Email security
Asked as “email security platform”, and as “phishing and email threat protection tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 50 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
32%
Contested · SpamTitan 16%
32Microsoft Defender for Office 36516SpamTitan10Barracuda Email Protection42others
32% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026▲+1Since September 2026: 31% → 32%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Microsoft Defender for Office 365 held the lead, +1 point on 31%, inside the 11-point floor.
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.
Small business
Microsoft Defender for Office 36527%Contested▼−17Since September 2026: 44% → 28%, −17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketMicrosoft Defender for Office 36532%Contested▲+1Since September 2026: 31% → 32%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterprise
Proofpoint Email Protection48%Clear leader▲+7Since September 2026: 40% → 48%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →
Microsoft Defender for Office 36527%Contested▼−17Since September 2026: 44% → 28%, −17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketMicrosoft Defender for Office 36532%Contested▲+1Since September 2026: 31% → 32%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterpriseProofpoint Email Protection48%Clear leader▲+7Since September 2026: 40% → 48%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →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
01Microsoft Defender for Office 36532%6%51endorsed leader▲+1Since September 2026: 31% → 32%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.31% → 32%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36532%6%51endorsed leader▲+1Since September 2026: 31% → 32%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.31% → 32%02
SpamTitan16%0%19accepted challenger▲+13Since September 2026: 5% → 18%, +13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 18%
SpamTitan16%0%19accepted challenger▲+13Since September 2026: 5% → 18%, +13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 18%03
Mimecast Email Security10%22%50accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 7% → 9%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 9%
Mimecast Email Security10%22%50accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 7% → 9%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 9%04
Barracuda Email Protection10%13%31accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 7% → 11%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 11%
Barracuda Email Protection10%13%31accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 7% → 11%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 11%05Proofpoint Email Protection8%24%59accepted challenger▼−5Since September 2026: 12% → 7%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 7%
Proofpoint Email Protection8%24%59accepted challenger▼−5Since September 2026: 12% → 7%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 7%06
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration8%3%35accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 10% → 9%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.10% → 9%
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration8%3%35accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 10% → 9%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.10% → 9%07
Abnormal AI4%2%42accepted challenger▼−10Since September 2026: 12% → 2%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 2%
Abnormal AI4%2%42accepted challenger▼−10Since September 2026: 12% → 2%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 2%08
IRONSCALES2%0%26accepted challenger▼−6Since September 2026: 9% → 2%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.9% → 2%
IRONSCALES2%0%26accepted challenger▼−6Since September 2026: 9% → 2%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.9% → 2%Show the one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate
09
Cisco Secure Email0%21%14accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Cisco Secure Email0%21%14accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%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.
Head to head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 vs Proofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 vs Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 vs Abnormal AIMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 vs IRONSCALESSpamTitan vs Mimecast Email SecuritySpamTitan vs Barracuda Email ProtectionSpamTitan vs Proofpoint Email ProtectionSpamTitan vs Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationSpamTitan vs Abnormal AISpamTitan vs IRONSCALESMimecast Email Security vs Barracuda Email ProtectionMimecast Email Security vs Proofpoint Email ProtectionMimecast Email Security vs Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationMimecast Email Security vs Abnormal AIMimecast Email Security vs IRONSCALESBarracuda Email Protection vs Proofpoint Email ProtectionBarracuda Email Protection vs Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationBarracuda Email Protection vs Abnormal AIBarracuda Email Protection vs IRONSCALESProofpoint Email Protection vs Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationProofpoint Email Protection vs Abnormal AIProofpoint Email Protection vs IRONSCALESCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaboration vs Abnormal AICheck Point Harmony Email & Collaboration vs IRONSCALESAbnormal AI vs IRONSCALES
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 →
010203040506070809Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Microsoft Defender for Office 36532%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36532%02SpamTitan16%
SpamTitan16%03Mimecast Email Security10%
Mimecast Email Security10%04Barracuda Email Protection10%
Barracuda Email Protection10%05Proofpoint Email Protection8%
Proofpoint Email Protection8%06Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration8%
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration8%07Abnormal AI4%
Abnormal AI4%08IRONSCALES2%
IRONSCALES2%09Cisco Secure Email0%
Cisco Secure Email0%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, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, 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.
Proofpoint Email Protection24%
14 of 59 labels negative · 8 of 14 models
“the email security landscape has shifted heavily away from traditional, complex Secure Email Gateways (SEGs like traditional configurations of Proofpoint or Mimecast)” Gemini 3.5 Flash, paraphrase prompt
Mimecast Email Security22%
11 of 50 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“shifted heavily away from traditional, complex Secure Email Gateways (SEGs like traditional configurations of Proofpoint or Mimecast)” Gemini 3.5 Flash, paraphrase prompt
Gmail
100%
4 of 4 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“**Gmail** — cited for extensive data collection and historical content scanning for ads.” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
Barracuda Email Protection13%
4 of 31 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Barracuda Email Protection (High Caution / Avoid)” GLM 4.7 FlashX, 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
79 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. 1072 links across 223 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 2 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Huntress34 answers · 35 citations · 11 models
29 answers · 42 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Sublime28 answers · 44 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Proofpoint28 answers · 36 citations · 10 models
28 answers · 34 citations · 12 models
vendor site · IRONSCALES28 answers · 33 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Kaseya28 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
27 answers · 36 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G222 answers · 36 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Adaptive Security21 answers · 39 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Guardz19 answers · 19 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Flamingo18 answers · 18 citations · 11 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.
