# Lakera Guard alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 215 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Lakera Guard holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/lakera-guard/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 24
- SentinelOne Singularity: 14
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS: 7
- Check Point AI Security: 6
- CrowdStrike Falcon: 6
- CrowdStrike Falcon Go: 6

## AI security platforms

**Small business**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Lakera Guard (Lakera Guard is #2 of 7 at 6%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 18 of those 70
- CrowdStrike Falcon Go: first choice in 4 of those 70
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 3 of those 70
- UnderDefense AI SOC: first choice in 3 of those 70
- Check Point AI Security: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Cloudflare: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Huntress: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Arcjet: first choice in 1 of those 70

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Lakera Guard (Lakera Guard is #4 of 6 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 74
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 6 of those 74
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Bitdefender GravityZone: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Cloudflare AI Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 74
- CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 2 of those 74
- CrowdStrike Falcon Go: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Harmonic Security: first choice in 2 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Lakera Guard (Lakera Guard is #3 of 8 at 4%).

- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 5 of those 71
- Check Point AI Security: first choice in 4 of those 71
- CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 4 of those 71
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Nudge Security: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Palo Alto Networks: first choice in 2 of those 71
- WitnessAI: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Cato AI Security: first choice in 1 of those 71

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