Extended detection and response for small business buyers
Asked as “XDR platform”, and as “extended detection and response solution”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 57 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
25%
Contested · Coro 14%
25Microsoft Defender XDR14Coro12Huntress Managed EDR49others
25% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Microsoft Defender XDR (22%) replaces Coro (57% then, 14% now), 8 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Microsoft Defender XDR leads at 22%, replacing Coro, which led at 57% and stands at 14% now: 8 points clear, inside the floor, so the swap reads as unsettled. The verdict moved from clear leader to contested.
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 XDR25%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Microsoft Defender XDR (22%) replaces Coro (57% then, 14% now), 8 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.This pageMid-marketMicrosoft Defender XDR40%Clear leader▼−25Since September 2026: 63% → 39%, −25 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →EnterpriseMicrosoft Defender XDR44%Clear leader▼−5Since September 2026: 48% → 43%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →
Microsoft Defender XDR25%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Microsoft Defender XDR (22%) replaces Coro (57% then, 14% now), 8 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.This pageMid-marketMicrosoft Defender XDR40%Clear leader▼−25Since September 2026: 63% → 39%, −25 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →EnterpriseMicrosoft Defender XDR44%Clear leader▼−5Since September 2026: 48% → 43%, −5 points. 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 small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Microsoft Defender XDR25%26%47criticized challenger▲+8Since September 2026: 14% → 22%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.14% → 22%
Microsoft Defender XDR25%26%47criticized challenger▲+8Since September 2026: 14% → 22%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.14% → 22%02
Coro14%0%31accepted challenger▼−43Since September 2026: 57% → 14%, −43 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.57% → 14%
Coro14%0%31accepted challenger▼−43Since September 2026: 57% → 14%, −43 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.57% → 14%03
Microsoft Defender for Cloud12%0%17accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 14% → 12%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.14% → 12%
Microsoft Defender for Cloud12%0%17accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 14% → 12%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.14% → 12%04
Huntress Managed EDR12%6%17accepted challenger▲+7Since September 2026: 5% → 12%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 12%
Huntress Managed EDR12%6%17accepted challenger▲+7Since September 2026: 5% → 12%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 12%05
SentinelOne Singularity7%23%44accepted challenger▲+6Since September 2026: 2% → 8%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 8%
SentinelOne Singularity7%23%44accepted challenger▲+6Since September 2026: 2% → 8%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 8%06
Sophos Intercept X5%4%26accepted 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 X5%4%26accepted 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
Cynet 360 AutoXDR4%0%13accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 5% → 4%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 4%
Cynet 360 AutoXDR4%0%13accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 5% → 4%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 4%08
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR4%47%49criticized challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 4%
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR4%47%49criticized challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 4%09
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR2%9%11accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR2%9%11accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%Show the two products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
11
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR0%81%27criticized 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%81%27criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%10
Trend Vision One0%50%12criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Trend Vision One0%50%12criticized 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 ten head-to-head pages: the top five products, each against each
Microsoft Defender XDR vs Stellar Cyber Open XDRSophos Intercept X vs CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRSophos Intercept X vs SentinelOne SingularitySophos Intercept X vs Stellar Cyber Open XDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR vs SentinelOne SingularityCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR vs Stellar Cyber Open XDRSentinelOne Singularity vs Stellar Cyber Open XDR
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 →
0102030405060708091011Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Microsoft Defender XDR25%
Microsoft Defender XDR25%02Coro14%
Coro14%03Microsoft Defender for Cloud12%
Microsoft Defender for Cloud12%04Huntress Managed EDR12%
Huntress Managed EDR12%05SentinelOne Singularity7%
SentinelOne Singularity7%06Sophos Intercept X5%
Sophos Intercept X5%07Cynet 360 AutoXDR4%
Cynet 360 AutoXDR4%08CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR4%
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR4%09Bitdefender GravityZone XDR2%
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR2%10Trend Vision One0%
Trend Vision One0%11Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR0%
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, MiniMax M2.5 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.
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR81%
22 of 27 labels negative · 14 of 14 models · 7 hard negative
“Do Not Buy "DIY" XDR:** Avoid buying tools like Palo Alto Cortex XDR or standard Microsoft Defender XDR if you plan to manage them yourself.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, scale prompt
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR47%
23 of 49 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“should avoid or approach with caution the following XDR platforms ... **CrowdStrike Falcon** – Notoriously steep learning curve and complex user interface; can be prohibitively expensive” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Microsoft Defender XDR26%
12 of 47 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“a licensing maze, a missing multi-tenant console, and a managed SOC tier priced for companies far bigger than the average SMB” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
SentinelOne Singularity23%
10 of 44 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“one SMB-focused recommendation says to **avoid** it unless you have **specific high-security requirements**” Perplexity Sonar, 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
78 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. 1049 links across 174 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 21 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 · CyberPress47 answers · 94 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Palo Alto Networks39 answers · 42 citations · 13 models
vendor site · G236 answers · 58 citations · 13 models
vendor site · SentinelOne30 answers · 41 citations · 10 models
30 answers · 31 citations · 9 models
26 answers · 34 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
20 answers · 35 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Huntress20 answers · 29 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Cynet19 answers · 27 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Heimdal Security16 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
vendor site · FitGap16 answers · 16 citations · 6 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.
