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

Gane Index, November 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/enterprise

**Standing:** CrowdStrike Falcon Insight leads with 47% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 53 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) | 47% | 12% | 65 |
| 2 | [Microsoft Defender for Endpoint](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/index.md) | 40% | 6% | 66 |
| 3 | [SentinelOne Singularity](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/sentinelone-singularity/index.md) | 4% | 7% | 67 |
| 4 | [CrowdStrike](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/crowdstrike/index.md) | 4% | 17% | 12 |
| 5 | [Bitdefender GravityZone EDR](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/bitdefender-gravityzone-edr/index.md) | 2% | 17% | 12 |
| 8 | [Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/palo-alto-networks-cortex-xdr/index.md) | 0% | 7% | 44 |
| 9 | [Trend Micro](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/trend-micro/index.md) | 0% | 6% | 18 |
| 10 | [Sophos Intercept X](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/sophos-intercept-x/index.md) | 0% | 12% | 17 |
| 15 | [Huntress Managed EDR](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/huntress-managed-edr/index.md) | 0% | 40% | 10 |
| 55 | [Trellix EDR](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/trellix-edr/index.md) | 0% | 46% | 13 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 59 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: no first choice
- GPT-5.4 mini: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; alternatives CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne Singularity
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
- Perplexity Sonar: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
- Grok 4.20: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
- Mistral Small: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; alternatives Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity™ Complete
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
- Llama 4 Maverick: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
- Kimi K2: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; alternatives SentinelOne Singularity
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
- MiniMax M2.5: CrowdStrike; alternatives Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
- GPT-6 Luna: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; alternatives Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
- Muse Glimmer 30B: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight; alternatives Microsoft, SentinelOne Singularity

## Sources the answers cite

70 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 13 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- huntress.com: 20 answers, 25 citations
- ciopages.com: 18 answers, 18 citations
- iru.com: 18 answers, 18 citations
- techrepublic.com: 17 answers, 19 citations
- microsoft.com: 16 answers, 33 citations
- cybersecuritynews.com: 16 answers, 17 citations
- crowdstrike.com: 15 answers, 27 citations
- acronis.com: 14 answers, 14 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://iru.com/endpoint/edr/best-edr-solutions (18 answers)
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/edr-xdr (16 answers)
- https://huntress.com/edr-guide/best-edr-solutions (15 answers)
- https://techrepublic.com/article/best-edr-software (15 answers)
- https://acronis.com/en/blog/posts/best-edr-endpoint-detection-and-response-solutions-in-2026 (14 answers)
- https://cybersecuritynews.com/best-edr-solutions (14 answers)
- https://expertinsights.com/endpoint-security/the-top-endpoint-detection-and-response-solutions (11 answers)
- https://senseon.io/blog/best-edr-solutions (11 answers)
- https://vectra.ai/topics/edr-tools (11 answers)
- https://cipherssecurity.com/best-edr-software-enterprises-2026 (10 answers)

## Warned against

- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: 8 of 65 labels negative. "What to Avoid for Predictability: CrowdStrike Falcon" (Kimi K2, budget prompt)
- Trellix EDR: 6 of 13 labels negative. "Criticized for lack of mobile coverage and unclear pricing, making it a poor fit for large, heterogeneous enterprises." (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Datto EDR: 5 of 5 labels negative. "MSP/SMB-scoped offerings like Datto EDR when deep threat hunting, multi-tenant SOC integration and enterprise configuration flexibility are required" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- SentinelOne Singularity: 5 of 67 labels negative. "Multiple security concerns have emerged... Consider platforms with strong autonomous response capabilities like SentinelOne" (MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight at 47%.

- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: 30% to 40%, +10. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 2 of 59, unchanged.
- SentinelOne Singularity: 11% to 4%, −7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 3 of 59, unchanged.
- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: 52% to 47%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 1 of 59, unchanged.
- Bitdefender GravityZone EDR: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 10 → 5 of 59.
- Huntress Managed EDR: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 15 of 59.
- CrowdStrike: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 4 of 59, unchanged.
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 → 8 of 59.
- Trend Micro: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 9 of 59, unchanged.
- Sophos Intercept X: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 8 → 10 of 59.
- Trellix EDR: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 27 → 55 of 59.

## Record

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