Index › IT › IT operations and endpoint › Endpoint protection › Small business · September 2026 Edition
Endpoint protection for small business buyers
Asked as “endpoint protection platform”, and as “business antivirus and endpoint security tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 46 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
50%
Clear leader
50Microsoft Defender for Cloud15Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security11Huntress Managed EDR24others
50% of first choices, clear leader.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the six products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
Bitdefender GravityZone vs Microsoft Defender for EndpointBitdefender GravityZone vs Microsoft Defender for CloudBitdefender GravityZone vs Sophos Intercept X
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Bitdefender GravityZone vs SentinelOne Singularity EndpointBitdefender GravityZone vs CrowdStrike FalconBitdefender GravityZone vs SentinelOne SingularityBitdefender GravityZone vs ESET PROTECTMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint vs Microsoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint vs Sophos Intercept XMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint vs SentinelOne Singularity EndpointMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint vs CrowdStrike FalconMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint vs SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint vs ESET PROTECTMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Sophos Intercept XMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs SentinelOne Singularity EndpointMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs CrowdStrike FalconMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs ESET PROTECTSophos Intercept X vs SentinelOne Singularity EndpointSophos Intercept X vs CrowdStrike FalconSophos Intercept X vs SentinelOne SingularitySophos Intercept X vs ESET PROTECTSentinelOne Singularity Endpoint vs CrowdStrike FalconSentinelOne Singularity Endpoint vs SentinelOne SingularitySentinelOne Singularity Endpoint vs ESET PROTECTCrowdStrike Falcon vs SentinelOne SingularityCrowdStrike Falcon vs ESET PROTECTSentinelOne Singularity vs ESET PROTECT
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
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Key
01Microsoft Defender for Cloud50%
Microsoft Defender for Cloud50%02Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security15%
Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security15%03Huntress Managed EDR11%
Huntress Managed EDR11%04Bitdefender GravityZone9%
Bitdefender GravityZone9%05ESET PROTECT2%
ESET PROTECT2%06Avast Business2%
Avast Business2%07CrowdStrike Falcon Go0%
CrowdStrike Falcon Go0%08Sophos Intercept X0%
Sophos Intercept X0%09SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint0%
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint0%10SentinelOne Singularity0%
SentinelOne Singularity0%11CrowdStrike0%
CrowdStrike0%12CrowdStrike Falcon0%
CrowdStrike Falcon0%What they warned about
Three of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
CrowdStrike Falcon67%
8 of 12 labels negative · 7 of 12 models
“criticized for a higher false positive rate... can lead to alert fatigue and increased management overhead” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Kaspersky Endpoint Security75%
6 of 8 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 6 hard negative
“Avoid anything enterprise-only licensed at full scale, pure legacy AV, Kaspersky (for U.S. clients)” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Trellix Endpoint Security Suite83%
5 of 6 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“High system resource consumption during scans, complex ePO console... feels like overkill for SMBs” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Sophos Intercept X20%
6 of 30 labels negative · 5 of 12 models
“Historically ranks lower than rivals on performance impact and false positives (per AV-Comparatives).” DeepSeek V4 Flash, comparative prompt
What they cite
Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
64 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 891 links across 195 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Huntress44 answers · 55 citations · 11 models
38 answers · 48 citations · 9 models
33 answers · 45 citations · 10 models
vendor site · CyberPress27 answers · 30 citations · 9 models
vendor site · SentinelOne26 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
22 answers · 26 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Deel21 answers · 26 citations · 11 models
20 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
19 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
16 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
15 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G214 answers · 25 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
43 answers · 11 models
35 answers · 9 models
24 answers · 8 models
22 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 11 models
14 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best endpoint protection platform”, “endpoint protection platform”, “endpoint protection platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
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| Microsoft Defender microsoft.com Microsoft Defender for Cloud 50% | 50% | 659 | 18,100 | 3,525 | 145,358,109 company | $12,455 | 103 | |
| Bitdefender parent site Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security 15%, Bitdefender GravityZone SMB 2% | 17% | 9 | 90,500 | 3,261 | ||||
| Huntress huntress.com Huntress Managed EDR 11% | 11% | 353 | 33,100 | 4,338 | 352,368 company | $15,522 | 120 | |
| Bitdefender bitdefender.com Bitdefender GravityZone 9% | 9% | 115 | 90,500 | 3,261 | 649,861 company | 93 | ||
| ESET eset.com ESET PROTECT 2%, ESET Endpoint Security 0% | 2% | 111 | 18,100 | 1,812 | 637,959 company | $4,397 | 75 | 2 |
| Avast Business avast.com | 2% | 26 | 210 | 16 | 2,021,508 | 115 | ||
| CNiC cnicsolutions.com | 2% | |||||||
| Sophos parent site Sophos MDR 2% | 2% | 155 | 18,100 | 2,046 | ||||
| Microsoft Defender parent site Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 2% | 2% | 264 | 18,100 | 3,525 | ||||
| Defender for Endpoint defend.network | 2% | 1 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (g2.com, sentinelone.com). The first result for “best endpoint protection platform” is gartner.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best endpoint protection platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which business antivirus and endpoint security tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top endpoint protection platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best endpoint protection platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating an endpoint protection platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which endpoint protection platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falconno first choiceHeldMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike FalconMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, Malwarebytes ThreatDown, SentinelOne Singularity EndpointTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security, ESET PROTECTGPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for CloudHeldMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon GoMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security, CrowdStrike Falcon GoOne alternative
