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Alternatives to ESET PROTECT, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 225 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where ESET PROTECT 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
CrowdStrike Falcon49
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint41
Microsoft Defender for Cloud38
Bitdefender GravityZone13
Huntress Managed EDR12
SentinelOne Singularity12
First choices in the 225 answers that did not name ESET PROTECT, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Endpoint protection

IT operations and endpoint. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when ESET PROTECT is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessESET PROTECT is #8 of 12 here at 0% of first choices, 23 labels.

Sixty-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name ESET PROTECT; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-eight answers, sixteen products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud29 of 68Head to head →
Huntress Managed EDR12 of 68
Bitdefender GravityZone4 of 68Head to head →
Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security4 of 68
Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security3 of 68
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint2 of 68Head to head →
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint2 of 68Head to head →
Sophos Intercept X2 of 68Head to head →
8 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketESET PROTECT is #8 of 11 here at 2% of first choices, 16 labels.

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

CrowdStrike Falcon16 of 75Head to head →
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint13 of 75Head to head →
Microsoft Defender for Cloud9 of 75Head to head →
Bitdefender GravityZone8 of 75Head to head →
SentinelOne Singularity5 of 75Head to head →
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint5 of 75Head to head →
CrowdStrike3 of 75
Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security2 of 75
4 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseESET PROTECT holds 5 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

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

CrowdStrike Falcon33 of 82Head to head →
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint26 of 82Head to head →
SentinelOne Singularity7 of 82Head to head →
Microsoft Defender3 of 82
CrowdStrike2 of 82
Bitdefender GravityZone1 of 82Head to head →
Kaspersky Endpoint Security1 of 82
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint1 of 82Head to head →
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 ESET PROTECT 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 ESET PROTECT 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 ESET PROTECT'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 ESET PROTECT was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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