Extended detection and response for enterprise buyers
Asked as “XDR platform”, and as “extended detection and response solution”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 52 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
58%
Clear leader
58Microsoft Defender XDR25CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR12Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR06others
58% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+14Since October 2026: 44% → 58%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Microsoft Defender XDR held the lead, +14 points on 44%, past the 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.Standing →EnterpriseMicrosoft Defender XDR58%Clear leader▲+14Since October 2026: 44% → 58%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This page
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.Standing →EnterpriseMicrosoft Defender XDR58%Clear leader▲+14Since October 2026: 44% → 58%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Microsoft Defender XDR58%10%67endorsed leader▲+14Since October 2026: 44% → 58%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.44% → 58%
Microsoft Defender XDR58%10%67endorsed leader▲+14Since October 2026: 44% → 58%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.44% → 58%02
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR25%14%70accepted challenger▼−11Since October 2026: 36% → 25%, −11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.36% → 25%
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR25%14%70accepted challenger▼−11Since October 2026: 36% → 25%, −11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.36% → 25%03
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR12%20%51accepted challenger▲+8Since October 2026: 4% → 12%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 12%
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR12%20%51accepted challenger▲+8Since October 2026: 4% → 12%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 12%Show the seven 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%09
Sophos Intercept X0%40%20criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Sophos Intercept X0%40%20criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
Cisco XDR0%35%20criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Cisco XDR0%35%20criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%05
Trend Vision One0%18%34accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Trend Vision One0%18%34accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%07
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR0%17%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR0%17%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%04
SentinelOne Singularity0%13%47accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
SentinelOne Singularity0%13%47accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%06
Stellar Cyber Open XDR0%6%16accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 6% → 0%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 0%
Stellar Cyber Open XDR0%6%16accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 6% → 0%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 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 XDR vs CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRMicrosoft Defender XDR vs Sophos Intercept XMicrosoft Defender XDR vs SentinelOne Singularity
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.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 →
01020304050607080910Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative70%
Key
01Microsoft Defender XDR58%
Microsoft Defender XDR58%02CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR25%
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR25%03Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR12%
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR12%04SentinelOne Singularity0%
SentinelOne Singularity0%05Trend Vision One0%
Trend Vision One0%06Stellar Cyber Open XDR0%
Stellar Cyber Open XDR0%07Bitdefender GravityZone XDR0%
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR0%08Cisco XDR0%
Cisco XDR0%09Sophos Intercept X0%
Sophos Intercept X0%10Trellix XDR0%
Trellix XDR0%What they warned about
Six of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2 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 XDR14%
10 of 70 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid native/single‑vendor XDR (CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, Trend Micro, Cisco, etc.)” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Sophos Intercept X40%
8 of 20 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid: Mid-market/MSP-focused XDRs (e.g., Sophos, Cynet) for large enterprise deployments—they will not scale” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR20%
10 of 51 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Be wary of any XDR that can be turned into an offensive tool (e.g., Palo Alto Cortex XDR has been shown to have this risk).” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Microsoft Defender XDR10%
7 of 67 labels negative · 7 of 14 models
“it can suffer from incomplete visibility, higher false positives without extensive tuning, and limited third-party integration depth” Grok 4.20, 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. 890 links across 223 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.
39 answers · 41 citations · 11 models
32 answers · 32 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Microsoft31 answers · 62 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Palo Alto Networks29 answers · 40 citations · 11 models
22 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Guideflow20 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
vendor site · CrowdStrike16 answers · 27 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 17 citations · 7 models
vendor site · G215 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 9 models
14 answers · 22 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Microsoft11 answers · 13 citations · 6 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.
38 answers · 11 models
32 answers · 12 models
20 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 7 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 58%, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 0% | 58% | 264 | 18,100 | 3,525 | ||||
| CrowdStrike parent site CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR 25% | 25% | 166 | 74,000 | 5,130 | ||||
| Palo Alto Networks parent site Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR 12%, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM 0% | 12% | 251 | 40,500 | 1,088 | ||||
| Palo Alto paloaltonetworks.com Palo Alto Networks 2%, Palo Alto 2% | 4% | 91 | 246,000 | 18,254 | 951,391 company | $383 | 106 | 6 |
| Arctic Wolf arcticwolf.com | 2% | 62 | 49,500 | 1,342 | 40,780 | 56 | ||
| SentinelOne sentinelone.com SentinelOne Singularity 0% | 0% | 499 | 33,100 | 1,675 | 446,702 company | $780 | 22 | 1 |
| Trend Vision One trendmicro.com | 0% | 107 | 320 | 18 | 588,295 | $541 | 112 | 7 |
| Stellar Cyber Open XDR stellarcyber.ai | 0% | 101 | 0 | 3,048 | 31 | 6 | ||
| Bitdefender parent site Bitdefender GravityZone XDR 0% | 0% | 42 | 90,500 | 3,261 | ||||
| ReliaQuest GreyMatter reliaquest.com | 0% | 55 | 480 | 10 | 10,314 | $20,150 | 24 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (crowdstrike.com, paloaltonetworks.com). 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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which extended detection and response solution would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade XDR platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best XDR platform for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a XDR platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which XDR platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRPalo Alto Networks Cortex XDRChangedCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRno first choiceagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Sophos Intercept X
Two alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRFour alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, Ontinue, ReliaQuest GreyMatter, Stellar Cyber Open XDRGPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRagainst: Cisco XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRChangedMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: Sophos Intercept XMicrosoft Defender XDRno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRSeven alternatives
Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Elastic Security, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Trellix XDR, Trend Vision OneTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne SingularityGemini 3.5 FlashCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRHeldCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRno first choiceagainst: Bluvector, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Huntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision One, WatchGuard
Five alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM, SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Vision OneThree alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityFive alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM, SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Vision OneThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Vision OnePerplexity SonarMicrosoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRHeldMicrosoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRno first choiceagainst: Acronis XDR, Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Sophos Intercept X, Trellix XDR, Trend Vision One, Wazuh
Six alternatives
Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Stellar Cyber Open XDROne alternative
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRFive alternatives
Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Stellar Cyber Open XDR, Trend Vision OneOne alternative
Stellar Cyber Open XDRGrok 4.20CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRChangedCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne Singularityagainst: Cisco XDR, Sophos Intercept XMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: Cisco XDR, SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: Broadcom Symantec XDR, Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Trellix XDR
