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Threat intelligence platforms

Asked as “threat intelligence platform”, and as “cyber threat intelligence feed and platform”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 47 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing
Contested
13% 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.

01The 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
01NordStellar13%0%13accepted challenger
02MISP11%8%24accepted challenger
03Rapid7 Threat Command11%0%11accepted challenger
04Recorded Future9%41%46criticized challenger
05OpenCTI6%9%23accepted challenger
06Cyble Vision6%0%12accepted challenger
07AlienVault OTX4%15%13accepted challenger
08ThreatConnect4%36%28criticized challenger
09Anomali2%23%13accepted challenger
Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
11Anomali ThreatStream0%14%14accepted challenger
10Abuse.ch0%0%10accepted challenger
12Flashpoint0%0%10accepted challenger
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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Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
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01NordStellar13%
02MISP11%
03Rapid7 Threat Command11%
04Recorded Future9%
05OpenCTI6%
06Cyble Vision6%
07AlienVault OTX4%
08ThreatConnect4%
09Anomali2%
10Abuse.ch0%
11Anomali ThreatStream0%
12Flashpoint0%

02What they warned about

Two of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. 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 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.
Recorded Future
41%
19 of 46 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“**Verdict:** Avoid if you have a limited budget or require high-volume, automated ingestion into many disparate tools.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
ThreatConnect
36%
10 of 28 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid enterprise-heavy like Anomali/ThreatConnect unless growing fast.” Grok 4.1 Fast, direct prompt
Mandiant
78%
7 of 9 labels negative · 6 of 12 models
“Large enterprises often buy raw, firehose-style threat feeds (like Recorded Future or Mandiant)” Gemini 3.5 Flash, direct prompt
Anomali
23%
3 of 13 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid enterprise-heavy like Anomali/ThreatConnect unless growing fast.” Grok 4.1 Fast, direct 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

62 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. 866 links across 236 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

37 answers · 64 citations · 10 models
vendor site · UpGuard33 answers · 39 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Cyware27 answers · 37 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
24 answers · 25 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
vendor site · UnderDefense15 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
vendor site · ShadowDragon15 answers · 15 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Expert Insights14 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Cyble14 answers · 15 citations · 6 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Stellar Cyber12 answers · 17 citations · 5 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.

