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Deception technology · October 2026 Edition

Thinkst Canary vs Fortinet FortiDeceptor

Three of fourteen models named Thinkst Canary first on the direct prompt; one named Fortinet FortiDeceptor. Thinkst Canary was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Fortinet FortiDeceptor by seven and Thinkst Canary carries 40 labels and Fortinet FortiDeceptor 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Thinkst Canary

endorsed leader

Named in one category this edition.

Fortinet FortiDeceptor

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share37%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate5%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#1#5A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.

Labels4010A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Thinkst Canary 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 Acalvio ShadowPlex · Thinkst Canary vs Tracebit · Thinkst Canary 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.

Thinkst CanaryFirst choices, of fourteen modelsFortinet FortiDeceptor

Direct31

Paraphrase110

Comparative00

Budget-constrained202 against Thinkst Canary

Scale-constrained10

Negative00

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.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Thinkst Canary and Fortinet FortiDeceptor were named in the same answer seventeen times, of the 103 answers naming Thinkst Canary and the 23 naming Fortinet FortiDeceptor. In those answers Fortinet FortiDeceptor took the first choice one time and Thinkst Canary five.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Thinkst Canary and Fortinet FortiDeceptor 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

Thinkst Canary

Fortinet FortiDeceptor

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Thinkst Canary on the left and Fortinet FortiDeceptor on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Thinkst Canary and Fortinet FortiDeceptor stood in it.

Thinkst Canary first, Fortinet FortiDeceptor not the choice

3 of 14 modelsFortinet FortiDeceptor was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

GPT-5.4 miniThinkst Canary alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex

Gemini 3.5 FlashThinkst Canary alternatives: SentinelOne Singularity Hologram, Tracebit

Kimi K2Thinkst Canary alternatives: TrapEye, Trapster

Fortinet FortiDeceptor first, Thinkst Canary an alternative

1 of 14 modelsThinkst Canary was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

Muse Glimmer 30BFortinet FortiDeceptor, Rapid7 Incident Command alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Proofpoint, Thinkst Canary

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.

Claude Haiku 4.5Deceptive Bytes alternatives: Acalvio 360 Deception, Illusive, Thinkst Canary

Perplexity SonarAcalvio ShadowPlex alternatives: Fortinet FortiDeceptor, Thinkst Canary

Grok 4.1 FastAcalvio ShadowPlex alternatives: Fortinet FortiDeceptor, Thinkst Canary

GLM 4.7 FlashXRapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Fortinet FortiDeceptor

GPT-6 LunaTracebit alternatives: Acalvio ShadowPlex, Thinkst Canary, Zscaler Deception

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.

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

MiniMax M2.5Acalvio ShadowPlex, Illusive Networks

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

Thinkst Canary leads by thirty points.

Thinkst Canary#1 of 9

Fortinet FortiDeceptor#– of 9

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

Thinkst Canary leads by thirty-five points.

Thinkst Canary#1 of 11

Fortinet FortiDeceptor#5 of 11

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

Thinkst Canary leads by ten points.

Thinkst Canary#2 of 8

Fortinet FortiDeceptor#– of 8

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Thinkst Canary

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

“But pricier than open-source—avoid if truly limited.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · soft negative

“Too expensive for most small budgets” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · soft negative

“For most mid-sized B2B companies with a small SOC, start with Thinkst Canary for quick, high-confidence alerts and low operational overhead” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice

“Lightweight / Token-Centric Deception (e.g., Thinkst Canary, Tracebit) ... Best For: Mid-market companies with small teams.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice

“Thinkst Canary offers a very low entry price, making it an excellent choice for budget-conscious organizations.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Fortinet FortiDeceptor

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

“Rapid7 or Fortinet FortiDeceptor are the most frequently cited value choices” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice

“Platform-Integrated Deception (e.g., SentinelOne Singularity Deception, Fortinet FortiDeceptor)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · alternative

“Choose FortiDeceptor if your company is already a Fortinet shop or has OT/IoT exposure.” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · alternative

Also compared

Thinkst Canary vs Acalvio ShadowPlex Thinkst Canary vs Tracebit Thinkst Canary vs OpenCanary Thinkst Canary vs T-Pot Thinkst Canary vs Illusive Networks Acalvio ShadowPlex vs Fortinet FortiDeceptor Tracebit vs Fortinet FortiDeceptor OpenCanary vs Fortinet FortiDeceptor Fortinet FortiDeceptor vs T-Pot Fortinet FortiDeceptor vs Illusive Networks All twenty-one head-to-head pages and the full deception 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.