmer 30BSalt SecuritySalt SecurityHeldSalt SecuritySalt Securityagainst: 42Crunchno first choiceagainst: Akamai API Security, Noname
Two alternatives
42Crunch, Akamai API SecurityTwo alternatives
Akamai API Security, Noname SecuritySix alternatives
Akamai API Security, Cloudflare API Shield, Imperva API Security, Noname Security, Traceable AI, Wallarm API SecurityThree alternatives
Akamai API Security, Cequence Unified API Protection, Wallarm API SecurityBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
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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 | 2026-10-05 01:26 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:41 | yes | 2 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:07 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:56 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:48 | yes | 24 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:55 | yes | 17 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 22 | 42 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:19 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 9 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:52 | yes | 18 | 33 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 23:39 | yes | 18 | 66 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:26 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:48 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:51 | yes | 12 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:19 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 2 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:47 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:43 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:30 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:25 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:41 | yes | 23 | 44 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:08 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:50 | yes | 13 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:55 | yes | 19 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:56 | yes | 24 | 59 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:56 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:53 | yes | 2 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:37 | yes | 23 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:28 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:39 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 18 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:14 | yes | 23 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:27 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:11 | yes | 23 | 49 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 9 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:53 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:49 | yes | 21 | 47 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:02 | yes | 13 | 37 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 7 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:07 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:24 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 13 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:39 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 19 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:13 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:40 | yes | 22 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:32 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:13 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:24 | yes | 22 | 38 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:22 | yes | 22 | 49 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 19 | 43 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:32 | yes | 3 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:36 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:22 | yes | 18 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:25 | yes | 2 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:04 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:33 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:15 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:36 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:00 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:49 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:18 | no | 0 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 25 | 38 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:54 | yes | 22 | 156 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:17 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:31 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:58 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:47 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:01 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 26 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:32 | yes | 17 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:33 | yes | 24 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 13 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:19 | yes | 23 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:35 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:48 | yes | 9 | 52 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:43 | yes | 23 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:21 | yes | 25 | 52 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:19 | yes | 15 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:10 | yes | 4 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:44 | yes | 23 | 25 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 Security read as Cequence Unified API Protection
Check Point read as Check Point CloudGuard WAF
Check Point WAF read as Check Point CloudGuard WAF
Checkmarx read as Checkmarx One
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare API Shield
Imperva read as Imperva API Security
Kong read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Enterprise Edition) read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise read as Kong Gateway
Wallarm read as Wallarm API Security
Unresolved, counted raw
42 Crunch
Akamai API Security — incorporating Noname Security
Akamai's legacy Neosec offering
App & API Protector
Check Point Software
Forum Systems
Harness Traceable
Imvision
MuleSoft Anypoint Security
Radware API Security Platforms
Radware WAAP
Radware’s Application Security
Wallarm API Discovery
apPosture
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.