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September 2026 Edition, published September 17, 2026 · The permanent record of that edition, superseded since. The current standing is on the category page →
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Insider risk management

Asked as “insider risk management tool”, and as “insider threat platform”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 46 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each. Added to the September 2026 Edition; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories: how the two compare.
Standing · first-choice share
22%
Contested · Above Security 17%
22Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management17Above Security13Code42 Incydr48others

22% of first choices, contested.

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.

The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management22%3%36accepted challenger
02Above Security17%0%15accepted challenger
03Code42 Incydr13%0%30accepted challenger
04Proofpoint Insider Threat Management4%19%27accepted challenger
05Microsoft Purview2%6%16accepted challenger
06Teramind2%27%33criticized challenger
07Cyberhaven2%20%10accepted challenger
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09Varonis Data Security Platform0%24%21accepted challenger
11DTEX Systems0%23%13accepted challenger
12Gurucul0%18%11accepted challenger
08DTEX InTERCEPT0%17%23accepted challenger
10Securonix UEBA0%15%13accepted challenger
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.

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%.

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01Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management22%
02Above Security17%
03Code42 Incydr13%
04Proofpoint Insider Threat Management4%
05Microsoft Purview2%
06Teramind2%
07Cyberhaven2%
08DTEX InTERCEPT0%
09Varonis Data Security Platform0%
10Securonix UEBA0%
11DTEX Systems0%
12Gurucul0%

What they warned about

One of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, 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.
Teramind
27%
9 of 33 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 4 hard negative
“Teramind, Veriato, and Coro/Metomic, which are not recommended for large enterprises due to performance issues or limited features” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Proofpoint Insider Threat Management
19%
5 of 27 labels negative · 4 of 12 models
“Potential concerns: Ecosystem dependency (Proofpoint suite), may be less suited for non-Proofpoint environments; session recording can raise privacy concerns.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
DTEX InTERCEPT
17%
4 of 23 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“What I'd Avoid for Your Size: ... Enterprise-grade (1,000+ seats minimum), custom quotes often $150K+ annually” DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt
Varonis Data Security Platform
24%
5 of 21 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Varonis alone starts in the six figures” DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt

What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

76 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1063 links across 172 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

52 answers · 118 citations · 12 models
35 answers · 53 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Microsoft32 answers · 40 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Nightfall29 answers · 29 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Exabeam25 answers · 45 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Living Security23 answers · 30 citations · 11 models
22 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Cyberhaven21 answers · 27 citations · 10 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Breachsense20 answers · 20 citations · 11 models
20 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
18 answers · 29 citations · 10 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.

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 insider risk management tool”, “insider risk management tool”, “insider risk management tools”. 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 productsShareOwn site citedName searches, GoogleAI search demand, est.Organic visitsPaid search a month, est.Google ads, last 30 daysBest Google position
Microsoft parent site
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management 22%, Microsoft Purview 2%, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps 2%, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk 2%
28%4382,240,000403,136
Above Security above.security17%523901781727
Code42 Incydr mimecast.com13%681106148,92921
E-Monitor7%210206
Coro coro.net7%11149,5004,8333,7913
Proofpoint parent site
Proofpoint Insider Threat Management 4%
4%6127,1001,488
SolarWinds parent site
SolarWinds Security Event Manager 4%
4%2814,8001,396
Safetica safetica.com
Safetica 2%, Safetica Intelligent Data Security Platform 2%
4%120170105154
Kickidler kickidler.com
Kickidler DLP 2%, Kickidler 2%
4%181005,3332
Teramind teramind.co2%1085,40011919,425$518482

