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Alternatives to Palo Alto Networks, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 483 of the 504 answers collected in the two categories where Palo Alto Networks 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 IoT47
Claroty xDome43
Nozomi Networks Guardian26
Microsoft Defender for Cloud24
Dragos Platform18
SentinelOne Singularity13
First choices in the 483 answers that did not name Palo Alto Networks, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

OT and IoT security

Security operations. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Palo Alto Networks is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessPalo Alto Networks holds 7 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Palo Alto Networks; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-two answers, twenty-three products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft Defender for IoT28 of 82Head to head →
Fortinet OT Security Platform5 of 82Head to head →
Acreto4 of 82
Armis Centrix4 of 82Head to head →
Claroty xDome4 of 82Head to head →
Nozomi Networks Guardian4 of 82Head to head →
Dragos Platform3 of 82Head to head →
MetaDefender OT Access2 of 82
15 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketPalo Alto Networks is #8 of 9 here at 2% of first choices, 17 labels.

Seventy-six of the eighty-four answers did not name Palo Alto Networks; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those seventy-six answers, eighteen products in all, the eight most named:

Claroty xDome14 of 76Head to head →
Microsoft Defender for IoT10 of 76Head to head →
Nozomi Networks Guardian6 of 76Head to head →
Dragos Platform5 of 76Head to head →
Armis Centrix4 of 76Head to head →
Fortinet OT Security Platform4 of 76Head to head →
Acreto2 of 76
Radiflow3602 of 76
10 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterprisePalo Alto Networks is #9 of 9 here at 0% of first choices, 12 labels.

Eighty of the eighty-four answers did not name Palo Alto Networks; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty answers, eleven products in all, the eight most named:

Claroty xDome25 of 80Head to head →
Nozomi Networks Guardian16 of 80Head to head →
Dragos Platform10 of 80Head to head →
Microsoft Defender for IoT9 of 80Head to head →
Armis Centrix3 of 80Head to head →
Fortinet OT Security Platform2 of 80Head to head →
Check Point Quantum IoT Protect1 of 80
Cisco Cyber Vision1 of 80
3 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

AI security platforms

Security operations. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Palo Alto Networks is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessPalo Alto Networks holds 2 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Palo Alto Networks; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, thirty-three products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud18 of 84
Lakera Guard5 of 84
CrowdStrike Falcon Go4 of 84
Prompt Security4 of 84
SentinelOne Singularity3 of 84
UnderDefense AI SOC3 of 84
Check Point AI Security2 of 84
Cloudflare2 of 84
25 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketPalo Alto Networks is #5 of 6 here at 0% of first choices, 11 labels.

Eighty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Palo Alto Networks; it was the first choice in two. The first choices in those eighty-two answers, forty-four products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud6 of 82
SentinelOne Singularity6 of 82
Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS4 of 82
Bitdefender GravityZone2 of 82
Check Point AI Security2 of 82
Cloudflare AI Gateway2 of 82
CrowdStrike Falcon2 of 82
CrowdStrike Falcon Go2 of 82
36 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterprisePalo Alto Networks is #4 of 8 here at 2% of first choices, 10 labels.

Seventy-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name Palo Alto Networks; it was the first choice in two. The first choices in those seventy-nine answers, thirty-nine products in all, the eight most named:

Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS5 of 79
Check Point AI Security4 of 79
SentinelOne Singularity4 of 79
CrowdStrike Falcon3 of 79
HiddenLayer2 of 79
Lakera Guard2 of 79
Lasso Security2 of 79
Netskope2 of 79
31 more in the record.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 Palo Alto Networks 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 Palo Alto Networks 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 Palo Alto Networks'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 Palo Alto Networks was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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