# Endpoint detection and response for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, October 2026

Gane Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "EDR platform" and as "endpoint detection and response tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/endpoint-detection-and-response/2026-10/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/endpoint-detection-and-response/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** CrowdStrike Falcon Insight leads with 52% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 56 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [CrowdStrike Falcon Insight](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/crowdstrike-falcon-insight/index.md) | 52% | 13% | 61 |
| 2 | [Microsoft Defender for Endpoint](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/index.md) | 30% | 5% | 64 |
| 3 | [SentinelOne Singularity](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/sentinelone-singularity/index.md) | 11% | 10% | 71 |
| 4 | [CrowdStrike](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/crowdstrike/index.md) | 4% | 7% | 14 |
| 7 | [Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/palo-alto-networks-cortex-xdr/index.md) | 0% | 8% | 39 |
| 8 | [Sophos Intercept X](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/sophos-intercept-x/index.md) | 0% | 16% | 25 |
| 9 | [Trend Micro](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/trend-micro/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 12 |
| 27 | [Trellix EDR](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/trellix-edr/index.md) | 0% | 36% | 11 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 45 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
- GPT-5.4 mini: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; alternatives Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
- Perplexity Sonar: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X
- Grok 4.20: CrowdStrike, Microsoft; alternatives Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X
- Mistral Small: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne Singularity; alternatives Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
- Kimi K2: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
- MiniMax M2.5: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
- GPT-6 Luna: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
- Muse Glimmer 30B: no first choice

## Sources the answers cite

77 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- acronis.com: 40 answers, 43 citations
- huntress.com: 35 answers, 50 citations
- sentinelone.com: 34 answers, 54 citations
- decryptiondigest.com: 34 answers, 38 citations
- kaseya.com: 31 answers, 31 citations
- techrepublic.com: 26 answers, 28 citations
- paloaltonetworks.com: 24 answers, 31 citations
- crowdstrike.com: 22 answers, 44 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://acronis.com/en/blog/posts/best-edr-endpoint-detection-and-response-solutions-in-2026 (40 answers)
- https://decryptiondigest.com/blog/best-edr-platforms-2026 (31 answers)
- https://kaseya.com/blog/best-edr-solutions (31 answers)
- https://techrepublic.com/article/best-edr-software (26 answers)
- https://huntress.com/edr-guide/best-edr-solutions (19 answers)
- https://paloaltonetworks.com/cyberpedia/edr-solutions (18 answers)
- https://senseon.io/blog/best-edr-solutions (18 answers)
- https://sentinelone.com/cybersecurity-101/endpoint-security/edr-solutions (18 answers)
- https://cybersecuritynews.com/best-edr-solutions (17 answers)
- https://huntress.com/cybersecurity-insights/managed-detection-response-vendors (15 answers)

## Warned against

- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: 8 of 61 labels negative. "Avoid CrowdStrike if strict cost predictability is your top concern" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- SentinelOne Singularity: 7 of 71 labels negative. "Avoid SentinelOne for this specific requirement of "predictability"" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt)
- Sophos Intercept X: 4 of 25 labels negative. "Sophos Intercept X: System stability risks (DoS vulnerabilities)." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Trellix EDR: 4 of 11 labels negative. "Trellix has faced severe criticism regarding support turnaround times" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight at 51%.

- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: 39% to 29%, −10. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 2 of 41, unchanged.
- SentinelOne Singularity: 7% to 12%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 3 of 41, unchanged.
- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: 50% to 51%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 1 of 41, unchanged.
- CrowdStrike: 5% to 4%, −1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 4 of 41, unchanged.
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 5 → 7 of 41.
- Sophos Intercept X: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 6 → 8 of 41.
- Trend Micro: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 → 9 of 41.
- Trellix EDR: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 40 → 29 of 41.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, October 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.