Microsoft · 3 categories · Named, not rankedMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insider risk management | Security operations | 2% | 17 of 84 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management at 22% | |
| Identity threat detection and response | Identity and access | 2% | 12 of 105 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Huntress Managed ITDR at 51% | |
| SaaS security posture management | Security operations | 2% | 13 of 95 | 14% | 7 | under 10 labels · led by Wing Security at 30% |
Movement
By model
How each model treated Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Best budget choice: use SSPM you already have licensed... start with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps” GPT-6 Luna · SSPM · budget prompt · first choice
“Best Overall for Microsoft Shops ... this is the most logical starting point.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · ITDR · direct prompt · first choice
“Verdict: Start here first. The integration friction is non-existent.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Insider risk · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“the default choice for Microsoft-centric organizations, offering SSPM out of the box with M365 E5 licensing” DeepSeek V4 Flash · SSPM · 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.
“SSE / CASB vendors with bolted-on SSPM... less a pure SSPM play” Muse Glimmer 30B · SSPM · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, over the 25 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 21 of the 25 answers that named Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Eighty-six of the eighty-six domain citations in answers naming Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
Where Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.ShowHide
Search and answers
In search
Google, US estimates- Searches for its name, Google
- 880 a month (“microsoft defender for cloud apps”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 74 a month
- Its own site
- It sits on Microsoft's site (microsoft.com), so there are no site figures for it alone
In answers
This edition- First choices
- 8 across its categories
- Named in
- 25 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 21 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read October 5, 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 Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Follow Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
An email the morning each edition publishes: where this product moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.
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The company
Microsoft is the company behind Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.ShowHide
The company
On record
Company records- Also from Microsoft
- Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Microsoft 365 Administration, Microsoft 365 Backup, Microsoft 365 Compliance Center, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, Microsoft 365 DSC and 164 more
In its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- help safeguard data in your cloud apps and maximize productivity
- Not stated on the pages read
- Price, starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, certifications, hosting, customers
What Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps's own pages state, read October 5, 2026: microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business-insights-ideas/resources/5-reasons-to-consolidate-your-cloud-apps, microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business-insights-ideas/resources/improving-hybrid-cloud-security-with-a-zero-trust-framework, microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business-insights-ideas/resources/how-a-cloud-app-security-broker-casb-enhances-security-while-enabling-productivity. A claimed page can correct any of them.
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Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.
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A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- 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 Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, 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.