Extended detection and response
Asked as “XDR platform”, and as “extended detection and response solution”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 56 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
48%
Clear leader
48Microsoft Defender XDR12CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR07Sophos Intercept X32others
48% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+8Since October 2026: 40% → 48%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Microsoft Defender XDR held the lead, +8 points on 40%, 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 XDR36%Contested▲+11Since October 2026: 25% → 36%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Mid-marketMicrosoft Defender XDR48%Clear leader▲+8Since October 2026: 40% → 48%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterpriseMicrosoft Defender XDR58%Clear leader▲+14Since October 2026: 44% → 58%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →
Microsoft Defender XDR36%Contested▲+11Since October 2026: 25% → 36%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Mid-marketMicrosoft Defender XDR48%Clear leader▲+8Since October 2026: 40% → 48%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterpriseMicrosoft Defender XDR58%Clear leader▲+14Since October 2026: 44% → 58%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →The standing
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. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Microsoft Defender XDR48%11%61endorsed leader▲+8Since October 2026: 40% → 48%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.40% → 48%
Microsoft Defender XDR48%11%61endorsed leader▲+8Since October 2026: 40% → 48%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.40% → 48%02
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR12%18%60accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 11% → 12%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 12%
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR12%18%60accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 11% → 12%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 12%03
Sophos Intercept X7%6%34accepted challenger▼−14Since October 2026: 21% → 7%, −14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.21% → 7%
Sophos Intercept X7%6%34accepted challenger▼−14Since October 2026: 21% → 7%, −14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.21% → 7%04
SentinelOne Singularity5%15%53accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 8% → 5%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 5%
SentinelOne Singularity5%15%53accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 8% → 5%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 5%05
ESET PROTECT5%0%11accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 5%
ESET PROTECT5%0%11accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 5%06
Stellar Cyber Open XDR4%0%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 4% → 4%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 4%
Stellar Cyber Open XDR4%0%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 4% → 4%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 4%07
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR2%0%17accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR2%0%17accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Trellix XDR0%50%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Trellix XDR0%50%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%11
Cisco XDR0%31%16criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Cisco XDR0%31%16criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR0%17%41accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR0%17%41accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
Trend Vision One0%11%27accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Trend Vision One0%11%27accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Cynet 360 AutoXDR0%0%12accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
Cynet 360 AutoXDR0%0%12accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 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.
Head to head
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Microsoft Defender XDR vs ESET PROTECTMicrosoft Defender XDR vs Stellar Cyber Open XDRMicrosoft Defender XDR vs Bitdefender GravityZone XDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR vs Sophos Intercept XCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR vs SentinelOne SingularityCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR vs ESET PROTECTCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR vs Stellar Cyber Open XDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR vs Bitdefender GravityZone XDRSophos Intercept X vs SentinelOne SingularitySophos Intercept X vs ESET PROTECTSophos Intercept X vs Stellar Cyber Open XDRSophos Intercept X vs Bitdefender GravityZone XDRSentinelOne Singularity vs ESET PROTECTSentinelOne Singularity vs Stellar Cyber Open XDRSentinelOne Singularity vs Bitdefender GravityZone XDRESET PROTECT vs Stellar Cyber Open XDRESET PROTECT vs Bitdefender GravityZone XDRStellar Cyber Open XDR vs Bitdefender GravityZone XDR
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 →
010203040506070809101112Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Microsoft Defender XDR48%
Microsoft Defender XDR48%02CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR12%
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR12%03Sophos Intercept X7%
Sophos Intercept X7%04SentinelOne Singularity5%
SentinelOne Singularity5%05ESET PROTECT5%
ESET PROTECT5%06Stellar Cyber Open XDR4%
Stellar Cyber Open XDR4%07Bitdefender GravityZone XDR2%
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR2%08Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR0%
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR0%09Trend Vision One0%
Trend Vision One0%10Cynet 360 AutoXDR0%
Cynet 360 AutoXDR0%11Cisco XDR0%
Cisco XDR0%12Trellix XDR0%
Trellix XDR0%What they warned about
Five 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, Qwen 3.7 Flash, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B 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 Insight XDR18%
11 of 60 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“avoid CrowdStrike or Palo Alto Cortex XDR” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Microsoft Defender XDR11%
7 of 61 labels negative · 7 of 14 models
“Leading enterprise vendors (e.g., Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR) offer powerful "Native XDR" solutions. However, they are designed to perform best when you use their proprietary firewalls” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
SentinelOne Singularity15%
8 of 53 labels negative · 7 of 14 models
“SentinelOne describes extending XDR by connecting additional data sources; verify that your key identity, cloud, email, and network tools actually send useful telemetry” GPT-6 Luna, negative prompt
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR17%
7 of 41 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“avoid CrowdStrike or Palo Alto Cortex XDR” 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
77 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. 855 links across 220 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 27 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.
