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AI SOC agents · November 2026 Edition
Huntress Managed EDR vs Microsoft Security Copilot
Zero of fourteen models named Huntress Managed EDR first on the direct prompt; zero named Microsoft Security Copilot. Huntress Managed EDR was named by nine of the fourteen models and Microsoft Security Copilot by twelve and Huntress Managed EDR carries 11 labels and Microsoft Security Copilot 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in seven categories this edition.
Microsoft Security Copilot
criticized challengerNamed in two categories this edition.
First-choice share8%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%27%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels1130A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Huntress Managed EDR 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 Huntress Managed EDR · Dropzone AI vs Microsoft Security Copilot · UnderDefense Agentic AI SOC vs Huntress Managed EDR
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.
Huntress Managed EDRFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMicrosoft Security CopilotDirect001 against Microsoft Security Copilot
Paraphrase012 against Microsoft Security Copilot
Comparative002 against Microsoft Security Copilot
Budget-constrained402 against Microsoft Security Copilot
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 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.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Huntress Managed EDR 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 | |
Huntress Managed EDRMS Microsoft Security Copilot first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Huntress Managed EDR on the left and Microsoft Security Copilot on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Huntress Managed EDR and Microsoft Security Copilot stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniCrowdStrike Charlotte AI alternatives: Google Security Operations' agentic SOC, Microsoft Security Copilot
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
Kimi K2Dropzone AI alternatives: Huntress Managed EDR, Radiant Security, UnderDefense MAXI
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
6 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
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
Huntress Managed EDR leads by eighteen points.
Huntress Managed EDR18%#2 of 12Microsoft Security Copilot0%#9 of 12
The full small business standing →Mid-marketThe figures above
Huntress Managed EDR leads by six points.
Huntress Managed EDR8%#4 of 10Microsoft Security Copilot2%#6 of 10
The full mid-market standing →Enterprise
Huntress Managed EDR is not named for this buyer.
Microsoft Security Copilot4%#7 of 13
Huntress Managed EDR—not namedWhat the models said about Huntress Managed EDR
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“the most cost-predictable commercial agentic option in the current evaluations is UnderDefense Agentic AI SOC or Huntress” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
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.