Bitdefender GravityZoneTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, ESET PROTECTOne alternative
Bitdefender GravityZoneGemini 3.5 FlashMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for CloudHeldMicrosoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender for CloudHuntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Goagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security, McAfee Personal, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Norton, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Symantec Endpoint Security, Trellix Endpoint Security Suite
Three alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon Go, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, Huntress Managed EDR, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityOne alternative
SentinelOne Singularity EndpointPerplexity SonarBitdefender GravityZone, Microsoft Defender for CloudBitdefender GravityZone Small Business SecurityChangedagainst: Norton Small BusinessMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: Avast Business, Cisco Secure Endpoint
Two alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityOne alternative
Microsoft Defender for CloudFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Huntress Managed EDR, Sophos Intercept XOne alternative
Bitdefender GravityZoneGrok 4.20Microsoft Defender for CloudBitdefender GravityZone Small Business SecurityChangedBitdefender GravityZone, Microsoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: Windows Defender AntivirusBitdefender GravityZone, Defender for Endpoint, Sophos MDRagainst: Check Point Endpoint Security, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Symantec Endpoint Security, Trellix Endpoint Security Suite
Two alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
ESET PROTECT, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Norton Small BusinessFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, ESET PROTECT, Huntress Managed EDRFour alternatives
CrowdStrike, ESET PROTECT, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity EndpointMistral SmallBitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security, Huntress Managed EDRESET PROTECTChangedMicrosoft Defender for CloudBitdefender GravityZone Small Business Securityno first choiceagainst: Avast Business, Carbon Black, CrowdStrike Falcon, Elastic Security, Sophos Intercept X, Trellix Endpoint Security Suite
Two alternatives
Avast Business, Microsoft Defender for CloudThree alternatives
Avast Business, Bitdefender GravityZone, Microsoft Defender for CloudFive alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint, Sophos Intercept XOne alternative
Microsoft Defender for CloudDeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft Defender for CloudHuntress Managed EDRChangedagainst: CrowdStrikeHuntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloudagainst: Sophos Intercept XMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for Endpointagainst: Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X, Trellix Endpoint Security Suite, Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security
Three alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security, CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Huntress Managed EDRTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity EndpointTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, SentinelOne SingularityFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, ESET PROTECT, Huntress Managed EDR, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
CNiC, Cynet 360, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity EndpointLlama 4 MaverickHuntress Managed EDRAvast Business, Microsoft Defender for CloudChangedHuntress Managed EDRMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon, Sophos Intercept X
Three alternatives
Avast Business, Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security, Microsoft Defender for CloudTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, ESET PROTECTTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, ESET PROTECTQwen 3.7 FlashBitdefender GravityZoneMicrosoft Defender for CloudChangedagainst: CrowdStrikeBitdefender GravityZoneBitdefender GravityZoneMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: Cisco Secure Endpoint, CrowdStrike, Kaspersky Endpoint Security, McAfee Home, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Norton Personal, SenseOn, Sophos Intercept X
Three alternatives
ESET Endpoint Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Webroot SecureAnywhere BusinessTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, ESET PROTECTThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity EndpointThree alternatives
Avast Business, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity EndpointFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne ManagedKimi K2Microsoft Defender for CloudBitdefender GravityZone Small Business SecurityChangedagainst: Microsoft Defender for CloudBitdefender GravityZone, Huntress Managed EDRMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: Kaspersky Endpoint Security, McAfee, Norton Small Business, Trellix Endpoint Security Suite
Three alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityOne alternative
ESET PROTECTFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon Go, ESET PROTECT, Huntress Managed EDRThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone SMB, CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Sophos Intercept XGLM 4.7 FlashXCNiC, Huntress Managed EDRBitdefender GravityZone Small Business SecurityChangedBitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloudagainst: Malwarebytes for BusinessMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: SentinelOne Singularity Endpointno first choiceagainst: Avast Small Business Cybersecurity, Bitdefender GravityZone, Carbon Black EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security, Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection, McAfee, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X, Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response, Trellix Advanced Threat Defense, Trend Micro Apex One, Webroot Business Endpoint Protection
Four alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity EndpointFour alternatives
CrowdStrike, ESET PROTECT, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity EndpointSeven alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon, ESET PROTECT, Huntress Managed EDR, Jamf Protect, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X, UnderDefenseSix alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, ESET PROTECT, Huntress Managed EDR, Sophos Intercept X, ThreatDownOne alternative
