Email security for enterprise buyers
Asked as “email security platform”, and as “phishing and email threat protection tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 52 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
48%
Clear leader
48Proofpoint Email Protection29Microsoft Defender for Office 36510Abnormal AI13others
48% of first choices, clear leader.
Since September 2026▲+7Since September 2026: 40% → 48%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Proofpoint Email Protection held the lead, +7 points on 40%, 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.Standing →Enterprise
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.This page
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.Standing →EnterpriseProofpoint 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.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Proofpoint Email Protection48%10%71endorsed leader▲+7Since September 2026: 40% → 48%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.40% → 48%
Proofpoint Email Protection48%10%71endorsed leader▲+7Since September 2026: 40% → 48%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.40% → 48%02Microsoft Defender for Office 36529%4%55accepted challenger▼−9Since September 2026: 38% → 30%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.38% → 30%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36529%4%55accepted challenger▼−9Since September 2026: 38% → 30%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.38% → 30%03
Abnormal AI10%6%47accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 10% → 11%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.10% → 11%
Abnormal AI10%6%47accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 10% → 11%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.10% → 11%04
Mimecast Email Security8%15%66accepted challenger▲+7Since September 2026: 2% → 9%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 9%
Mimecast Email Security8%15%66accepted challenger▲+7Since September 2026: 2% → 9%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 9%05
IRONSCALES2%0%15accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
IRONSCALES2%0%15accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Barracuda Email Protection0%25%20criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Barracuda Email Protection0%25%20criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%06
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration0%9%23accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration0%9%23accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%07
Cisco Secure Email0%6%16accepted 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%6%16accepted 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 →
0102030405060708Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Proofpoint Email Protection48%
Proofpoint Email Protection48%02Microsoft Defender for Office 36529%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36529%03Abnormal AI10%
Abnormal AI10%04Mimecast Email Security8%
Mimecast Email Security8%05IRONSCALES2%
IRONSCALES2%06Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration0%
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration0%07Cisco Secure Email0%
Cisco Secure Email0%08Barracuda Email Protection0%
Barracuda Email Protection0%What they warned about
Six of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 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.
Mimecast Email Security15%
10 of 66 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Do not buy another traditional Gateway (like Proofpoint or Mimecast).” Gemini 3.5 Flash, paraphrase prompt
Proofpoint Email Protection10%
7 of 71 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“Legacy Secure Email Gateways (like Mimecast or Proofpoint) are notoriously complex. They often charge extra for essential features” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Barracuda Email Protection25%
5 of 20 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Barracuda announced any ESG appliance that had been compromised must be taken out of service and disposed of; patching was insufficient.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Barracuda Email Security Gateway100%
3 of 3 labels negative · 3 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Large enterprises should **avoid or exercise extreme caution** with **Barracuda Email Security Gateway** due to its recent critical vulnerabilities and ongoing exploitation.” Mistral Small, 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. 1156 links across 235 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 · Proofpoint40 answers · 64 citations · 12 models
32 answers · 44 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Sublime32 answers · 41 citations · 12 models
31 answers · 39 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Huntress30 answers · 34 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Check Point28 answers · 42 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Kaseya27 answers · 28 citations · 10 models
27 answers · 27 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G222 answers · 34 citations · 11 models
vendor site · IRONSCALES21 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Adaptive Security19 answers · 44 citations · 9 models
19 answers · 22 citations · 9 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
26 answers · 12 models
26 answers · 10 models
24 answers · 9 models
23 answers · 11 models
20 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 10 models
18 answers · 12 models
15 answers · 7 models
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proofpoint proofpoint.com Proofpoint Email Protection 48% | 48% | 168 | 27,100 | 1,488 | 593,092 company | $9,336 | 43 | 4 |
| Microsoft Defender parent site Microsoft Defender for Office 365 29% | 29% | 163 | 18,100 | 3,525 | ||||
| Abnormal abnormal.ai Abnormal AI 10% | 10% | 106 | 8,100 | 130 | 30,467 company | $6 | 120 | |
| Mimecast mimecast.com Mimecast Email Security 8% | 8% | 152 | 320 | 17 | 148,929 company | 21 | ||
| IRONSCALES ironscales.com | 2% | 71 | 1,900 | 28 | 10,997 | 22 | 5 | |
| Native Microsoft 365 | 2% | |||||||
| Google Workspace google.com | 2% | 59 | 368,000 | 7,422 | 1,800,358,416 | $465,944 | 5 | |
| Check Point parent site Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration 0%, Check Point Harmony 0% | 0% | 80 | 14,800 | 4,487 | ||||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Secure Email 0%, Cisco Umbrella 0% | 0% | 145 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| Barracuda barracuda.com Barracuda Email Protection 0% | 0% | 92 | 201,000 | 10,561 | 64,778 company | 116 | 4 |
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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which phishing and email threat protection tool would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade email security platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best email security platform for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating an email security platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which email security platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceProofpoint Email ProtectionChangedProofpoint Email ProtectionProofpoint Email Protectionagainst: Abnormal AIno first choiceagainst: SmarterMail, Traditional Secure Email Gateways
