Endpoint detection and response
Asked as “EDR platform”, and as “endpoint detection and response tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 54 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
30%
Contested · CrowdStrike Falcon Insight 22%
30Microsoft Defender for Endpoint22CrowdStrike Falcon Insight15Microsoft Defender for Cloud33others
30% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (34%) replaces Bitdefender GravityZone EDR (20% then, 4% now), 30 points clear, past the 11-point floor.Microsoft Defender for Endpoint leads at 34%, replacing Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, which led at 20% and stands at 4% now: 30 points clear, past the floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Microsoft Defender for Cloud47%Clear leader↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Microsoft Defender for Cloud (39%) replaces Huntress Managed EDR (44% then, 32% now), 7 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-market
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint30%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (34%) replaces Bitdefender GravityZone EDR (20% then, 4% now), 30 points clear, past the 11-point floor.This pageEnterprise
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight52%Clear leader▲+1Since September 2026: 50% → 51%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →
Microsoft Defender for Cloud47%Clear leader↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Microsoft Defender for Cloud (39%) replaces Huntress Managed EDR (44% then, 32% now), 7 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-marketMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint30%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (34%) replaces Bitdefender GravityZone EDR (20% then, 4% now), 30 points clear, past the 11-point floor.This pageEnterpriseCrowdStrike Falcon Insight52%Clear leader▲+1Since September 2026: 50% → 51%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →The standing
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. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Microsoft Defender for Endpoint30%11%57accepted challenger▲+14Since September 2026: 20% → 34%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.20% → 34%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint30%11%57accepted challenger▲+14Since September 2026: 20% → 34%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.20% → 34%02CrowdStrike Falcon Insight22%19%57accepted challenger▲+6Since September 2026: 16% → 21%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.16% → 21%
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight22%19%57accepted challenger▲+6Since September 2026: 16% → 21%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.16% → 21%03
SentinelOne Singularity15%9%56accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 8% → 13%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.8% → 13%
SentinelOne Singularity15%9%56accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 8% → 13%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.8% → 13%04Microsoft Defender for Cloud15%0%10accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 14% → 13%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.14% → 13%
Microsoft Defender for Cloud15%0%10accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 14% → 13%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.14% → 13%05
Huntress Managed EDR6%0%33accepted challenger▼−7Since September 2026: 14% → 6%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.14% → 6%
Huntress Managed EDR6%0%33accepted challenger▼−7Since September 2026: 14% → 6%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.14% → 6%06
Sophos Intercept X6%5%39accepted challenger▲+6Since September 2026: 0% → 6%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 6%
Sophos Intercept X6%5%39accepted challenger▲+6Since September 2026: 0% → 6%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 6%07
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR4%4%26accepted challenger▼−15Since September 2026: 20% → 4%, −15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.20% → 4%
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR4%4%26accepted challenger▼−15Since September 2026: 20% → 4%, −15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.20% → 4%Show the two products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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CrowdStrike0%55%11criticized challenger▼−6Since September 2026: 6% → 0%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 0%
CrowdStrike0%55%11criticized challenger▼−6Since September 2026: 6% → 0%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 0%08
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR0%10%20accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR0%10%20accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs Huntress Managed EDRMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint vs Sophos Intercept XMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint vs Bitdefender GravityZone EDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight vs SentinelOne SingularityCrowdStrike Falcon Insight vs Microsoft Defender for CloudCrowdStrike Falcon Insight vs Huntress Managed EDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight vs Sophos Intercept XCrowdStrike Falcon Insight vs Bitdefender GravityZone EDRSentinelOne Singularity vs Microsoft Defender for CloudSentinelOne Singularity vs Huntress Managed EDRSentinelOne Singularity vs Sophos Intercept XSentinelOne Singularity vs Bitdefender GravityZone EDRMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Huntress Managed EDRMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Sophos Intercept XMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Bitdefender GravityZone EDRHuntress Managed EDR vs Sophos Intercept XHuntress Managed EDR vs Bitdefender GravityZone EDRSophos Intercept X vs Bitdefender GravityZone EDR
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
010203040506070809Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Microsoft Defender for Endpoint30%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint30%02CrowdStrike Falcon Insight22%
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight22%03SentinelOne Singularity15%
SentinelOne Singularity15%04Microsoft Defender for Cloud15%
Microsoft Defender for Cloud15%05Huntress Managed EDR6%
Huntress Managed EDR6%06Sophos Intercept X6%
Sophos Intercept X6%07Bitdefender GravityZone EDR4%
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR4%08Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR0%
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR0%09CrowdStrike0%
CrowdStrike0%What they warned about
One of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. 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, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight19%
11 of 57 labels negative · 8 of 14 models
“Premium options like CrowdStrike Falcon (~$100+/endpoint/year) ... are more expensive and enterprise-focused—skip unless scaling up.” Grok 4.1 Fast, budget prompt
VMware Carbon Black67%
6 of 9 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“One user explicitly stated: "If your boss pitches Carbon Black, quit"” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
CrowdStrike55%
6 of 11 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“Why Caution is Advised: While technically powerful, the massive global Windows outage in July 2024 ... demonstrated a critical risk with their architecture.” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint11%
6 of 57 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“Commonly cited limitations are platform scope and detection depth... it may not perform as well in non-Windows environments.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
76 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1004 links across 248 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 8 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Huntress35 answers · 55 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Kaseya35 answers · 36 citations · 12 models
vendor site · SenseOn26 answers · 26 citations · 11 models
vendor site · SentinelOne24 answers · 41 citations · 11 models
24 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Acronis22 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
21 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G219 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
