# CrowdStrike alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026 IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 1,217 of the 1,260 answers in the 5 categories where CrowdStrike holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/crowdstrike/alternatives/ ## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added) - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 99 - Huntress Managed EDR: 97 - Huntress Managed ITDR: 89 - Wiz: 81 - CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: 67 - SentinelOne Singularity: 46 ## AI security platforms **Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike. - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 18 of those 84 - Lakera Guard: first choice in 5 of those 84 - CrowdStrike Falcon Go: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Prompt Security: first choice in 4 of those 84 - SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 3 of those 84 - UnderDefense AI SOC: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Check Point AI Security: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Cloudflare: first choice in 2 of those 84 **Mid-market**: 82 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike (CrowdStrike is #3 of 6 at 2%). - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 82 - SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 6 of those 82 - Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS: first choice in 4 of those 82 - Bitdefender GravityZone: first choice in 2 of those 82 - Check Point AI Security: first choice in 2 of those 82 - Cloudflare AI Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 82 - CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 2 of those 82 - CrowdStrike Falcon Go: first choice in 2 of those 82 **Enterprise**: 81 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike (CrowdStrike is #7 of 8 at 0%). - Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS: first choice in 5 of those 81 - SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 5 of those 81 - Check Point AI Security: first choice in 4 of those 81 - CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 4 of those 81 - Prompt Security: first choice in 3 of those 81 - Lakera Guard: first choice in 2 of those 81 - Lasso Security: first choice in 2 of those 81 - Netskope: first choice in 2 of those 81 ## Identity threat detection and response **Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike (CrowdStrike is #7 of 7 at 0%). - Huntress Managed ITDR: first choice in 64 of those 84 - Microsoft Defender for Identity: first choice in 5 of those 84 - Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Microsoft Defender Suite for Business Premium: first choice in 1 of those 84 - Push Security: first choice in 1 of those 84 - Verosint: first choice in 1 of those 84 **Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike (CrowdStrike is #9 of 9 at 0%). - Huntress Managed ITDR: first choice in 25 of those 80 - Microsoft Defender for Identity: first choice in 9 of those 80 - CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection: first choice in 3 of those 80 - Microsoft Entra ID Protection: first choice in 3 of those 80 - Huntress ITDR: first choice in 2 of those 80 - Silverfort ITDR: first choice in 2 of those 80 - Sophos ITDR: first choice in 2 of those 80 - Cayosoft Guardian 8.0: first choice in 1 of those 80 **Enterprise**: 76 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike (CrowdStrike is #4 of 9 at 4%). - Microsoft Defender for Identity: first choice in 23 of those 76 - CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection: first choice in 13 of those 76 - Silverfort ITDR: first choice in 4 of those 76 - Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection: first choice in 3 of those 76 - Microsoft Defender for Identity / Microsoft Entra ID Protection: first choice in 3 of those 76 - Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 3 of those 76 - CrowdStrike Identity Module: first choice in 1 of those 76 - Cynet: first choice in 1 of those 76 ## Managed detection and response **Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike. - Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 56 of those 82 - Sophos MDR: first choice in 2 of those 82 - Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response: first choice in 1 of those 82 - Bitdefender MDR: first choice in 1 of those 82 - Cynet 360: first choice in 1 of those 82 - ESET PROTECT MDR: first choice in 1 of those 82 - Field Effect MDR: first choice in 1 of those 82 - Huntress MDR: first choice in 1 of those 82 **Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike (CrowdStrike is #10 of 10 at 0%). - Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response: first choice in 17 of those 80 - Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 16 of those 80 - Sophos MDR: first choice in 9 of those 80 - CrowdStrike Falcon Complete: first choice in 3 of those 80 - Expel MDR: first choice in 2 of those 80 - AirMDR: first choice in 1 of those 80 - BlueVoyant: first choice in 1 of those 80 - ESET PROTECT MDR: first choice in 1 of those 80 **Enterprise**: 78 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike (CrowdStrike is #4 of 11 at 7%). - CrowdStrike Falcon Complete: first choice in 27 of those 78 - Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response: first choice in 8 of those 78 - Expel MDR: first choice in 6 of those 78 - Rapid7 MDR: first choice in 3 of those 78 - Unit 42 Managed Detection and Response: first choice in 3 of those 78 - Expel Managed Detection and Response: first choice in 2 of those 78 - Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR: first choice in 2 of those 78 - eSentire MDR: first choice in 2 of those 78 ## Endpoint detection and response **Small business**: 81 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike (CrowdStrike is #9 of 9 at 0%). - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 29 of those 81 - Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 21 of those 81 - SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 11 of those 81 - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 6 of those 81 - CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: first choice in 3 of those 81 - Bitdefender GravityZone Business Edition: first choice in 1 of those 81 - Bitdefender GravityZone EDR: first choice in 1 of those 81 - CNiC Managed EDR: first choice in 1 of those 81 **Mid-market**: 84 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike (CrowdStrike is #9 of 9 at 0%). - CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: first choice in 21 of those 84 - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 17 of those 84 - SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 11 of those 84 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 8 of those 84 - Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Sophos Intercept X: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Bitdefender GravityZone EDR: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Microsoft Defender: first choice in 1 of those 84 **Enterprise**: 78 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike (CrowdStrike is #4 of 8 at 4%). - CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: first choice in 43 of those 78 - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 18 of those 78 - SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 10 of those 78 - Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 1 of those 78 ## Cloud security posture management **Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike. - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 22 of those 84 - Prowler: first choice in 16 of those 84 - Wiz: first choice in 11 of those 84 - AWS Security Hub: first choice in 7 of those 84 - Aikido Security: first choice in 7 of those 84 - Orca Security: first choice in 6 of those 84 - Plerion: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Cloudanix: first choice in 2 of those 84 **Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike (CrowdStrike is #10 of 12 at 0%). - Wiz: first choice in 27 of those 79 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 10 of those 79 - Orca Security: first choice in 8 of those 79 - Prowler: first choice in 7 of those 79 - AWS Security Hub: first choice in 3 of those 79 - Check Point CloudGuard: first choice in 1 of those 79 - Cyscale: first choice in 1 of those 79 - Open-source CSPM tools: first choice in 1 of those 79 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike. - Wiz: first choice in 43 of those 84 - Prisma Cloud: first choice in 13 of those 84 - Orca Security: first choice in 7 of those 84 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 84 - AWS Security Hub: first choice in 2 of those 84 - CSPM.io: first choice in 1 of those 84 - Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 84 - Sysdig Secure: first choice in 1 of those 84 Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.