SIEM platforms · October 2026 Edition
Microsoft Sentinel vs Wazuh
Eight of fourteen models named Microsoft Sentinel first on the direct prompt; zero named Wazuh. Microsoft Sentinel was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Wazuh by thirteen and Microsoft Sentinel carries 62 labels and Wazuh 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in ten categories this edition.
Named in fifteen categories this edition.
First-choice share38%21%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate13%24%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels6221A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Microsoft Sentinel reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Rapid7 InsightIDR was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Sentinel vs Rapid7 InsightIDR · Microsoft Sentinel vs Elastic Security · Microsoft Sentinel vs ManageEngine Log360
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 SIEM platforms page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Microsoft SentinelFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWazuh
Direct80
Paraphrase50
Comparative40
Budget-constrained4111 against Microsoft Sentinel
Scale-constrained301 against Microsoft Sentinel
Negative206 against Microsoft Sentinel · 5 against Wazuh
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, Microsoft Sentinel and Wazuh were named in the same answer sixty-seven times, of the 389 answers naming Microsoft Sentinel and the 135 naming Wazuh. In those answers Wazuh took the first choice ten times and Microsoft Sentinel twenty.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Microsoft Sentinel and Wazuh 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 | | | |
Microsoft Sentinel Wazuh first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Microsoft Sentinel on the left and Wazuh on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Microsoft Sentinel and Wazuh stood in it.
Microsoft Sentinel first, Wazuh not the choice
8 of 14 modelsWazuh was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: Google Security Operations, Splunk Enterprise Security
Grok 4.20Microsoft Sentinel alternatives: LogRhythm NextGen, Rapid7 InsightIDR
Mistral SmallMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: Exabeam, LogRhythm, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM
DeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, Elastic Security, Google Security Operations, Stellar Cyber Next-Gen SIEM
Kimi K2Microsoft Sentinel alternatives: LogRhythm, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: Elastic Security, FortiSIEM, ManageEngine Log360, Rapid7 InsightIDR, Splunk Enterprise Security, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM
MiniMax M2.5Microsoft Sentinel alternatives: Exabeam, LogRhythm
GPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: Google Security Operations, Rapid7 InsightIDR
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.Claude Haiku 4.5Rapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: LogRhythm, ManageEngine Log360, Microsoft Sentinel
Gemini 3.5 FlashBlumira alternatives: Huntress Managed SIEM, Microsoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR
Qwen 3.7 FlashLogRhythm alternatives: ManageEngine Log360, Microsoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM
Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Perplexity SonarRapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: LogRhythm, ManageEngine Log360, Stellar Cyber Next-Gen SIEM
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Muse Glimmer 30BRapid7 InsightIDR, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM alternatives: Elastic Security, ManageEngine Log360, Securonix Unified Defense SIEM
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
Microsoft Sentinel leads by twelve points.
Microsoft Sentinel22%#2 of 11Wazuh10%#4 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
Microsoft Sentinel leads by seventeen points.
Microsoft Sentinel38%#1 of 15Wazuh21%#2 of 15Enterprise
Microsoft Sentinel leads by forty-one points.
Microsoft Sentinel41%#1 of 12Wazuh0%#– of 12What the models said about Microsoft Sentinel
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Why to be cautious: Vendor Ecosystem Dependence... difficult, confusing, and often suboptimal if your infrastructure is primarily AWS, Google Cloud, or Linux-based” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Sentinel is incredibly powerful. However, do not buy it to manage alone unless you have dedicated KQL (Kusto Query Language) expertise.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“Microsoft Sentinel's billing, for example, depends on ingestion tiers, retention, and separate infrastructure charges in some cases” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd suggest starting with either Microsoft Sentinel (if already in the Microsoft ecosystem) or Sumo Logic (if you want vendor neutrality)” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Is primarily a Microsoft/Azure shop | Microsoft Sentinel | Seamless out-of-the-box ingestion, KQL query language, and fast deployment.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Microsoft Sentinel — unbeatable value if you're a Microsoft shop; pay-as-you-go pricing; strong detection content; built-in UEBA and SOAR.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about Wazuh
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.
“Open-source self-build solutions (such as Wazuh or Graylog with custom rules) are generally not recommended unless you have at least two dedicated SIEM engineers” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“others advise skipping them depending on your needs, particularly for enterprise environments where robust support is critical” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Platforms like Elastic, Wazuh, and Security Onion are incredibly capable but demand significant engineering hours.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you have in-house engineering capacity and <50 GB/day ingest, Wazuh / Security Onion self-hosted is the lowest cash outlay.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Wazuh is the most complete open-source SIEM available, combining SIEM and XDR capabilities with lightweight agents” Claude Haiku 4.5 · 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.