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Endpoint protection · October 2026 Edition
Sophos Intercept X vs SentinelOne Singularity
Two of fourteen models named Sophos Intercept X first on the direct prompt; one named SentinelOne Singularity. Sophos Intercept X was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and SentinelOne Singularity by eleven and Sophos Intercept X carries 42 labels and SentinelOne Singularity 25, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in six categories this edition.
Named in fourteen categories this edition.
First-choice share5%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels4225A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Sophos Intercept X reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.CrowdStrike Falcon was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs Sophos Intercept X · Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs SentinelOne Singularity · Bitdefender GravityZone vs Sophos Intercept X
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.
Sophos Intercept XFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSentinelOne Singularity
Direct21
Paraphrase12
Comparative02
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative005 against Sophos Intercept X
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, Sophos Intercept X and SentinelOne Singularity were named in the same answer 177 times, of the 275 answers naming Sophos Intercept X and the 569 naming SentinelOne Singularity. In those answers SentinelOne Singularity took the first choice thirty-five times and Sophos Intercept X sixteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Sophos Intercept X and SentinelOne Singularity 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 | | | |
Sophos Intercept X SentinelOne Singularity first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Sophos Intercept X on the left and SentinelOne Singularity on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Sophos Intercept X and SentinelOne Singularity stood in it.
Sophos Intercept X first, SentinelOne Singularity an alternative
2 of 14 modelsSentinelOne Singularity was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.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
SentinelOne Singularity first, Sophos Intercept X an alternative
1 of 14 modelsSophos Intercept X was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.DeepSeek V4 FlashSentinelOne Singularity alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Business / Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X
Neither was the first choice, one was named
9 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
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
Qwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision One
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
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Mistral SmallBitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon alternatives: Acronis Cyber Protect
Llama 4 MaverickBitdefender GravityZone
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
Sophos Intercept X leads by seven points.
Sophos Intercept X7%#4 of 12SentinelOne Singularity0%#10 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Sophos Intercept X5%#5 of 11SentinelOne Singularity5%#6 of 11Enterprise
The order flips: SentinelOne Singularity leads at enterprise.
SentinelOne Singularity7%#3 of 9Sophos Intercept X0%#7 of 9What the models said about Sophos Intercept X
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Some platforms like Sophos Endpoint have received complaints about slow performance on older systems and high resource usage affecting productivity” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Platforms like CrowdStrike and Sophos can be prohibitively expensive for smaller organizations” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Good protection but consistent performance hits ... with user complaints about resource usage.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“"Best for balanced SMB to mid-market coverage: Sophos Endpoint, strong endpoint protection software for business with simple admin."” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about SentinelOne Singularity
No label in this category carried a quote.
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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.