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AI security platforms · November 2026 Edition

Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs SentinelOne Singularity

One of fourteen models named Microsoft Defender for Cloud first on the direct prompt; four named SentinelOne Singularity. Microsoft Defender for Cloud was named by nine of the fourteen models and SentinelOne Singularity by ten and Microsoft Defender for Cloud carries 10 labels and SentinelOne Singularity 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

accepted challenger

Named in fifteen categories this edition.

SentinelOne Singularity

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

First-choice share12%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels1017A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Microsoft Defender for Cloud reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs Microsoft Purview · Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs Lakera Guard · Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs Check Point AI Security

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 AI security platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Microsoft Defender for CloudFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSentinelOne Singularity
Direct14
Paraphrase00
Comparative01
Budget-constrained50
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and SentinelOne Singularity were named in the same answer 117 times, of the 719 answers naming Microsoft Defender for Cloud and the 561 naming SentinelOne Singularity. In those answers SentinelOne Singularity took the first choice four times and Microsoft Defender for Cloud seventy-five.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Microsoft Defender for Cloud 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
Microsoft Defender for Cloud SentinelOne Singularity first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Microsoft Defender for Cloud on the left and SentinelOne Singularity on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Microsoft Defender for Cloud and SentinelOne Singularity stood in it.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud first, SentinelOne Singularity not the choice

1 of 14 modelsSentinelOne Singularity was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
MiniMax M2.5CrowdStrike Falcon AI Detection and Response, Microsoft Defender for Cloud alternatives: Fortinet Security Fabric, Noma Security

SentinelOne Singularity first, Microsoft Defender for Cloud an alternative

4 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Defender for Cloud was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashLakera Guard, SentinelOne Singularity alternatives: Aikido Security, Charlotte AI, CrowdStrike Falcon, Dropzone AI, Harmonic Security, Nightfall AI, Seceon
DeepSeek V4 FlashSentinelOne Singularity alternatives: Check Point AI Security, CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender XDR, Security Copilot
Llama 4 MaverickSentinelOne Singularity alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sophos Intercept X
Kimi K2SentinelOne Singularity alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Security Copilot

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Grok 4.20CrowdStrike Falcon alternatives: Microsoft Security Copilot, Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne Singularity, Wiz

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniOrca Security alternatives: CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Securiti, Wiz
Perplexity SonarMicrosoft Defender XDR alternatives: Cisco AI Defense, CrowdStrike Falcon with AIDR/Charlotte AI, Cyera, Lakera Guard, Microsoft Purview, Sophos Intercept X
Mistral SmallCrowdStrike Falcon AI Detection and Response, Nightfall AI alternatives: Noma Security
Qwen 3.7 FlashCheck Point AI Security alternatives: CrowdStrike, Fortinet, Microsoft Security Copilot, UnderDefense AI SOC, dope.security
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender XDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon, Fortinet, HiddenLayer, Microsoft Purview, Mindgard, dope.security
GPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Purview alternatives: Harmonic Security, Proofpoint AI Security
Muse Glimmer 30BUnderDefense AI SOC alternatives: Darktrace, Daylight Security, Dropzone AI, Echelon Risk + Cyber, Guardz, Microsoft Security Copilot, Prophet Security, Seceon, Vectra AI

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
Microsoft Defender for Cloud leads by thirty points.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud32%#1 of 13
SentinelOne Singularity2%#6 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Microsoft Defender for Cloud leads by four points.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud12%#1 of 9
SentinelOne Singularity8%#2 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is not named for this buyer.
SentinelOne Singularity4%#7 of 13
Microsoft Defender for Cloud—not named
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Microsoft Defender for Cloud

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

“Practical starter stack for limited budget: Microsoft 365 Business Premium / Defender for Business for endpoint, identity and email protection.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about SentinelOne Singularity

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

“For most mid-market B2B companies, SentinelOne Singularity offers the best balance of AI-powered autonomous protection, mid-market pricing, and scalability.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared
Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs Microsoft PurviewMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Lakera GuardMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Check Point AI SecurityMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs CrowdStrike FalconSentinelOne Singularity vs Microsoft PurviewSentinelOne Singularity vs Lakera GuardSentinelOne Singularity vs Check Point AI SecuritySentinelOne Singularity vs CrowdStrike FalconAll fifteen head-to-head pages and the full AI security standing

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.