SAFE Security vs Axio
Two of fourteen models named SAFE Security first on the direct prompt; zero named Axio. SAFE Security was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Axio by twelve and SAFE Security carries 40 labels and Axio 32, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category 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 cyber risk quantification page.
By framing
SAFE SecurityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAxio
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, SAFE Security and Axio were named in the same answer seventy-nine times, of the 116 answers naming SAFE Security and the 98 naming Axio. In those answers Axio took the first choice three times and SAFE Security thirty-five.
Every model, every framing
| 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 | | | | | |
SAFE Security Axio first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, SAFE Security on the left and Axio on the right.The direct prompt
SAFE Security first, Axio an alternative
2 of 14 modelsAxio was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
SAFE Security4%#6 of 7Axio0%#7 of 7SAFE Security56%#1 of 7Axio7%#3 of 7What the models said about SAFE Security
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“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 · soft negative
“Safe Security (post-RiskLens acquisition) | ⚠️ Moderate | Partially black-box methodology; auditability of underlying assumptions varies” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Caveat: It can be expensive and may require more administrative overhead to configure properly compared to Kovrr or Axio.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“The only enterprise platform purpose-built on the FAIR (Factor Analysis of Information Risk) framework... Ranked leader in the 2025 Forrester CRQ Wave” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Safe Security leads the 2025 Forrester CRQ Wave after acquiring RiskLens, consolidating FAIR-native quantification with real-world data integration.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“Cloud-first enterprises that want CRQ wired into daily security operations lean Safe Security; its integration depth is the widest in the category.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Axio
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“six-figure platform costs seen for enterprise tools such as Risk Cloud Quantify, Safe Security, Axio and RiskLens” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · soft negative
“Dropped in Forrester rankings due to weak threat/vulnerability intelligence and slow feature rollouts.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“GRC-integrated or asset-focused, but more enterprise-oriented ($75K+)” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · soft negative
“the mid-market sweet spot in 2026 is Axio, specifically Axio360” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd start with Axio for a mid-sized B2B company” GPT-6 Luna · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Axio (Axio360) — *Best Overall for Mid-Market B2B*” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase 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.