Suricata
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OT and IoT security | Security operations | 2% | 18 of 107 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Microsoft Defender for IoT at 21% | |
| Network detection and response | Security operations | 2% | 13 of 102 | 12% | 8 | under 10 labels · led by ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer at 21% | |
| Next-generation firewalls | Network and edge | 0% | 48 of 83 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Fortinet FortiGate at 73% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| AI security platforms | Security operations | 0% | 191 of 233 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by SentinelOne Singularity at 11% | |
| Network monitoring and management | Network and edge | 0% | 65 of 78 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Auvik at 26% | |
| Threat intelligence platforms | Security operations | 0% | 101 of 119 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by MISP at 12% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
Movement
By model
How each model treated Suricata across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Use a network tap or port mirroring to feed traffic into a free tool like Suricata.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · OT/IoT security · budget prompt · first choice
“$0 (DIY) | Suricata or Zeek” Kimi K2 · NDR · budget prompt · first choice
“Suricata - a free, open-source platform that provides network intrusion detection and prevention.” Llama 4 Maverick · NDR · budget prompt · alternative
“Free open-source IDS/IPS. Pair with Zeek for fuller NDR. Minimal cost, but more DIY.” Grok 4.1 Fast · NDR · budget 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.
“Running unmanaged open-source engines like raw Snort or Suricata in 2024 is often discouraged” Qwen 3.7 Flash · NDR · negative prompt · hard negative
“If you use Suricata, you must upgrade to version 8.0.7 or higher immediately.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Network monitoring · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Suricata, over the 28 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Suricata was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 24 of the 28 answers that named Suricata and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Suricata, so its own site is not marked.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
Where Suricata stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.ShowHide
Search and answers
In search
Google, US estimates- Searches for its name, Google
- 12,100 a month (“suricata”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 390 a month
- Its own site
- No site of its own on file, so no site figures
In answers
This edition- First choices
- 3 across its categories
- Named in
- 28 answers
- Its own site cited
- No site on file to match
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.
Names read as Suricata
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A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Suricata by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where Suricata 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 Suricata, 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.