Deception technology
Asked as “deception technology platform”, and as “honeypot and decoy tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 46 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
37%
Contested · Acalvio ShadowPlex 9%
37Thinkst Canary09Acalvio ShadowPlex07HoneyWire48others
37% 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
05
Fortinet FortiDeceptor2%0%10accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 2% now.
Fortinet FortiDeceptor2%0%10accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 2% now.07Illusive Networks2%42%12criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 2% now.
Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
11
Zscaler Deception0%33%12criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
Zscaler Deception0%33%12criticized 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.
For buyers
Head to head
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Thinkst Canary vs Fortinet FortiDeceptorThinkst Canary vs T-PotThinkst Canary vs Illusive NetworksAcalvio ShadowPlex vs TracebitAcalvio ShadowPlex vs OpenCanaryAcalvio ShadowPlex vs Fortinet FortiDeceptorAcalvio ShadowPlex vs T-PotAcalvio ShadowPlex vs Illusive NetworksTracebit vs OpenCanaryTracebit vs Fortinet FortiDeceptorTracebit vs T-PotTracebit vs Illusive NetworksOpenCanary vs Fortinet FortiDeceptorOpenCanary vs T-PotOpenCanary vs Illusive NetworksFortinet FortiDeceptor vs T-PotFortinet FortiDeceptor vs Illusive NetworksT-Pot vs Illusive Networks
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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1011Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
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Key
01Thinkst Canary37%
Thinkst Canary37%02Acalvio ShadowPlex9%
Acalvio ShadowPlex9%03Tracebit7%
Tracebit7%04OpenCanary4%
05Fortinet FortiDeceptor2%
Fortinet FortiDeceptor2%06T-Pot2%
07Illusive Networks2%
08Attivo Networks0%
09CounterCraft0%
10Fidelis Deception0%
Fidelis Deception0%11Zscaler Deception0%
Zscaler Deception0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX, 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.
Illusive Networks
42%
5 of 12 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Pure network-wide standalone deception from Illusive is essentially sunsetted” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Acalvio ShadowPlex14%
6 of 42 labels negative · 4 of 14 models
“look out for **architectural red flags** when evaluating active deception platforms (such as those from Acalvio, CounterCraft, or Fidelis Security)” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Zscaler Deception33%
4 of 12 labels negative · 4 of 14 models
“one listed dislike says endpoint decoys created unnecessary network noise. That's a reason to test the feature in your own network—not, by itself, a reason to reject the product.” GPT-6 Luna, negative prompt
CounterCraft
21%
3 of 14 labels negative · 3 of 14 models
“look out for **architectural red flags** when evaluating active deception platforms (such as those from Acalvio, CounterCraft, or Fidelis Security)” Gemini 3.5 Flash, 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
77 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. 1108 links across 256 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 · Acalvio49 answers · 113 citations · 14 models
vendor site · Guideflow41 answers · 44 citations · 11 models
33 answers · 36 citations · 10 models
29 answers · 29 citations · 11 models
24 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
vendor site · SourceForge22 answers · 35 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G222 answers · 30 citations · 10 models
21 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
vendor site · FitGap19 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 8 models
vendor site · SecurityHive14 answers · 18 citations · 11 models
14 answers · 15 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.
34 answers · 11 models
33 answers · 10 models
29 answers · 11 models
28 answers · 11 models
24 answers · 11 models
20 answers · 10 models
16 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 8 models
13 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 “best deception technology platform”, “deception technology platform”, “deception technology platforms”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thinkst Canary thinkst.com | 37% | 103 | 590 | 8 | 189 | |||
| Acalvio ShadowPlex acalvio.com | 9% | 110 | 20 | 1 | 2,358 | 3 | 3 | |
| Tracebit tracebit.com | 7% | 39 | 390 | 3 | 167 | $813 | 17 | |
| HoneyWire honeywire.dev | 7% | 24 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Canarytokens canarytokens.org Canarytokens.org 4%, Canarytokens 2% | 7% | 12 | 720 | 8 | 778 | |||
| OpenCanary | 4% | 210 | 2 | |||||
| Trapster trapster.cloud | 4% | 24 | 880 | 43 | 216 | |||
| Rapid7 parent site Rapid7 InsightIDR 2%, Rapid7 Incident Command 2% | 4% | 115 | 14,800 | 798 | ||||
| Fortinet parent site Fortinet FortiDeceptor 2% | 2% | 23 | 49,500 | 2,339 | ||||
| T-Pot | 2% | 1,600 | 170 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (acalvio.com, g2.com, linkedin.com, slashdot.org, sourceforge.net). The first result for “best deception technology platform” is cybertrap.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 deception technology platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which honeypot and decoy tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top deception technology platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best deception technology platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a deception technology platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which deception technology platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Deceptive Bytesno first choiceChangedno first choiceThinkst Canaryno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Acalvio 360 Deception, Illusive, Thinkst CanaryFour alternatives
