Identity threat detection and response · November 2026 Edition
Huntress Managed ITDR vs Microsoft Defender for Identity
Seven of fourteen models named Huntress Managed ITDR first on the direct prompt; three named Microsoft Defender for Identity. Both were named by all fourteen models and both carry 47 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Microsoft Defender for Identity
accepted challengerNamed in four categories this edition.
First-choice share42%26%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels4747Equal, which is what makes the shares comparable.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Huntress Managed ITDR reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Silverfort ITDR was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Huntress Managed ITDR vs CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection · Huntress Managed ITDR vs Silverfort ITDR · Microsoft Defender for Identity vs CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the identity threat detection and response page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Huntress Managed ITDRFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMicrosoft Defender for IdentityDirect73
Paraphrase37
Comparative03
Budget-constrained1111 against Microsoft Defender for Identity
Scale-constrained02
Negative004 against Huntress Managed ITDR · 2 against Microsoft Defender for Identity
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Huntress Managed ITDR and Microsoft Defender for Identity were named in the same answer eighty-nine times, of the 133 answers naming Huntress Managed ITDR and the 147 naming Microsoft Defender for Identity. In those answers Microsoft Defender for Identity took the first choice sixteen times and Huntress Managed ITDR fifty-eight.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Huntress Managed ITDR and Microsoft Defender for Identity stood in it.
| Model | DirectMD | ParaphraseMD | ComparativeMD | Budget-constrainedMD | Scale-constrainedMD | NegativeMD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | MD | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | MD | MD | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | MD | |||
| Perplexity Sonar | MD | MD | | MD | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | MD | MD | MD | | |
| Mistral Small | MD | MD | MD | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | MD | MD | MD | MD | MD | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | MD | MD | MD | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | MD | MD | ||||
| Kimi K2 | MD | MD | MD | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | MD | MD | MD | MD | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | MD | MD | MD | MD | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | MD | | MD | MD | |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | MD | MD | MD | MD |
Huntress Managed ITDRMD Microsoft Defender for Identity first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Huntress Managed ITDR on the left and Microsoft Defender for Identity on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Huntress Managed ITDR and Microsoft Defender for Identity stood in it.
Huntress Managed ITDR first, Microsoft Defender for Identity an alternative
7 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Defender for Identity was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Perplexity SonarHuntress Managed ITDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Security, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Silverfort ITDR, Stellar Cyber Open XDR
Grok 4.20Huntress Managed ITDR alternatives: BeyondTrust Platform, CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Delinea Identity Threat Protection, Microsoft Entra ID, SentinelOne Singularity Identity, Silverfort ITDR
Mistral SmallHuntress Managed ITDR alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Identity, SentinelOne Singularity Identity, Silverfort ITDR
Llama 4 MaverickHuntress Managed ITDR alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Identity, SentinelOne Singularity Identity, Varonis Platform
Kimi K2Huntress Managed ITDR alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Identity, Silverfort ITDR, Sophos ITDR
MiniMax M2.5Huntress Managed ITDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Secfolio, Sophos ITDR
GPT-6 LunaHuntress Managed ITDR alternatives: Falcon Identity Protection, Microsoft Defender, Semperis Directory Services Protector
Microsoft Defender for Identity first, Huntress Managed ITDR an alternative
3 of 14 modelsHuntress Managed ITDR was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.DeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft Defender for Identity alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection, Huntress Managed ITDR, Silverfort ITDR
Qwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft Sentinel, Zeitl alternatives: Keyfactor, Wiz
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender for Identity alternatives: Delinea Identity Threat Protection, Huntress Managed ITDR, Silverfort ITDR
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Netwrix ITDR alternatives: Huntress Managed ITDR, Stellar Cyber Open XDR
GPT-5.4 miniCrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection alternatives: Huntress Managed ITDR, Silverfort ITDR
Gemini 3.5 FlashCrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen Identity Protection alternatives: Huntress Managed ITDR, Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection, Silverfort ITDR
Muse Glimmer 30BMicrosoft Entra ID alternatives: CrowdStrike, Huntress Managed ITDR, SentinelOne Singularity Identity, Silverfort ITDR
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Huntress Managed ITDR leads by seventy-one points.
Huntress Managed ITDR77%#1 of 6Microsoft Defender for Identity6%#2 of 6
The full small business standing →Mid-marketThe figures above
Huntress Managed ITDR leads by sixteen points.
Huntress Managed ITDR42%#1 of 12Microsoft Defender for Identity26%#2 of 12
The full mid-market standing →Enterprise
The order flips: Microsoft Defender for Identity leads at enterprise.
Microsoft Defender for Identity37%#1 of 11
Huntress Managed ITDR8%#3 of 11What the models said about Huntress Managed ITDR
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Huntress is generally highly rated... But if you rely heavily on Conditional Access or need granular alert context, test these specific scenarios thoroughly.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Cautions: While highly rated for monitoring, users note that the dashboard can feel busy and lacks context on initial alerts.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Failure to investigate Microsoft risk events, passive logging without action, limited visibility” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Huntress Managed ITDR stands out as the best ITDR (Identity Threat Detection and Response) solution for companies with a limited budget” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice
“Huntress Managed ITDR is the most commonly cited best-value, published-price ITDR with human-led SOC included at ~$4.80/identity MSRP” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“the best ITDR (Identity Threat Detection and Response) solution for a company with a limited budget is Huntress Managed ITDR” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Microsoft Defender for Identity
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Microsoft Defender for Identity in particular is repeatedly flagged for needed improvements in alert tuning, agent flexibility, internal IP handling and technical support to reduce false positives.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“if your requirements depend on unsupported integrations or older infrastructure... lists no VPN integration or syslog notifications” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Microsoft Defender for Identity (but requires E5 licensing)” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · soft negative
“the best ITDR solution today is Microsoft Defender for Identity (or Microsoft Entra ID Protection) if you're already on Microsoft 365 / Entra ID” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“If you're already a Microsoft shop, this is often "free" (bundled) — the lowest-friction option with the deepest Microsoft-native telemetry” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Highly rated and integrates seamlessly with Microsoft environments, making it a strong choice if you already use Microsoft 365 or Azure.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.