Endpoint detection and response for small business buyers
Asked as “EDR platform”, and as “endpoint detection and response tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 57 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
56%
Clear leader
56Microsoft Defender for Cloud30Huntress Managed EDR09SentinelOne Singularity05others
56% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+9Since October 2026: 47% → 56%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Microsoft Defender for Cloud held the lead, +9 points on 47%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Microsoft Defender for Cloud56%Clear leader▲+9Since October 2026: 47% → 56%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-market
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint38%Contested▲+7Since October 2026: 31% → 38%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Enterprise
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight47%Clear leader▼−5Since October 2026: 52% → 47%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
Microsoft Defender for Cloud56%Clear leader▲+9Since October 2026: 47% → 56%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-marketMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint38%Contested▲+7Since October 2026: 31% → 38%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseCrowdStrike Falcon Insight47%Clear leader▼−5Since October 2026: 52% → 47%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Microsoft Defender for Cloud56%3%60endorsed leader▲+9Since October 2026: 47% → 56%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.47% → 56%
Microsoft Defender for Cloud56%3%60endorsed leader▲+9Since October 2026: 47% → 56%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.47% → 56%02
Huntress Managed EDR30%3%64accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 29% → 30%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.29% → 30%
Huntress Managed EDR30%3%64accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 29% → 30%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.29% → 30%03
SentinelOne Singularity9%17%59accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 10% → 9%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 9%
SentinelOne Singularity9%17%59accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 10% → 9%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 9%04Microsoft Defender for Endpoint4%24%17accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 4% → 4%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 4%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint4%24%17accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 4% → 4%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 4%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
08CrowdStrike Falcon Insight0%44%48criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight0%44%48criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%07
ThreatDown EDR0%9%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
ThreatDown EDR0%9%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%06
Sophos Intercept X0%4%26accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Sophos Intercept X0%4%26accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%05
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR0%4%27accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR0%4%27accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
For buyers
Head to head
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs Microsoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint vs SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint vs CrowdStrike Falcon Insight
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs Huntress Managed EDRMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint vs Sophos Intercept XMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint vs Bitdefender GravityZone EDRMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs CrowdStrike Falcon InsightMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Huntress Managed EDRMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Sophos Intercept XMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Bitdefender GravityZone EDRSentinelOne Singularity vs CrowdStrike Falcon InsightSentinelOne Singularity vs Huntress Managed EDRSentinelOne Singularity vs Sophos Intercept XSentinelOne Singularity vs Bitdefender GravityZone EDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight vs Huntress Managed EDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight vs Sophos Intercept XCrowdStrike Falcon Insight vs Bitdefender GravityZone EDRHuntress Managed EDR vs Sophos Intercept XHuntress Managed EDR vs Bitdefender GravityZone EDRSophos Intercept X vs Bitdefender GravityZone EDR
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
0102030405060708Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative70%
Key
01Microsoft Defender for Cloud56%
Microsoft Defender for Cloud56%02Huntress Managed EDR30%
Huntress Managed EDR30%03SentinelOne Singularity9%
SentinelOne Singularity9%04Microsoft Defender for Endpoint4%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint4%05Bitdefender GravityZone EDR0%
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR0%06Sophos Intercept X0%
Sophos Intercept X0%07ThreatDown EDR0%
ThreatDown EDR0%08CrowdStrike Falcon Insight0%
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and GPT-6 Luna changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight44%
21 of 48 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“It is not recommended for small businesses without a dedicated security team or managed detection and response (MDR) service.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
SentinelOne Singularity17%
10 of 59 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Known for high CPU resource consumption, which can be problematic for smaller, less powerful systems” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR89%
8 of 9 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Criticized for excessive false positives and poor support, with users describing it as "flipping terrible"” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Trellix EDR83%
5 of 6 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid platforms with widespread user complaints about effectiveness, support, performance, or cost (e.g., Trellix/McAfee, Acronis, Malwarebytes for Business in some contexts).” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
75 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 800 links across 165 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 23 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Huntress49 answers · 78 citations · 13 models
28 answers · 28 citations · 9 models
27 answers · 32 citations · 9 models
23 answers · 23 citations · 11 models
22 answers · 22 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 43 citations · 10 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
20 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · CyberPress19 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G217 answers · 34 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Acronis16 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Microsoft14 answers · 31 citations · 7 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
35 answers · 12 models
27 answers · 9 models
25 answers · 9 models
23 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 9 models
18 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 8 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best edr platform”, “edr platform”, “edr platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Defender microsoft.com Microsoft Defender for Cloud 56% | 56% | 659 | 18,100 | 3,525 | 145,358,109 company | $12,455 | 103 | 4 |
| Huntress huntress.com Huntress Managed EDR 30% | 30% | 353 | 33,100 | 4,338 | 352,368 company | $15,522 | 120 | |
| SentinelOne sentinelone.com SentinelOne Singularity 9% | 9% | 499 | 33,100 | 1,675 | 446,702 company | $780 | 22 | 1 |
| Microsoft Defender parent site Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 4% | 4% | 264 | 18,100 | 3,525 | ||||
| Warden | 2% | |||||||
| Bitdefender parent site Bitdefender GravityZone EDR 0% | 0% | 64 | 90,500 | 3,261 | ||||
| Sophos sophos.com Sophos Intercept X 0% | 0% | 304 | 18,100 | 2,046 | 186,716 company | $1,427 | 65 | |
