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Enterprise browsers · October 2026 Edition
Google Password Manager vs Microsoft Edge for Business
Six of fourteen models named Google Password Manager first on the direct prompt; zero named Microsoft Edge for Business. Google Password Manager was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Microsoft Edge for Business by twelve and Google Password Manager carries 63 labels and Microsoft Edge for Business 33, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Microsoft Edge for Business
accepted challengerNamed in one category this edition.
First-choice share26%14%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate13%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels6333A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Google Password Manager reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Island Enterprise Browser was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Google Password Manager vs Island Enterprise Browser · Google Password Manager vs Prisma Access Browser · Google Password Manager vs Surf Security
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 enterprise browsers page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Google Password ManagerFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMicrosoft Edge for BusinessDirect60
Paraphrase43
Comparative75
Budget-constrained44
Scale-constrained111 against Google Password Manager
Negative007 against Google Password Manager · 1 against Microsoft Edge for Business
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, Google Password Manager and Microsoft Edge for Business were named in the same answer ninety-nine times, of the 203 answers naming Google Password Manager and the 114 naming Microsoft Edge for Business. In those answers Microsoft Edge for Business took the first choice twenty times and Google Password Manager twenty-six.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Google Password Manager and Microsoft Edge for Business stood in it.
| Model | DirectME | ParaphraseME | ComparativeME | Budget-constrainedME | Scale-constrainedME | NegativeME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ME | | | | | |
| GPT-5.4 mini | ME | ME | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | ME | ME | ME | ME | ME | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | ME | | ME | ||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | ME | ME | ME | | | |
| Mistral Small | ME | | ME | | | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | ME | | ME | ME | ME | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | ME | ME | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | ME | ME | ME | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | ME | | |
| GPT-6 Luna | | ME | ME | ME | | |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | ME | ME | ME | |
Google Password ManagerME Microsoft Edge for Business first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Google Password Manager on the left and Microsoft Edge for Business on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Google Password Manager and Microsoft Edge for Business stood in it.
Google Password Manager first, Microsoft Edge for Business an alternative
6 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Edge for Business was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Perplexity SonarGoogle Password Manager alternatives: Island Enterprise Browser, Seraphic, Talon
Grok 4.1 FastGoogle Password Manager alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Seraphic, Microsoft Edge for Business, NordLayer Browser
Mistral SmallGoogle Password Manager alternatives: Island Enterprise Browser, Microsoft Edge for Business
DeepSeek V4 FlashGoogle Password Manager alternatives: Microsoft Edge for Business, Palo Alto Networks, Prisma Access Browser
Kimi K2Google Password Manager alternatives: Edge for Business, Surf Security
GLM 4.7 FlashXGoogle Password Manager alternatives: Chrome Enterprise Core, Island Enterprise Browser, Seraphic
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.Claude Haiku 4.5Island Enterprise Browser, SURF Security Enterprise Browser alternatives: Google Password Manager, Microsoft Edge for Business, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Browser
Gemini 3.5 FlashIsland Enterprise Browser alternatives: Akamai Workforce Protector, CrowdStrike Falcon Seraphic, Google Password Manager, Microsoft Edge for Business, Prisma Access Browser
MiniMax M2.5Island Enterprise Browser alternatives: Google Password Manager, Talon
GPT-6 LunaPrisma Browser for Business alternatives: Edge for Business, Google Password Manager, Island Enterprise Browser
Muse Glimmer 30BIsland Enterprise Browser alternatives: Google Password Manager, NordLayer Browser, Seraphic, Talon
Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniIsland Enterprise Browser
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashIsland Enterprise Browser alternatives: Check Point Harmony SASE, Microsoft Edge
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
Google Password Manager leads by nineteen points.
Google Password Manager33%#1 of 9Microsoft Edge for Business14%#2 of 9
The full small business standing →Mid-marketThe figures above
Google Password Manager leads by twelve points.
Google Password Manager26%#1 of 11Microsoft Edge for Business14%#3 of 11
The full mid-market standing →Enterprise
Google Password Manager leads by sixteen points.
Google Password Manager33%#2 of 11Microsoft Edge for Business18%#3 of 11
The full enterprise standing →What the models said about Google Password Manager
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“unmanaged Chrome ... Why you should avoid them: Consumer browsers are fundamentally designed for end-user convenience, not enterprise data governance.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Traditional browsers like Google Chrome and Apple Safari are revealing fundamental security weaknesses that put enterprises at unprecedented risk.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Chrome Enterprise and Edge for Business are strong choices if you want to keep the familiar Chromium experience and add management and DLP.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Start with Chrome Enterprise Premium if you're on Google tools—it's the most accessible, highly rated, and economical for mid-market B2B” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“Market leader for enterprise use. Chrome Enterprise and Microsoft Edge for Business are cited as leading the competitive landscape” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Microsoft Edge for Business
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“they often need extra tooling for last-mile DLP, isolation, and deeper session controls” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Chrome Enterprise and Edge for Business are strong choices if you want to keep the familiar Chromium experience and add management and DLP.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Chrome Enterprise and Microsoft Edge for Business are cited as leading the competitive landscape in the enterprise browser market” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“Microsoft Edge for Business is inbox with Windows and requires no separate browser license. It's the lowest operational cost path” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
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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.