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Alternatives to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 303 of the 504 answers collected in the two categories where Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 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
Microsoft Defender for Cloud82
Huntress Managed EDR32
Bitdefender GravityZone13
SentinelOne Singularity11
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight8
CrowdStrike6
First choices in the 303 answers that did not name Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Endpoint detection and response

Security operations. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint is #4 of 9 here at 4% of first choices, 17 labels.

Seventy-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; it was the first choice in six. The first choices in those seventy-two answers, eleven products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud28 of 72Head to head →
Huntress Managed EDR20 of 72Head to head →
SentinelOne Singularity5 of 72Head to head →
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR1 of 72Head to head →
CNiC Managed EDR1 of 72
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight1 of 72Head to head →
Cynet1 of 72
Defender1 of 72
3 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint is #1 of 9 here at 30% of first choices, 57 labels.

Forty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; it was the first choice in seventeen. The first choices in those forty-four answers, six products in all:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud8 of 44Head to head →
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight4 of 44Head to head →
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR1 of 44Head to head →
Microsoft Defender1 of 44
SentinelOne Singularity1 of 44Head to head →
Sophos Endpoint with MDR1 of 44
The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint is #2 of 8 here at 29% of first choices, 62 labels.

Thirty of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; it was the first choice in twenty. The first choices in those thirty answers, five products in all:

CrowdStrike3 of 30
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight3 of 30Head to head →
SentinelOne Singularity2 of 30Head to head →
Microsoft1 of 30
Microsoft Defender1 of 30
The full enterprise standing →

Endpoint protection

IT operations and endpoint. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint is #6 of 12 here at 3% of first choices, 12 labels.

Seventy-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; it was the first choice in three. The first choices in those seventy-eight answers, fifteen products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud36 of 78Head to head →
Huntress Managed EDR12 of 78
Bitdefender GravityZone6 of 78Head to head →
Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security4 of 78
Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security4 of 78
Sophos Intercept X4 of 78Head to head →
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint2 of 78Head to head →
Avast Premium Business Security1 of 78
7 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint is #1 of 11 here at 22% of first choices, 40 labels.

Fifty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; it was the first choice in fifteen. The first choices in those fifty-two answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud10 of 52Head to head →
Bitdefender GravityZone6 of 52Head to head →
ESET PROTECT3 of 52Head to head →
CrowdStrike2 of 52
CrowdStrike Falcon2 of 52Head to head →
Microsoft Defender for Business / Defender for Endpoint2 of 52
SentinelOne Singularity2 of 52Head to head →
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint2 of 52Head to head →
6 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint is #1 of 9 here at 44% of first choices, 65 labels.

Twenty-seven of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; it was the first choice in twenty-seven. The first choices in those twenty-seven answers, six products in all:

Microsoft Defender3 of 27
CrowdStrike Falcon2 of 27Head to head →
Bitdefender GravityZone1 of 27Head to head →
CrowdStrike1 of 27
SentinelOne Singularity1 of 27Head to head →
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint1 of 27Head 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 Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 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 Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 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 Microsoft Defender for Endpoint'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 Microsoft Defender for Endpoint was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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