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Deception technology · October 2026 Edition

OpenCanary vs Illusive Networks

Zero of fourteen models named OpenCanary first on the direct prompt; one named Illusive Networks. OpenCanary was named by ten of the fourteen models and Illusive Networks by eight and OpenCanary carries 17 labels and Illusive Networks 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

OpenCanary

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Illusive Networks

criticized challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%42%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#7A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels1712A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, OpenCanary reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Acalvio ShadowPlex was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Thinkst Canary vs OpenCanary · Thinkst Canary vs Illusive Networks · Acalvio ShadowPlex vs OpenCanary

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 deception technology page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
OpenCanaryFirst choices, of fourteen modelsIllusive Networks
Direct011 against Illusive Networks
Paraphrase001 against Illusive Networks
Comparative01
Budget-constrained20
Scale-constrained00
Negative003 against Illusive Networks
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 OpenCanary and Illusive Networks stood in it.
ModelDirectOPINParaphraseOPINComparativeOPINBudget-constrainedOPINScale-constrainedOPINNegativeOPIN
Claude Haiku 4.5OP
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 FlashOPOPIN
Perplexity SonarOPOP
Grok 4.1 FastOPINOP
Mistral SmallOP
DeepSeek V4 FlashOPINOPIN
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2ININOP
GLM 4.7 FlashXINOP
MiniMax M2.5ININ
GPT-6 LunaOPOP
Muse Glimmer 30BOPIN
OP OpenCanaryIN Illusive NetworksOP first choiceOP named as an alternativeOP argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, OpenCanary on the left and Illusive Networks on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where OpenCanary and Illusive Networks stood in it.

Illusive Networks first, OpenCanary not the choice

1 of 14 modelsOpenCanary was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
MiniMax M2.5Acalvio ShadowPlex, Illusive Networks

Neither was named

13 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Deceptive Bytes alternatives: Acalvio 360 Deception, Illusive, Thinkst Canary
GPT-5.4 miniThinkst Canary alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex
Gemini 3.5 FlashThinkst Canary alternatives: SentinelOne Singularity Hologram, Tracebit
Perplexity SonarAcalvio ShadowPlex alternatives: Fortinet FortiDeceptor, Thinkst Canary
Grok 4.1 FastAcalvio ShadowPlex alternatives: Fortinet FortiDeceptor, Thinkst Canary
Mistral SmallAcalvio ShadowPlex, Attivo Networks ThreatDefend
DeepSeek V4 FlashTracebit alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Fidelis Deception, FortiDeceptor
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashHoneypot.io alternatives: Attivo Networks, Cymulate, Microsoft Defender XDR
Kimi K2Thinkst Canary alternatives: TrapEye, Trapster
GLM 4.7 FlashXRapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Fortinet FortiDeceptor
GPT-6 LunaTracebit alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Thinkst Canary, Zscaler Deception
Muse Glimmer 30BFortinet FortiDeceptor, Rapid7 Incident Command alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Proofpoint, Thinkst Canary

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
OpenCanary leads by eighteen points.
OpenCanary18%#2 of 9
Illusive Networks0%#– of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
OpenCanary leads by two points.
OpenCanary4%#4 of 11
Illusive Networks2%#7 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Illusive Networks leads at enterprise.
Illusive Networks2%#7 of 8
OpenCanary0%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about OpenCanary

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“Start with Canarytokens.org (free) + OpenCanary (free)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“For a genuinely limited budget, start with OpenCanary.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
“Another strong open-source option is OpenCanary, also from Thinkst, which is free and supports multiple protocols.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · alternative

What the models said about Illusive Networks

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Pure network-wide standalone deception from Illusive is essentially sunsetted” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Caution flags: Reviews note it is "heavily focused on Microsoft environments" and has "limited cloud-native capabilities."” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“legacy Illusive installs should be treated as end-of-life from a vendor perspective” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“I recommend requesting demos from Illusive Networks and Acalvio specifically, as they appear most focused on the mid-market segment.” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Often rated as the best overall deception platform for operational value.” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“excels at identity and credential deception, providing agentless decoys that disrupt lateral movement” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · alternative
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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.