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Managed detection and response · October 2026 Edition

Huntress Managed EDR vs Sophos MDR

One of fourteen models named Huntress Managed EDR first on the direct prompt; two named Sophos MDR. Huntress Managed EDR was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Sophos MDR by fourteen and Huntress Managed EDR carries 30 labels and Sophos MDR 47, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Huntress Managed EDR

endorsed leader

Named in six categories this edition.

Sophos MDR

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share35%13%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#2#3A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.

Labels3047A count; the two differ.

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

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.

Huntress Managed EDRFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSophos MDR

Direct12

Paraphrase34

Comparative03

Budget-constrained120

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, Huntress Managed EDR and Sophos MDR were named in the same answer eighty-two times, of the 294 answers naming Huntress Managed EDR and the 132 naming Sophos MDR. In those answers Sophos MDR took the first choice six times and Huntress Managed EDR fifty-one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Huntress Managed EDR and Sophos 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 4.20
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

Huntress Managed EDR

Sophos MDR

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Huntress Managed EDR on the left and Sophos MDR on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Huntress Managed EDR first, Sophos MDR an alternative

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

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

Sophos MDR first, Huntress Managed EDR not the choice

2 of 14 modelsHuntress Managed EDR was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

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

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

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

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

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

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

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

3 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

Grok 4.20Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, Red Canary

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

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 seventy-five points.

Huntress Managed EDR#1 of 9

Sophos MDR#2 of 9

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

Huntress Managed EDR leads by twenty-two points.

Huntress Managed EDR#2 of 10

Sophos MDR#3 of 10

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

The order flips: Sophos MDR leads at enterprise.

Sophos MDR#8 of 11

Huntress Managed EDR#11 of 11

The full enterprise standing →

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. Three of four in this category shown.

“The best MDR service for a company with a limited budget is Huntress, as it delivers human-verified MDR at a price point that works for small-market budgets.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice

“1. Huntress - Strong reputation for mid-market B2B companies ... I'd recommend requesting demos from Huntress, Sophos, and Arctic Wolf” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice

“For tightest budget, Huntress offers some of the most transparent and affordable pricing specifically designed for small businesses.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Sophos MDR

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

“Start with Arctic Wolf if you want a partnership approach with dedicated support, or Sophos MDR if you prioritize cost-effectiveness” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice

“My default pick: Sophos MDR for a mid-market B2B company that wants a managed SOC without replacing its whole security stack.” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice

“Choose Sophos or Arctic Wolf if you want to simplify your stack and consolidate vendors.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice

Also compared

Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response vs Huntress Managed EDR Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response vs Sophos MDR Huntress Managed EDR vs Expel MDR Huntress Managed EDR vs CrowdStrike Falcon Complete Sophos MDR vs Expel MDR Sophos 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.