Small business▲+8Since September 2026: 0% → 8%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
8%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 3 pointsRank 52 → 4 of 58
FortiCNAPP
68Judge labels
5First choices
23Negative labels
13 / 14Models named it
1Category
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.8, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
7% in CNAPP for small business buyers
Rank 9 of 70 in the mid-market standingcriticized challenger
0 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 30% of its 20 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of FortiCNAPP →By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
Small business5 of 61
7%33 labels
criticized challenger
Mid-market9 of 70
1%20 labels
criticized challenger
Enterprise37 of 38
0%13 labels
criticized challenger
In cnapp · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named FortiCNAPP for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud-native application protection | Cloud and infrastructure | 1% | 9 of 70 | 30% | 20 | criticized challenger | ▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
Movement
Since September 2026, FortiCNAPP held within the floor in its one category: no change cleared 11 points.
Best category · CNAPP · by segment
Mid-market▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
2%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 9 pointsRank 50 → 7 of 68
Enterprise=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 30 → 35 of 35
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNAPP | 0% | 2% | ▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 50 → 9 of 70 |
Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured · The editions
By model
How each model treated FortiCNAPP across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
How each model treated FortiCNAPP across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ShowHide| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct17 labels3
Paraphrase6 labels2
Comparative14 labelsNone
Budget-constrained7 labelsNone
Scale-constrained8 labelsNone
Negative16 labelsNone
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative68 labels in all, every segment counted; 5 of the 5 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“FortiCNAPP (formerly Lacework) - an AI-powered CNAPP that delivers unified security across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.” Llama 4 Maverick · CNAPP · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Lacework is also mentioned as a strong contender for mid-market organizations” Mistral Small · CNAPP · direct prompt · alternative
“Lacework: (Good if you need heavy runtime/container observability).” Qwen 3.7 Flash · CNAPP · scale prompt · alternative
“For behavior‑first runtime monitoring, Lacework (Fortinet) shines.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · CNAPP · comparative prompt · alternative
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“The strongest caution flags in the current market are around: - Lacework (post-collapse transition to Fortinet)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · CNAPP · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Lacework/FortiCNAPP if you need rapid deployment, clean UX, or China coverage” Kimi K2 · CNAPP · negative prompt · hard negative
“Weaknesses: Identity and entitlement (CIEM) capabilities historically weaker; integration with Fortinet's ecosystem is still maturing.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · CNAPP · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Lacework at 67%. Post-acquisition concerns (e.g., integration hiccups) may contribute.” Grok 4.20 · CNAPP · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as FortiCNAPP, over the 62 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and FortiCNAPP was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as FortiCNAPP, over the 62 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and FortiCNAPP was named but was not.
ShowHideProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named FortiCNAPP. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 61 of the 62 answers that named FortiCNAPP and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
cyberpress.org35
g2.com35
expertinsights.com28
fidelissecurity.com24
uptycs.com21
it-ai-index.com20
aikido.dev18
softwaretestinghelp.com18
cloudaware.com16
csoonline.com16
No domain is on file for FortiCNAPP, so its own site is not marked.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
Where FortiCNAPP stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.ShowHide
Search and answers
Where FortiCNAPP stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimates- Searches for its name, Google
- 170 a month (“forticnapp”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 3 a month
- Its own site
- No site of its own on file, so no site figures
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
1%
rank 9 of 70 in CNAPP
Segment leader
37%
Wiz
- First choices
- 5 across its categories
- Named in
- 62 answers
- Its own site cited
- No site on file to match
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Names read as FortiCNAPP
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as FortiCNAPP; a claim can dispute any of them.
Lacework 12FortiCNAPP (Fortinet) 1FortiCNAPP (Lacework) 1FortiCNAPP (formerly Lacework) 1Fortinet 1Lacework (now FortiCNAPP by Fortinet) 1Lacework (now FortiCNAPP) 1Lacework (now part of Fortinet) 1Lacework/FortiCNAPP 1
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- where FortiCNAPP is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name FortiCNAPP, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.