Data security posture management · October 2026 Edition
Sentra vs Wiz
Seven of fourteen models named Sentra first on the direct prompt; three named Wiz. Sentra was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Wiz by eleven and Sentra carries 26 labels and Wiz 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in sixteen categories this edition.
First-choice share16%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%17%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2629A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Sentra reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Cyera was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Purview vs Sentra · Microsoft Purview vs Wiz · Sentra vs Cyera
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 data security posture management page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
SentraFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWiz
Direct73
Paraphrase01
Comparative021 against Wiz
Budget-constrained113 against Wiz
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Sentra · 1 against Wiz
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Sentra and Wiz stood in it.
| 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 | | | | |
Sentra Wiz first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Sentra on the left and Wiz on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Sentra and Wiz stood in it.
Sentra first, Wiz an alternative
7 of 14 modelsWiz was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Perplexity SonarSentra alternatives: Concentric, Cyera, Prisma Cloud DSPM, Wiz
Grok 4.1 FastSentra alternatives: Concentric AI, Cyera, Varonis Data Security Platform
Mistral SmallSentra alternatives: Concentric, Cyera
DeepSeek V4 FlashSentra alternatives: Concentric AI, Cyera
Llama 4 MaverickConcentric, Cyera, Sentra
MiniMax M2.5Cyera, Sentra alternatives: Concentric, Forcepoint DSPM, Microsoft Purview
Muse Glimmer 30BSentra alternatives: Concentric AI, Cyera
Wiz first, Sentra an alternative
3 of 14 modelsSentra was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashWiz alternatives: CrowdStrike, Cyera, Proofpoint DSPM, Sentra
Qwen 3.7 FlashWiz alternatives: Cyera, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security
Kimi K2Wiz alternatives: BigID, Varonis Data Security Platform
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Cyera alternatives: Netwrix, Normalyze, Sentra
GPT-6 LunaWiz DSPM alternatives: Cyera, Microsoft Purview, Sentra
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniVaronis Data Security Platform alternatives: Microsoft Purview, Teleskope
GLM 4.7 FlashXSecuriti, Varonis Data Security Platform alternatives: Cyera, Microsoft Purview
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
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Sentra leads at mid-market.
Sentra16%#2 of 12Wiz10%#3 of 12Enterprise
What the models said about Sentra
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“AI Multiple's 2026 vendor overview lists explicit cons for Sentra: Not a dedicated "data labeling" service; no deep data discovery or classification capabilities.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Sentra – Recommended for cloud-focused pragmatism, making it a strong fit for mid-market companies heavily invested in cloud environments.” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“the strongest default choice is Sentra if your priority is pragmatic cloud data security with relatively focused deployment” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“Start with Sentra if you are cloud-first, want agentless discovery with reasonable time-to-value and a pragmatic price band.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Wiz
No label in this category carried a quote.
Also compared
Microsoft Purview vs SentraMicrosoft Purview vs WizSentra vs CyeraSentra vs Varonis Data Security PlatformSentra vs IBM GuardiumSentra vs BigIDSentra vs SecuritiWiz vs CyeraWiz vs Varonis Data Security PlatformWiz vs IBM GuardiumWiz vs BigIDWiz vs SecuritiAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full DSPM standing
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.