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Managed detection and response · October 2026 Edition

Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response vs Expel MDR

Ten of fourteen models named Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response first on the direct prompt; zero named Expel MDR. Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Expel MDR by nine and Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response carries 40 labels and Expel MDR 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response

endorsed leader

Named in one category this edition.

Expel MDR

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share37%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

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

Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.

Labels4017A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Sophos MDR was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response vs Huntress Managed EDR · Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response vs Sophos MDR · Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response vs CrowdStrike Falcon Complete

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 managed 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.

Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and ResponseFirst choices, of fourteen modelsExpel MDR

Direct100

Paraphrase72

Comparative11

Budget-constrained003 against Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response

Scale-constrained00

Negative00

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, Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response and Expel MDR were named in the same answer thirty-five times, of the 106 answers naming Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response and the 51 naming Expel MDR. In those answers Expel MDR took the first choice four times and Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response and Expel MDR 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

Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response

Expel MDR

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response on the left and Expel MDR on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response and Expel MDR stood in it.

Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response first, Expel MDR an alternative

10 of 14 modelsExpel MDR was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

Claude Haiku 4.5Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response alternatives: Rapid7 MDR, Sophos MDR

Gemini 3.5 FlashArctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response alternatives: Expel MDR, Red Canary, Sophos MDR

Perplexity SonarArctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response alternatives: Rapid7 MDR, Sophos MDR, eSentire MDR

Grok 4.1 FastArctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, Red Canary

DeepSeek V4 FlashArctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, Sophos MDR, eSentire MDR

Llama 4 MaverickArctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response alternatives: Rapid7 MDR, eSentire MDR

Qwen 3.7 FlashArctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response alternatives: Daylight Security, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity MDR, Sophos MDR

Kimi K2Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, Sophos MDR alternatives: Rapid7 MDR, eSentire MDR

GLM 4.7 FlashXArctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response alternatives: Huntress Managed EDR, Sophos MDR

Muse Glimmer 30BArctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon MDR, Rapid7 MDR, SentinelOne Singularity MDR, Sophos MDR, eSentire MDR

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.

Mistral SmallESET PROTECT MDR alternatives: Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, Expel MDR, Sophos MDR

MiniMax M2.5Huntress Managed EDR alternatives: Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, Sophos MDR

GPT-6 LunaSophos MDR alternatives: Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, Expel MDR, Falcon Complete, Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR

Neither was named

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

GPT-5.4 miniCrowdStrike Falcon Complete alternatives: Cyderes MDR, Microsoft Defender Experts for 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

Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response leads by two points.

Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response#3 of 9

Expel MDR#7 of 9

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response leads by thirty-three points.

Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response#1 of 10

Expel MDR#4 of 10

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response leads by nine points.

Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response#2 of 11

Expel MDR#3 of 11

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response

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

“Excellent quality, but requires ~$25K–$44K minimum annual contract—not great for small budgets” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative

“or Arctic Wolf (~$44K/year minimum, or $60–$100/user/year)” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · soft negative

“higher‑touch support, but premium price” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · soft negative

“1. Arctic Wolf ... making it especially popular with mid-market organizations that want enterprise-level security operations without building a full SOC.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice

“The Best Overall Recommendation: Arctic Wolf ... is usually the safest bet for a "set it and forget it" partnership model” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice

“### 1. Arctic Wolf (Best for "Concierge" Support) Arctic Wolf is frequently rated highly for mid-market organizations” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Expel MDR

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

“Best Overall for Transparent, "Bring Your Own Tech" (BYOT) Security: Expel ... Expel is the top choice.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

“the most cited MDR leaders in 2025-2026 are CrowdStrike, Expel and Red Canary” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice

“Sophos MDR and Expel are frequently highlighted as top choices” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice

Also compared

Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response vs Huntress Managed EDR Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response vs Sophos MDR Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response vs CrowdStrike Falcon Complete Huntress Managed EDR vs Expel MDR Sophos MDR vs Expel MDR Expel MDR vs CrowdStrike Falcon Complete All ten head-to-head pages and the full MDR 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.