19 answers · 21 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Cynet17 answers · 23 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Palo Alto Networks17 answers · 20 citations · 7 models
17 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
35 answers · 12 models
26 answers · 11 models
21 answers · 8 models
21 answers · 10 models
21 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 9 models
18 answers · 8 models
18 answers · 7 models
16 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 9 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best edr platform”, “edr platform”, “edr platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Defender parent site Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 30%, Microsoft Defender XDR 0% | 30% | 268 | 18,100 | 3,525 | ||||
| CrowdStrike parent site CrowdStrike Falcon Insight 22% | 22% | 162 | 74,000 | 5,130 | ||||
| SentinelOne sentinelone.com SentinelOne Singularity 15% | 15% | 534 | 33,100 | 1,675 | 446,702 company | $780 | 22 | 1 |
| Microsoft Defender microsoft.com Microsoft Defender for Cloud 15% | 15% | 569 | 18,100 | 3,525 | 145,358,109 company | $12,455 | 103 | 4 |
| Sophos sophos.com Sophos Intercept X 6%, Sophos Endpoint with MDR 2% | 7% | 252 | 18,100 | 2,046 | 186,716 company | $1,427 | 65 | |
| Huntress huntress.com Huntress Managed EDR 6% | 6% | 290 | 33,100 | 4,338 | 352,368 company | $15,522 | 120 | |
| Bitdefender parent site Bitdefender GravityZone EDR 4% | 4% | 58 | 90,500 | 3,261 | ||||
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Defender 2% | 2% | 52 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| Palo Alto Networks parent site Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR 0% | 0% | 241 | 40,500 | 1,088 | ||||
| Cynet cynet.com | 0% | 65 | 2,400 | 147 | 13,782 | 43 | 4 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (acronis.com, cynet.com, learn.g2.com, paloaltonetworks.com, sentinelone.com). The first result for “best edr platform” is gartner.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best EDR platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which endpoint detection and response tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top EDR platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best EDR platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a EDR platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which EDR platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Sophos Intercept Xno first choiceChangedagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon InsightCrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne SingularityBitdefender GravityZone EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpointno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike, MVISION EDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Three alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRTwo alternatives
Elastic Security, Huntress Managed EDRGPT-5.4 miniCrowdStrike Falcon InsightMicrosoft Defender for EndpointChangedno first choiceMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Sophos Intercept XTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Sophos Intercept XGemini 3.5 FlashSentinelOne SingularityHuntress Managed EDRChangedCrowdStrike Falcon InsightMicrosoft Defender for CloudHuntress Managed EDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insightagainst: CrowdStrike, Cybereason, Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Expert, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, VMware Carbon Black
Three alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for EndpointFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone Cloud MSP, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, WazuhThree alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XPerplexity SonarSophos Intercept XCrowdStrike Falcon InsightChangedno first choiceMicrosoft Defender for Endpointno first choiceagainst: Broadcom, FireEye, Mandiant, McAfee consumer bundles, Norton, Sophos Intercept X, ThreatDown EDR, VMware Carbon Black
Five alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos MDRFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XTwo alternatives
Cynet, Huntress Managed EDRGrok 4.1 FastSophos Intercept Xagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon InsightMicrosoft Defender for EndpointChangedagainst: CrowdStrikeCrowdStrike Falcon InsightMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Elastic Security, SentinelOne Singularity, WazuhCrowdStrike Falcon Insightagainst: Cisco Secure Endpoint, Cynet, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Micro, VMware Carbon Black
Four alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Cynet, Datto EDR, Huntress Managed EDRThree alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne SingularityMistral SmallCrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne SingularityCrowdStrike Falcon InsightChangedCrowdStrike Falcon InsightMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike, Datto, Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Expert
Two alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Huntress Managed EDRDeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft Defender for EndpointMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne SingularityChangedCrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender for EndpointMicrosoft Defender for Endpointagainst: Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insightagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Datto EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Four alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Cynet, SentinelOne SingularityFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Cynet, Huntress Managed EDRThree alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, Sophos Intercept X, VMware Carbon BlackThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity MDR, Sophos MDRLlama 4 MaverickBitdefender GravityZone EDRMicrosoft Defender for EndpointChangedno first choiceMicrosoft Defenderno first choiceagainst: FireEye's EDR, ThreatDown EDR
One alternative
CrowdStrike Falcon InsightTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Sophos Intercept XQwen 3.7 FlashCrowdStrike Falcon InsightMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne SingularityChangedCrowdStrike Falcon Insightagainst: VMware Carbon BlackCrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for Endpointagainst: CrowdStrike, Dell Technologies, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity, Symantec Email Security.cloud
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
Cynet, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
ESET PROTECT, Huntress Managed EDRThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityKimi K2SentinelOne SingularityHuntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityChangedno first choiceMicrosoft Defender for Endpointagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insightno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, IBM Security QRadar EDR, Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Expert, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sangfor EDR
Four alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X, Sophos MDRTwo alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityGLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender for EndpointCrowdStrike Falcon InsightChangedCrowdStrike Falcon InsightMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: SentinelOne Singularityno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike, Datto EDR, Microsoft Defender ATP, Symantec Endpoint Security, VMware Carbon Black
Two alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
ESET PROTECT, Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for CloudFive alternatives
Cybereason, Cynet, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity, Trellix EDRTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Datto EDRMiniMax M2.5CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Endpointagainst: VMware Carbon BlackCrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for EndpointHeldCrowdStrike Falcon InsightMicrosoft Defender for Endpointagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insightno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, ESET PROTECT, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityGPT-6 LunaSophos Endpoint with MDRCrowdStrike Falcon InsightChangedno first choiceMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight
