Ten of fourteen models named UpGuard first on the direct prompt; one named ProcessUnity. UpGuard was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and ProcessUnity by thirteen and UpGuard carries 57 labels and ProcessUnity 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in six categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
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 third-party risk management page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, UpGuard and ProcessUnity were named in the same answer sixty-two times, of the 200 answers naming UpGuard and the 95 naming ProcessUnity. In those answers ProcessUnity took the first choice nine times and UpGuard twenty-one.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
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| Grok 4.1 Fast | ||||||
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| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“reviews consistently flag limited customization and integration pain for UpGuard and Prevalent” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Excellent for ratings, but cautious about the *full* TPRM lifecycle.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you want a single recommendation for most limited-budget SMEs, UpGuard is the one most 2024-2025 round-ups name as the affordable, SME-friendly TPRM leader.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“If you need a truly free start‑point: UpGuard's free tier or CyberGRX's free vendor assessment are the quickest ways to get baseline visibility.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“For organizations focused on continuous cyber risk and attack‑surface visibility: UpGuard's continuous monitoring and scoring are a standout.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Abysmal performance with 10-20 minute wait times and timeouts” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Some platforms (like OneTrust or ProcessUnity) charge for setup services, which can double your first-year cost.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Users note lengthy implementation timelines and configuration challenges, though the platform is feature-rich.” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“ProcessUnity - Named a Leader in Forrester Wave TPRM Q1 2024, with highest customer feedback scores” MiniMax M2.5 · scale prompt · first choice
“the best third-party risk management (TPRM) platform is usually ProcessUnity” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“For a specialist TPRM workflow, start with ProcessUnity and Prevalent.” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · first choice
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.