Microsoft Defender for CloudMiniMax M2.5Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business SecurityMicrosoft Defender for CloudChangedMicrosoft Defender for CloudBitdefender GravityZone SMBno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Go, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security, ESET PROTECT, Webroot Business Endpoint ProtectionThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon Go, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
ESET PROTECT, Microsoft Defender, Webroot Business Endpoint ProtectionBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 13:52 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:55 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:21 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:42 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 13:02 | yes | 39 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 12:23 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:15 | yes | 8 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:49 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:12 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:39 | yes | 9 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 10:54 | yes | 13 | 127 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:22 | yes | 8 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 09:25 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:14 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 14:01 | yes | 8 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:29 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 10:44 | yes | 35 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:13 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:15 | yes | 16 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:02 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:06 | yes | 10 | 52 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:57 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:49 | yes | 14 | 94 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:35 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:54 | yes | 16 | 12 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:59 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 14:19 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:30 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:48 | yes | 28 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:40 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:48 | yes | 20 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:57 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 12:29 | no | 0 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 10:15 | yes | 9 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:06 | yes | 13 | 69 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:38 | yes | 25 | 41 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 09:55 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:42 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:42 | yes | 11 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:46 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:32 | yes | 34 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:42 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 13:29 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:27 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 14:12 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:42 | yes | 9 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:30 | yes | 12 | 87 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:26 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:18 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:26 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 11:14 | yes | 20 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 10:59 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 10:32 | yes | 24 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:40 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:50 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 10:17 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:22 | yes | 5 | 46 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:36 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:49 | yes | 19 | 352 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:42 | no | 0 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 13:36 | yes | 21 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 14:09 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:38 | yes | 19 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 13:38 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 09:33 | yes | 42 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:18 | yes | 11 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:56 | yes | 16 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:04 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:33 | yes | 14 | 61 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:53 | yes | 25 | 61 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:43 | yes | 29 | 155 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:25 | yes | 5 | 59 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Avast Business Security read as Avast Business
Bitdefender read as Bitdefender GravityZone
Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security read as Bitdefender GravityZone
Bitdefender GravityZone SBS read as Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security
Broadcom read as Symantec Endpoint Security
Broadcom Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) read as Symantec Endpoint Security
Cisco read as Cisco Secure Endpoint
Cynet read as Cynet 360
ESET read as ESET PROTECT
ESET PROTECT Entry read as ESET PROTECT
ESET PROTECT Entry/Advanced read as ESET PROTECT
Huntress read as Huntress Managed EDR
Kaspersky read as Kaspersky Endpoint Security
Malwarebytes read as Malwarebytes ThreatDown
Microsoft Defender for Business/Endpoint read as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint E5 read as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Palo Alto Cortex read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
SentinelOne read as SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint
SentinelOne (Singularity) read as SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint
SentinelOne (managed tiers) read as SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint
SentinelOne Singularity Core read as SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint
Sophos read as Sophos Intercept X
Sophos Endpoint read as Sophos Intercept X
Sophos Endpoint / Intercept X read as Sophos Intercept X
Trellix read as Trellix Endpoint Security Suite
Trellix (formerly McAfee Endpoint) read as Trellix Endpoint Security Suite
Trellix/McAfee Endpoint Security read as Trellix Endpoint Security Suite
Trend Micro read as Trend Micro Apex One
Webroot read as Webroot Business Endpoint Protection
Unresolved, counted raw
Avast Small Business Cybersecurity
Emsisoft
McAfee Home
McAfee Personal
Norton Personal
SentinelOne Managed
Symantec Endpoint Detection and Response (SEDR)
Trellix Advanced Threat Defense (ATD)
Trend Micro Maximum Security
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.