Tonaily AI Visibility Index · August 2026
The Most Visible Cybersecurity Brands in AI Search
We asked 30 brand-blind Cybersecurity buying questions to OpenAI, Gemini, Claude and measured which brands appear most often in the answers.
- Measured on
- 8 August 2026
- Questions
- 30
- AI engines
- 3
- Answers analyzed
- 90
- Brands detected
- 54
Most visible Cybersecurity brands
Full ranking
54 brands detected across 90 AI answers. Sort by engine to see where the models differ.
| Rank | Brand | Score | OpenAI | Gemini | Claude | Coverage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Microsoft Defender 60 answers | 57.5 | 66.3 #1 | 59.8 #2 | 46.4 #2 | 67% | - |
| 2 |  CrowdStrike 59 answers | 57.2 | 51.5 #2 | 71.5 #1 | 48.4 #1 | 66% | - |
| 3 |  Palo Alto Networks 48 answers | 42.8 | 48.0 #3 | 48.2 #4 | 32.2 #3 | 53% | - |
| 4 |  SentinelOne 39 answers | 34.4 | 39.2 #4 | 56.4 #3 | 7.6 #18 | 43% | - |
| 5 |  Splunk 33 answers | 29.4 | 33.1 #5 | 24.0 #8 | 31.1 #4 | 37% | - |
| 6 |  Okta 30 answers | 27.8 | 21.8 #7 | 35.9 #5 | 25.7 #5 | 33% | - |
| 7 |  Fortinet 25 answers | 21.1 | 20.0 #10 | 25.1 #7 | 18.1 #7 | 28% | - |
| 8 |  Zscaler 20 answers | 17.0 | 20.4 #9 | 20.3 #11 | 10.2 #10 | 22% | - |
| 9 |  Cisco 19 answers | 16.9 | 12.4 #17 | 30.2 #6 | 8.3 #13 | 21% | - |
| 10 |  Cloudflare 19 answers | 16.7 | 9.9 #20 | 17.8 #12 | 22.5 #6 | 21% | - |
| 11 |  Wiz 19 answers | 16.7 | 23.9 #6 | 20.7 #9 | 5.4 #22 | 21% | - |
| 12 |  Mimecast 15 answers | 12.4 | 17.4 #12 | 17.1 #13 | 2.7 #29 | 17% | - |
| 13 |  Tenable 14 answers | 12.0 | 12.9 #15 | 15.4 #16 | 7.8 #14 | 16% | - |
| 14 | Google Cloud 13 answers | 11.7 | 17.3 #13 | 15.3 #17 | 2.5 #31 | 14% | - |
| 15 |  Sophos 13 answers | 11.1 | 12.8 #16 | 7.6 #27 | 12.9 #9 | 14% | - |
| 16 |  Proofpoint 13 answers | 11.1 | 20.6 #8 | 9.9 #24 | 2.8 #28 | 14% | - |
| 17 |  Rapid7 13 answers | 10.8 | 14.7 #14 | 10.1 #22 | 7.6 #17 | 14% | - |
| 18 |  IBM QRadar 12 answers | 10.1 | 19.8 #11 | 4.9 #30 | 5.4 #21 | 13% | - |
| 19 |  Duo 11 answers | 9.5 | 7.8 #22 | 15.7 #14 | 5.0 #24 | 12% | - |
| 20 |  1Password 10 answers | 9.4 | 6.2 #31 | 12.6 #19 | 9.5 #11 | 11% | - |
| 21 |  Abnormal Security 11 answers | 9.3 | 7.4 #24 | 20.4 #10 | - | 12% | - |
| 22 |  Elastic Security 11 answers | 9.3 | 9.9 #19 | 2.5 #36 | 15.4 #8 | 12% | - |
| 23 |  Check Point 10 answers | 8.5 | 7.5 #23 | 15.5 #15 | 2.4 #33 | 11% | - |
| 24 |  Bitdefender 9 answers | 8.0 | 2.6 #39 | 12.8 #18 | 8.5 #12 | 10% | - |
| 25 |  Qualys 9 answers | 7.8 | 10.0 #18 | 7.6 #28 | 5.8 #20 | 10% | - |
| 26 |  KnowBe4 8 answers | 6.5 | 7.2 #27 | 12.2 #20 | - | 9% | - |
