Email security for small business buyers
Asked as “email security platform”, and as “phishing and email threat protection tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 56 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
27%
Contested · IRONSCALES 11%
27Microsoft Defender for Office 36511IRONSCALES11Proofpoint Email Protection52others
27% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026▼−17Since September 2026: 44% → 28%, −17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Microsoft Defender for Office 365 held the lead, −17 points on 44%, past the 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.This pageMid-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.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.This pageMid-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.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Microsoft Defender for Office 36527%5%56accepted challenger▼−17Since September 2026: 44% → 28%, −17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.44% → 28%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36527%5%56accepted challenger▼−17Since September 2026: 44% → 28%, −17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.44% → 28%02Proofpoint Email Protection11%16%49accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 6% → 11%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 11%
Proofpoint Email Protection11%16%49accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 6% → 11%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 11%03
IRONSCALES11%4%25accepted challenger▼−6Since September 2026: 19% → 13%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.19% → 13%
IRONSCALES11%4%25accepted challenger▼−6Since September 2026: 19% → 13%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.19% → 13%04
SpamTitan11%20%25accepted challenger▲+11Since September 2026: 2% → 13%, +11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 13%
SpamTitan11%20%25accepted challenger▲+11Since September 2026: 2% → 13%, +11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 13%05
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration9%18%22accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 6% → 11%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 11%
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration9%18%22accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 6% → 11%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 11%06
Barracuda Email Protection7%21%38accepted challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 6% → 9%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 9%
Barracuda Email Protection7%21%38accepted challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 6% → 9%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 9%07
Google Workspace Lab in the set5%17%12accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 4%
Google Workspace Lab in the set5%17%12accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 4%08
Mimecast Email Security4%20%45accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 4%
Mimecast Email Security4%20%45accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 4%09
Abnormal AI2%11%19accepted challenger▼−4Since September 2026: 6% → 2%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 2%
Abnormal AI2%11%19accepted challenger▼−4Since September 2026: 6% → 2%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 2%10
Coro2%0%12accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%
Coro2%0%12accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%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.
Google Workspace is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other thirteen models three times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
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 →
01020304050607080910Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Microsoft Defender for Office 36527%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36527%02Proofpoint Email Protection11%
Proofpoint Email Protection11%03IRONSCALES11%
IRONSCALES11%04SpamTitan11%
SpamTitan11%05Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration9%
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration9%06Barracuda Email Protection7%
Barracuda Email Protection7%07Google Workspace5%
Google Workspace5%08Mimecast Email Security4%
Mimecast Email Security4%09Abnormal AI2%
Abnormal AI2%10Coro2%
Coro2%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, 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.
Barracuda Email Protection21%
8 of 38 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Legacy on-premises versions flagged for avoidance due to outdated performance, maintenance hassles, and vulnerability risks.” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
Mimecast Email Security20%
9 of 45 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Why be cautious/avoid? - Primarily enterprise-focused with custom quotes... Complex setup and administration overwhelm small teams” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
Proofpoint Email Protection16%
8 of 49 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Often recommended to skip traditional Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) like Proofpoint for SMBs due to high costs, steep learning curve” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
SpamTitan20%
5 of 25 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“support and billing reliability issues make it risky for a small business without dedicated IT staff” DeepSeek V4 Flash, 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
75 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. 1047 links across 192 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.
47 answers · 70 citations · 12 models
vendor site · IRONSCALES34 answers · 37 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G232 answers · 56 citations · 12 models
28 answers · 28 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Kaseya28 answers · 28 citations · 12 models
27 answers · 33 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Huntress27 answers · 31 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Adaptive Security22 answers · 39 citations · 11 models
20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
19 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
17 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Consilien17 answers · 17 citations · 8 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.
