Third-party risk management for enterprise buyers
Asked as “third-party risk management platform”, and as “vendor risk assessment tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 48 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
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.
01The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor 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%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
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01ProcessUnity25%
ProcessUnity25%02Bitsight23%
Bitsight23%03UpGuard10%
UpGuard10%04OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management10%
OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management10%05Venminder6%
Venminder6%06Riskonnect4%
Riskonnect4%07Prevalent2%
Prevalent2%08SecurityScorecard2%
SecurityScorecard2%09Panorays2%
Panorays2%10ServiceNow2%
ServiceNow2%11Vanta2%
Vanta2%12Archer2%
Archer2%13MetricStream0%
MetricStream0%02What 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, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, 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.
SecurityScorecard28%
11 of 40 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“large enterprises should be cautious about or avoid the following third-party risk management (TPRM) platforms ... **SecurityScorecard** - **Issues:** Poor customer service” Mistral Small, negative prompt
OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management22%
10 of 46 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Platforms to Avoid for Your Use Case ... **OneTrust** | Custom/usage-based, modular | Per-user costs can escalate quickly” Kimi K2, budget prompt
Bitsight21%
10 of 47 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“SecurityScorecard / Bitsight** | Quote-only, typically per-vendor | Less transparency” Kimi K2, budget prompt
Archer38%
8 of 21 labels negative · 6 of 12 models
“Legacy, highly configurable systems (like ProcessUnity or Archer) often have hidden implementation/professional service costs.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
03What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
70 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 6 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 992 links across 216 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · UpGuard52 answers · 76 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Bitsight51 answers · 82 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Vanta39 answers · 49 citations · 10 models
34 answers · 54 citations · 11 models
19 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Riskonnect17 answers · 18 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Rescana17 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Mitratech16 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Panorays16 answers · 20 citations · 6 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Risk Ledger15 answers · 23 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Sprinto14 answers · 16 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.
45 answers · 10 models
41 answers · 11 models
37 answers · 9 models
19 answers · 9 models
18 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 6 models
13 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 9 models
04How 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.
ModelDirect“What is the best third-party risk management platform for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which vendor risk assessment tool would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade third-party risk management platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best third-party risk management 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 a third-party risk management platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which third-party risk management platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5RiskonnectBitsightChangedPrevalent, SecurityScorecard, UpGuardUpGuardagainst: MetricStream, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Managementno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Bitsight, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, PanoraysFive alternatives
OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, Prevalent, ProcessUnity, ServiceNow, VenminderSix alternatives
Archer, Bitsight, MetricStream, Panorays, ProcessUnity, RiskonnectGPT-5.4 miniOneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, ProcessUnityBitsightChangedno first choiceagainst: Archer, Bitsight, SecurityScorecardBitsightno first choiceagainst: Exiger, ProcessUnity
Two alternatives
Bitsight, PrevalentTwo alternatives
OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, SecurityScorecardEleven alternatives
Aravo, Certa, Diligent One, LogicGate, MetricStream, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, Onspring, Prevalent, ProcessUnity, Riskonnect, SAI360Two alternatives
OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, SecurityScorecardGemini 3.5 FlashOneTrust Third-Party Risk ManagementProcessUnityChangedBitsight, UpGuardVenminderagainst: Archerno first choiceagainst: Archer, Bitsight, Drata, MetricStream, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, SecurityScorecard, Vanta
Seven alternatives
Bitsight, Diligent One, Exiger, Panorays, ProcessUnity, ServiceNow, UpGuardThree alternatives
OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, ServiceNow Vendor Risk Management, UpGuardFive alternatives
OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, Panorays, ProcessUnity, Riskonnect, ServiceNowThree alternatives
Centraleyes, LogicManager, ProcessUnityPerplexity SonarRiskonnectProcessUnityChangedno first choiceagainst: ArcherUpGuardno first choiceagainst: Bitsight, Drata, Panorays, RiskRecon, SecurityScorecard, Sprinto, UpGuard, Vanta
Five alternatives
Bitsight, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, Prevalent, ProcessUnity, SecurityScorecardTwo alternatives
Bitsight, OneTrust Third-Party Risk ManagementNine alternatives
Bitsight, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, Prevalent, ProcessUnity, Riskonnect, SecurityScorecard, ServiceNow, UpGuard, VenminderTwo alternatives
Archer, PrevalentGrok 4.1 FastProcessUnityBitsightChangedno first choiceServiceNowno first choiceagainst: Aravo, Bitsight, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, SecurityScorecard, Vanta, Whistic
Four alternatives
Bitsight, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, SecurityScorecard, UpGuardThree alternatives
OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, ProcessUnity, UpGuardFour alternatives
Diligent One, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, ProcessUnity, UpGuardMistral SmallBitsight, ProcessUnityBitsight, ProcessUnityHeldno first choiceComplyJet, SmartSuiteagainst: OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, Prevalent, ProcessUnity, Riskonnectno first choiceagainst: OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, ProcessUnity, SecurityScorecard
One alternative
SAI360One alternative
UpGuardDeepSeek V4 FlashPrevalent, ProcessUnityOneTrust Third-Party Risk ManagementChangedBitsight, ProcessUnityagainst: ArcherVenminderagainst: Bitsight, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, Riskonnect, SecurityScorecard, UpGuardProcessUnityagainst: Bitsight, SecurityScorecardagainst: Archer, Ariba, Bitsight, MetricStream, ProcessUnity, SecurityScorecard, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, Venminder
Four alternatives
Aravo, Bitsight, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, SecurityScorecardFour alternatives
Bitsight, Prevalent, ProcessUnity, SecurityScorecardSix alternatives
OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, Panorays, Prevalent, SecurityScorecard, ServiceNow, UpGuardOne alternative
PrevalentNine alternatives
