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Extended detection and response · October 2026 Edition

Sophos Intercept X vs SentinelOne Singularity

Nine of fourteen models named Sophos Intercept X first on the direct prompt; one named SentinelOne Singularity. Sophos Intercept X was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and SentinelOne Singularity by fourteen and Sophos Intercept X carries 24 labels and SentinelOne Singularity 51, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Sophos Intercept X

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

SentinelOne Singularity

accepted challenger

Named in fourteen categories this edition.

First-choice share19%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate8%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.

Labels2451A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Sophos Intercept X reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Microsoft Defender XDR was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Defender XDR vs Sophos Intercept X · Microsoft Defender XDR vs SentinelOne Singularity · Sophos Intercept X vs CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR

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 extended detection and response page.

By framing

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

Sophos Intercept XFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSentinelOne Singularity

Direct91

Paraphrase13

Comparative00

Budget-constrained00

Scale-constrained00

Negative012 against Sophos Intercept X · 5 against SentinelOne Singularity

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, Sophos Intercept X and SentinelOne Singularity were named in the same answer 177 times, of the 275 answers naming Sophos Intercept X and the 569 naming SentinelOne Singularity. In those answers SentinelOne Singularity took the first choice thirty-five times and Sophos Intercept X sixteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Sophos Intercept X and SentinelOne Singularity 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

Sophos Intercept X

SentinelOne Singularity

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Sophos Intercept X on the left and SentinelOne Singularity on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Sophos Intercept X and SentinelOne Singularity stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.

Kimi K2SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Sophos Intercept X first, SentinelOne Singularity an alternative

8 of 14 modelsSentinelOne Singularity was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

Claude Haiku 4.5Sophos Intercept X alternatives: Microsoft Defender XDR, Rapid7 InsightIDR, SentinelOne Singularity

Gemini 3.5 FlashSophos Intercept X, Sophos MDR alternatives: Cynet 360 Auto XDR, Microsoft Defender for Business / Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Stellar Cyber Open XDR

Perplexity SonarSophos Intercept X alternatives: SentinelOne Singularity, Stellar Cyber Open XDR

Mistral SmallSophos Intercept X alternatives: Stellar Cyber Open XDR

DeepSeek V4 FlashSophos Intercept X alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Stellar Cyber Open XDR

Llama 4 MaverickSophos Intercept X, Stellar Cyber Open XDR alternatives: Microsoft Defender XDR

Qwen 3.7 FlashSophos Intercept X alternatives: Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity

Muse Glimmer 30BSophos Intercept X, Stellar Cyber Open XDR alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Ontinue

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.

Grok 4.1 FastMicrosoft Defender XDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X

GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender XDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X

MiniMax M2.5Microsoft Defender XDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Sophos Intercept X

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.

GPT-5.4 miniCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR alternatives: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR

GPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Defender XDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR

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

SentinelOne Singularity leads by two points.

SentinelOne Singularity#5 of 11

Sophos Intercept X#6 of 11

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

The order flips: Sophos Intercept X leads at mid-market.

Sophos Intercept X#2 of 10

SentinelOne Singularity#4 of 10

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

The order flips: SentinelOne Singularity leads at enterprise.

SentinelOne Singularity#5 of 8

Sophos Intercept X#– of 8

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Sophos Intercept X

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

“For most mid-market B2B companies: Start with Sophos Intercept X/XDR. It offers the best balance of prevention, ease of use, and optional managed services” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

“Sophos Intercept X or SentinelOne Singularity offer the best balance of protection, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about SentinelOne Singularity

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

“overly aggressive blocking of legitimate tools... agent duplication issues have been reported in the management console during large-scale deployments” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative

Also compared

Microsoft Defender XDR vs Sophos Intercept X Microsoft Defender XDR vs SentinelOne Singularity Sophos Intercept X vs CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR Sophos Intercept X vs Stellar Cyber Open XDR CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR vs SentinelOne Singularity SentinelOne Singularity vs Stellar Cyber Open XDR All ten head-to-head pages and the full XDR 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.