Endpoint detection and response · November 2026 Edition
SentinelOne Singularity vs Sophos Intercept X
Two of fourteen models named SentinelOne Singularity first on the direct prompt; one named Sophos Intercept X. SentinelOne Singularity was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Sophos Intercept X by thirteen and SentinelOne Singularity carries 61 labels and Sophos Intercept X 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eleven categories this edition.
Named in six categories this edition.
First-choice share9%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate13%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels6134A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, SentinelOne Singularity reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Microsoft Defender for Endpoint was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs SentinelOne Singularity · Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs Sophos Intercept X · Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs SentinelOne Singularity
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 endpoint detection and response page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
SentinelOne SingularityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSophos Intercept X
Direct21
Paraphrase30
Comparative50
Budget-constrained001 against SentinelOne Singularity
Scale-constrained001 against SentinelOne Singularity
Negative106 against SentinelOne Singularity · 4 against Sophos Intercept X
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, SentinelOne Singularity and Sophos Intercept X were named in the same answer 201 times, of the 561 answers naming SentinelOne Singularity and the 332 naming Sophos Intercept X. In those answers Sophos Intercept X took the first choice twelve times and SentinelOne Singularity twenty-two.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where SentinelOne Singularity and Sophos Intercept X stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | |
SentinelOne Singularity Sophos Intercept X first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, SentinelOne Singularity on the left and Sophos Intercept X on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where SentinelOne Singularity and Sophos Intercept X stood in it.
SentinelOne Singularity first, Sophos Intercept X an alternative
2 of 14 modelsSophos Intercept X was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashCrowdStrike, SentinelOne Singularity alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X
Grok 4.20CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Sophos Intercept X
Sophos Intercept X first, SentinelOne Singularity an alternative
1 of 14 modelsSentinelOne Singularity was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne Singularity
Neither was the first choice, one was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X
Perplexity SonarHuntress Managed EDR alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos MDR
Mistral SmallBitdefender GravityZone EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Seceon aiXDR-PMax, Sophos Intercept X
DeepSeek V4 FlashHuntress Managed EDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, ESET PROTECT, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
Llama 4 MaverickMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Seceon aiXDR-PMax, Sophos Intercept X
Qwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X
Kimi K2Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity
MiniMax M2.5Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Seceon aiXDR-PMax alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X
GPT-6 LunaCrowdStrike Falcon with Falcon Complete MDR alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity
Muse Glimmer 30BCrowdStrike Falcon Insight alternatives: Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Seceon aiXDR-PMax, SentinelOne Singularity
Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
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
SentinelOne Singularity leads by nine points.
SentinelOne Singularity9%#3 of 8Sophos Intercept X0%#6 of 8Mid-marketThe figures above
SentinelOne Singularity leads by seven points.
SentinelOne Singularity9%#3 of 10Sophos Intercept X2%#6 of 10Enterprise
SentinelOne Singularity leads by four points.
SentinelOne Singularity4%#3 of 10Sophos Intercept X0%#8 of 10What the models said about SentinelOne Singularity
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Top-tier market leaders (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Cortex XDR) are effective, but you should avoid any vendor that does not permit strict deployment ring management” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“SentinelOne and Palo Alto Networks confirmed they were also pulling out... "banking on, or consolidating services with a single provider can create downstream risk"” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Unmanaged Microsoft Defender for Endpoint or basic SentinelOne deployments: Strong tools can still fail if nobody monitors and responds to alerts.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“SentinelOne Complete (with Vigilance MDR) or CrowdStrike Falcon (with Falcon Complete MDR) represent the safest, lowest-friction, and most reliable choices.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Sophos Intercept X
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Sophos is often criticized for failing to keep pace with modern, cloud-native EDR standards” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Some models have highlighted system stability risks and DoS vulnerabilities associated with Sophos Intercept X.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
Also compared
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint vs Sophos Intercept XMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Sophos Intercept XSentinelOne Singularity vs CrowdStrike Falcon InsightSentinelOne Singularity vs Huntress Managed EDRSentinelOne Singularity vs Bitdefender GravityZone EDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight vs Sophos Intercept XHuntress Managed EDR vs Sophos Intercept XSophos Intercept X vs Bitdefender GravityZone EDRAll twenty-one head-to-head pages and the full EDR standing
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.