NAVEX, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, Panorays, Prevalent, Riskonnect, SecureSlate, UpGuard, Vanta, WhisticLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceBitsight, ProcessUnityChangedno first choiceArcherno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Bitsight, MetricStreamQwen 3.7 FlashAravoBitsight, MTRiskChangedno first choiceUpGuardagainst: IBM OpenPages, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, ServiceNowno first choiceagainst: Archer, Bitsight, Diligent One, Excel/SharePoint, Jira, MetricStream, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, SecurityScorecard, ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management, UpGuard
Four alternatives
Bitsight, ComplyScore, Riskonnect, SecurityScorecardSix alternatives
Bitsight, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, Prevalent, ProcessUnity, SecurityScorecard, UpGuardOne alternative
ProcessUnityKimi K2OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, ProcessUnityProcessUnityChangedBitsight, ProcessUnityVenminderagainst: Aravo, Bitsight, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, SecurityScorecard, Vantano first choiceagainst: Archer, Bitsight, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, Prevalent, ProcessUnity, RiskRecon, SecurityScorecard, Venminder
Three alternatives
Bitsight, Prevalent, UpGuardOne alternative
OneTrust Third-Party Risk ManagementSix alternatives
OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, Prevalent, SecurityScorecard, ServiceNow, UpGuard, VenminderOne alternative
ProcessUnityGLM 4.7 FlashXUpGuardOneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, ProcessUnityChangedAravono first choiceno first choicenothing named
Seven alternatives
OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, Panorays, ProcessUnity, Risk Ledger, Riskonnect, SecurityScorecard, VantaSix alternatives
Bitsight, Hyperproof, Prevalent, SecurityScorecard, UpGuard, VenminderTwelve alternatives
Bitsight, ComplyScore, Cynomi, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, Panorays, Prevalent, ProcessUnity, RiskRecon, SecurityScorecard, UpGuard, Vanta, VenminderMiniMax M2.5BitsightBitsight, PanoraysChangedno first choiceUpGuardBitsight, SecurityScorecard, Vantanothing named
Four alternatives
Archer, ProcessUnity, SecurityScorecard, UpGuardTwo alternatives
OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, ProcessUnityFive alternatives
Bitsight, MetricStream, OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, SecurityScorecard, ServiceNowOne alternative
DocubarkFour alternatives
OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management, ProcessUnity, Riskonnect, VenminderBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
05The 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.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:12 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:23 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:31 | yes | 19 | 60 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 10:44 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 14:08 | yes | 33 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 12:19 | yes | 23 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 11:31 | yes | 24 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:43 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:33 | yes | 10 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 10:37 | yes | 14 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:35 | yes | 17 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:07 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:05 | yes | 18 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 14:12 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 10:10 | yes | 7 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:34 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 11:25 | yes | 26 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:33 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:47 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:51 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:24 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:20 | yes | 14 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:26 | yes | 10 | 94 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 11:56 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:41 | yes | 13 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:30 | yes | 4 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 14:08 | yes | 20 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 13:39 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 14:03 | yes | 29 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:19 | yes | 8 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:33 | yes | 18 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:02 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 14:15 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:39 | yes | 19 | 50 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:35 | yes | 33 | 48 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:29 | yes | 14 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:45 | yes | 13 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:34 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:17 | yes | 22 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:44 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 12:48 | yes | 19 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:04 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 09:40 | yes | 26 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:20 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 09:34 | yes | 11 | 100 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:01 | yes | 30 | 53 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:01 | yes | 32 | 67 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:40 | yes | 17 | 100 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:19 | yes | 18 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 13:52 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 11:04 | yes | 8 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 14:06 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 11:58 | yes | 14 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:45 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:44 | yes | 39 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:32 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 12:40 | yes | 5 | 46 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:37 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 10:24 | yes | 23 | 143 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 14:00 | yes | 9 | 70 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:46 | yes | 24 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:24 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:23 | yes | 30 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 13:44 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 10:26 | yes | 19 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 13:27 | yes | 16 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 09:54 | yes | 26 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 10:03 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:40 | yes | 5 | 47 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:56 | yes | 29 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:39 | yes | 26 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:35 | yes | 23 | 77 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
Category-scoped readings
Diligent read as Diligent One
Diligent (including Diligent-3rdRisk) read as Diligent One
OneTrust read as OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management
OneTrust (Third-Party Risk Management) read as OneTrust Third-Party Risk Management
Unresolved, counted raw
Ariba
Cyber Sierra
Docubark
Excel/SharePoint
FlowAssure
Gatekeeper
MTRisk
Ncontracts
ProcessUnity's CyberGRX
TPSaaS
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.