36 answers · 39 citations · 10 models
29 answers · 29 citations · 12 models
24 answers · 29 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Palo Alto Networks23 answers · 26 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Microsoft19 answers · 42 citations · 11 models
vendor site · CyberPress19 answers · 19 citations · 9 models
18 answers · 19 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Stellar Cyber17 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G216 answers · 26 citations · 8 models
vendor site · CrowdStrike15 answers · 21 citations · 7 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 8 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 8 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 · 10 models
29 answers · 12 models
18 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 6 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 xdr platform”, “xdr platform”, “xdr 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 parent site Microsoft Defender XDR 48%, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 2% | 50% | 264 | 18,100 | 3,525 | ||||
| CrowdStrike parent site CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR 12% | 12% | 166 | 74,000 | 5,130 | ||||
| Sophos sophos.com Sophos Intercept X 7% | 7% | 304 | 18,100 | 2,046 | 186,716 company | $1,427 | 65 | |
| SentinelOne sentinelone.com SentinelOne Singularity 5% | 5% | 499 | 33,100 | 1,675 | 446,702 company | $780 | 22 | 1 |
| ESET eset.com ESET PROTECT 5% | 5% | 111 | 18,100 | 1,812 | 637,959 company | $4,397 | 75 | |
| Microsoft Defender microsoft.com Microsoft Defender for Cloud 5% | 5% | 659 | 18,100 | 3,525 | 145,358,109 company | $12,455 | 103 | |
| Stellar Cyber Open XDR stellarcyber.ai | 4% | 101 | 0 | 3,048 | 31 | 6 | ||
| Bitdefender parent site Bitdefender GravityZone XDR 2% | 2% | 42 | 90,500 | 3,261 | ||||
| Coro coro.net | 2% | 90 | 49,500 | 4,833 | 3,791 | 3 | ||
| Blumira blumira.com | 2% | 108 | 1,300 | 12 | 8,060 | 10 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (crowdstrike.com, paloaltonetworks.com, stellarcyber.ai). The first result for “best xdr 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 XDR platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which extended detection and response solution would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top XDR platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best XDR platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a XDR platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which XDR platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Sophos Intercept Xno first choiceChangedCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRno first choiceagainst: Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Sophos Intercept X
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Stellar Cyber Open XDRFour alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Vision OneTwo alternatives
Blumira, CoroOne alternative
eSentireGPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRHeldno first choiceMicrosoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloudagainst: SentinelOne Singularityno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularitySeven alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, IBM Security QRadar XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision OneOne alternative
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRGemini 3.5 FlashSentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, Sophos MDRSentinelOne SingularityChangedCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto NetworksMicrosoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Three alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Trend Vision OneFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Sophos Intercept X, Sophos MDRFive alternatives
Fortinet FortiXDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Stellar Cyber Open XDR, Trend Vision OneFive alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, WazuhSix alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, ReliaQuest GreyMatter, SentinelOne Singularity, Stellar Cyber Open XDRPerplexity SonarMicrosoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRHeldCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: Wazuhno first choiceagainst: Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, Trellix XDR, Trend Vision One
Six alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, Sophos MDR, Stellar Cyber Open XDRFive alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, ESET PROTECT MDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Sophos Intercept XSeven alternatives
Cisco XDR, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Stellar Cyber Open XDR, Trend Vision One, eSentire Atlas XDRThree alternatives
Coro, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, SentinelOne SingularityGrok 4.20CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRChangedno first choiceMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM, WazuhMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Fortinet FortiXDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Open XDR / Generic "Open" Solutions, Palo Alto Networks, Symantec Identity Governance and Administration, Trellix XDR, Trend Vision One
Three alternatives
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Vision OneTwo alternatives
ManageEngine Log360, Sophos Intercept XNine alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Rapid7 InsightIDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, Trellix XDR, Trend Vision OneMistral SmallCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Sophos Intercept XMicrosoft Defender XDRChangedCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRESET PROTECTno first choiceagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Symantec Endpoint Security
Two alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with E5 License, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Sophos Intercept XEight alternatives