| 27 |  Orca Security 7 answers | 5.8 | 7.4 #25 | 10.1 #23 | - | 8% | - |
| 28 |  CyberArk 7 answers | 5.7 | 7.3 #26 | 9.8 #25 | - | 8% | - |
| 29 |  Huntress 5 answers | 4.4 | 2.4 #48 | 10.9 #21 | - | 6% | - |
| 30 |  Trend Micro 5 answers | 4.1 | 2.5 #40 | 2.4 #41 | 7.4 #19 | 6% | - |
| 31 |  Netskope 5 answers | 4.0 | 9.6 #21 | 2.5 #40 | - | 6% | - |
| 32 |  Arctic Wolf 4 answers | 3.6 | 2.4 #46 | 8.6 #26 | - | 4% | - |
| 33 |  Snyk 4 answers | 3.5 | 2.4 #43 | 2.8 #33 | 5.2 #23 | 4% | - |
| 34 |  Symantec 4 answers | 3.2 | 7.2 #28 | - | 2.5 #32 | 4% | - |
| 35 |  Keycloak 3 answers | 2.7 | 2.7 #37 | 2.7 #34 | 2.8 #26 | 3% | - |
| 36 |  Datadog 3 answers | 2.6 | - | - | 7.7 #15 | 3% | - |
| 37 |  Kaspersky 3 answers | 2.5 | - | - | 7.6 #16 | 3% | - |
| 38 | Salt Security 3 answers | 2.5 | 4.8 #36 | 2.7 #35 | - | 3% | - |
| 39 |  Vanta 3 answers | 2.5 | - | 7.4 #29 | - | 3% | - |
| 40 |  OpenVAS 3 answers | 2.5 | 2.4 #47 | - | 5.0 #25 | 3% | - |
| 41 |  Broadcom 3 answers | 2.4 | 4.8 #33 | - | 2.5 #30 | 3% | - |
| 42 |  JumpCloud 3 answers | 2.4 | - | 4.9 #32 | 2.4 #34 | 3% | - |
| 43 |  Forcepoint 3 answers | 2.4 | 7.2 #29 | - | - | 3% | - |
| 44 |  Varonis 3 answers | 2.4 | 7.2 #30 | - | - | 3% | - |
| 45 |  LastPass 2 answers | 1.8 | 2.7 #38 | - | 2.8 #27 | 2% | - |
| 46 |  Sysdig 2 answers | 1.7 | 5.0 #32 | - | - | 2% | - |
| 47 |  Checkov 2 answers | 1.6 | 2.4 #41 | 2.5 #37 | - | 2% | - |
| 48 |  Drata 2 answers | 1.6 | - | 4.9 #31 | - | 2% | - |
| 49 | Terrascan 2 answers | 1.6 | 2.4 #42 | 2.5 #39 | - | 2% | - |
| 50 |  NextDNS 2 answers | 1.6 | 2.4 #45 | 2.5 #38 | - | 2% | - |
| 51 |  Cofense 2 answers | 1.6 | 4.8 #34 | - | - | 2% | - |
| 52 |  BigID 2 answers | 1.6 | 4.8 #35 | - | - | 2% | - |
| 53 |  Nightfall AI 1 answers | 0.8 | 2.4 #44 | - | - | 1% | - |
| 54 | Noname Security 1 answers | 0.8 | 2.4 #49 | - | - | 1% | - |
What the data shows
Every figure below is computed from the dataset on this page.
- Microsoft Defender leads the Cybersecurity ranking overall (57.5) and comes first on 1 of 3 engines.
- The top 5 Cybersecurity brands capture 38% of all brand mentions across the 54 brands detected.
- Google Cloud ranks #13 on OpenAI but #31 on Claude, the largest engine disagreement in the top 15.
- CrowdStrike is the first brand named in 23% of AI answers, more often than any other Cybersecurity brand.
- 2 of the 54 Cybersecurity brands detected appear in a single AI answer, showing how concentrated AI recommendations remain.
Engine by engine
Top 10 per engine. The same market, read by four different models.
