# cside alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 192 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where cside 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/cside/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 12
- Reflectiz: 11
- c/side: 9
- Imperva Client-Side Protection: 6
- Jscrambler Webpage Integrity: 6
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: 6

## Client-side protection

**Small business**: 61 of 84 answers did not name cside (cside is #1 of 9 at 14%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 9 of those 61
- c/side: first choice in 5 of those 61
- Sentry: first choice in 3 of those 61
- Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Jscrambler Webpage Integrity: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Reflectiz: first choice in 2 of those 61
- SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint: first choice in 2 of those 61

**Mid-market**: 66 of 84 answers did not name cside (cside is #1 of 8 at 13%).

- Cloudflare Client-Side Security: first choice in 4 of those 66
- Reflectiz: first choice in 4 of those 66
- c/side: first choice in 4 of those 66
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 66
- Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Feroot PaymentGuard: first choice in 2 of those 66
- HUMAN Security: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Jscrambler Webpage Integrity: first choice in 2 of those 66

**Enterprise**: 65 of 84 answers did not name cside (cside is #1 of 10 at 17%).

- Imperva Client-Side Protection: first choice in 6 of those 65
- CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 5 of those 65
- Reflectiz: first choice in 5 of those 65
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 4 of those 65
- Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance: first choice in 2 of those 65
- Feroot Security: first choice in 2 of those 65
- Jscrambler Webpage Integrity: first choice in 2 of those 65
- Source Defense: first choice in 2 of those 65

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