Small business=heldSince September 2026: 4% → 4%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
4%from 4% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 6 → 7 of 71
Elastic · 8 categories · RankedElastic Security
144Judge labels
6First choices
14Negative labels
14 / 14Models named it
8Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.8, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
4% in SIEM for mid-market buyers
Rank 4 of 61 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger
0 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 8% of its 38 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of Elastic Security →By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
Small business7 of 79
3%34 labels
accepted challenger
Mid-market4 of 61
4%38 labels
accepted challenger
Enterprise13 of 61
0%38 labels
accepted challenger
In siem · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named Elastic Security for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIEM platforms | Security operations | 4% | 4 of 61 | 8% | 38 | accepted challenger | ▼−2Since September 2026: 6% → 5%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Endpoint detection and response | Security operations | 0% | 19 of 55 | 25% | 4 | under 10 labels · led by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint at 30% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| AI SOC agents | Security operations | 0% | 38 of 104 | 0% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Dropzone AI at 24% | |
| Extended detection and response | Security operations | 0% | 21 of 58 | 0% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Microsoft Defender XDR at 40% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| AI security platforms | Security operations | 0% | 97 of 233 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by SentinelOne Singularity at 11% | |
| Identity threat detection and response | Identity and access | 0% | 81 of 105 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Huntress Managed ITDR at 51% | |
| Log management | IT operations and endpoint | 0% | 31 of 73 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Datadog Log Management at 28% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Threat intelligence platforms | Security operations | 0% | 81 of 119 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by MISP at 12% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
Movement
Since September 2026, Elastic Security held within the floor in all eight categories: no change cleared 11 points.
Best category · SIEM · by segment
Mid-market▼−2Since September 2026: 6% → 5%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
5%from 6% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 9 pointsRank 4 of 55, unchanged
Enterprise=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 10 of 51, unchanged
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIEM | 6% | 5% | ▼−2Since September 2026: 6% → 5%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 4 of 61, unchanged |
| EDR | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 37 → 19 of 55 |
| AI SOC agents | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 38 of 104, unchanged |
| XDR | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 17 → 21 of 58 |
| AI security | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 97 of 233, unchanged |
| ITDR | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 81 of 105, unchanged |
| Logs | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 31 of 73, unchanged |
| Threat intel | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 81 of 119, unchanged |
Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured · The editions
By model
How each model treated Elastic Security across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
How each model treated Elastic Security across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ShowHide| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct21 labelsNone
Paraphrase11 labelsNone
Comparative33 labelsNone
Budget-constrained37 labels5
Scale-constrained27 labels1
Negative15 labelsNone
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative144 labels in all, every segment counted; 6 of the 6 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Best low-budget choice if you want more predictable cost control and flexibility: Elastic Security” GPT-5.4 mini · SIEM · budget prompt · first choice
“like Microsoft Sentinel or Elastic) is often a strong fit” MiniMax M2.5 · SIEM · scale prompt · first choice
“look for unified platforms (like Elastic Security, CrowdStrike LogScale, or Coralogix) that can serve both Dev/Ops debugging and security compliance” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Logs · scale prompt · alternative
“Elastic Security, Wazuh, Graylog \u2013 Open-source or cost-effective options often used for first SIEM or as complements.” Muse Glimmer 30B · SIEM · comparative prompt · alternative
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“Cost-effective at scale; open-core flexibility | Requires more in-house expertise” Kimi K2 · SIEM · scale prompt · soft negative
“Avoid these platforms if you have a small, overworked IT or security team.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · SIEM · negative prompt · soft negative
“free tiers) provide basic EDR visibility/hunting but require significant setup” Grok 4.20 · EDR · budget prompt · soft negative
“open-source based, flexible but requires more engineering” DeepSeek V4 Flash · SIEM · scale prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Elastic Security, over the 144 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Elastic Security was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Elastic Security, over the 144 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Elastic Security was named but was not.
ShowHideProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Elastic Security. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 126 of the 144 answers that named Elastic Security and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
underdefense.com64
paloaltonetworks.com52
exabeam.com33
sentinelone.com32
manageengine.com29
techrepublic.com25
panther.com24
q-sec.com24
expertinsights.com23
splunk.com23
329 of the 329 domain citations in answers naming Elastic Security came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
elastic.co is not in Google's top ten for any of the category's searches. In the answers, Elastic Security takes 4% of first choices and Microsoft Sentinel takes 38%.ShowHide
Search and answers
elastic.co is not in Google's top ten for any of the category's searches. In the answers, Elastic Security takes 4% of first choices and Microsoft Sentinel takes 38%.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimatesPosition for “siem platform”
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not in the top ten
Position for “siem platforms”
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not in the top ten
- Searches for its name, Google
- 720 a month (“elastic security”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 58 a month
- Its company's site
- elastic.co shared with Elastic's other products; the figures are the site's
- Organic visits to its site
- about 208,306 a month
- Searches its site ranks for
- 106,203 · 2,623 in the top three
- Sites linking to it
- 41,056
- Paid Google search
- 2 searches its ads show for, about 3 clicks and $0 a month (estimate)
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
4%
rank 4 of 61 in SIEM
Segment leader
38%
Microsoft Sentinel
- First choices
- 6 across its categories
- Named in
- 144 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 126 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Names read as Elastic Security
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Elastic Security; a claim can dispute any of them.
Elastic 5Elastic SIEM 2Elastic Security (Elastic SIEM) 2Elastic Endpoint Security 1Elastic SIEM (formerly Elastic Security) 1Elastic Security (open-source ELK) 1
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The company
Elastic is the company behind Elastic Security.ShowHide
The company
Elastic is the company behind Elastic Security.
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Company recordsIn its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- Automate EDR. Simplify prevention.
- For
- endpoint security programs
- Free plan or trial
- cloud trial available or hosted in Elastic Cloud elastic.co/endpoint-detection-response
- Customers named
- UOL
- Not stated on the pages read
- Price, starting price, integrations, certifications, hosting
What Elastic Security's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: elastic.co/endpoint-detection-response, elastic.co/elastic-security-for-modern-networks, elastic.co/demo-gallery/elastic-security-xdr, elastic.co/virtual-events/end-to-end-incident-response-using-elastic-security, discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-security/276968. A claimed page can correct any of them.
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- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name Elastic Security, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.