Two alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft DefenderThree alternatives
Falcon Complete MDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender for EndpointOne alternative
Huntress Managed EDRMuse Glimmer 30BCrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne SingularitySentinelOne SingularityChangedno first choiceMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
Three alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDRBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:38 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:53 | yes | 6 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:38 | yes | 9 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:53 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:51 | yes | 22 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:09 | yes | 18 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:26 | yes | 21 | 42 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:19 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:03 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:16 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:42 | yes | 22 | 65 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:20 | no | 0 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:50 | yes | 3 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:26 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:12 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:23 | yes | 1 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:47 | yes | 12 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:52 | yes | 17 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:43 | yes | 25 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 07:56 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:23 | yes | 17 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:00 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:09 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:03 | no | 0 | 38 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:32 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:06 | yes | 9 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:38 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:13 | yes | 14 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:17 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:00 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:55 | yes | 16 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:37 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:58 | yes | 23 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:49 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 07:40 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:15 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:15 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:44 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:29 | yes | 24 | 34 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:04 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:18 | yes | 7 | 41 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:06 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:53 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:20 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:41 | yes | 12 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:04 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:13 | yes | 22 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:15 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:25 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:25 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:12 | yes | 9 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:05 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:13 | yes | 25 | 60 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:15 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:34 | yes | 2 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:20 | yes | 13 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:46 | yes | 18 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:42 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:50 | yes | 11 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:15 | yes | 19 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:05 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:28 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:10 | yes | 23 | 62 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:37 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 13:17 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:10 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:17 | yes | 20 | 172 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:03 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:10 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:50 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:58 | yes | 36 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:08 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:18 | yes | 23 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:47 | yes | 23 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:39 | yes | 25 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:20 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 07:59 | yes | 24 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:17 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:45 | yes | 7 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:15 | yes | 25 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:22 | yes | 23 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:20 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:20 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:56 | yes | 18 | 27 s |
Normalization in this category
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Bitdefender read as Bitdefender GravityZone EDR
Bitdefender GravityZone read as Bitdefender GravityZone EDR
Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security read as Bitdefender GravityZone EDR
Carbon Black read as VMware Carbon Black
Carbon Black (VMware Carbon Black Cloud) read as VMware Carbon Black
Carbon Black (VMware) read as VMware Carbon Black
Carbon Black (VMware/Broadstorm) read as VMware Carbon Black
Carbon Black (under Broadcom / Symantec) read as VMware Carbon Black
CrowdStrike Falcon read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight
CrowdStrike Falcon Go read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight
CrowdStrike Falcon Pro read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight
Crowdstrike Falcon read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight
Cynet 360 read as Cynet
ESET read as ESET PROTECT
ESET PROTECT Enterprise read as ESET PROTECT
Elastic read as Elastic Security
Huntress read as Huntress Managed EDR
Kaspersky read as Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Expert
Malwarebytes ThreatDown read as ThreatDown EDR
Microsoft Defender for Business / Defender for Endpoint read as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Microsoft Defender for Business / Endpoint read as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Microsoft Defender for Business/Endpoint read as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint P2 read as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 read as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Palo Alto Cortex XDR read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Palo Alto Networks read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
SentinelOne read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne Singularity read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne Singularity Complete read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint read as SentinelOne Singularity
Sentinelone read as SentinelOne Singularity
Sentinelone Singularity read as SentinelOne Singularity
Sophos read as Sophos Intercept X
Sophos Endpoint read as Sophos Intercept X
Sophos Intercept X / Sophos EDR read as Sophos Intercept X
Symantec Endpoint Protection read as Symantec Endpoint Security
Trellix read as Trellix EDR
Trellix (formerly McAfee/FireEye) read as Trellix EDR
Trend Micro Vision One read as Trend Micro
Unresolved, counted raw
Bitdefender GravityZone Cloud MSP
CrowdStrike Endpoint Security and Falcon Complete
Datto RMM with integrated EDR
Falcon Complete MDR
FireEye's EDR
IBM Security QRadar EDR
MVISION EDR
McAfee consumer bundles
Sangfor EDR
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.