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 threat intelligence platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which cyber threat intelligence feed and platform would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top threat intelligence platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best threat intelligence platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a threat intelligence platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which threat intelligence platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Cyble Vision
Three alternativesRecorded Future, SOCRadar, ThreatConnect
Cyble VisionHeld
Two alternativesCloudSEK, SOCRadar
Recorded Future
Four alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Adversary Intelligence, Cyble Vision, Flare, Flashpoint Ignite
MISP
Five alternativesCisco Talos, CrowdSec, Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence, Open Threat Exchange, OpenCTI
no first choicenothing named
GPT-5.4 miniRecorded Future
Six alternativesAnomali, CrowdStrike Falcon Adversary Intelligence, Cyware, SOCRadar, ThreatConnect, ZeroFox
Feedly Threat IntelligenceChanged
Five alternativesCyware CTIX, Recorded Future, SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence, ThreatConnect, ZeroFox
ThreatConnect
Four alternativesAnomali, MISP, OpenCTI, Recorded Future
MISP
Two alternativesAlienVault OTX, OpenCTI
no first choiceagainst: Stellar Cyber, ThreatConnect, ThreatQ
Gemini 3.5 FlashSOCRadar
Five alternativesFeedly for Threat Intelligence, Flare, MISP, OpenCTI, Rapid7 Threat Command
against: Mandiant, Recorded Future
Flare, SOCRadarChanged
Four alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Adversary Intelligence, MISP, Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence, OpenCTI
against: Google Mandiant, Recorded Future
Recorded Future
Five alternativesAnomali, Cyware, OpenCTI, ThreatConnect, ThreatQuotient
OpenCTI
Four alternativesFeedly for Threat Intelligence, GreyNoise, LevelBlue OTX, MISP
no first choiceagainst: Anomali, ThreatConnect, ThreatQuotientagainst: AlienVault OTX, Anomali ThreatStream, MISP, OpenCTI, Recorded Future, ThreatConnect
Perplexity SonarCyble Vision, SOCRadar
Two alternativesFlare, Rapid7 Threat Command
against: ManageEngine Log360
ThreatConnectChanged
Three alternativesAbuse.ch, Anomali ThreatStream, Recorded Future
Recorded Future
Seven alternativesAnomali ThreatStream, CloudSEK XVigil, CrowdStrike Falcon Adversary Intelligence, Cyble Vision, Flashpoint, Google Threat Intelligence / Mandiant, ThreatConnect
AlienVault OTX, VirusTotal
Three alternativesCloudSEK, GreyNoise, NordStellar
against: Mandiant, Recorded Future
no first choiceagainst: Cloudflare Cloudforce One, Microsoft-native intelligence
Grok 4.1 FastNordStellar
Two alternativesFlare, Rapid7 Threat Command
against: Anomali, CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, Recorded Future, ThreatConnect, VirusTotal
AlienVault Open Threat ExchangeChanged
Two alternativesMISP, NordStellar
against: CrowdStrike Falcon Intel, Recorded Future, ThreatConnect
Recorded Future
Six alternativesAnomali ThreatStream, CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence / Adversary Intelligence, Google Threat Intelligence, Mandiant, Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence, ThreatConnect
AlienVault OTX
Two alternativesMISP, OpenCTI
against: Recorded Future, ThreatConnect
no first choice
Five alternativesCloudSEK, CrowdStrike Falcon, Cyware, Flashpoint, Recorded Future
against: Mandiant
against: 360 Netlab, Kaspersky, Mandiant, QiAnXin, Recorded Future, ThreatConnect
Mistral SmallNordStellar, Rapid7 Threat Command
Two alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon, UpGuard
ESET Threat Intelligence Feed, NordStellar, Rapid7 Threat CommandChanged
Two alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon, Recorded Future
no first choiceAmazon GuardDuty, GreyNoise
Two alternativesCloudSEK, NordStellar
against: Deepinfo
no first choiceagainst: Kaspersky, Mandiant, Recorded Future
DeepSeek V4 FlashNordStellar, Rapid7 Threat Command
One alternativeCyble Vision
against: Recorded Future
FlareChanged
Four alternativesAbuse.ch, AlienVault OTX, GreyNoise Block, NordStellar
against: CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, Mandiant Advantage, Recorded Future
Recorded Future
Eight alternativesAnomali ThreatStream, CrowdStrike Falcon Adversary Intelligence, Google Mandiant Threat Intelligence, MISP, Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence, OpenCTI, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR, ThreatConnect
against: Cyware
OpenCTI
Four alternativesAbuse.ch, AlienVault OTX, CloudMISP, MISP
against: Anomali, Deepinfo, Mandiant Advantage, Recorded Future, ThreatConnect
no first choiceagainst: DigitalMint, Farnsworth Intelligence, Koi Security, MISP, Mandiant, OpenCTI, Recorded Future, Sygnia
Llama 4 MaverickNordStellar
Two alternativesFlare, Rapid7 Threat Command
no first choiceChangedThreatSearch by CyberSilo
Two alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon X, Recorded Future
no first choiceno first choicenothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashThreatConnect
Four alternativesGreyNoise, OpenCTI, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR, Recorded Future
CrowdStrike FalconChanged
Three alternativesNordStellar, Recorded Future, ThreatConnect
Recorded Future
Four alternativesAnomali, CrowdStrike Falcon, Mandiant Advantage, ThreatConnect
Amazon GuardDuty
Five alternativesAbuse.ch, AlienVault OTX, Deepinfo, GreyNoise, MISP
no first choice
Three alternativesAnomali, CrowdStrike Threat Intel, ThreatConnect
against: Recorded Future
against: AlienVault OTX, CrowdStrike, Emerging Threats, FireEye
Kimi K2Flare, SOCRadar Extended Threat Intelligence
Two alternativesNordStellar, Rapid7 Threat Command
against: Intel 471, Recorded Future, ThreatConnect
SOCRadar Extended Threat IntelligenceChanged
Two alternativesAnomali, MISP
against: Recorded Future
Recorded Future
Eight alternativesAnomali ThreatStream, CrowdStrike Falcon Adversary Intelligence, Cyble Vision, Flashpoint, Google Threat Intelligence, MISP, OpenCTI, ThreatConnect
MISP, OpenCTI
Five alternativesAbuse.ch, AlienVault OTX, CISA AIS, GreyNoise, VirusTotal
no first choiceagainst: Anomali ThreatStream, Mandiant, Palantir, Recorded Future
GLM 4.7 FlashXRecorded Future
Two alternativesFlare, Rapid7 Threat Command
Recorded FutureHeld
Three alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon, ESET Threat Intelligence, Intel 471
Recorded Future
Seven alternativesAnomali ThreatStream, CrowdStrike Falcon Adversary Intelligence, Cyble Vision, MISP / OpenCTI, Mandiant Advantage, ThreatConnect, ZeroFox
MISP
Six alternativesAbuseIPDB, AlienVault Open Threat Exchange, IntelOwl, OpenCTI, VirusTotal Community API, Yeti