Five alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision OneThree alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Trend Vision OneTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRFive alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM, SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Vision OneMistral SmallMicrosoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto NetworksMicrosoft Defender XDRChangedMicrosoft Defender XDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRno first choiceagainst: Acronis Cyber Protect, Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Three alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision OneThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity EndpointTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRDeepSeek V4 FlashCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRChangedPalo Alto Networks Cortex XDRagainst: Check Point Endpoint Security, Check Point XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularityno first choiceagainst: Acronis Cyber Protect, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Forescout, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Stellar Cyber Open XDR, Symantec Identity Governance and Administration, Trellix XDR
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Vision OneThree alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularitySix alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Cynet 360 Auto XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision OneOne alternative
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRLlama 4 MaverickMicrosoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRHeldno first choiceMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRno first choiceagainst: Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks, Trend Vision One
Three alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Stellar Cyber Open XDRTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Stellar Cyber Open XDROne alternative
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRQwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Defender XDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRChangedMicrosoft Defender XDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Fortinet FortiXDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Trellix XDR
Four alternatives
Check Point Harmony XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Trend Vision OneTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne SingularityFive alternatives
Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Vision OneTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne SingularityKimi K2Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRChangedMicrosoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: Microsoft Sentinel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRPalo Altoagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision One
Two alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne SingularityFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Vision OneGLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRHeldno first choiceMicrosoft Defender XDRno first choiceagainst: Check Point Endpoint Security, Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, ESET PROTECT, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision One
Three alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityOne alternative
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRSeven alternatives
Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne Singularity, Trellix XDR, Trend Vision OneThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityMiniMax M2.5Microsoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRHeldCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRArctic Wolfagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularityno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Cisco Secure Endpoint, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, LogRhythm SIEM, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRFour alternatives
Cisco XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision OneGPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRHeldno first choiceMicrosoft Defender XDRno first choiceagainst: Check Point XDR, Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR
Two alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDROne alternative
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDROne alternative
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRMuse Glimmer 30BPalo Alto Networks Cortex XDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRChangedPalo Alto Networks Cortex XDRCrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRagainst: Palo Alto, Rapid7 InsightIDRno first choiceagainst: Carbon Black, Check Point XDR, Malwarebytes, Sophos Intercept X, Tanium, Trellix XDR, Trend Vision One
Two alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDROne alternative
Microsoft Defender for EndpointFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Stellar Cyber Open XDRThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Elastic Security XDR, 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 16:13 | yes | 15 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:33 | 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 09:11 | yes | 8 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:33 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:04 | yes | 15 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:25 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:41 | yes | 21 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:19 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:03 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:32 | yes | 20 | 52 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:32 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:30 | yes | 10 | 41 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:37 | yes | 4 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:29 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:14 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:07 | yes | 3 | 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 15:19 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:24 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:37 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:56 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:31 | yes | 20 | 40 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:21 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:45 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:29 | yes | 15 | 52 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:23 | yes | 10 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:55 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:24 | yes | 14 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:45 | yes | 14 | 12 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:36 | yes | 6 | 10 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 12:17 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:39 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:27 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:36 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 22 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:37 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:46 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:10 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:30 | yes | 22 | 58 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:28 | yes | 10 | 37 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:41 | yes | 7 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:31 | yes | 11 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:39 | yes | 15 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:00 | 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 18:13 | no | 0 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:48 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:06 | yes | 13 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:43 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:07 | yes | 25 | 65 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:35 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:01 | yes | 5 | 38 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:26 | yes | 18 | 85 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:40 | yes | 23 | 53 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:48 | yes | 10 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:08 | yes | 3 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:15 | yes | 23 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:31 | yes | 19 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:13 | yes | 5 | 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 15:38 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:19 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:48 | yes | 14 | 55 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:29 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:44 | yes | 25 | 49 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:02 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:42 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:49 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:52 | yes | 9 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:03 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:12 | yes | 3 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:28 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:03 | yes | 19 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:45 | yes | 3 | 7 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 11:48 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:25 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:07 | yes | 20 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:20 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:25 | yes | 24 | 37 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:13 | yes | 9 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:45 | yes | 25 | 94 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:26 | yes | 25 | 68 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:09 | yes | 24 | 51 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:30 | yes | 9 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:09 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:59 | yes | 24 | 30 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
Bitdefender XDR read as Bitdefender GravityZone XDR
Cisco read as Cisco XDR
CrowdStrike read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon Enterprise read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon Platform read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon Platform (Falcon XDR) read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon XDR read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
Cynet read as Cynet 360 AutoXDR
Fortinet read as Fortinet FortiXDR
Huntress read as Huntress Managed EDR
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) read as SentinelOne Singularity
Sophos read as Sophos Intercept X
Stellar Cyber read as Stellar Cyber Open XDR
Trellix read as Trellix XDR
Trend Micro read as Trend Vision One
Trend Micro (Vision One) read as Trend Vision One
Unresolved, counted raw
Acronis XDR
Bluvector
Broadcom Symantec XDR
Check Point Harmony XDR
Fortinet XDR
Trellix Helix XDR
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.