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Endpoint protection · October 2026 Edition
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint vs ESET PROTECT
Zero of fourteen models named SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint first on the direct prompt; zero named ESET PROTECT. SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint was named by nine of the fourteen models and ESET PROTECT by nine and SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint carries 22 labels and ESET PROTECT 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in five categories this edition.
First-choice share3%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#7#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels2216A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Sophos Intercept X was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint · Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs ESET PROTECT · Bitdefender GravityZone vs SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint
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 endpoint protection page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
SentinelOne Singularity EndpointFirst choices, of fourteen modelsESET PROTECT
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative30
Budget-constrained011 against SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint
Scale-constrained20
Negative021 against SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint · 1 against ESET PROTECT
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, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint and ESET PROTECT were named in the same answer thirteen times, of the 86 answers naming SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint and the 83 naming ESET PROTECT. In those answers ESET PROTECT took the first choice two times and SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint one.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint and ESET PROTECT 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 | | | |
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint ESET PROTECT first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint on the left and ESET PROTECT on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint and ESET PROTECT stood in it.
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.GPT-5.4 miniCrowdStrike Falcon alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X
Qwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision One
Neither was named
12 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Sophos Intercept X alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Gemini 3.5 FlashSophos Intercept X alternatives: Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Business / Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
Perplexity SonarBitdefender GravityZone alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X
Grok 4.1 FastMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X
Mistral SmallBitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon alternatives: Acronis Cyber Protect
DeepSeek V4 FlashSentinelOne Singularity alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Business / Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X
Llama 4 MaverickBitdefender GravityZone
Kimi K2Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity
GLM 4.7 FlashXCrowdStrike Falcon alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X
MiniMax M2.5Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X
GPT-6 LunaCrowdStrike Falcon alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
Muse Glimmer 30BBitdefender GravityZone Business Security, Microsoft Defender for Business / Defender for Endpoint alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X
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
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint leads by two points.
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint2%#7 of 12ESET PROTECT0%#8 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint leads by two points.
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint3%#7 of 11ESET PROTECT2%#8 of 11Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint0%#8 of 9ESET PROTECT0%#– of 9What the models said about SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Examples in review data include SentinelOne and FortiEDR complaints about false positives and exclusion management.” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“buying a tool like SentinelOne or CrowdStrike to manage yourself can result in "alert fatigue"” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“SentinelOne (Singularity): Excellent for mid-market. Highly automated, strong local machine learning (works offline), and includes a famous "Rollback" feature” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“CrowdStrike Falcon and SentinelOne Singularity remain the two strongest all-around endpoint security platforms” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Choose SentinelOne if you want the technology to run itself with minimum manual effort.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about ESET PROTECT
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“often praised, but the same source flags limited control over Linux endpoints as a drawback to validate” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Prioritize vendors that hold "Product of the Year" or "Certified EPR" status, such as ESET, Bitdefender, SentinelOne, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“or basic ESET PROTECT tiers. These options offer a good balance between cost and features” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Prioritize leaders from 2024 tests: ESET PROTECT” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · first choice
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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.