29 answers · 11 models
28 answers · 11 models
28 answers · 12 models
25 answers · 9 models
23 answers · 11 models
22 answers · 8 models
20 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 10 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 27% | 27% | 163 | 18,100 | 3,525 | ||||
| Proofpoint proofpoint.com Proofpoint Email Protection 11% | 11% | 168 | 27,100 | 1,488 | 593,092 company | $9,336 | 43 | 4 |
| IRONSCALES ironscales.com | 11% | 71 | 1,900 | 28 | 10,997 | 22 | 5 | |
| SpamTitan spamtitan.com | 11% | 48 | 590 | 22 | 4,190 | |||
| Check Point parent site Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration 9% | 9% | 80 | 14,800 | 4,487 | ||||
| Barracuda barracuda.com Barracuda Email Protection 7% | 7% | 92 | 201,000 | 10,561 | 64,778 company | 116 | 4 | |
| Google Workspace google.com | 5% | 59 | 368,000 | 7,422 | 1,800,358,416 | $465,944 | 5 | |
| Mimecast mimecast.com Mimecast Email Security 4% | 4% | 152 | 320 | 17 | 148,929 company | 21 | ||
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft 365 4% | 4% | 87 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| Abnormal abnormal.ai Abnormal AI 2% | 2% | 106 | 8,100 | 130 | 30,467 company | $6 | 120 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 15 sites; 1 of them are among the sites the models cited here (ironscales.com). 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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which phishing and email threat protection tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top email security platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best email security platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating an email security platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which email security platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5IRONSCALESMicrosoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionChangedIRONSCALESIRONSCALESno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Google Workspace, IRONSCALES, Libraesva Email Security, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, default M365 Exchange Online Protection
Four alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Mimecast Email SecurityFive alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Guardz, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Three alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, SpamTitanGPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Defender for Office 365against: Proofpoint Email ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Office 365HeldGoogle Workspace, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365no first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, KnowBe4 Email & Collaboration Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
Two alternatives
Coro, Proofpoint Essentials for Small BusinessOne alternative
Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionGemini 3.5 FlashCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALESCheck Point Harmony Email & CollaborationChangedCheck Point Harmony Email & CollaborationSublime SecurityCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaborationagainst: Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protectionagainst: Abnormal AI, Cisco Secure Email, Darktrace Email Security, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
Three alternatives
Abnormal AI, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Sublime SecurityThree alternatives
IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Sublime SecurityFour alternatives
Coro, IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Sublime SecurityThree alternatives
IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, SpamTitanFour alternatives
Coro, IRONSCALES, Microsoft 365, Sublime SecurityPerplexity SonarIRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365against: Abnormal AIBarracuda Email ProtectionChangedProofpoint Email ProtectionSpamTitanno first choiceagainst: Mimecast Email Security
Two alternatives
Guardz, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
EasyDMARC, GreatHorn, IRONSCALESThree alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Three alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Zoho MailGrok 4.1 FastMimecast Email SecurityProofpoint Email ProtectionChangedAbnormal AI, Proofpoint Email Protectionagainst: Microsoft Defender for Office 365Proofpoint Email Protectionagainst: Google Workspace add-ons, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, XeamsCoro, IRONSCALESagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Mailcow, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, SpamTitan, Symantec
Three alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, IRONSCALES, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
Coro, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, SpamTitanThree alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Mimecast Email Security, SpamTitanOne alternative
Barracuda Email ProtectionSix alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Google Workspace protections, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection, SpamTitanMistral SmallIRONSCALES, SpamTitanMicrosoft Defender for Office 365ChangedMicrosoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionMimecast Email Security, SpamTitanno first choiceagainst: Mimecast Email Security
Three alternatives
Abnormal AI, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Huntress, ValimailFive alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Guardz, Mimecast Email Security, Trend Micro Email Security, TrustifiOne alternative
Microsoft Defender for Office 365DeepSeek V4 FlashBarracuda Email ProtectionProofpoint Email ProtectionChangedMicrosoft Defender for Office 365SpamTitanno first choiceagainst: Acronis Cyber Protect, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, SpamTitan, Valimail
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFour alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, SpamTitanFour alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALES, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Abnormal AI, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Llama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceSpamTitanno first choiceagainst: Microsoft 365, Mimecast Email Security
Two alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Proofpoint Email ProtectionQwen 3.7 FlashCheck Point Harmony Email & CollaborationAbnormal AIChangedagainst: SpamTitanMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Barracuda Email Protection, SpamTitanagainst: Gmailno first choiceagainst: Acronis Cyber Protect, Barracuda Email Protection, CyberSentriq, Proofpoint Email Protection
Three alternatives
Datto SecureDOC, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Sophos PureMessageOne alternative
Mimecast Email SecurityTwo alternatives
Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityKimi K2Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationProofpoint Email ProtectionChangedIRONSCALESMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365against: Barracuda Email Protection, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
One alternative
IRONSCALESTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email SecurityFive alternatives
Abnormal AI, Guardz, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFour alternatives
Mailfence, Proton Mail, Trend Micro Email Security, Zoho MailFour alternatives
Abnormal AI, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALES, Proofpoint Email ProtectionGLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365HeldMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365no first choiceagainst: Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, INKY, Mimecast Email Security, SpamTitan, Sublime Email Security Platform
Four alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Coro, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionThree alternatives
Google Workspace, Mimecast Email Security, SpamTitanSix alternatives
Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Cloudflare Email Security, Coro, Guardz, Mimecast Email SecurityFour alternatives
Coro, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Trend Micro Worry-Free Business SecurityMiniMax M2.5Google Workspace, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365ChangedMicrosoft Defender for Office 365Google Workspace, Microsoft 365no first choiceagainst: SpamTitan