Cisco XDR, Darktrace, Fortinet FortiXDR, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Rapid7 InsightIDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Vision OneThree alternatives
Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Sophos Intercept X, WazuhDeepSeek V4 FlashSophos Intercept Xagainst: Palo Alto, Rapid7 InsightIDRMicrosoft Defender XDRChangedPalo Alto Networks Cortex XDRHuntress Managed EDRagainst: Palo Alto, SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Forescout XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Trellix XDR, VMware Carbon Black (now Broadcom) "XDR" / EDR
Four alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne SingularityFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Vision OneFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, ESET PROTECT, Microsoft 365 Defender XDRFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XLlama 4 MaverickMicrosoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRHeldno first choiceESET PROTECTno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Sophos Intercept X, Stellar Cyber Open XDRThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Stellar Cyber Open XDRQwen 3.7 FlashStellar Cyber Open XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRChangedno first choiceagainst: Trellix XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto NetworksMicrosoft Defender for Endpointagainst: Fortinet FortiXDR, Google Chronicle, IBM QRadar, McAfee, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Splunk, Tenable Vulnerability Management, Trellix XDR
Three alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRThree alternatives
Coro, ManageEngine, Sophos Intercept XThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityKimi K2Microsoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRHeldagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRPalo Alto Networks Cortex XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRno first choiceagainst: Check Point, Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, WithSecure
Two alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Vision OneFour alternatives
Coro, ESET PROTECT, Elastic Security, Huntress Managed EDRSeven alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Elastic Security, Exabeam Fusion, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, VectraGLM 4.7 FlashXCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRagainst: Cisco XDR, Trend Vision OneCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRHeldMicrosoft Defender XDRESET PROTECT, Microsoft Defender XDRno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Open XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
Five alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
Blumira, Microsoft Defender XDRSix alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, ESET PROTECT XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision OneTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security, Kaspersky Next MXDR OptimumMiniMax M2.5CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne SingularityChangedMicrosoft Defender XDRBlumira, Corono first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRnothing named
Three alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Microsoft Defender for EndpointFour alternatives
Falcon XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Singularity XDR, Trend Vision OneThree alternatives
Elastic Security, Trellix XDR, Trend Vision OneFive alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision OneGPT-6 LunaCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRChangedno first choiceMicrosoft Defender XDRno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
Two alternatives
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityOne alternative
CrowdStrike Falcon CompleteEight alternatives
Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Elastic Security, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision OneTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne SingularityMuse Glimmer 30BBitdefender GravityZone XDR, Stellar Cyber Open XDRSeceon aiXDR-PMaxChangedPalo Alto Networks Cortex XDRMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Open XDR Security Operations Platform
Eight alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, ESET PROTECT, Microsoft Defender XDR, Ontinue, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, WithSecure ElementsThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne SingularityFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Stellar Cyber Open XDRFour alternatives
Coro, ESET PROTECT, Elastic Security, WazuhBold 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 14:09 | yes | 13 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:04 | yes | 4 | 5 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 16:59 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:58 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:13 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:27 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:04 | yes | 24 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:23 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:02 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:07 | yes | 10 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:42 | yes | 14 | 74 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:53 | yes | 19 | 97 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:49 | yes | 2 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:25 | yes | 11 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:20 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:56 | yes | 4 | 6 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 09:25 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:32 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:22 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:15 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:33 | yes | 23 | 38 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:14 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:51 