One category · what the models named insteadAlternatives to Vanguard, as AI models named them
In the October 2026 Edition, 182 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Vanguard holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.
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Sixty-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name Vanguard; it was the first choice in three. The first choices in those sixty-eight answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:
Fifty-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name Vanguard; it was the first choice in eight. The first choices in those fifty-eight answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:
Fifty-six of the eighty-four answers did not name Vanguard; it was the first choice in four. The first choices in those fifty-six answers, twenty-two products in all, the eight most named:
How to read this
A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Vanguard neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Vanguard only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Vanguard's side.
Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Vanguard was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.