38 answers · 11 models
31 answers · 12 models
29 answers · 9 models
23 answers · 11 models
23 answers · 11 models
21 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 7 models
16 answers · 6 models
15 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 10 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 xdr platform”, “xdr platform”, “xdr 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 XDR 25%, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 4%, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 2% | 30% | 268 | 18,100 | 3,525 | ||||
| Coro coro.net | 14% | 111 | 49,500 | 4,833 | 3,791 | 3 | ||
| Microsoft Defender microsoft.com Microsoft Defender for Cloud 12% | 12% | 569 | 18,100 | 3,525 | 145,358,109 company | $12,455 | 103 | |
| Huntress huntress.com Huntress Managed EDR 12% | 12% | 290 | 33,100 | 4,338 | 352,368 company | $15,522 | 120 | |
| SentinelOne sentinelone.com SentinelOne Singularity 7% | 7% | 534 | 33,100 | 1,675 | 446,702 company | $780 | 22 | 1 |
| Sophos sophos.com Sophos Intercept X 5% | 5% | 252 | 18,100 | 2,046 | 186,716 company | $1,427 | 65 | |
| CrowdStrike parent site CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR 4%, CrowdStrike Falcon Complete 2% | 5% | 169 | 74,000 | 5,130 | ||||
| Cynet 360 AutoXDR cynet.com | 4% | 21 | 10 | 0 | 13,782 | 43 | 7 | |
| Bitdefender parent site Bitdefender GravityZone XDR 2% | 2% | 34 | 90,500 | 3,261 | ||||
| Sophos parent site Sophos MDR 2%, Sophos Intercept X + Sophos MDR 0% | 2% | 131 | 18,100 | 2,046 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cynet.com, paloaltonetworks.com, sentinelone.com). The first result for “best xdr 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 XDR platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which extended detection and response solution would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top XDR platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best XDR platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a XDR platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which XDR platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5CoroSentinelOne SingularityChangedSentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XBlumirano first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Huntress Managed EDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision One
Four alternatives
Blumira, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, ThreatDownThree alternatives
Blumira, Coro, Cynet 360 AutoXDRThree alternatives
Coro, Microsoft Defender XDR, ThreatDefenceGPT-5.4 miniCrowdStrike Falcon CompleteMicrosoft Defender for CloudChangedMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne Singularityno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Secureworks Taegis XDR, Trend Vision One
Three alternatives
Cisco XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XTwo alternatives
Defender, Huntress Managed EDRGemini 3.5 FlashHuntress Managed EDRSophos Intercept X, Sophos MDRChangedCynet 360 AutoXDR, SentinelOne SingularityCynet 360 AutoXDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRHuntress Managed EDRagainst: Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRagainst: Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Securonix, Splunk, Stellar Cyber Open XDR
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X + Sophos MDRThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for CloudFour alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Business / Defender XDR, Sophos Intercept X, Sophos MDR, Stellar Cyber Open XDRThree alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XPerplexity SonarSentinelOne SingularityHuntress Managed EDRChangedMicrosoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularityagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRCoro, Microsoft Defender XDRagainst: Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Sophosno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Cynet EDR/XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, UnderDefense
Three alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Microsoft Defender XDROne alternative
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRThree alternatives
Coro, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, ESET PROTECTOne alternative
Trellix XDR for SMBsGrok 4.1 FastCoroagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRCoroHeldCoro, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Microsoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularityagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM, SentinelOne Singularity
Two alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Barracuda Managed XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Heimdal XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, ManageEngine Log360, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Coro, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Trend Vision OneMistral SmallMicrosoft Defender XDRno first choiceChangedSentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRagainst: Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
One alternative
Cynet 360 AutoXDRFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Trend Vision OneDeepSeek V4 FlashCoro, Microsoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRChangedCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRagainst: Cisco XDR, Trend Vision OneMicrosoft Defender for CloudCoroagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
One alternative
Sophos Intercept XTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Coro, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XTwo alternatives
Coro, SentinelOne SingularityOne alternative
Sophos Intercept X + Sophos MDRLlama 4 MaverickCynet 360 AutoXDR, Microsoft Defender XDRno first choiceChangedStellar Cyber Open XDRExabeam FusionMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
One alternative
Rapid7 InsightIDROne alternative
CoroQwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo AltoHuntress Managed EDRChangedMicrosoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne SingularityDefender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Sophos Intercept Xno first choiceagainst: Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, IBM QRadar, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Splunk ES Security, Trend Vision One
Four alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security, Coro, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity CoreTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Sophos Intercept XTwo alternatives
SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Vision OneKimi K2Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloudagainst: Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRMicrosoft Defender for CloudChangedHuntress Managed EDRagainst: SentinelOne SingularityHuntress Managed EDRMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
One alternative
SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Cynet 360 AutoXDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, Rapid7 InsightIDR, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne Singularity Core, Trend Micro Worry-Free ServicesFive alternatives
Coro, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XGLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRHeldagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Trend Vision OneCorono first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, ESET PROTECT, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Seven alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Coro, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, ESET PROTECT, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM, ReliaQuest GreyMatter, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Trellix XDR for SMBsThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Elastic Security, Microsoft Defender XDRMiniMax M2.5Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularityagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRBitdefender GravityZone XDR, Sophos Intercept XChangedCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender for Endpointagainst: SentinelOne Singularityno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
