Every category where a model named Island Enterprise Browser 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
Enterprise browsers	Security operations	24%	2 of 80	20%	56	accepted challenger

Movement

This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for Island Enterprise Browser yet. From the next edition this section shows, per buyer segment and per category, whether its share moved by more than the measured noise floor.

By model

How each model treated Island Enterprise Browser across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.

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Model	First choice	Alternative	Mention	Negative	Labels
Claude Haiku 4.5	2	0	0	0	2
GPT-5.4 mini	1	2	0	1	4
Gemini 3.5 Flash	4	0	0	2	6
Perplexity Sonar	3	1	0	0	4
Grok 4.1 Fast	3	1	0	2	6
Mistral Small	1	2	0	0	3
DeepSeek V4 Flash	1	2	0	3	6
Llama 4 Maverick	1	1	2	0	4
Qwen 3.7 Flash	2	0	0	0	2
Kimi K2	2	1	1	2	6
GLM 4.7 FlashX	0	2	1	1	4
MiniMax M2.5	1	2	0	0	3
GPT-6 Luna	0	3	0	0	3
Muse Glimmer 30B	1	1	1	0	3

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

Direct36 labels14

Paraphrase26 labels10

Comparative38 labels10not counted in share

Budget-constrained23 labels2

Scale-constrained22 labels10

Negative22 labels4not counted in share

First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative167 labels in all, every segment counted; 36 of the 50 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.

“Some top secure browsers for enterprise work include Island, which offers a browser with built-in security policy, visibility, and data controls.” Llama 4 Maverick · Enterprise browsers · scale prompt · first choice

“Opt for purpose-built enterprise browsers (e.g., Island, Venn) praised in 2024-2026 reviews for native policy enforcement” Grok 4.1 Fast · Enterprise browsers · negative prompt · first choice

“Island or Palo Alto (Talon) are the top choices due to their comprehensive feature sets and proven scalability” Mistral Small · Enterprise browsers · paraphrase prompt · first choice

“I'd recommend Island Enterprise Browser as the top choice for securing browsing on both managed and unmanaged devices.” Grok 4.1 Fast · Enterprise browsers · paraphrase prompt · first choice

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.

“its product pages are demo/quote-led rather than price-transparent, which makes it harder to call it the best fit for a tight budget” GPT-5.4 mini · Enterprise browsers · budget prompt · soft negative

“Expensive — pricing starts in the low six figures for meaningful deployments, which is often too steep for mid-market budgets” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Enterprise browsers · direct prompt · soft negative

“Many standalone enterprise browsers (like Island, Surf, or Mammoth) ... they introduce severe architectural and operational risks” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Enterprise browsers · negative prompt · soft negative

“investing in expensive, dedicated Secure Enterprise Browsers (SEBs) like Island or Palo Alto Talon ... is usually not viable” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Enterprise browsers · budget prompt · soft negative

Named alongside

The products named in the same answers as Island Enterprise Browser, over the 167 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Island Enterprise Browser was named but was not.

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ProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head

Google Password Manager148 of 16761Compare →

Microsoft Edge for Business93 of 16736Compare →

LayerX39 of 1671Not among the top eight

Prisma Access Browser39 of 1671Compare →

Seraphic36 of 1671Not among the top eight

Talon33 of 1670Compare →

Edge for Business24 of 1675Not among the top eight

Surf Security21 of 1671Compare →

Brave21 of 1670Not among the top eight

Firefox ESR21 of 1670Not among the top eight

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 Island Enterprise Browser. 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 164 of the 167 answers that named Island Enterprise Browser and are not a share of its labels.

Domains cited

venn.com99

island.ioYour site92

chromeenterprise.google88

expertinsights.com76

cybersecuritynews.com74

us.fitgap.com64

gbhackers.com61

gartner.com58

paloaltonetworks.com54

checkthat.ai42

616 of the 708 domain citations in answers naming Island Enterprise Browser came from somebody else's page.

Pages cited

gbhackers.com/best-enterprise-browsers-compared61

cybersecuritynews.com/best-enterprise-browsers60

us.fitgap.com/search/browsers/enterprise59

venn.com/learn/browser-security/secure-enterprise-browser53

expertinsights.com/web-security/the-top-enterprise-browsers52

island.io/article/top-secure-browsers-enterprise44

checkthat.ai/answers/what-are-the-best-secure-enterprise-browser-solutions42

chromeenterprise.google/39

Pages are listed as the models cited them.

Search and answers

island.io ranks 2 on Google for the category's searches. In the answers, Island Enterprise Browser takes 24% of first choices and Google Password Manager takes 26%.

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In search

Google, US estimates

Position for “enterprise browsers”

Position for “secure enterprise browser”

Searches for its name, Google: 1,300 a month (“island enterprise browser”)
AI search demand for its name, est.: 17 a month
Organic visits to its site: about 38,302 a month
Searches its site ranks for: 11,986 · 154 in the top three
Sites linking to it: 2,255
Paid Google search: No ads found in the estimate; that does not mean it runs none

Ads on GoogleDetailLess

120+ ads · 65 text, 37 image, 18 video · 77 shown in the last 30 days

First shown August 2024, as Island Technology Inc., verified. Ads started 2025-11 to 2026-10: 97 in the year, 23 before.