Google's top ten for the three searches hold 17 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cyberhaven.com, exabeam.com, gartner.com, learn.microsoft.com). The first result for “best insider risk management tool” 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.
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ModelDirect“What is the best insider risk management tool for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which insider threat platform would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top insider risk management tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best insider risk management tool for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating an insider risk management tool. What should we look at?”Negative“Which insider risk management tools should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Teramind
Three alternativesMicrosoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Proofpoint Insider Threat Management, Varonis Data Security Platform
no first choiceChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Microsoft Purview
GPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Purview Insider Risk Management
Two alternativesTeramind, Varonis Data Security Platform
Proofpoint Insider Threat ManagementChanged
Two alternativesMicrosoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Varonis Unified Data Security Platform
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
Six alternativesDTEX InTERCEPT, Incydr, Proofpoint Insider Threat Management, Securonix UEBA, Teramind, Varonis Unified Data Security Platform
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
One alternativeProofpoint Insider Threat Management
no first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashCyberhaven
Four alternativesCode42 Incydr, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Safetica, Teramind
Code42 IncydrChanged
Two alternativesCyberhaven, Safetica
against: Teramind
Cyberhaven
Four alternativesCode42 Incydr, DTEX Systems, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Proofpoint Insider Threat Management
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
Three alternativesActivTrak, Teramind, Wazuh
against: Cyberhaven, DTEX InTERCEPT, Proofpoint ITM
no first choice
Two alternativesGoogle Workspace native tools, Microsoft Purview
nothing named
Perplexity SonarAbove Security
Four alternativesCode42 Incydr, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Proofpoint Insider Threat Management, Varonis Data Security Platform
UpGuardChanged
Two alternativesMicrosoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Varonis Data Security Platform
against: DTEX Systems
no first choiceMicrosoft Purview Insider Risk Management
Three alternativesActivTrak, Coro, CurrentWare Insider Threat Detection
no first choiceagainst: Coro, Metomic, Veriato
Grok 4.1 FastCode42 Incydr, Proofpoint Insider Threat Management
Three alternativesDTEX InTERCEPT, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Safetica
SolarWinds Security Event ManagerChanged
Three alternativesAbove Security, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Netwrix Auditor
no first choiceagainst: TeramindMicrosoft Purview Insider Risk Management
Three alternativesCoro, Safetica, Teramind
against: OSSEC, OpenDLP
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk
Four alternativesCode42 Incydr, DTEX InTERCEPT, Proofpoint Insider Threat Management, Varonis Data Security Platform
against: DTEX Systems, Forcepoint DLP, Netwrix Auditor, Proofpoint Insider Threat Management, Securonix UEBA, Varonis Data Security Platform
Mistral SmallAbove Security
Two alternativesCode42, DTEX Systems
SolarWinds Security Event ManagerChanged
One alternativeNetwrix Auditor
against: Exabeam, Nightfall AI
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Varonis Platform
Six alternativesCode42 Incydr, DTEX Systems, Gurucul, Proofpoint Insider Threat Management, Splunk, Teramind
Coro, Microsoft Purview
One alternativeAbove Security
no first choicenothing named
DeepSeek V4 FlashCode42 Incydr
Three alternativesAbove Security, Coro Insider Risk, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
against: Teramind
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk ManagementChanged
One alternativeCode42 Incydr
against: DTEX InTERCEPT, Gurucul, Securonix UEBA, Teramind, Varonis Data Security Platform
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
Eight alternativesCode42 Incydr, DTEX Systems, Forcepoint Insider Threat, Proofpoint ITM, Securonix UEBA, Splunk UBA, Teramind, Varonis Data Security Platform
E-Monitor
Five alternativesActivTrak, AnySecura Insider Risk Management, InterGuard, Kickidler DLP, Time Champ
no first choiceagainst: DTEX InTERCEPT, Gurucul, Teramind, Trellix Insider Risk Management, Varonis Data Security Platform
Llama 4 MaverickAbove Security
Four alternativesCode42, DTEX InTERCEPT, Gurucul, Securonix UEBA
no first choiceChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Coro, Metomic, Teramind, Veriato
Qwen 3.7 FlashAbove Security
Two alternativesDTEX InTERCEPT, Microsoft Purview
Microsoft Defender for Cloud AppsChanged
Three alternativesCyberArk, Exabeam, Netskope
Varonis Data Security Platform
Three alternativesBigID, Exabeam, OneTrust
EmpMonitor
Three alternativesActivTrak, E-Monitor, Microsoft Purview
no first choicenothing named
Kimi K2Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
Three alternativesCode42 Incydr, DTEX InTERCEPT, Proofpoint Insider Threat Management
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk ManagementHeld
Three alternativesCode42 Incydr, Proofpoint Insider Threat Management, Teramind
no first choiceE-Monitor, Kickidler
Two alternativesMicrosoft Purview Insider Risk Management, OSSEC
against: MyDLP
no first choice
Four alternativesAbove Security, Code42 Incydr, Forcepoint DLP, Microsoft Purview
against: DTEX Systems, Proofpoint Insider Threat Management
against: ActivTrak, Hubstaff, Teramind
GLM 4.7 FlashXSafetica Intelligent Data Security Platform
Three alternativesCode42 Incydr, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Teramind
against: Varonis Data Security Platform
Code42 IncydrChanged
Two alternativesProofpoint Insider Threat Management, Teramind
no first choiceCoro
Four alternativesCurrentWare, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Velociraptor, Wazuh
Above Security
Four alternativesCode42 Incydr, DTEX Systems, Microsoft Purview, Securonix UEBA
against: Cyberhaven, DTEX InTERCEPT, Elevate Security, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Proofpoint Insider Threat Management, SenseOn, Teramind, Varonis Data Security Platform