27 answers · 10 models
24 answers · 12 models
23 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 10 models
21 answers · 12 models
19 answers · 9 models
18 answers · 11 models
15 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 9 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 email security platform”, “email security platform”, “email security 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Defender parent site Microsoft Defender for Office 365 32% | 32% | 163 | 18,100 | 3,525 | ||||
| SpamTitan spamtitan.com | 16% | 48 | 590 | 22 | 4,190 | |||
| Mimecast mimecast.com Mimecast Email Security 10% | 10% | 152 | 320 | 17 | 148,929 company | 21 | ||
| Barracuda barracuda.com Barracuda Email Protection 10% | 10% | 92 | 201,000 | 10,561 | 64,778 company | 116 | 4 | |
| Proofpoint proofpoint.com Proofpoint Email Protection 8% | 8% | 168 | 27,100 | 1,488 | 593,092 company | $9,336 | 43 | 4 |
| Check Point parent site Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration 8% | 8% | 80 | 14,800 | 4,487 | ||||
| Abnormal abnormal.ai Abnormal AI 4% | 4% | 106 | 8,100 | 130 | 30,467 company | $6 | 120 | |
| IRONSCALES ironscales.com | 2% | 71 | 1,900 | 28 | 10,997 | 22 | 5 | |
| Sublime Security sublime.security | 2% | 17 | 2,900 | 27 | 6,558 | 26 | 2 | |
| Fortra Agari | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 15 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (gartner.com, ironscales.com, proofpoint.com, sublime.security). The first result for “best email security platform” is gartner.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 email security platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which phishing and email threat protection tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top email security platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best email security platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating an email security platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which email security platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Barracuda Email ProtectionMimecast Email SecurityChangedno first choiceBarracuda Email Protection, SpamTitanno first choiceagainst: Microsoft 365, Salesloft Drift
Three alternatives
IRONSCALES, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, IRONSCALESTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionGPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365Heldno first choiceMicrosoft Defender for Office 365no first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionOne alternative
Proofpoint Email ProtectionSeven alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Trend Micro Email & Collaboration SecurityTwo alternatives
Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionGemini 3.5 FlashCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaborationagainst: Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionCheck Point Harmony Email & CollaborationHeldagainst: Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionAbnormal AIMicrosoft 365, SpamTitanagainst: Proxmox Mail Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protectionagainst: AOL, Barracuda’s physical Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances, Cisco Secure Email, GMX, Google Workspace, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Yahoo! Mail
Three alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, IRONSCALESTwo alternatives
Abnormal AI, IRONSCALESSix alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Darktrace EMAIL, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Sublime SecurityThree alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALES, Sublime SecurityFour alternatives
Abnormal AI, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALES, Sublime SecurityPerplexity SonarMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Barracuda Email ProtectionChangedProofpoint Email ProtectionSpamTitanno first choiceagainst: AOL Mail, Gmail, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Outlook/Hotmail, Yahoo Mail
Two alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Mimecast Email SecurityFour alternatives
IRONSCALES, KnowBe4 Defend, Sublime Security, ValimailFour alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Cisco Secure Email, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityTwo alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Grok 4.1 FastProofpoint 365 Total ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Changedno first choiceSpamTitanagainst: Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protectionno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Gateway Defense, FortiMail, Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Two alternatives
Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email SecurityFour alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, IRONSCALES, Proofpoint Email Protection, SpamTitanTwo alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Two alternatives
Abnormal AI, Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationMistral SmallCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFortra AgariChangedno first choiceBarracuda Email Protection, SpamTitanno first choiceagainst: AOL, Gmail, Microsoft Outlook/Hotmail, Mozilla Thunderbird, Yahoo Mail, iCloud Mail
Two alternatives
Mimecast Email Security, Symantec Email Security.cloudTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, TrustmiDeepSeek V4 FlashAbnormal AIagainst: Mimecast Email SecurityMimecast Email SecurityChangedagainst: Proofpoint Email ProtectionAbnormal AI, Proofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365against: Proofpoint Email Protectionagainst: AOL Mail, Abnormal AI, Apple iCloud, Cisco Secure Email, Libraesva Email Security Gateway, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Yahoo Mail
Three alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Four alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Darktrace EMAIL, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityFour alternatives
IRONSCALES, Proofpoint Email Protection, SpamTitan, Sublime SecurityThree alternatives
Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email Security, Sublime SecurityLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceSpamTitanagainst: Trend Micro Email SecuritySublime Securityagainst: AOL, Gmail, Hotmail, Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, Proofpoint Email Protection, Yahoo, iCloud Mail
One alternative
Microsoft Defender for Office 365Two alternatives
Adaptive Security, PowerDMARCQwen 3.7 FlashProofpoint Email Protectionagainst: Mimecast Email SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ChangedMimecast Email SecuritySpamTitanno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Cisco Secure Email, Gmail, Outlook.com, Yahoo! Mail / AOL
Three alternatives
Abnormal AI, IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Four alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon, Fortra Agari, SentinelOne, TaiaFour alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionOne alternative
Microsoft Defender for Office 365Kimi K2IRONSCALESagainst: Barracuda Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ChangedProofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365no first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Proofpoint Email Protection
Three alternatives
Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFive alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, TrustifiThree alternatives
Proofpoint Email Protection, ProtonMail, Zoho MailGLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityChangedMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365against: Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protectionno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
Four alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Integrated Email Protection, IRONSCALES, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Abnormal AI, Proofpoint Email ProtectionSix alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, SpamTitan, Trustwave Email SecurityThree alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Material Security, SpamTitanMiniMax M2.5Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Mimecast Email Securityagainst: Proofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionChangedProofpoint Email ProtectionBarracuda Email Protection, SpamTitanno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Mimecast Email SecurityFive alternatives