Three alternatives
Abnormal AI, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityThree alternatives
Abnormal AI, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityGPT-5.4 miniProofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ChangedProofpoint Email Protectionagainst: Kaspersky Security for Mail Server / Secure Mail GatewayMicrosoft Defender for Office 365against: Abnormal AI, Proofpoint Email Protectionno first choiceagainst: Material Security, Mimecast Email Security
Two alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityTwo alternatives
Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFive alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Cofense, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityOne alternative
Mimecast Email SecurityGemini 3.5 FlashAbnormal AIAbnormal AIHeldagainst: Mimecast Email SecurityAbnormal AIMicrosoft Defender for Office 365against: Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protectionno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Cisco Secure Email, Google Workspace, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Sophos Email, SpamTitan, Symantec Email Security.cloud
Four alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFive alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Darktrace EMAIL, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Abnormal AI, Cloudflare Email SecurityPerplexity SonarProofpoint Email ProtectionProofpoint Email ProtectionHeldMimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365no first choiceagainst: Google Cloud, Microsoft
Two alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Mimecast Email SecurityThree alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Netcraft, ZeroFoxFour alternatives
Abnormal AI, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Cisco Secure Email, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Two alternatives
Cisco Secure Email, Proofpoint Email ProtectionGrok 4.1 FastMimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionProofpoint Email ProtectionChangedno first choiceMicrosoft Defender for Office 365against: Abnormal AIAbnormal AI, Proofpoint Email Protectionagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Broadcom Symantec, Darktrace EMAIL, Hornetsecurity, Trend Micro Email Security
Five alternatives
Abnormal AI, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Egress, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Trend Micro Email SecurityTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityTwo alternatives
Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionMistral SmallAbnormal AI, Proofpoint Email ProtectionProofpoint Email ProtectionChangedProofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protectionno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Mimecast Email Security
Two alternatives
Cloudflare Email Security, Mimecast Email SecurityThree alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Huntress Targeted Attack ProtectionSix alternatives
Abnormal AI, Agari Email Security, Ironscales Platform, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Trend Micro Cloud App Security, Trustwave Email SecurityDeepSeek V4 FlashProofpoint Email ProtectionProofpoint Email ProtectionHeldno first choiceMicrosoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Securityagainst: Proofpoint Email Protectionno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Google Workspace, Microsoft EOP, SpamTitan Email Security, mailcow: dockerized
Three alternatives
Abnormal AI, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityOne alternative
Abnormal AIEight alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Cisco Secure Email, Material Security, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Sublime SecurityTwo alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, HornetsecurityLlama 4 MaverickIRONSCALESProofpoint Email ProtectionChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Seven alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, SpamTitanTwo alternatives
Barracuda's Email Protection, Email Security, Cloud IntegratedQwen 3.7 FlashProofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ChangedProofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Proofpoint Email Protectionagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
Two alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, KnowBe4Four alternatives
Abnormal AI, IRONSCALES, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFour alternatives
Abnormal AI, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, TessianThree alternatives
Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
Cisco Secure Email, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityKimi K2Proofpoint Email ProtectionProofpoint Email ProtectionHeldAbnormal AIagainst: Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Abnormal AIagainst: Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Native Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
Three alternatives
Abnormal AI, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityTwo alternatives
Abnormal AI, Microsoft Defender for Office 365One alternative
Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionGLM 4.7 FlashXMimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionProofpoint Email ProtectionChangedProofpoint Email Protectionagainst: ZimbraMicrosoft Defender for Office 365no first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
One alternative
Barracuda Email ProtectionThree alternatives
IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecuritySix alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, TrustifiThree alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionMiniMax M2.5Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ChangedMicrosoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365against: Mimecast Email Securityno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Perception PointThree alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFive alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Cisco Email Threat Defense, IRONSCALES, Mimecast Email Security, SpamTitanGPT-6 LunaProofpoint Email ProtectionProofpoint Email ProtectionHeldno first choiceMicrosoft Defender for Office 365no first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Abnormal AI, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityThree alternatives
Abnormal AI, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecuritySix alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionMuse Glimmer 30BProofpoint Email ProtectionProofpoint Email ProtectionHeldAbnormal AI, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365against: Mimecast Email SecurityGoogle Workspace, Native Microsoft 365against: Barracuda Email Protection
Three alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityTwo alternatives
Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Proofpoint Email ProtectionBold 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 11:36 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:23 | yes | 2 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:25 | yes | 18 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:58 | yes | 17 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:55 | yes | 24 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:54 | yes | 12 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:46 | yes | 20 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:05 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:13 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:26 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:10 | yes | 18 | 47 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:41 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:57 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:44 | yes | 13 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:53 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:42 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:38 | yes | 11 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:29 | yes | 20 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:31 | yes | 21 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:56 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:41 | yes | 24 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 07:42 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:23 | yes | 9 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:29 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:56 | yes | 24 | 49 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 13:02 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 07:45 | yes | 4 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:33 | yes | 13 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:36 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:25 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:34 | yes | 20 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:51 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:37 | yes | 22 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:12 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:10 | yes | 21 | 42 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:15 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:33 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:48 | yes | 18 | 30 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:24 | yes | 18 | 69 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 13:34 | yes | 12 | 19 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:39 | yes | 7 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:08 | yes | 15 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:54 | yes | 16 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:59 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:28 | yes | 18 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:50 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:49 | yes | 23 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:22 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:07 | yes | 22 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:18 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:34 | yes | 5 | 38 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:55 | yes | 17 | 55 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:02 | yes | 20 | 44 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 13:14 | yes | 23 | 71 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:17 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:17 | yes | 25 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:12 | yes | 18 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:23 | yes | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:34 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:16 | yes | 19 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:41 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:58 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:16 | yes | 22 | 40 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:23 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:23 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:59 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:48 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:41 | yes | 15 | 42 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:30 | yes | 3 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:34 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 07:58 | yes | 37 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:46 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:49 | yes | 13 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:31 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:50 | yes | 24 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:22 | yes | 24 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:18 | yes | 24 | 50 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:43 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:36 | yes | 15 | 71 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:33 | yes | 25 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:14 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:18 | yes | 21 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:15 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:59 | yes | 25 | 39 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
Abnormal read as Abnormal AI
Barracuda read as Barracuda Email Protection
Check Point read as Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Check Point (Harmony Email & Collaboration / Avanan) read as Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Cisco read as Cisco Secure Email
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare Email Security
Cloudflare Area 1 read as Cloudflare Email Security
Darktrace read as Darktrace EMAIL
Fortinet read as FortiMail
Google Workspace 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
Mimecast (Advanced Email Security) read as Mimecast Email Security
Proofpoint read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint (Enterprise Threat Protection) read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint (Threat Protection Platform) read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint (Trend Micro) read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint Enterprise (TAP) read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint Essentials read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Sophos read as Sophos Email
Trend Micro read as Trend Micro Email Security
Unresolved, counted raw
API-Based Integrated Email Cloud Security (ICES)
Agari Email Security
Barracuda's Email Protection
Broadcom Symantec
Cisco Email Security
Cisco Email Threat Defense
DuoCircle
Email Security, Cloud Integrated (CI)
Google Workspace Enterprise Security
Huntress Targeted Attack Protection (TAP)
Ironscales Platform
Kaspersky Security for Mail Server / Secure Mail Gateway
Microsoft EOP
Native Microsoft 365
Native Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace Security
SmarterMail
SpamTitan Email Security
Traditional Secure Email Gateways (SEGs)
Zimbra
mailcow: dockerized
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.