MiniMax M2.5Above Security, Safetica
Two alternativesTeramind, UpGuard
Netwrix AuditorChanged
Three alternativesCode42 Incydr, Exabeam, Varonis Data Security Platform
DTEX InTERCEPT
Three alternativesCode42 Incydr, Cyberhaven, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
Coro
Two alternativesMetomic, Microsoft Purview
no first choice
Four alternativesDTEX InTERCEPT, Microsoft Purview, Securonix UEBA, Varonis Data Security Platform
nothing named
Bold 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
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-05 00:04yes97 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-04 23:31yes47 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-05 01:14yes1727 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-05 00:47yes193 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-05 01:21yes2311 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-05 00:42yes53 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-04 22:12yes1937 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-04 22:10yes52 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-05 00:22yes935 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-05 00:56yes1830 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-05 01:22yes2240 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-05 01:32yes623 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-05 01:25no04 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-05 01:34yes35 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-05 00:15yes1625 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-04 22:59yes163 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-04 23:03yes199 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-05 00:57yes106 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-04 23:57yes1530 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-04 23:57yes53 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-05 01:51no036 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-04 22:39yes2523 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-04 22:55yes2279 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-05 01:54yes1845 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-05 01:50yes98 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-05 01:30yes49 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-04 23:53yes1727 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-05 00:18yes196 s
ComparativeGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-04 23:59yes2110 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-05 01:31yes1017 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-05 00:07yes2259 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-04 22:09yes53 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-05 01:58yes2164 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-05 00:57yes2534 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-05 01:28yes2037 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-04 23:26yes1526 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-04 23:45no05 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-04 23:32yes35 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-05 01:44yes1628 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-05 00:03yes183 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-05 00:36yes2110 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-05 01:10yes53 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-04 23:26yes2348 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-05 01:03yes53 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-04 22:47yes1447 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-04 23:49yes2021 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-04 22:46yes2348 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-04 23:01yes516 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-04 23:05no05 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-04 23:40no010 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-04 22:31yes626 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-05 00:35yes206 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-05 01:53yes1710 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-05 01:46no07 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-05 00:34yes1790 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-05 00:54yes53 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-05 00:38no026 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-05 00:57yes2337 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-05 00:20yes2364 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-05 00:16yes1012 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-05 00:27yes178 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-05 01:13yes55 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-04 23:51yes1526 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-05 00:52yes224 s
Negative framingGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-05 01:00yes2210 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-04 23:48yes56 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-04 22:51yes2437 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-04 23:51yes53 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-04 23:33no030 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-05 00:00yes2426 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-05 01:21yes2239 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-04 23:56yes1441 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
DTEX read as DTEX InTERCEPT
DTEX Platform read as DTEX InTERCEPT
Forcepoint read as Forcepoint DLP
Mimecast Incydr read as Code42 Incydr
Mimecast Incydr (formerly Code42 Incydr) read as Code42 Incydr
Proofpoint Insider Threat read as Proofpoint Insider Threat Management
Proofpoint Insider Threat Management, formerly ObserveIT read as Proofpoint Insider Threat Management
Proofpoint ObserveIT read as Proofpoint Insider Threat Management
Securonix read as Securonix UEBA
Varonis read as Varonis Data Security Platform
Unresolved, counted raw
AktivTrak
AnySecura Insider Risk Management
Coro Insider Risk
Elevate Security
Fortanix
GitHub Insider Threat Projects
Google Workspace native tools
Incydr (Code42)
Insider Threat Detection Tool (GitHub)
Insider Threat Matrix (GitHub)
Insider Threat Monitor (GitHub)
RVRed Vector FULCRUM
Symantec (Broadcom) Insider Risk Management
Trellix Insider Risk Management
Varonis Platform
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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