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Alternatives to Illumio Segmentation, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 142 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Illumio Segmentation holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
ColorTokens Xshield11
Faddom10
Zero Networks Segment10
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation7
Elisity5
Illumio Core4
First choices in the 142 answers that did not name Illumio Segmentation, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Microsegmentation

Network and edge. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Illumio Segmentation is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessIllumio Segmentation is #2 of 10 here at 12% of first choices, 56 labels.

Sixty of the eighty-four answers did not name Illumio Segmentation; it was the first choice in eleven. The first choices in those sixty answers, thirty-one products in all, the eight most named:

Zero Networks Segment8 of 60Head to head →
Faddom7 of 60Head to head →
ColorTokens Xshield5 of 60Head to head →
12Port Horizon3 of 60
Cisco Secure Workload3 of 60
Tailscale3 of 60
AWS Security Groups2 of 60
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation2 of 60Head to head →
23 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketIllumio Segmentation is #2 of 9 here at 20% of first choices, 55 labels.

Fifty of the eighty-four answers did not name Illumio Segmentation; it was the first choice in twenty-three. The first choices in those fifty answers, nineteen products in all, the eight most named:

ColorTokens Xshield5 of 50Head to head →
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation4 of 50Head to head →
Faddom3 of 50Head to head →
Calico2 of 50
Calico Open Source2 of 50
Cilium2 of 50
Enclave2 of 50
VMware NSX2 of 50Head to head →
11 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseIllumio Segmentation is #1 of 9 here at 56% of first choices, 58 labels.

Thirty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Illumio Segmentation; it was the first choice in forty-seven. The first choices in those thirty-two answers, seven products in all:

Elisity5 of 32
Illumio Core4 of 32
Zero Networks Segment2 of 32Head to head →
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation1 of 32Head to head →
CloudGuard Network Security1 of 32
ColorTokens Xshield1 of 32Head to head →
VMware vSphere with NSX1 of 32
The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Illumio Segmentation neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Illumio Segmentation only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Illumio Segmentation's side.

Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Illumio Segmentation was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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