Two alternatives
Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionTwo alternatives
Fortra Agari Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionFour alternatives
KnowBe4, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection, Trend Micro Email SecurityTwo alternatives
Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionGPT-6 LunaGoogle Workspace, Microsoft 365Microsoft Defender for Office 365ChangedGoogle Workspace, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Gmail, Microsoft Defender for Office 365no first choicenothing named
One alternative
Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationThree alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Proofpoint 365 Total ProtectionOne alternative
Microsoft 365Muse Glimmer 30BHuntress Email Security, Proofpoint Email ProtectionProofpoint 365 Total Protection, formerly Proofpoint EssentialsChangedBarracuda Email Protection, Proofpoint Email ProtectionSpamTitan Cloudno first choiceagainst: Appriver, Barracuda Email Protection, OpenText Cybersecurity, Sophos Email
Three alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Coro, SpamTitanTwo alternatives
INKY Phishing Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Three alternatives
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat ProtectionThree alternatives
Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, 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 12:51 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:05 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 07:41 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:58 | yes | 26 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:10 | yes | 21 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:35 | yes | 7 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:03 | yes | 23 | 40 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:20 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:15 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:26 | yes | 14 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:29 | yes | 15 | 95 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:25 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:42 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 12:56 | yes | 13 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 07:53 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:47 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:33 | yes | 18 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:08 | yes | 21 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:21 | yes | 21 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:56 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:38 | yes | 23 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:59 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:47 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:34 | yes | 19 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:06 | yes | 15 | 57 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:39 | yes | 9 | 36 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:40 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:54 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:09 | yes | 14 | 12 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:45 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 07:43 | yes | 21 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:40 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:59 | yes | 22 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:21 | yes | 8 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:33 | yes | 25 | 50 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:43 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:58 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:41 | yes | 19 | 35 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:25 | yes | 19 | 182 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:05 | yes | 25 | 54 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:50 | yes | 6 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:42 | yes | 24 | 44 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:44 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:56 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:40 | yes | 23 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:22 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:57 | yes | 24 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:02 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:08 | yes | 22 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:39 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 13:18 | yes | 9 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:10 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:15 | yes | 24 | 85 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:21 | yes | 5 | 44 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:30 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 12:53 | yes | 15 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:35 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:51 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:13 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:51 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:28 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 13:32 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 07:41 | yes | 22 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:04 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:50 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:24 | yes | 22 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:18 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:44 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:18 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:38 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:12 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:57 | yes | 6 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:20 | yes | 23 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 07:36 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:39 | yes | 25 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 13:27 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:13 | yes | 21 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:50 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:29 | yes | 14 | 49 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:26 | yes | 23 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:51 | yes | 18 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:45 | yes | 18 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:40 | yes | 6 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:39 | yes | 24 | 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.
ShowHide
Category-scoped readings
Abnormal read as Abnormal AI
Barracuda read as Barracuda Email Protection
Barracuda (Older/On-Prem Models) read as Barracuda Email Protection
Check Point read as Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Check Point (formerly Avanan) 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
Google Workspace Security read as Google Workspace
Google Workspace security read as Google Workspace
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 (Cloud Gateway) read as Mimecast Email Security
Proofpoint read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint (Enterprise) read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint Essentials read as Proofpoint Email Protection
Sophos read as Sophos Email
TitanHQ read as SpamTitan
Trend Micro read as Trend Micro Email Security
Unresolved, counted raw
Darktrace Email Security
Datto SecureDOC
EasyDMARC
Exchange Online Protection (EOP)
Fortra Agari Email Security
Google Beyond
Google Workspace add-ons
Google Workspace protections
Huntress Email Security
INKY
INKY Phishing Protection
KnowBe4 Email & Collaboration Security
LayerOne
Libraesva Email Security
Mailcow
Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection
OpenText Cybersecurity
Proofpoint 365 Total Protection, formerly Proofpoint Essentials
Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business
Sophos PureMessage
SpamTitan Cloud
Sublime Email Security Platform
Vade for M365 / Hornetsecurity
Xeams
default M365 Exchange Online Protection
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.