| ThreatDown threatdown.com ThreatDown EDR 0% | 0% | 18 | 50 | 6 | 79,831 company | 8 | ||
| ESET eset.com ESET PROTECT 0%, ESET Endpoint Security 0%, ESET PROTECT MDR 0% | 0% | 111 | 18,100 | 1,812 | 637,959 company | $4,397 | 75 | |
| CrowdStrike parent site CrowdStrike Falcon Insight 0% | 0% | 148 | 74,000 | 5,130 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (acronis.com, microsoft.com, reddit.com). The first result for “best edr platform” is gartner.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best EDR platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which endpoint detection and response tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top EDR platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best EDR platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a EDR platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which EDR platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceHuntress Managed EDRChangedHuntress Managed EDRHuntress Managed EDRno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X, ThreatDown EDRFive alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Cynet, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, ThreatDown EDRGPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for CloudHeldMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: N-able EDR
Two alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne SingularityFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Micro Worry-Free XDRTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, ThreatDown EDRGemini 3.5 FlashMicrosoft Defender for EndpointMicrosoft Defender for CloudChangedMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, WazuhMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Elastic Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, OpenEDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Symantec Endpoint Security, Trellix EDR, Wazuh
Three alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X with EDR / Sophos MDRFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Huntress Managed EDRFour alternatives
Blackpoint Cyber, CrowdStrike, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityPerplexity SonarHuntress Managed EDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon InsightHuntress Managed EDRHeldMicrosoft Defender for Endpointagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon InsightHuntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Elastic Security, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Trellix EDR
Four alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, ThreatDown EDRGrok 4.20Microsoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon InsightSentinelOne SingularityChangedagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon InsightMicrosoft Defender for Endpointagainst: Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Malwarebytes, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Trellix EDRMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrikeno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Cybereason, Datto EDR, IBM, McAfee, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Symantec Endpoint Security, VMware Carbon Black, XSIAM
Four alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, ThreatDown EDRTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Microsoft Defender for EndpointThree alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XMistral SmallHuntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for CloudHuntress Managed EDRChangedMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, VMware Carbon Black
Two alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne SingularityFour alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, ThreatDown EDRThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Huntress Managed EDRDeepSeek V4 FlashHuntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon InsightMicrosoft Defender for CloudChangedno first choiceMicrosoft Defender for CloudHuntress Managed EDRagainst: CrowdStrikeagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, VMware Carbon Black
One alternative
SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne SingularityLlama 4 MaverickMicrosoft Defender for CloudHuntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for CloudChangedHuntress Managed EDRHuntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Wardenno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Sophos Intercept X
Three alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityOne alternative
SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne SingularityQwen 3.7 FlashSentinelOne Singularityagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon InsightHuntress Managed EDRChangedHuntress Managed EDRagainst: ThreatDown EDRHuntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for CloudSentinelOne Singularityagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insightagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Expert, Norton, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Standard Microsoft Defender XDR
Two alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for CloudTwo alternatives
ESET Endpoint Security, Microsoft Defender for CloudThree alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XOne alternative
Bitdefender GravityZone EDRThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend MicroKimi K2Huntress Managed EDRHuntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for CloudChangedHuntress Managed EDRMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, McAfee MVISION EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Symantec Endpoint Security
Four alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne SingularityFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDROne alternative
Huntress Managed EDRGLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne SingularityHuntress Managed EDRChangedMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike, SentinelOne Singularityno first choiceagainst: Acronis Cyber Protect, Huntress Managed EDR, Malwarebytes for Business, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Trellix EDR
Two alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDRThree alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XSix alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, Jamf Protect, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Datto EDR, Malwarebytes for Business, Sophos Intercept XMiniMax M2.5SentinelOne Singularityagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon InsightMicrosoft Defender for CloudChangedMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon InsightMicrosoft Defender for Endpointagainst: OSQuery, SentinelOne Singularity, Sysmon, WazuhMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Sentinel, SentinelOne Singularity, Trellix EDR, VMware Carbon Black
Two alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for CloudOne alternative
Huntress Managed EDRThree alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, Datto EDR, Huntress Managed EDRThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XGPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Defender for CloudHuntress Managed EDRChangedMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Expert
One alternative
Huntress Managed EDROne alternative
Microsoft Defender for CloudFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos EDR / Sophos MDROne alternative
Huntress Managed EDRMuse Glimmer 30BMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for CloudHeldHuntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender for EndpointMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight X / Falcon Endpoint Protection Platform, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Norton Small Business, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM, SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Micro Apex One, Trend Vision One
Three alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight, Huntress Managed EDRThree alternatives
