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Security awareness training · October 2026 Edition

Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training vs Proofpoint ZenGuide

Zero of fourteen models named Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training first on the direct prompt; one named Proofpoint ZenGuide. Both were named by all fourteen models and Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training carries 20 labels and Proofpoint ZenGuide 46, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Named in one category this edition.

Proofpoint ZenGuide

criticized challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share6%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%30%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels2046A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Hoxhunt was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. KnowBe4 vs Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training · KnowBe4 vs Proofpoint ZenGuide · Hoxhunt vs Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the security awareness training page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Huntress Managed Security Awareness TrainingFirst choices, of fourteen modelsProofpoint ZenGuide
Direct01
Paraphrase004 against Proofpoint ZenGuide
Comparative001 against Proofpoint ZenGuide
Budget-constrained202 against Proofpoint ZenGuide
Scale-constrained10
Negative007 against Proofpoint ZenGuide
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training and Proofpoint ZenGuide were named in the same answer thirty-nine times, of the 65 answers naming Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training and the 138 naming Proofpoint ZenGuide. In those answers Proofpoint ZenGuide took the first choice one time and Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training eight.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training and Proofpoint ZenGuide stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training Proofpoint ZenGuide first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training on the left and Proofpoint ZenGuide on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training and Proofpoint ZenGuide stood in it.

Proofpoint ZenGuide first, Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training not the choice

1 of 14 modelsHuntress Managed Security Awareness Training was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallKnowBe4, Proofpoint ZenGuide alternatives: Arctic Wolf Managed Security Awareness, Hoxhunt, Mimecast Engage, SoSafe

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5KnowBe4 alternatives: Hoxhunt, Proofpoint ZenGuide
GPT-5.4 miniKnowBe4 alternatives: Hoxhunt, Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training, Mimecast Engage, Proofpoint ZenGuide, SoSafe
Gemini 3.5 FlashHoxhunt alternatives: Adaptive Security, Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training
Grok 4.1 FastKnowBe4 alternatives: Arctic Wolf Managed Security Awareness, Hoxhunt, MetaCompliance, Proofpoint ZenGuide
DeepSeek V4 FlashHoxhunt, KnowBe4 alternatives: Arctic Wolf Managed Security Awareness, Proofpoint ZenGuide, SoSafe
Kimi K2Hoxhunt alternatives: Arctic Wolf Managed Security Awareness, Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training, KnowBe4, SoSafe
GPT-6 LunaKnowBe4 alternatives: Hoxhunt, Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training, Proofpoint ZenGuide
Muse Glimmer 30BHoxhunt alternatives: Arctic Wolf Managed Security Awareness, KnowBe4, MetaCompliance, Proofpoint ZenGuide

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarHoxhunt alternatives: Cofense PhishMe, KnowBe4, SoSafe
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice alternatives: Arctic Wolf Managed Security Awareness, Hoxhunt, Infosec IQ
Qwen 3.7 FlashKnowBe4 alternatives: Arctic Wolf Managed Security Awareness, Hoxhunt
GLM 4.7 FlashXKnowBe4 alternatives: Hoxhunt, SoSafe
MiniMax M2.5Hoxhunt, KnowBe4 alternatives: Arctic Wolf Managed Security Awareness

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training leads by sixteen points.
Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training16%#2 of 11
Proofpoint ZenGuide0%#11 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training leads by four points.
Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training6%#4 of 11
Proofpoint ZenGuide2%#6 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Proofpoint ZenGuide leads at enterprise.
Proofpoint ZenGuide4%#3 of 10
Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training

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

“Huntress Managed SAT (formerly Curricula): Highly popular for mid-market... Huntress manages much of the campaign scheduling for you.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Curricula is the standout choice because it's genuinely free for up to 1,000 employees” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“For very limited budgets, AwareGo or Huntress tend to offer the best value” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Proofpoint ZenGuide

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

“Proofpoint, Mimecast – Often bundled with email security and can be expensive for small teams” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Users describe the interface as “clunky” and poorly integrated with other systems.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“You should only choose these if you are *already* paying for their Email Protection/Gateways... Extremely expensive if you try to buy these standalone” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“KnowBe4 and Proofpoint are top choices due to their comprehensive features and scalability.” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Proofpoint if you already use Proofpoint and want awareness training integrated into a larger enterprise security ecosystem.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · alternative
“worth evaluating if you already use Proofpoint and want training informed by its broader human-risk and threat context” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.