AI SOC agents · November 2026 Edition
Microsoft Security Copilot vs Radiant Security
Zero of fourteen models named Microsoft Security Copilot first on the direct prompt; one named Radiant Security. Microsoft Security Copilot was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Radiant Security by ten and Microsoft Security Copilot carries 30 labels and Radiant Security 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Microsoft Security Copilot
criticized challengerNamed in two categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate27%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#7A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels3016A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Microsoft Security Copilot 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 Microsoft Security Copilot · Dropzone AI vs Radiant Security · UnderDefense Agentic AI SOC vs Microsoft Security Copilot
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.
Microsoft Security CopilotFirst choices, of fourteen modelsRadiant Security
Direct011 against Microsoft Security Copilot
Paraphrase102 against Microsoft Security Copilot · 1 against Radiant Security
Comparative002 against Microsoft Security Copilot
Budget-constrained002 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.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Microsoft Security Copilot and Radiant Security were named in the same answer seventeen times, of the 112 answers naming Microsoft Security Copilot and the 36 naming Radiant Security. In those answers Radiant Security took the first choice zero times and Microsoft Security Copilot zero.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Microsoft Security Copilot and Radiant Security 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 | |
MS Microsoft Security Copilot Radiant SecurityMS first choiceMS named as an alternativeMS argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Microsoft Security Copilot on the left and Radiant Security on the right.
Radiant SecurityMS first choiceMS named as an alternativeMS argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Microsoft Security Copilot on the left and Radiant Security on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Microsoft Security Copilot and Radiant Security stood in it.
Radiant Security first, Microsoft Security Copilot not the choice
1 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Security Copilot 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
9 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
MiniMax M2.5UnderDefense Agentic AI SOC alternatives: Arctic Wolf, Dropzone AI, Radiant Security, eSentire
Muse Glimmer 30BUnderDefense Agentic AI SOC alternatives: Arctic Wolf, Conifers CognitiveSOC, CrowdStrike Charlotte AI, Intezer AI SOC, Microsoft Security Copilot, eSentire
Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
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
Radiant Security leads by two points.
Radiant Security2%#– of 12Microsoft Security Copilot0%#9 of 12
The full small business standing →Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Microsoft Security Copilot2%#6 of 10
Radiant Security2%#7 of 10Enterprise
The order flips: Microsoft Security Copilot leads at enterprise.
Microsoft Security Copilot4%#7 of 13
Radiant Security0%#– of 13What 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
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
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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.