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:04 | yes | 15 | 45 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:04 | yes | 25 | 66 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:55 | yes | 15 | 40 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:16 | yes | 2 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:59 | yes | 13 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:08 | yes | 9 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:35 | yes | 4 | 11 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 16:11 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:17 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:37 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:41 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:39 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:28 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:00 | yes | 5 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:01 | yes | 10 | 85 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:05 | yes | 22 | 54 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:20 | yes | 25 | 90 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:10 | yes | 9 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:59 | yes | 11 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:56 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:12 | 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 10:23 | yes | 6 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:53 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:52 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:03 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:02 | yes | 24 | 46 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:32 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:58 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:21 | yes | 15 | 53 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:16 | yes | 23 | 73 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:08 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:04 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:52 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:46 | yes | 16 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:46 | no | 0 | 9 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 11:29 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:00 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:40 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:50 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:21 | yes | 25 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:43 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:32 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:55 | yes | 15 | 45 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:46 | yes | 13 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:55 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:18 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:38 | yes | 11 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:01 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:42 | yes | 4 | 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 17:32 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:20 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:03 | yes | 10 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:39 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:00 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:45 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:12 | no | 0 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:37 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:57 | yes | 23 | 62 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:33 | no | 0 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:31 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:14 | yes | 23 | 35 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 XDR
Bitdefender GravityZone read as Bitdefender GravityZone XDR
Cisco read as Cisco XDR
Cisco (XDR) read as Cisco XDR
CrowdStrike read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike (Falcon Platform) read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon Go read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon Go / Pro read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon Platform read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon XDR read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon with Falcon Complete MDR read as CrowdStrike Falcon Complete
Cynet read as Cynet 360 AutoXDR
Cynet 360 read as Cynet 360 AutoXDR
Cynet XDR read as Cynet 360 AutoXDR
ESET read as ESET PROTECT
Elastic read as Elastic Security
Exabeam read as Exabeam Fusion
Fortinet read as Fortinet FortiXDR
Fortinet (FortiXDR) read as Fortinet FortiXDR
Huntress read as Huntress Managed EDR
IBM QRadar XDR read as IBM Security QRadar XDR
Microsoft read as Microsoft Defender XDR
Microsoft Defender read as Microsoft Defender XDR
Palo Alto Cortex read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Rapid7 read as Rapid7 InsightIDR
ReliaQuest read as ReliaQuest GreyMatter
SentinelOne read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne (Singularity XDR) read as SentinelOne Singularity
Sophos read as Sophos Intercept X
Stellar Cyber read as Stellar Cyber Open XDR
Stellar Cyber (Open XDR Platform) read as Stellar Cyber Open XDR
Trellix read as Trellix XDR
Trellix (formerly McAfee + FireEye) read as Trellix XDR
Trellix (formerly McAfee Enterprise) read as Trellix XDR
Trend Micro read as Trend Vision One
Trend Micro (Vision One) read as Trend Vision One
Unresolved, counted raw
Cynet 360 XDR
Cynet Elite
ESET PROTECT XDR
Falcon XDR
Forescout XDR
Kaspersky Next MXDR Optimum
Microsoft 365 Defender XDR
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with E5 License
Open XDR (Security Operations Platform)
Open XDR / Generic "Open" Solutions
Open XDR Security Operations Platform
SecureX
SentinelOne MTR
Singularity XDR
VMware Carbon Black (now Broadcom) "XDR" / EDR
eSentire Atlas XDR
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.