OpenAI
gpt-5.4-mini
- 1 Microsoft Defender 66.3
- 2 CrowdStrike 51.5
- 3 Palo Alto Networks 48.0
- 4 SentinelOne 39.2
- 5 Splunk 33.1
- 6 Wiz 23.9
- 7 Okta 21.8
- 8 Proofpoint 20.6
- 9 Zscaler 20.4
- 10 Fortinet 20.0
Gemini
gemini-3-flash-preview
- 1 CrowdStrike 71.5
- 2 Microsoft Defender 59.8
- 3 SentinelOne 56.4
- 4 Palo Alto Networks 48.2
- 5 Okta 35.9
- 6 Cisco 30.2
- 7 Fortinet 25.1
- 8 Splunk 24.0
- 9 Wiz 20.7
- 10 Abnormal Security 20.4
Claude
claude-haiku-4-5
- 1 CrowdStrike 48.4
- 2 Microsoft Defender 46.4
- 3 Palo Alto Networks 32.2
- 4 Splunk 31.1
- 5 Okta 25.7
- 6 Cloudflare 22.5
- 7 Fortinet 18.1
- 8 Elastic Security 15.4
- 9 Sophos 12.9
- 10 Zscaler 10.2
The 30 questions we asked
All of them are brand-blind. Every engine received each question exactly as written, as its only instruction. To build the same panel for your market, follow the guide on choosing which questions to track in AI assistants; to read a score like this one, the guide on AI share of voice.
- 01 What are the best cybersecurity solutions for companies?
- 02 Which cybersecurity vendors would you recommend?
- 03 What are the leading enterprise security platforms today?
- 04 Which security products should a company evaluate first?
- 05 What are the best tools to protect a company from cyber attacks?
- 06 Which security platforms are worth considering for a B2B company?
- 07 What is the best endpoint protection solution?
- 08 Which platform is best for cloud security posture management?
- 09 What tool should we use for identity and access management?
- 10 Which SIEM platform would you recommend?
- 11 What is the best solution for email security and phishing protection?
- 12 Which vendor is best for vulnerability management?
- 13 What cybersecurity tools should a 50-person company use?
- 14 Which security platform is right for a mid-market company without a SOC?
- 15 What security stack should a fast-growing SaaS company put in place?
- 16 Which cybersecurity vendors are appropriate for a large enterprise?
- 17 What security solution works for a company with a small IT team?
- 18 Which security platform should we choose if our current one generates too many false positives?
- 19 What cybersecurity solution is easy to deploy without a dedicated security team?
- 20 Which security vendor should we consider if our current contract is too expensive?
- 21 What tool helps consolidate too many separate security products?
- 22 Which security platform is easiest to operate day to day?
- 23 Which security platform has the best threat detection and response?
- 24 Which vendor offers the strongest zero trust network access?
- 25 What security product has the best automation and integrations?
- 26 Which platform offers the best security analytics and reporting?
- 27 Which cybersecurity vendor offers the best value for money?
- 28 Which security platform is easiest to adopt?
- 29 Which cybersecurity vendor is the most trusted by security teams?
- 30 Which security solution provides the best balance between coverage and cost?
Want your brand to rank higher in AI answers?
The Index is a public snapshot of one market. Tonaily tracks your own brand and your competitors across AI answers, month after month, and shows which questions you win.
Limits. AI responses are dynamic and may vary over time. The Index measures visibility in generated answers; market share, product quality and revenue are separate measures. It ranks the brands most visible in this panel of AI-generated answers; which Cybersecurity is objectively best is a separate question.
Frequently asked
What is AI visibility?
AI visibility measures how often a brand appears in answers generated by AI engines when someone asks a buying question. It differs from search rankings: an AI answer names a handful of brands, where a results page lists ten blue links.
How is this Cybersecurity ranking calculated?
Each brand gets a score per engine: 100 × (0.70 × Coverage + 0.30 × MRR), where Coverage is the share of answers mentioning the brand and MRR reflects how early it is mentioned. The global score is the average of the 3 engine scores, each weighted equally.
Which AI engines are included?
OpenAI (gpt-5.4-mini), Gemini (gemini-3-flash-preview), Claude (claude-haiku-4-5). All are queried through the Mammouth API with fixed model IDs so the edition stays reproducible.
How often is the ranking updated?
This edition was measured on 8 August 2026. One edition per category so far. Each new edition is published when a category is measured again, with its own date. The raw answers of each edition are archived, so scores can be compared over time.
Does a higher score mean the product is better?
The score measures visibility in AI-generated answers, and only that. Market share, product quality, customer satisfaction and revenue are separate measures.
Can a company improve its AI visibility?
Yes, over time. AI answers draw on the content, comparisons and sources models can access. Improving coverage means being present and clearly described in the places those models read.
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Tonaily. "Cybersecurity AI Visibility Index, August 2026." https://tonaily.com/ai-visibility-index/cybersecurity/