Acalvio ShadowPlex, Illusive, Thinkst Canary, TracebitThree alternatives
Cynet, Fortinet FortiDeceptor, OpenCanaryGPT-5.4 miniThinkst CanaryThinkst CanaryHeldAcalvio ShadowPlexWazuhagainst: CounterCraft, Labyrinthno first choiceagainst: DigitalStakeout, Tracebit
One alternative
Acalvio ShadowPlexOne alternative
T-PotFour alternatives
Attivo Networks, Proofpoint Identity Threat Defense, SentinelOne Singularity, Thinkst CanaryOne alternative
Deceptive BytesGemini 3.5 FlashThinkst CanaryThinkst CanaryHeldProofpoint Identity Threat Defense, SentinelOne Singularity HologramThinkst Canary ecosystemagainst: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Fidelis Deception, SentinelOne AttivoThinkst Canary, Tracebitagainst: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Illusive, Tenableagainst: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Attivo Networks, CounterCraft, Fidelis Deception, Illusive Networks, Microsoft Defender Deception, Smokescreen Technologies, TrapX Security
Two alternatives
SentinelOne Singularity Hologram, TracebitFive alternatives
Acalvio ShadowPlex, FortiDeceptor, HoneyWire, OpenCanary, TracebitFour alternatives
Acalvio ShadowPlex, Commvault Cloud ThreatWise, Thinkst Canary, TracebitFive alternatives
Canarytokens, OpenCanary, T-Pot, Thinkst Canary, TracebitTwo alternatives
Fortinet FortiDeceptor, SentinelOne Singularity DeceptionPerplexity SonarAcalvio ShadowPlexThinkst CanaryChangedAcalvio ShadowPlex, Attivo, SentinelOne SingularityThinkst Canary / Canarytokensagainst: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Fidelis Deception, Proofpoint Shadowno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Fortinet FortiDeceptor, Thinkst CanaryThree alternatives
Cowrie, OpenCanary, Trapster CommunityFive alternatives
Fidelis Deception, Fortinet FortiDeceptor, Proofpoint Shadow, Thinkst Canary, Zscaler DeceptionThree alternatives
Cowrie, OpenCanary, TracebitGrok 4.1 FastAcalvio ShadowPlexagainst: Attivo, IllusiveThinkst CanaryChangedagainst: Cowrie, T-Pot, Trapster, honeypots.studioAcalvio ShadowPlexagainst: SentinelOne Singularity, Zscaler DeceptionHoneyWireagainst: Thinkst Canaryno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Fortinet FortiDeceptor, Thinkst CanaryOne alternative
OpenCanaryFour alternatives
Attivo Networks, Fidelis Deception, Illusive Networks, Thinkst CanaryOne alternative
OpenCanaryMistral SmallAcalvio ShadowPlex, Attivo Networks ThreatDefendThinkst CanaryChangedAcalvio ShadowPlexHoneyWire, Thinkst Canaryagainst: Tracebitno first choiceagainst: Fortinet, SentinelOne Singularity, Zscaler Deception
One alternative
OpenCanaryThree alternatives
Attivo Networks, CounterCraft, Rapid7 InsightIDROne alternative
TrapsterDeepSeek V4 FlashTracebitagainst: AttivoThinkst CanaryChangedagainst: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Illusive NetworksAcalvio ShadowPlexagainst: Cowrie, Dionaea, Honeynet ProjectCanarytokens.orgno first choiceagainst: Cymmetria, Illusive Networks, Smokescreen Technologies, TrapX Security
Three alternatives
Acalvio ShadowPlex, Fidelis Deception, FortiDeceptorTwo alternatives
Cowrie, OpenCanaryThree alternatives
CounterCraft, SentinelOne Singularity Hologram, Thinkst CanaryThree alternatives
OpenCanary, Thinkst Canary, TrapsterSix alternatives
Acalvio ShadowPlex, Attivo Networks, CounterCraft, FortiDeceptor, Thinkst Canary, Zscaler DeceptionLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceThinkst CanaryChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
One alternative
T-PotQwen 3.7 FlashHoneypot.ioHoneyPyChangedagainst: DionaeaAcalvio ShadowPlexT-Pot, Trapsterno first choiceagainst: Cynet, Exabeam, IBM QRadar, Picus Security, Splunk, TrapX
Three alternatives
Attivo Networks, Cymulate, Microsoft Defender XDRTwo alternatives
Blackbird Security, Project HoneySix alternatives
Fortinet FortiDeceptor, Guardicore, Illusive, Proofpoint Shadow, SentinelOne Singularity Hologram, Zscaler Posture ControlTwo alternatives
CounterCraft, TracebitKimi K2Thinkst Canaryagainst: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Attivo Networks, Illusive NetworksThinkst CanaryHeldIllusive NetworksCanarytokens.org, OpenCanaryno first choiceagainst: SentinelOne EDN, Tracebit
Two alternatives
TrapEye, TrapsterFour alternatives
Canarytokens, Fortinet FortiDeceiver, TrapEye, Zscaler DeceptionTwo alternatives
Acalvio ShadowPlex, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Cowrie, Dionaea, Thinkst CanaryGLM 4.7 FlashXRapid7 InsightIDRThinkst CanaryChangedAcalvio ShadowPlexHoneyWireagainst: CounterCraft, Thinkst Canary, Zscaler Deceptionno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Acalvio ShadowPlex, Fortinet FortiDeceptorThree alternatives
Conpot, Cowrie, T-PotThree alternatives
Cynet, Illusive Networks, TrapX SecurityFour alternatives
Cowrie, FortiDeceptor, OpenCanary, T-PotMiniMax M2.5Acalvio ShadowPlex, Illusive NetworksTrapsterChangedAttivo Networksno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
FortiDeceptor, Thinkst CanaryFour alternatives
Acalvio ShadowPlex, Guardicore, Illusive Networks, Rapid7 DeceptionGPT-6 LunaTracebitThinkst CanaryChangedAcalvio ShadowPlex, CounterCraft The Platformagainst: SentinelOne SingularityOpenCanaryno first choiceagainst: Labyrinth, Zscaler Deception
Three alternatives
Acalvio ShadowPlex, Thinkst Canary, Zscaler DeceptionTwo alternatives
Acalvio ShadowPlex, OpenCanaryThree alternatives
Proofpoint Identity Threat Defense, Thinkst Canary, Zscaler DeceptionTwo alternatives
T-Pot, Thinkst CanaryMuse Glimmer 30BFortinet FortiDeceptor, Rapid7 Incident CommandThinkst CanaryChangedno first choiceCanarytokensno first choiceagainst: Illusive Networks, Proofpoint Identity Threat Defense, TrapX DeceptionGrid
Three alternatives
Acalvio ShadowPlex, Proofpoint, Thinkst CanaryTwo alternatives
T-Pot, honeypots.studioFive alternatives
