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Digital risk protection · October 2026 Edition

BrandShield vs Flare

Zero of fourteen models named BrandShield first on the direct prompt; zero named Flare. BrandShield was named by eight of the fourteen models and Flare by six and BrandShield carries 11 labels and Flare 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

BrandShield

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Flare

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.

Labels1112A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, BrandShield reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.UpGuard BreachSight was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. UpGuard BreachSight vs BrandShield · UpGuard BreachSight vs Flare · ZeroFox vs BrandShield

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 digital risk protection page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.

BrandShieldFirst choices, of fourteen modelsFlare

Direct00

Paraphrase20

Comparative00

Budget-constrained01

Scale-constrained00

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.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where BrandShield and Flare 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

BrandShield

Flare

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, BrandShield on the left and Flare on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where BrandShield and Flare stood in it.

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.

Gemini 3.5 FlashSOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence alternatives: Flare, UpGuard BreachSight, ZeroFox

GPT-6 LunaCybelAngel Core alternatives: Bolster, BrandShield, ZeroFox

Neither was named

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

Claude Haiku 4.5Cyble Vision alternatives: BlueVoyant Sky, CrowdStrike Falcon, Rapid7 Threat Command, UpGuard BreachSight

GPT-5.4 miniZeroFox alternatives: Bitsight, Proofpoint Digital Risk Protection, SecurityScorecard, UpGuard BreachSight

Perplexity SonarRapid7 Threat Command, UpGuard BreachSight alternatives: CybelAngel

Grok 4.1 FastUpGuard BreachSight alternatives: Rapid7 Threat Command, ZeroFox

Mistral SmallUpGuard BreachSight alternatives: Kaduu, Recorded Future

DeepSeek V4 FlashUpGuard BreachSight alternatives: Netcraft, Rapid7, SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence, ZeroFox

Llama 4 MaverickFortra Brand Protection alternatives: Kaduu, Recorded Future, UpGuard BreachSight

Qwen 3.7 FlashRapid7 alternatives: Corvus Logic, Cyberhaven, Recorded Future, ThreatConnect

Kimi K2UpGuard BreachSight alternatives: Fortra Brand Protection, ZeroFox

GLM 4.7 FlashXUpGuard BreachSight alternatives: Bolster

MiniMax M2.5UpGuard BreachSight alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, Group-IB Digital Risk Protection, Recorded Future, ZeroFox

Muse Glimmer 30BUpGuard BreachSight alternatives: CybelAngel

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

Flare leads by six points.

Flare#4 of 8

BrandShield#– of 8

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

The order flips: BrandShield leads at mid-market.

BrandShield#4 of 11

Flare#6 of 11

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

BrandShield leads by four points.

BrandShield#– of 9

Flare#– of 9

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about BrandShield

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

“Best overall coverage: BrandShield, for breadth across websites, marketplaces, social, ads, apps, and dark web.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice

“Top Recommendation: BrandShield” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

“AI-powered (ClusterX for threat linking); monitors domains, social, ads, dark web, phishing. Strong for coordinated abuse” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · alternative

What the models said about Flare

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

“I'd trial Flare first—but I wouldn't commit until you get a written quote” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice

Also compared

UpGuard BreachSight vs BrandShield UpGuard BreachSight vs Flare ZeroFox vs BrandShield ZeroFox vs Flare SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence vs BrandShield SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence vs Flare BrandShield vs Recorded Future BrandShield vs Rapid7 Threat Command BrandShield vs Proofpoint Digital Risk Protection Recorded Future vs Flare Flare vs Rapid7 Threat Command Flare vs Proofpoint Digital Risk Protection All twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full DRP 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.