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Endpoint detection and response · September 2026 Edition

Bitdefender GravityZone vs Huntress Managed EDR

Four of twelve models named Bitdefender GravityZone first on the direct prompt; two named Huntress Managed EDR. Bitdefender GravityZone was named by eleven of the twelve models and Huntress Managed EDR by eleven and Bitdefender GravityZone carries 42 labels and Huntress Managed EDR 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Bitdefender GravityZone

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Huntress Managed EDR

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share20%14%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.

Labels4234A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Bitdefender GravityZone reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.SentinelOne Singularity was named alongside these two in eight of the twelve direct answers. Bitdefender GravityZone vs Microsoft Defender for Endpoint · Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs Huntress Managed EDR

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 detection and response page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.

Bitdefender GravityZoneFirst choices, of twelve modelsHuntress Managed EDR

Direct42

Paraphrase62

Comparative00

Budget-constrained03

Scale-constrained00

Negative00

Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Bitdefender GravityZone and Huntress Managed EDR stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 12 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.

DeepSeek V4 FlashBitdefender GravityZone, Huntress Managed EDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Bitdefender GravityZone first, Huntress Managed EDR an alternative

3 of 12 modelsHuntress Managed EDR was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

Grok 4.1 FastBitdefender GravityZone alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Mistral SmallBitdefender GravityZone, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity

Kimi K2Bitdefender GravityZone alternatives: Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Business / Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity

Huntress Managed EDR first, Bitdefender GravityZone an alternative

1 of 12 modelsBitdefender GravityZone was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

Claude Haiku 4.5Huntress Managed EDR alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity, ThreatDown EDR

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.

GPT-5.4 miniCrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X

Gemini 3.5 FlashSentinelOne Singularity alternatives: Huntress Managed EDR, Sophos Intercept X

Perplexity SonarCrowdStrike Falcon Insight alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X + Sophos MDR

Llama 4 MaverickCrowdStrike alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone

Qwen 3.7 FlashCrowdStrike Falcon alternatives: Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X

GLM 4.7 FlashXCrowdStrike Falcon alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone, Cynet, Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity

Neither was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.

MiniMax M2.5no first choice

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 EDR leads by forty points.

Huntress Managed EDR#1 of 9

Bitdefender GravityZone#4 of 9

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

The order flips: Bitdefender GravityZone leads at mid-market.

Bitdefender GravityZone#1 of 13

Huntress Managed EDR#3 of 13

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

Level: the same share of first choices.

Bitdefender GravityZone#– of 6

Huntress Managed EDR#– of 6

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Bitdefender GravityZone

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“The Best All-Rounder: Bitdefender GravityZone ... frequently cited as the best value for mid-market companies.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Huntress Managed EDR

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“Huntress Managed EDR is rated 4.8/5 on G2 based on 800+ user reviews and has repeatedly ranked as the #1 Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solution for small businesses and mid-market” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice

“Huntress Managed EDR is an excellent alternative to CrowdStrike, delivering enterprise-grade detection without the complexity, steep learning curve, or high cost” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice

Also compared

Bitdefender GravityZone vs Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs Huntress Managed EDR The full EDR standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.