Identity threat detection and response · October 2026 Edition
Huntress Managed ITDR vs Silverfort ITDR
Nine of fourteen models named Huntress Managed ITDR first on the direct prompt; one named Silverfort ITDR. Huntress Managed ITDR was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Silverfort ITDR by ten and Huntress Managed ITDR carries 41 labels and Silverfort ITDR 23, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share51%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%4%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels4123A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Huntress Managed ITDR reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Huntress Managed ITDR vs Microsoft Defender for Identity · Huntress Managed ITDR vs Sophos ITDR · Huntress Managed ITDR vs Okta Identity Threat Protection
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the identity threat detection and response page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Huntress Managed ITDRFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSilverfort ITDR
Direct91
Paraphrase50
Comparative00
Budget-constrained1001 against Silverfort ITDR
Scale-constrained11
Negative012 against Huntress Managed ITDR
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Huntress Managed ITDR and Silverfort ITDR were named in the same answer forty-seven times, of the 128 answers naming Huntress Managed ITDR and the 78 naming Silverfort ITDR. In those answers Silverfort ITDR took the first choice one time and Huntress Managed ITDR thirty-one.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Huntress Managed ITDR and Silverfort ITDR stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Huntress Managed ITDR Silverfort ITDR first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Huntress Managed ITDR on the left and Silverfort ITDR on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Huntress Managed ITDR and Silverfort ITDR stood in it.
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.MiniMax M2.5Huntress Managed ITDR, Silverfort ITDR alternatives: Adlumin, Verosint
Huntress Managed ITDR first, Silverfort ITDR an alternative
8 of 14 modelsSilverfort ITDR was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Huntress Managed ITDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Identity
GPT-5.4 miniHuntress Managed ITDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Microsoft Defender for Identity
Gemini 3.5 FlashHuntress Managed ITDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Microsoft Defender for Identity, SentinelOne Singularity Identity, Silverfort ITDR
Perplexity SonarHuntress Managed ITDR alternatives: Delinea ITP, Microsoft Defender for Identity plus Entra ID Protection, Semperis Directory Services Protector, Vectra AI ITDR
Grok 4.1 FastHuntress Managed ITDR alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Identity, Sophos ITDR
DeepSeek V4 FlashHuntress Managed ITDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection, Silverfort ITDR, Sophos ITDR
Kimi K2Huntress Managed ITDR alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection, Okta Identity Threat Protection, SentinelOne Singularity Identity
Muse Glimmer 30BHuntress Managed ITDR, Sophos ITDR alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Identity, Netwrix ITDR
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Huntress Managed ITDR, Vectra AI Platform
GPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Defender's identity-security stack alternatives: Falcon Identity Protection, Okta Identity Threat Protection, Silverfort ITDR
Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Mistral SmallMicrosoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Entra ID Protection alternatives: ClearVector, Sophos ITDR
Llama 4 MaverickSophos ITDR alternatives: Delinea ITP, Netwrix's identity portfolio, Okta Identity Threat Protection, Vectra AI ITDR
Qwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps alternatives: Cyb3r, Defender for Identity, Tenable One, Varonis, Wiz
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Huntress Managed ITDR leads by eighty-four points.
Huntress Managed ITDR84%#1 of 7Silverfort ITDR0%#6 of 7Mid-marketThe figures above
Huntress Managed ITDR leads by forty-seven points.
Huntress Managed ITDR51%#1 of 9Silverfort ITDR4%#3 of 9Enterprise
The order flips: Silverfort ITDR leads at enterprise.
Silverfort ITDR6%#3 of 9Huntress Managed ITDR0%#7 of 9What the models said about Huntress Managed ITDR
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Huntress: Occasional false positives from location/VPN data... Per-user pricing scales poorly (Huntress complaints)” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Huntress Managed ITDR users report inadequate detection of failed login attempts, limiting proactive responses.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Start with Huntress if you want plug-and-play managed protection without a big stack overhaul—it's repeatedly called out as the value leader for mid-market” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“Huntress is often the best overall fit when the company is mid-market but not heavily staffed in security operations” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: Huntress Managed ITDR ... Huntress is built specifically for the mid-market and MSP-backed environments.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Silverfort ITDR
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Many enterprise-tier ITDR solutions (like Silverfort, CrowdStrike, and SentinelOne) require minimum seat counts, custom quoting, and—most importantly—significant engineering resources to manage.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“I'd suggest starting with Huntress or Silverfort as they balance strong protection with manageability” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“prioritize vendor-agnostic ITDR solutions (like Silverfort, CrowdStrike Falcon Identity, or Semperis)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Dedicated Identity Leaders: Silverfort, Centraleyes (formerly BeyondTrust).” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared
Huntress Managed ITDR vs Microsoft Defender for IdentityHuntress Managed ITDR vs Sophos ITDRHuntress Managed ITDR vs Okta Identity Threat ProtectionMicrosoft Defender for Identity vs Silverfort ITDRSilverfort ITDR vs Sophos ITDRSilverfort ITDR vs Okta Identity Threat ProtectionAll ten head-to-head pages and the full ITDR standing
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.