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AI SOC agents · November 2026 Edition

Huntress Managed EDR vs Radiant Security

Zero of fourteen models named Huntress Managed EDR first on the direct prompt; one named Radiant Security. Huntress Managed EDR was named by nine of the fourteen models and Radiant Security by ten and Huntress Managed EDR carries 11 labels and Radiant Security 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Huntress Managed EDR

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Radiant Security

accepted challenger

Named 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%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#7A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels1116A 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 Radiant Security · 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 modelsRadiant Security
Direct01
Paraphrase001 against Radiant Security
Comparative00
Budget-constrained40
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.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Huntress Managed EDR and Radiant Security 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
Huntress Managed EDR Radiant Security first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Huntress Managed EDR on the left and Radiant Security on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Huntress Managed EDR and Radiant Security stood in it.

Radiant Security first, Huntress Managed EDR not the choice

1 of 14 modelsHuntress Managed EDR was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Radiant Security, UnderDefense MAXI alternatives: Arctic Wolf, Dropzone AI

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarArctic Wolf Aurora Agentic SOC alternatives: Dropzone AI, Intezer AI SOC, Microsoft Security Copilot, Radiant Security, Torq AI SOC Platform
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

Neither was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
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
Grok 4.20Dropzone AI alternatives: Microsoft Security Copilot + Sentinel, Torq AI SOC Platform, UnderDefense Agentic AI SOC
Mistral SmallDropzone AI alternatives: Microsoft Security Copilot, SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint, Torq AI SOC Platform
DeepSeek V4 FlashUnderDefense Agentic AI SOC alternatives: Arctic Wolf, Dropzone AI
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
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
GPT-6 LunaDropzone AI alternatives: Google Security Operations, Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel
Muse Glimmer 30BUnderDefense Agentic AI SOC alternatives: Arctic Wolf, Conifers CognitiveSOC, CrowdStrike Charlotte AI, Intezer AI SOC, Microsoft Security Copilot, eSentire

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 sixteen points.
Huntress Managed EDR18%#2 of 12
Radiant Security2%#– of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Huntress Managed EDR leads by six points.
Huntress Managed EDR8%#4 of 10
Radiant Security2%#7 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Huntress Managed EDR is not named for this buyer.
Huntress Managed EDR—not named
Radiant Security0%#– of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What 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 Radiant Security

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

“Older or acquired players (e.g., Radiant Security's tech now under Cribl) have faded as standalone options.” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“It's the most purpose-built AI SOC platform for the mid-market on this list” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“starts at approximately $1,188/year with flat-rate pricing for growing teams, making it one of the most affordable options” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · alternative
“agentic triage that integrates with existing SIEM/EDR, designed for augmentation without rip-and-replace” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · alternative
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.