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Attack surface management · October 2026 Edition
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management vs UpGuard BreachSight
One of fourteen models named Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management first on the direct prompt; two named UpGuard BreachSight. Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and UpGuard BreachSight by eleven and Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management carries 39 labels and UpGuard BreachSight 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share10%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate18%18%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3917A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Intruder was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Intruder vs Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management · Intruder vs UpGuard BreachSight · Attaxion vs Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management
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 attack surface management page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementFirst choices, of fourteen modelsUpGuard BreachSight
Direct12
Paraphrase21
Comparative001 against Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management
Budget-constrained101 against UpGuard BreachSight
Scale-constrained101 against Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management
Negative005 against Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management · 2 against UpGuard BreachSight
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, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management and UpGuard BreachSight were named in the same answer twenty-eight times, of the 116 answers naming Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management and the 114 naming UpGuard BreachSight. In those answers UpGuard BreachSight took the first choice four times and Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management two.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management and UpGuard BreachSight 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 | | |
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management UpGuard BreachSight first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management on the left and UpGuard BreachSight on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management and UpGuard BreachSight stood in it.
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management first, UpGuard BreachSight not the choice
1 of 14 modelsUpGuard BreachSight was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Defender External Attack Surface Management alternatives: Censys ASM, CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Rapid7 Surface Command
UpGuard BreachSight first, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management an alternative
2 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Defender External Attack Surface Management was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniUpGuard BreachSight alternatives: CyCognito, Intruder, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, Tenable Attack Surface Management
Muse Glimmer 30BIntruder, UpGuard BreachSight alternatives: Attaxion, Halo Security
Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashIntruder alternatives: Detectify, UpGuard BreachSight, runZero
Perplexity SonarIntruder alternatives: Cortex Xpanse, Mandiant Attack Surface Management, UpGuard BreachSight
DeepSeek V4 FlashIntruder alternatives: Censys ASM, CrowdStrike Falcon Surface, CyCognito, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management
Kimi K2Intruder alternatives: Detectify, Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, UpGuard BreachSight
GLM 4.7 FlashXIntruder alternatives: CyCognito, UpGuard BreachSight
Neither was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5CyCognito alternatives: Hadrian, Halo Security, Intruder
Grok 4.1 FastIntruder alternatives: Bitsight, Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management, Rapid7 Surface Command
Mistral SmallIntruder alternatives: Bitsight, Detectify
Llama 4 MaverickIntruder alternatives: Bitsight, Qualys
Qwen 3.7 FlashIntruder alternatives: Rapid7
MiniMax M2.5CyCognito, Intruder alternatives: Mandiant Attack Surface Management
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
UpGuard BreachSight leads by two points.
UpGuard BreachSight3%#7 of 13Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management2%#10 of 13Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management leads at mid-market.
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management10%#3 of 12UpGuard BreachSight6%#5 of 12Enterprise
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management leads by sixteen points.
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management16%#2 of 9UpGuard BreachSight0%#– of 9What the models said about Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Microsoft’s native ASM is described as tightly integrated with Defender and Azure, so it may be less suitable if you need broad multi-cloud, SaaS, or heterogeneous coverage” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“integrates deeply with Microsoft/Sentinel/Defender; limited third-party integration for non-Microsoft environments.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“while Microsoft Defender EASM is excellent at passive discovery, its active vulnerability scanning can be lacking” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“the best attack surface management (ASM) platform is Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management (EASM) if you already use Microsoft 365/E5” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd generally recommend Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management as the first tool to evaluate” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd start with Microsoft Defender EASM—especially if you already use Azure or Microsoft security tools.” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about UpGuard BreachSight
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Avoid at all costs (for your budget): Enterprise platforms like BitSight, UpGuard” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“aggregates asset data but lacks native capabilities for active vulnerability scanning or attack surface validation” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“High-severity alerts often not actionable (investigation overhead); limited report/alert customization” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
Also compared
Intruder vs Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementIntruder vs UpGuard BreachSightAttaxion vs Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface ManagementAttaxion vs UpGuard BreachSightMicrosoft Defender External Attack Surface Management vs CyCognitoMicrosoft Defender External Attack Surface Management vs DetectifyMicrosoft Defender External Attack Surface Management vs Tenable Attack Surface ManagementMicrosoft Defender External Attack Surface Management vs CrowdStrike Falcon SurfaceCyCognito vs UpGuard BreachSightUpGuard BreachSight vs DetectifyUpGuard BreachSight vs Tenable Attack Surface ManagementUpGuard BreachSight vs CrowdStrike Falcon SurfaceAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full ASM 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.