CrowdStrike, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:14 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:05 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:15 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:56 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:01 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:42 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:37 | yes | 17 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:36 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:29 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:27 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:02 | yes | 25 | 125 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:24 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:23 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:33 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:55 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:04 | yes | 6 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 08:47 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:48 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:35 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:44 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:44 | yes | 24 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:02 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:15 | yes | 9 | 69 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:24 | yes | 10 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:54 | yes | 18 | 70 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:14 | yes | 5 | 51 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:17 | yes | 2 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:33 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:50 | yes | 15 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:54 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 12:13 | yes | 12 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:35 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:26 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:17 | yes | 6 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:05 | yes | 23 | 12 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:42 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:21 | yes | 5 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:46 | yes | 15 | 53 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:03 | yes | 14 | 42 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:35 | yes | 20 | 72 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:00 | yes | 6 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:27 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:54 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:05 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:29 | yes | 11 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:25 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:07 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:38 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:08 | yes | 19 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:08 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:10 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:22 | yes | 8 | 42 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:30 | yes | 24 | 66 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:26 | yes | 5 | 83 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:59 | yes | 2 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:09 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:03 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:51 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:05 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:13 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:55 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:29 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:01 | yes | 23 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:00 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:55 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:42 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:41 | yes | 13 | 92 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:04 | yes | 5 | 47 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:13 | yes | 3 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:27 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:16 | yes | 35 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:04 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:32 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:04 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:06 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:24 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:22 | yes | 25 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:31 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:52 | yes | 5 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:01 | yes | 24 | 44 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:45 | yes | 22 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:10 | yes | 25 | 58 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:25 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:17 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Acronis read as Acronis Cyber Protect
Bitdefender read as Bitdefender GravityZone EDR
Bitdefender GravityZone read as Bitdefender GravityZone EDR
Bitdefender GravityZone (Business Security) read as Bitdefender GravityZone EDR
Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security read as Bitdefender GravityZone EDR
Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security Premium read as Bitdefender GravityZone EDR
CNiC read as CNiC Managed EDR
Carbon Black read as VMware Carbon Black
Cortex XDR read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight
CrowdStrike Falcon (Falcon Go / Falcon Pro) read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight
CrowdStrike Falcon (Falcon Go for SMBs) read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight
CrowdStrike Falcon (unmanaged) read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight
CrowdStrike Falcon Go read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight
Cynet 360 read as Cynet
ESET read as ESET PROTECT
Huntress read as Huntress Managed EDR
Kaspersky read as Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Expert
Malwarebytes ThreatDown read as ThreatDown EDR
Microsoft Defender for Business / Defender for Endpoint read as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Microsoft Defender for Business/Endpoint read as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 read as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Palo Alto Cortex XDR read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
SentinelOne read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne (Self-Managed) read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne (Singularity Control/Core) read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne (Singularity Endpoint) read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne (Singularity) read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne Singularity read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne Singularity (Core / Control) read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne Singularity (small business tiers) read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne Singularity Complete read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne Singularity Enterprise read as SentinelOne Singularity
Sophos read as Sophos Intercept X
Sophos Endpoint read as Sophos Intercept X
Sophos Intercept X Advanced read as Sophos Intercept X
Sophos Intercept X Endpoint read as Sophos Intercept X
Symantec (now Broadcom Endpoint Security) read as Symantec Endpoint Security
Symantec Endpoint Security Complete (Broadcom) read as Symantec Endpoint Security
ThreatDown read as ThreatDown EDR
ThreatDown (by Malwarebytes) read as ThreatDown EDR
Trellix read as Trellix EDR
Trellix (formerly McAfee Enterprise/FireEye) read as Trellix EDR
Trellix (formerly McAfee) read as Trellix EDR
Trend Micro Vision One read as Trend Micro
Unresolved, counted raw
Acronis EDR from Nexcess
Artic Wolf
Atomicbit
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight X / Falcon Endpoint Protection Platform
McAfee MVISION EDR
N-able EDR
Sophos EDR / Sophos MDR
Sophos Intercept X with EDR / Sophos MDR
Standard Microsoft Defender XDR (DIY)
Sysmon
Trend Micro Worry-Free XDR
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.