Abnormal AI, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityOne alternative
Trend Micro Email SecurityGPT-6 LunaAbnormal AIMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ChangedMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365against: Proofpoint 365 Total Protectionno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
Abnormal AI, Plan 2, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFive alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Google Workspace, Microsoft 365Muse Glimmer 30BProofpoint Email ProtectionMimecast Email SecurityChangedAbnormal AI, Proofpoint Email ProtectionSpamTitan Cloudno first choiceagainst: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365against: Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Mimecast Email Security
Seven alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Guardian Digital, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, ThreatDown Email Security, TrustifiTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionOne alternative
Microsoft Defender for Office 365Bold 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 | 2026-10-01 11:03 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:24 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:05 | yes | 16 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:43 | yes | 20 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:17 | yes | 25 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:42 | yes | 13 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:52 | yes | 24 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:32 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:54 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:41 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:53 | yes | 12 | 43 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:16 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:22 | yes | 4 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:45 | yes | 15 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 07:59 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:29 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:55 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:06 | yes | 23 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:35 | yes | 22 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:16 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:27 | yes | 24 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:52 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:58 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:21 | yes | 19 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:27 | yes | 25 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:07 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:40 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:17 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:40 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:27 | yes | 6 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:13 | yes | 22 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:31 | yes | 18 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:42 | yes | 23 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:59 | yes | 7 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:41 | yes | 25 | 55 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:15 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:00 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:21 | yes | 13 | 28 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:20 | yes | 25 | 25 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:58 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:23 | yes | 7 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 12:02 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:45 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:07 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:14 | yes | 20 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:39 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:03 | yes | 24 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:36 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:12 | yes | 25 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:51 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:49 | yes | 9 | 46 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:58 | yes | 15 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:30 | yes | 25 | 44 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:10 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:40 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:12 | yes | 14 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 07:27 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:42 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:04 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:13 | yes | 19 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:56 | yes | 16 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 07:57 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:45 | yes | 23 | 62 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:11 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:49 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:10 | yes | 20 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:55 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:58 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:48 | yes | 1 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:37 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:27 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:11 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 07:50 | yes | 16 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:09 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:54 | yes | 23 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 13:25 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:13 | yes | 25 | 37 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:40 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 13:15 | yes | 10 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:43 | yes | 25 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:29 | yes | 23 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:38 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:40 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:18 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
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Abnormal read as Abnormal AI
Barracuda read as Barracuda Email Protection
Check Point read as Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Check Point (Avanan / Harmony Email & Collaboration) read as Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Check Point Harmony Email read as Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Check Point Harmony Email (Avanan) read as Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Cisco read as Cisco Secure Email
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare Email Security
Darktrace read as Darktrace EMAIL
Google Security read as Google Workspace
Material read as Material Security
Microsoft Defender read as Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 read as Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Mimecast read as Mimecast Email Security
Proofpoint read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint (Trend Micro) read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint Essentials read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Sophos read as Sophos Email
Sublime read as Sublime Security
Trend Micro read as Trend Micro Email Security
Unresolved, counted raw
Apple iCloud
Barracuda Integrated Email Protection
Barracuda’s physical Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances
CyberSentriq Email Security
Fortra Secure Email Gateway
Google Workspace native
Guardian Digital
Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection
Hotmail
KnowBe4 Defend
Microsoft Outlook
MxToolbox
Outlook.com (Microsoft)
Plan 2
ProtonMail
Proxmox Mail Gateway
Salesloft Drift
SpamTitan Cloud
Taia (formerly Bridgemail)
ThreatDown Email Security
Trend Micro Email & Collaboration Security
Trustmi
Tutanota
Yahoo! Mail
Yahoo! Mail / AOL
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.