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AI SOC agents · November 2026 Edition
CrowdStrike Charlotte AI vs Microsoft Security Copilot
One of fourteen models named CrowdStrike Charlotte AI first on the direct prompt; zero named Microsoft Security Copilot. CrowdStrike Charlotte AI was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Microsoft Security Copilot by twelve and CrowdStrike Charlotte AI carries 28 labels and Microsoft Security Copilot 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Microsoft Security Copilot
criticized challengerNamed in two categories this edition.
First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate18%27%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels2830A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, CrowdStrike Charlotte AI reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Dropzone AI was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Dropzone AI vs CrowdStrike Charlotte AI · Dropzone AI vs Microsoft Security Copilot · UnderDefense Agentic AI SOC vs CrowdStrike Charlotte AI
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 SOC agents page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
CrowdStrike Charlotte AIFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMicrosoft Security CopilotDirect101 against Microsoft Security Copilot
Paraphrase012 against CrowdStrike Charlotte AI · 2 against Microsoft Security Copilot
Comparative002 against Microsoft Security Copilot
Budget-constrained002 against CrowdStrike Charlotte AI · 2 against Microsoft Security Copilot
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against CrowdStrike Charlotte AI · 1 against Microsoft Security Copilot
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, CrowdStrike Charlotte AI and Microsoft Security Copilot were named in the same answer sixty-five times, of the 90 answers naming CrowdStrike Charlotte AI and the 112 naming Microsoft Security Copilot. In those answers Microsoft Security Copilot took the first choice three times and CrowdStrike Charlotte AI four.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where CrowdStrike Charlotte AI and Microsoft Security Copilot stood in it.
| Model | DirectMS | ParaphraseMS | ComparativeMS | Budget-constrainedMS | Scale-constrainedMS | NegativeMS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | MS | | MS | MS | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | MS | MS | MS | MS | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | MS | MS | MS | MS | ||
| Grok 4.20 | MS | MS | | |||
| Mistral Small | MS | MS | MS | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | MS | MS | MS | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | MS | MS | ||||
| Kimi K2 | MS | MS | MS | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | MS | MS | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | MS | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | MS | | MS | |
CrowdStrike Charlotte AIMS Microsoft Security Copilot first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, CrowdStrike Charlotte AI on the left and Microsoft Security Copilot on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where CrowdStrike Charlotte AI and Microsoft Security Copilot stood in it.
CrowdStrike Charlotte AI first, Microsoft Security Copilot an alternative
1 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Security Copilot was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniCrowdStrike Charlotte AI alternatives: Google Security Operations' agentic SOC, Microsoft Security Copilot
Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashDropzone AI, Prophet Security alternatives: CrowdStrike Charlotte AI, Intezer AI SOC, Microsoft Security Copilot, SentinelOne Purple AI, Torq AI SOC Platform
Perplexity SonarArctic Wolf Aurora Agentic SOC alternatives: Dropzone AI, Intezer AI SOC, Microsoft Security Copilot, Radiant Security, Torq AI SOC Platform
Mistral SmallDropzone AI alternatives: Microsoft Security Copilot, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint, Torq AI SOC Platform
Qwen 3.7 FlashDropzone AI alternatives: CrowdStrike Charlotte AI, Microsoft Security Copilot, Torq AI SOC Platform, UnderDefense Agentic AI SOC
GLM 4.7 FlashXConifers CognitiveSOC alternatives: Dropzone AI, Microsoft Security Copilot
Muse Glimmer 30BUnderDefense Agentic AI SOC alternatives: Arctic Wolf, Conifers CognitiveSOC, CrowdStrike Charlotte AI, Intezer AI SOC, Microsoft Security Copilot, eSentire
Neither was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Radiant Security, UnderDefense MAXI alternatives: Arctic Wolf, Dropzone AI
Grok 4.20Dropzone AI alternatives: Microsoft Security Copilot + Sentinel, Torq AI SOC Platform, UnderDefense Agentic AI SOC
DeepSeek V4 FlashUnderDefense Agentic AI SOC alternatives: Arctic Wolf, Dropzone AI
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Kimi K2Dropzone AI alternatives: Huntress Managed EDR, Radiant Security, UnderDefense MAXI
MiniMax M2.5UnderDefense Agentic AI SOC alternatives: Arctic Wolf, Dropzone AI, Radiant Security, eSentire
GPT-6 LunaDropzone AI alternatives: Google Security Operations, Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel
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
Level: the same share of first choices.
CrowdStrike Charlotte AI0%#11 of 12Microsoft Security Copilot0%#9 of 12
The full small business standing →Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
CrowdStrike Charlotte AI2%#5 of 10Microsoft Security Copilot2%#6 of 10
The full mid-market standing →Enterprise
CrowdStrike Charlotte AI leads by four points.
CrowdStrike Charlotte AI8%#2 of 13Microsoft Security Copilot4%#7 of 13
The full enterprise standing →What the models said about CrowdStrike Charlotte AI
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid or deprioritize high-end ones like ... CrowdStrike Charlotte AI” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“products like CrowdStrike Charlotte AI were showing 0% first-choice share in that edition with limited labels” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“generally less specialized/autonomous than the pure-play startups above for a standalone mid-sized setup” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“I'd lean CrowdStrike Charlotte AI if you already use CrowdStrike for endpoint/identity/cloud security” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“If your endpoint protection is dominated by Falcon, Charlotte AI provides deep visibility and automated response capabilities” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · alternative
“| 4 | CrowdStrike Charlotte AI | 0% but strong presence | Trained on elite analyst judgment, ecosystem-native |” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative prompt · alternative
What the models said about Microsoft Security Copilot
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.
“enterprise AI SOC solutions like Microsoft Security Copilot, ReliaQuest GreyMatter, or CrowdStrike Charlotte AI are often cost-prohibitive” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Microsoft Security Copilot — noted as having "several components still in preview" (feels incomplete in production)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Limited effectiveness outside of Microsoft-native telemetry; currently more of a "chatbot" than a true agent.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · soft negative
“I recommend Microsoft Security Copilot or Dropzone AI as your AI SOC analyst for alert triage” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Companies already standardized on Defender, Sentinel, Entra, and Microsoft 365 | Less compelling if your environment is vendor-diverse” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · alternative
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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.