Security & IT
AI for defenders and IT teams: threat detection, security operations (SOC) automation and IT service management.
Best AI Cybersecurity Tools
We rank 7 AI security platforms, from CrowdStrike Charlotte AI to Microsoft Security Copilot, on MITRE ATT&CK results, AI triage, governance and pricing.
Best AI Security Operations (AI SOC) Tools
We rank 7 AI SOC analyst and automation platforms, including Torq, Dropzone AI, Prophet and 7AI, on investigation quality, guardrails, integrations and pricing.
Best AI for IT Service Management
We rank 7 AI IT service management tools, from ServiceNow Now Assist to Jira Service Management, Freshservice and Zendesk, on automation, depth and pricing.
Best AI Code Security Tools
We rank 10 AI code security tools, from Semgrep and GitHub Code Security to Snyk and Claude Security, on detection, noise, AI fixes, agent support and price.
Best AI Phishing Detection Tools
We rank 8 AI phishing detection tools, from Abnormal AI and Microsoft Defender to Proofpoint and Sublime, on test results, BEC defence, automation and price.
Best AI Guardrails and LLM Security Tools
Bedrock Guardrails, NeMo Guardrails, Lakera, Model Armor, Prompt Shields, Prisma AIRS and more ranked on prompt injection, data leakage and jailbreak defence.
Best AIOps Tools
Datadog, Dynatrace, PagerDuty, Splunk ITSI, BigPanda and ServiceNow ranked on alert noise, AI root-cause agents, coverage and price. Updated September 2026.
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Datadog
A cloud monitoring and security platform that puts metrics, traces and logs in one place, with Bits AI agents that investigate alerts and a tracing product for LLM apps and agents.
Other categories
AI Models & LLMs
Frontier and open-weight language models, APIs and embedding models, ranked on independent benchmarks, price and real-world reliability.
AI Assistants & Agents
Chatbots, AI search engines, browsers, extensions and autonomous agents for everyday work.
Writing & Content
Tools for drafting, editing, paraphrasing, summarising and polishing text, from essays to cover letters.
Image & Design
Image generators, photo editors, upscalers, headshots, logos and design tools.
Video, Voice & Music
AI video generation and editing, voice synthesis and cloning, music generation and transcription.
Developers & AI Infrastructure
Coding assistants, code review, agent frameworks, vector databases, observability, automation and website builders.
Business & Productivity
AI for marketing, sales, SEO, CRM, finance, legal, meetings, documents and data work.
Education & Learning
AI tutors, study tools, homework and maths help, research assistants and tools for teachers.
Detection & Trust
AI text detectors, image and deepfake detectors, and plagiarism checkers, ranked on independent accuracy tests.
Healthcare AI
AI for clinicians, hospitals and health businesses: scribes, revenue cycle, CRM, imaging, neurology, decision support and patient access, judged on clinical evidence, regulation and privacy.
Customer Service & Voice Agents
AI voice agents, receptionists, support agents and contact-center platforms that talk to your customers, ranked on resolution rates, latency, integrations and cost per conversation.
HR & Recruiting
AI for hiring and people teams: sourcing, screening, interview intelligence and HR assistants, with bias-audit and employment-law compliance weighed heavily.
Learn AI
The best courses, certifications, podcasts and newsletters for learning AI, from complete beginner to practitioner, judged on quality, cost and how current they are.
AI Hardware & Devices
AI glasses, wearables, voice recorders, phones, laptops, GPUs, robots and smart-home devices, ranked on what the AI features actually do, battery life, privacy and price.