One alternative
Sophos Intercept XOne alternative
Cisco XDRFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Stellar Cyber Open XDRTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Sophos Intercept XGPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRHeldCrowdStrike Falcon Complete, Sophos Intercept Xagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRMicrosoft 365 Business Premium with Microsoft Defenderno first choiceagainst: Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Two alternatives
SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos MDRTwo alternatives
Microsoft 365, Sophos MDRTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender for CloudMuse Glimmer 30BCoroHuntress Managed EDRChangedagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRMicrosoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Trend Vision One
One alternative
Microsoft Defender XDRTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity EndpointSix alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Coro, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, ESET XDR, PurpleSec Defiance XDR, Trellix XDR for SMBsTwo alternatives
Coro, Microsoft Defender XDRBold 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 12:10 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:39 | yes | 3 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 07:59 | yes | 18 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:53 | yes | 27 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:51 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:04 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:35 | yes | 25 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:24 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:51 | yes | 8 | 40 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:14 | yes | 20 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:46 | yes | 15 | 35 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 07:54 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:14 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:07 | yes | 21 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:15 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:58 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:11 | yes | 17 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:33 | yes | 16 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:23 | yes | 23 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:23 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:49 | yes | 23 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:58 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:56 | yes | 14 | 40 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:44 | yes | 25 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:21 | yes | 15 | 47 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:25 | yes | 8 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 07:37 | yes | 2 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:29 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:54 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:33 | yes | 2 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:22 | yes | 18 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:22 | yes | 17 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:39 | yes | 22 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:17 | yes | 7 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:56 | yes | 25 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:46 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:12 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:35 | yes | 25 | 24 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:38 | yes | 25 | 55 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:33 | yes | 15 | 52 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:22 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 07:27 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:09 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:48 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:36 | yes | 17 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:08 | yes | 28 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:01 | yes | 22 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:13 | yes | 11 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:15 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:37 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:15 | no | 0 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:48 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:19 | yes | 22 | 111 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:38 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:17 | yes | 2 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:26 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 13:11 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:32 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:08 | yes | 11 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:37 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:53 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:23 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:16 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:26 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:00 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:57 | yes | 22 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:15 | yes | 9 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:44 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 07:56 | yes | 3 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:21 | yes | 12 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 07:51 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:28 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:07 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:08 | yes | 25 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:36 | yes | 19 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:56 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:00 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:00 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:52 | yes | 9 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:48 | yes | 10 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:54 | yes | 21 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:39 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:35 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:22 | yes | 23 | 40 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Acronis read as Acronis Cyber Protect
Bitdefender read as Bitdefender GravityZone XDR
Bitdefender GravityZone read as Bitdefender GravityZone XDR
Bitdefender XDR read as Bitdefender GravityZone XDR
CrowdStrike read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon Go read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon Go / Pro read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon XDR read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike XDR read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
Cynet read as Cynet 360 AutoXDR
Cynet XDR read as Cynet 360 AutoXDR
Exabeam read as Exabeam Fusion
Falcon Go read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
Huntress read as Huntress Managed EDR
Palo Alto Cortex read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Rapid7 read as Rapid7 InsightIDR
SentinelOne read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne (Singularity Core) read as SentinelOne Singularity
Stellar Cyber read as Stellar Cyber Open XDR
Trend Micro read as Trend Vision One
Unresolved, counted raw
Cynet EDR/XDR
Microsoft 365 Business Premium with Microsoft Defender
PurpleSec Defiance XDR
Secureworks Taegis XDR
SecurityHQ
Splunk ES Security
ThreatDefence
Zscular
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.