On Google's pages: 1 2 3 4

In answers

This edition

Share of first choices

24%

rank 2 of 80 in enterprise browsers

Segment leader

26%

Google Password Manager

First choices: 36 across its categories
Named in: 167 answers
Its own site cited: in 164 of the answers that named it

Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read October 5, 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.

What it publishes

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Addresses on island.io

1,161

subdomains included

Content

427

counted in the table below

Documentation

Product · Integration

363 · 1

Kind	Pages	Last 90 days	Latest	Categories named
Blog	250	31	2026-10-01	SASE, DLP
Case study	59	undated
News or press	48	undated		DLP, SASE
Podcast or video	26	0	2024-09-29
Report or ebook	20	undated
Glossary or explainer	11	undated		SASE, AI security
Comparison	5	0	2024-12-17	SASE
Conference or event	4	undated
Webinar or virtual event	3	undated
Template or tool	1	undated

Most recent

2026-10-01How attackers use sponsored search custom gpts in malware delivery blog
2026-09-29Claude Code, Cowork, Claude for Microsoft 365, and Claude Science sessions now reach Island through the Claude Complianc blog
2026-09-28New report the enterprise browser as security control point blog
2026-09-17Why sase cant keep up with ai blog
2026-09-10Forrester report closing the door to data extraction blog
2026-09-03How to prepare for a cmmc audit blog

Events in person

Last twelve months

September 13, 2026Kick Off the Bengals Season with IslandPaycor Stadium, Cincinnati, United States · hosted

As the event pages on island.io state them, read October 5, 2026.

How it is countedHide how it is counted

Every page island.io exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Of its titles that name a category, most name SASE (12); 4 name the category the models place it in. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read October 5, 2026.

Names read as Island Enterprise Browser

What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Island Enterprise Browser; a claim can dispute any of them.

Island 43Island (The Enterprise Browser) 1Island / Palo Alto (Talon) 1

Follow Island Enterprise Browser

An email the morning each edition publishes: where this product moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.

Already following? Everything you follow, with a stop for each.

The company

Island Enterprise Browser is its own company.

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In its own words

Stated by the vendor, not checked

Positioning: Where enterprise IT, security, and AI-powered productivity are naturally built in, so users just log in and get to work.
island.io
For: enterprises
trust.island.io
Certifications: ISO 27001SOC1SOC2Cyber EssentialsTX RAMPIn Progress FedRAMP HIGHPCI DSSGDPR
Customers named: AmazonBooking.comVeeamSilicon LabsSlingshot AerospaceHendrick MotorsportsMattress Firmmedac Group
Not stated on the pages read: Price, starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, hosting

What Island Enterprise Browser's own pages state, read October 5, 2026: island.io, trust.island.io, island.io/solutions/say-yes, island.io/customer-stories, island.io/partners. A claimed page can correct any of them.

Is this your product?

Claim this page

Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when Island Enterprise Browser's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as Island Enterprise Browser, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.

What a new claim receivesHide what a new claim receives

A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Island Enterprise Browser by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:

where Island Enterprise Browser 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 Island Enterprise Browser, 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.

Badges

Wins only: a badge exists where Island Enterprise Browser is ranked in a category's top three this edition. Three sizes, one file each, light and dark; the code is under each.

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Island Enterprise Browser is among the products AI models recommend first in Enterprise browsers this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of October 2026.

Wide · 320 × 104 Website, beside other badges

Show the code

<a href="https://it-ai-index.com/security/enterprise-browsers/"><img src="https://it-ai-index.com/badges/2026-10/island-enterprise-browser--enterprise-browsers-wide.svg" alt="Among AI models' top three in Enterprise browsers, October 2026 Edition, IT AI Recommendation Index" width="320" height="104"></a>

Copy the code as it is. The link is part of the badge: it points at the Enterprise browsers standing, where the claim can be checked.

Square · 240 × 240 LinkedIn, slides

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<a href="https://it-ai-index.com/security/enterprise-browsers/"><img src="https://it-ai-index.com/badges/2026-10/island-enterprise-browser--enterprise-browsers-square.svg" alt="Among AI models' top three in Enterprise browsers, October 2026 Edition, IT AI Recommendation Index" width="240" height="240"></a>

Copy the code as it is. The link is part of the badge: it points at the Enterprise browsers standing, where the claim can be checked.

Compact · 200 × 56 Email signature, footer

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<a href="https://it-ai-index.com/security/enterprise-browsers/"><img src="https://it-ai-index.com/badges/2026-10/island-enterprise-browser--enterprise-browsers-compact.svg" alt="Among AI models' top three in Enterprise browsers, October 2026 Edition, IT AI Recommendation Index" width="200" height="56"></a>

Copy the code as it is. The link is part of the badge: it points at the Enterprise browsers standing, where the claim can be checked.

Badges read on light and dark pages. Alt text carries the claim, the category, the edition and the index, so it stays a citation where the image does not load.