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Alternatives to CrowdStrike, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 1,217 of the 1,260 answers collected in the five categories where CrowdStrike holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Microsoft Defender for Cloud99
Huntress Managed EDR97
Huntress Managed ITDR89
Wiz81
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight67
SentinelOne Singularity46
First choices in the 1,217 answers that did not name CrowdStrike, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

AI security platforms

Security operations. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when CrowdStrike is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessCrowdStrike holds 5 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name CrowdStrike; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, thirty-three products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud18 of 84
Lakera Guard5 of 84
CrowdStrike Falcon Go4 of 84
Prompt Security4 of 84
SentinelOne Singularity3 of 84Head to head →
UnderDefense AI SOC3 of 84
Check Point AI Security2 of 84
Cloudflare2 of 84
25 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketCrowdStrike is #3 of 6 here at 2% of first choices, 16 labels.

Eighty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name CrowdStrike; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those eighty-two answers, forty-three products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud6 of 82
SentinelOne Singularity6 of 82Head to head →
Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS4 of 82
Bitdefender GravityZone2 of 82
Check Point AI Security2 of 82
Cloudflare AI Gateway2 of 82
CrowdStrike Falcon2 of 82
CrowdStrike Falcon Go2 of 82
35 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseCrowdStrike is #7 of 8 here at 0% of first choices, 10 labels.

Eighty-one of the eighty-four answers did not name CrowdStrike; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-one answers, forty products in all, the eight most named:

Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS5 of 81
SentinelOne Singularity5 of 81Head to head →
Check Point AI Security4 of 81
CrowdStrike Falcon4 of 81
Prompt Security3 of 81
Lakera Guard2 of 81
Lasso Security2 of 81
Netskope2 of 81
32 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

Identity threat detection and response

Identity and access. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when CrowdStrike is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessCrowdStrike is #7 of 7 here at 0% of first choices, 11 labels.

Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name CrowdStrike; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, seven products in all:

Huntress Managed ITDR64 of 84
Microsoft Defender for Identity5 of 84
Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection2 of 84
Microsoft Entra ID2 of 84
Microsoft Defender Suite for Business Premium1 of 84
Push Security1 of 84
Verosint1 of 84
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketCrowdStrike is #9 of 9 here at 0% of first choices, 14 labels.

Eighty of the eighty-four answers did not name CrowdStrike; it was the first choice in two. The first choices in those eighty answers, twenty products in all, the eight most named:

Huntress Managed ITDR25 of 80
Microsoft Defender for Identity9 of 80
CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection3 of 80
Microsoft Entra ID Protection3 of 80
Huntress ITDR2 of 80
Silverfort ITDR2 of 80
Sophos ITDR2 of 80
Cayosoft Guardian 8.01 of 80
12 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseCrowdStrike is #4 of 9 here at 4% of first choices, 15 labels.

Seventy-six of the eighty-four answers did not name CrowdStrike; it was the first choice in two. The first choices in those seventy-six answers, twelve products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft Defender for Identity23 of 76
CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection13 of 76
Silverfort ITDR4 of 76
Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection3 of 76
Microsoft Defender for Identity / Microsoft Entra ID Protection3 of 76
Microsoft Entra ID3 of 76
CrowdStrike Identity Module1 of 76
Cynet1 of 76
4 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

Managed detection and response

Security operations. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when CrowdStrike is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessCrowdStrike holds 7 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name CrowdStrike; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-two answers, eleven products in all, the eight most named:

Huntress Managed EDR56 of 82
Sophos MDR2 of 82
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response1 of 82
Bitdefender MDR1 of 82
Cynet 3601 of 82
ESET PROTECT MDR1 of 82
Field Effect MDR1 of 82
Huntress MDR1 of 82
3 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketCrowdStrike is #10 of 10 here at 0% of first choices, 12 labels.

Eighty of the eighty-four answers did not name CrowdStrike; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those eighty answers, eleven products in all, the eight most named:

Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response17 of 80
Huntress Managed EDR16 of 80
Sophos MDR9 of 80
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete3 of 80
Expel MDR2 of 80
AirMDR1 of 80
BlueVoyant1 of 80
ESET PROTECT MDR1 of 80
3 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseCrowdStrike is #4 of 11 here at 7% of first choices, 12 labels.

Seventy-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name CrowdStrike; it was the first choice in five. The first choices in those seventy-eight answers, seventeen products in all, the eight most named:

CrowdStrike Falcon Complete27 of 78
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response8 of 78
Expel MDR6 of 78
Rapid7 MDR3 of 78
Unit 42 Managed Detection and Response3 of 78
Expel Managed Detection and Response2 of 78
Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR2 of 78
eSentire MDR2 of 78
9 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

Endpoint detection and response

Security operations. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when CrowdStrike is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessCrowdStrike is #9 of 9 here at 0% of first choices, 15 labels.

Eighty-one of the eighty-four answers did not name CrowdStrike; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-one answers, thirteen products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud29 of 81
Huntress Managed EDR21 of 81
SentinelOne Singularity11 of 81
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint6 of 81
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight3 of 81
Bitdefender GravityZone Business Edition1 of 81
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR1 of 81
CNiC Managed EDR1 of 81
5 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketCrowdStrike is #9 of 9 here at 0% of first choices, 11 labels.

Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name CrowdStrike; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:

CrowdStrike Falcon Insight21 of 84
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint17 of 84
SentinelOne Singularity11 of 84
Microsoft Defender for Cloud8 of 84
Huntress Managed EDR3 of 84
Sophos Intercept X3 of 84
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR2 of 84
Microsoft Defender1 of 84
1 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseCrowdStrike is #4 of 8 here at 4% of first choices, 14 labels.

Seventy-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name CrowdStrike; it was the first choice in three. The first choices in those seventy-eight answers, four products in all:

CrowdStrike Falcon Insight43 of 78
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint18 of 78
SentinelOne Singularity10 of 78
Huntress Managed EDR1 of 78
The full enterprise standing →

Cloud security posture management

Cloud and infrastructure. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when CrowdStrike is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessCrowdStrike holds 0 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name CrowdStrike; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, nineteen products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud22 of 84
Prowler16 of 84
Wiz11 of 84
AWS Security Hub7 of 84
Aikido Security7 of 84
Orca Security6 of 84
Plerion4 of 84
Cloudanix2 of 84
11 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketCrowdStrike is #10 of 12 here at 0% of first choices, 10 labels.

Seventy-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name CrowdStrike; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-nine answers, eleven products in all, the eight most named:

Wiz27 of 79
Microsoft Defender for Cloud10 of 79
Orca Security8 of 79
Prowler7 of 79
AWS Security Hub3 of 79
Check Point CloudGuard1 of 79
Cyscale1 of 79
Open-source CSPM tools1 of 79
3 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseCrowdStrike holds 2 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name CrowdStrike; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:

Wiz43 of 84
Prisma Cloud13 of 84
Orca Security7 of 84
Microsoft Defender for Cloud6 of 84
AWS Security Hub2 of 84
CSPM.io1 of 84
Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud1 of 84
Sysdig Secure1 of 84
1 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled CrowdStrike neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named CrowdStrike only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from CrowdStrike's side.

Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of CrowdStrike was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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