CyberTrap, HoneyWire, OpenCanary, Smokescreen Technologies, TrapXBold 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 | 2026-10-04 23:30 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:00 | yes | 1 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:47 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:09 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:11 | yes | 22 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 19 | 43 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:23 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:07 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:04 | yes | 20 | 54 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:30 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:21 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:29 | yes | 21 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:48 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:46 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:32 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:16 | yes | 26 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:58 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:02 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 24 | 44 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:13 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:27 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:23 | yes | 14 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:09 | yes | 24 | 53 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 19 | 46 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:06 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:22 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:48 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 9 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 26 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:39 | yes | 15 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:21 | yes | 16 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:36 | yes | 21 | 16 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:03 | yes | 24 | 42 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:06 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:57 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:02 | yes | 18 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 23 | 35 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:19 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:18 | yes | 6 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:55 | yes | 24 | 40 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:54 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:43 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:06 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:56 | yes | 16 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 21 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 8 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 25 | 44 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:00 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:58 | yes | 15 | 43 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:39 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 25 | 69 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:19 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:27 | yes | 3 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:13 | yes | 13 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:55 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:59 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:19 | yes | 18 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:37 | yes | 16 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:49 | yes | 17 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:49 | no | 0 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:21 | yes | 20 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:32 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:25 | yes | 22 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:26 | yes | 3 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:14 | yes | 9 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:44 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:10 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:32 | yes | 19 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:35 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:05 | yes | 22 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:29 | yes | 25 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:08 | yes | 17 | 63 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 23 | 37 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:14 | yes | 21 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:46 | yes | 25 | 43 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:21 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:46 | yes | 24 | 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
Acalvio read as Acalvio ShadowPlex
Acalvio Technologies read as Acalvio ShadowPlex
Acalvio Technologies ShadowPlex read as Acalvio ShadowPlex
Fidelis read as Fidelis Deception
Fidelis Security read as Fidelis Deception
Proofpoint Identity Threat Defense / Shadow read as Proofpoint Identity Threat Defense
Rapid7 read as Rapid7 InsightIDR
Rapid7 (InsightDeception) read as Rapid7 InsightIDR
SentinelOne read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne (Attivo Networks) read as SentinelOne Singularity
Zscaler read as Zscaler Deception
Unresolved, counted raw
Acalvio 360 Deception
Blackbird Security (TrapX)
Blue Goat
Commvault Cloud ThreatWise
Conpot
CounterCraft Security
Defuse
DigitalStakeout
FireCompass
Fortinet FortiSandbox
Guardicore Centra
HoneyPy
Honeynet Project
Honeypot.io
Illusive Networks — Proofpoint Identity Threat Defense
Microsoft Defender Deception
Minerva Anti-Evasion Platform
Project Honey
Rapid7 Deception (InsightIDR)
SentinelOne EDN (formerly Attivo Networks)
T-Pot Community Edition
Thinkst Canary ecosystem
Tonic Security
Tsuru
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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