against: Mandiant Advantage, Recorded Future, ThreatConnect
no first choiceagainst: FortiSIEM, Palantir, Recorded Future, Splunk
MiniMax M2.5Anomali, Recorded Future
Four alternativesAlienVault OTX, Intel 471, MISP, Microsoft Defender for Threat Intelligence
NordStellar, Rapid7 Threat CommandChanged
Two alternativesAnomali ThreatStream, CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence
no first choiceMISP
Seven alternativesAlienVault OTX, IBM X-Force Exchange, Microsoft Defender for Threat Intelligence, OpenCTI, Recorded Future, Shift5, TheHive
against: Cisco Umbrella
Rapid7 Threat Command
Four alternativesAnomali ThreatStream, CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence, Cyble Vision, Recorded Future
against: Google Mandiant Threat Intelligence
nothing named
Bold 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.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 11:53yes119 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 11:22yes26 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 11:54yes2225 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 13:58yes205 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 12:28yes3919 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 12:51yes88 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 14:12yes1017 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 09:39yes52 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 13:08no038 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 11:11yes1743 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 10:09yes2672 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 11:25no040 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 13:39yes1610 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 12:34yes58 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 12:25yes923 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 11:02yes205 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 09:59yes4116 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 11:39yes106 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 12:21yes2527 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 13:27yes54 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 11:20yes1288 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 11:10yes2846 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 10:00yes1098 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 12:50yes836 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 11:38yes910 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 12:03yes411 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 11:53yes1527 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 12:08yes209 s
ComparativeGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 10:27yes2312 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 10:11yes58 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 14:12yes1524 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 11:14yes53 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 10:11yes1037 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 11:12yes1028 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 13:33yes15189 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 12:55yes777 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 10:11yes188 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 11:14no03 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 12:07yes1117 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 10:45yes205 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 09:23yes2913 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 12:18yes55 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 12:19yes2020 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 13:44yes52 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 13:08yes541 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 14:08yes1048 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 14:06yes3540 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 10:14no066 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 11:57no06 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 10:15no09 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 12:33yes1026 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 12:35yes2011 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 09:32yes1411 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 11:28no07 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 10:32yes1725 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 12:06yes54 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 12:12yes1043 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 11:52yes1049 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 13:28no061 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 11:05yes525 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 10:55yes3011 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 11:46yes55 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 11:05yes1926 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 10:17yes206 s
Negative framingGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 14:02yes4522 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 13:16yes56 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 10:47yes2848 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 09:47yes53 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 13:00no050 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 12:37yes3038 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 12:35yes2973 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 13:38no036 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
None. Every name in this category resolved on its own.
Unresolved, counted raw
360 Netlab
Abuse.ch Feeds
Anomali Limo
Bitsight CTI
CISA Automated Shared Threat Information
CISA KEV catalog
CYFIRMA DeCYFIR
Cisco Security Cloud – Threat Intelligence
CloudSEK Threat Intelligence
CloudSEK XVigil
CrowdStrike Falcon X
CrowdStrike Threat Intel
Cyware CTIX
DigitalMint
ESET Threat Intelligence Feed
Emerging Threats (ET)
Emerging Threats Open
EmergingThreats
FS-ISAC
Farnsworth Intelligence
Feedly (Feedly Threat Intelligence)
Feedly Threat Intelligence
Fortinet FortiGuard
Google Cloud Mandiant Threat Intelligence (Mandiant Advantage)
Have I Been Pwned
IBM X-Force Exchange & Threat Intelligence
IntelOwl
KELA Cyber Intelligence Platform
Koi Security
LevelBlue Labs Open Threat Exchange (OTX)
MISP Community
MITRE ATT&CK
Microsoft-native intelligence
OpenTAXII
QiAnXin
Shift5 (formerly ThreatQuotient)
Sygnia
ThreatConnect Community (Free)
ThreatConnect Intelligence Hub
ThreatQ
ThreatSearch by CyberSilo
VMRay
VirusTotal Community API
Yeti
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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