# Cyber risk quantification: what AI models recommend, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "cyber risk quantification tool" and as "CRQ platform", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 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. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/security/cyber-risk-quantification/

**Standing:** CyberSaint CyberStrong leads with 25% of first choices; verdict contested. 51 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CyberSaint CyberStrong | 25% | 0% | 26 |
| 2 | Kovrr | 12% | 13% | 30 |
| 3 | SAFE Security | 8% | 32% | 40 |
| 4 | Axio | 6% | 16% | 32 |
| 5 | RiskLens | 2% | 37% | 27 |
| 6 | Balbix | 0% | 24% | 17 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Cyrisma; alternatives Black Kite, Maxxsure, SAI360
- GPT-5.4 mini: SAFE Security; alternatives Kovrr, ThreatConnect Risk Quantifier
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Kovrr; alternatives Axio, CyberSaint CyberStrong
- Perplexity Sonar: CyberSaint CyberStrong; alternatives RiskLens, SAFE One
- Grok 4.1 Fast: CyberSaint CyberStrong; alternatives Cyber Quant, Maxxsure, vCISO Lite
- Mistral Small: CyberSaint CyberStrong, Maxxsure; alternatives RiskLens
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: CyberSaint CyberStrong; alternatives Axio, SAFE Security, vCISO Lite
- Llama 4 Maverick: CyberSaint CyberStrong; alternatives Axio, Maxxsure, RiskLens
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: CyberSaint CyberStrong, Maxxsure; alternatives Black Kite, RiskLens
- Kimi K2: CyberSaint CyberStrong; alternatives Axio, Maxxsure
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: CyberSaint CyberStrong, SAFE Security; alternatives Axio, Balbix, LogicGate Risk Cloud, RiskLens
- MiniMax M2.5: CyberSaint CyberStrong; alternatives Bitsight, Black Kite, Kovrr, LogicGate Risk Cloud
- GPT-6 Luna: Axio360; alternatives CyberSaint CyberStrong, SAFE Security
- Muse Glimmer 30B: CyberSaint CyberStrong; alternatives Maxxsure, RiskLens, SAFE Security

## Sources the answers cite

74 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- riskpublishing.com: 40 answers, 52 citations
- kovrr.com: 35 answers, 60 citations
- vcso.ai: 29 answers, 31 citations
- trycomp.ai: 28 answers, 28 citations
- securityboulevard.com: 26 answers, 29 citations
- cybersaint.io: 24 answers, 35 citations
- worldmetrics.org: 23 answers, 30 citations
- vcisolite.com: 21 answers, 28 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://riskpublishing.com/best-cyber-risk-quantification-platforms-compar (37 answers)
- https://vcso.ai/learn/cyber-risk-quantification-tools-comparison (29 answers)
- https://trycomp.ai/hub/top-risk-management-software (28 answers)
- https://vcisolite.com/blog/crq-tools-and-platforms-2026 (21 answers)
- https://kovrr.com/blog-post/the-best-cyber-risk-quantification-tools-in-2026-a-buyers-guide (20 answers)
- https://worldmetrics.org/best/cyber-risk-quantification-software (19 answers)
- https://f6s.com/software/category/cyber-risk-quantification (17 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/cyber-risk-quantification-crq-tools (16 answers)
- https://bankinfosecurity.com/safe-axio-kpmg-dominate-cyber-risk-quantification-rankings-a-28837 (14 answers)
- https://palomarr.com/cs/risk-quantification/top-companies (14 answers)

## Warned against

- RiskLens: 10 of 27 labels negative. "transparent pricing compared to most enterprise CRQ tools (like RiskLens or SAFE Security) that typically start at $25K–$200K+ annually" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- SAFE Security: 13 of 40 labels negative. "such as Kovrr, Safe Security, and Axio) are generally out of reach, as their annual licensing fees frequently scale into the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt)
- Axio: 5 of 32 labels negative. "six-figure platform costs seen for enterprise tools such as Risk Cloud Quantify, Safe Security, Axio and RiskLens" (Muse Glimmer 30B, budget prompt)
- Kovrr: 4 of 30 labels negative. "standard enterprise Cyber Risk Quantification (CRQ) tools (such as Kovrr, Safe Security, and Axio) are generally out of reach" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.