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Endpoint protection · November 2026 Edition

Sophos Intercept X vs SentinelOne Singularity

Three of fourteen models named Sophos Intercept X first on the direct prompt; three named SentinelOne Singularity. Sophos Intercept X was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and SentinelOne Singularity by thirteen and Sophos Intercept X carries 50 labels and SentinelOne Singularity 24, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Sophos Intercept X

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

SentinelOne Singularity

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

First-choice share12%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels5024A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Sophos Intercept X reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Microsoft Defender for Endpoint was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs Sophos Intercept X · Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs SentinelOne Singularity · Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs Sophos Intercept X

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 endpoint protection page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Sophos Intercept XFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSentinelOne Singularity
Direct33
Paraphrase22
Comparative02
Budget-constrained10
Scale-constrained00
Negative006 against Sophos Intercept X
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, Sophos Intercept X and SentinelOne Singularity were named in the same answer 201 times, of the 332 answers naming Sophos Intercept X and the 561 naming SentinelOne Singularity. In those answers SentinelOne Singularity took the first choice twenty-two times and Sophos Intercept X twelve.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Sophos Intercept X and SentinelOne Singularity stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Sophos Intercept X SentinelOne Singularity first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Sophos Intercept X on the left and SentinelOne Singularity on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Sophos Intercept X and SentinelOne Singularity stood in it.

Sophos Intercept X first, SentinelOne Singularity an alternative

3 of 14 modelsSentinelOne Singularity was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarSophos Intercept X alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone, Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
Qwen 3.7 FlashSophos Intercept X alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint
GLM 4.7 FlashXSophos Intercept X alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity

SentinelOne Singularity first, Sophos Intercept X not the choice

3 of 14 modelsSophos Intercept X was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashSentinelOne Singularity alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X with MDR
Llama 4 MaverickSentinelOne Singularity alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone, CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Kimi K2SentinelOne Singularity alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Grok 4.20CrowdStrike Falcon alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X
Mistral SmallCrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone, Sophos Intercept X
DeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X
MiniMax M2.5CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Cloud alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Sophos Intercept X
Muse Glimmer 30BMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint
GPT-6 LunaSophos Endpoint with Sophos MDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

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
Sophos Intercept X leads by eleven points.
Sophos Intercept X11%#2 of 13
SentinelOne Singularity0%#10 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Sophos Intercept X leads by two points.
Sophos Intercept X12%#4 of 12
SentinelOne Singularity10%#5 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: SentinelOne Singularity leads at enterprise.
SentinelOne Singularity2%#3 of 12
Sophos Intercept X0%#7 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Sophos Intercept X

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“Both could allow arbitrary code execution” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Users report significant performance issues, including slow system performance on older hardware, high resource usage, and a steep learning curve” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Primary Recommendation: Sophos Intercept X - Best balance of features, pricing, and management” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“For most small businesses, Sophos Intercept X and ESET PROTECT are the best value options” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about SentinelOne Singularity

No label in this category carried a quote.

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.