Extended detection and response for small business buyers
Asked as “XDR platform”, and as “extended detection and response solution”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 55 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
36%
Contested · Microsoft Defender for Cloud 25%
36Microsoft Defender XDR25Microsoft Defender for Cloud20Coro18others
36% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▲+11Since October 2026: 25% → 36%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Microsoft Defender XDR held the lead, +11 points on 25%, 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.This pageMid-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.Standing →
Microsoft Defender XDR36%Contested▲+11Since October 2026: 25% → 36%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageMid-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.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 XDR36%19%53endorsed leader▲+11Since October 2026: 25% → 36%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.25% → 36%
Microsoft Defender XDR36%19%53endorsed leader▲+11Since October 2026: 25% → 36%, +11 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.25% → 36%02
Microsoft Defender for Cloud25%0%17accepted challenger▲+13Since October 2026: 12% → 25%, +13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.12% → 25%
Microsoft Defender for Cloud25%0%17accepted challenger▲+13Since October 2026: 12% → 25%, +13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.12% → 25%03
Coro20%0%34accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 14% → 20%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.14% → 20%
Coro20%0%34accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 14% → 20%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.14% → 20%04
Huntress Managed EDR4%0%20accepted challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 12% → 4%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 4%
Huntress Managed EDR4%0%20accepted challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 12% → 4%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 4%05
Sophos Intercept X2%9%33accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 5% → 2%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 2%
Sophos Intercept X2%9%33accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 5% → 2%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 2%06
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR2%0%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR2%0%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%07
SentinelOne Singularity2%35%46criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%
SentinelOne Singularity2%35%46criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR0%70%30criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR0%70%30criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%11
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR0%60%45criticized challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR0%60%45criticized challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%10
Stellar Cyber Open XDR0%30%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Stellar Cyber Open XDR0%30%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
Trend Vision One0%14%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Trend Vision One0%14%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
ESET PROTECT0%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
ESET PROTECT0%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 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 small business.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% negative50%
Key
01Microsoft Defender XDR36%
Microsoft Defender XDR36%02Microsoft Defender for Cloud25%
Microsoft Defender for Cloud25%03Coro20%
Coro20%04Huntress Managed EDR4%
Huntress Managed EDR4%05Sophos Intercept X2%
Sophos Intercept X2%06Bitdefender GravityZone XDR2%
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR2%07SentinelOne Singularity2%
SentinelOne Singularity2%08Trend Vision One0%
Trend Vision One0%09ESET PROTECT0%
ESET PROTECT0%10Stellar Cyber Open XDR0%
Stellar Cyber Open XDR0%11CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR0%
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR0%12Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR0%
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR0%What they warned about
Zero of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna 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.
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR70%
21 of 30 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 10 hard negative
“Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR takes an enterprise-first approach that makes the platform complex, expensive, and resource-intensive—potentially challenging for smaller organizations” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR60%
27 of 45 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 7 hard negative
“Top Platforms to Avoid or Approach Cautiously ... Steep learning curve and complex user interface ... Can be prohibitively expensive for small businesses” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
Microsoft Defender XDR19%
10 of 53 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Microsoft Defender XDR - due to its licensing maze, missing multi-tenant console, and managed SOC tier priced for larger companies.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
SentinelOne Singularity35%
16 of 46 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 7 hard negative
“Also flagged with negative sentiment (23% of evaluations) ... May not be optimally designed for smaller business environments” MiniMax M2.5, 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. 828 links across 176 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.
vendor site · CyberPress41 answers · 48 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Microsoft32 answers · 84 citations · 11 models
vendor site · LogMeIn28 answers · 28 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G227 answers · 41 citations · 10 models
21 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
publisher (Gane)18 answers · 31 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Stellar Cyber17 answers · 17 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Heimdal Security16 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 7 models
14 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
14 answers · 17 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.
39 answers · 11 models
26 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 8 models
21 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 9 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 36% | 36% | 199 | 18,100 | 3,525 | ||||
| Microsoft Defender microsoft.com Microsoft Defender for Cloud 25% | 25% | 659 | 18,100 | 3,525 | 145,358,109 company | $12,455 | 103 | |
| Coro coro.net | 20% | 90 | 49,500 | 4,833 | 3,791 | 3 | ||
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft 365 5%, Microsoft Purview Suite for Microsoft 365 Business Premium 2% | 7% | 123 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| Huntress huntress.com Huntress Managed EDR 4% | 4% | 353 | 33,100 | 4,338 | 352,368 company | $15,522 | 120 | |
| Sophos sophos.com Sophos Intercept X 2% | 2% | 304 | 18,100 | 2,046 | 186,716 company | $1,427 | 65 | |
| Bitdefender parent site Bitdefender GravityZone XDR 2% | 2% | 42 | 90,500 | 3,261 | ||||
| SentinelOne sentinelone.com SentinelOne Singularity 2% | 2% | 499 | 33,100 | 1,675 | 446,702 company | $780 | 22 | 1 |
| Sophos XDR with Sophos MDR | 2% | |||||||
| Heimdal XDR heimdalsecurity.com | 0% | 10 | 111,895 | $16 | 44 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (reddit.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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which extended detection and response solution would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top XDR platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best XDR platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a XDR platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which XDR platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5CoroCoro, SentinelOne SingularityChangedagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRSentinelOne SingularityCorono first choiceagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XTwo alternatives
Barracuda Managed XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRFive alternatives
Coro, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Sophos Intercept X, Stellar Cyber Open XDRThree alternatives
Barracuda Managed XDR, Defiance XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRGPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender for CloudChangedMicrosoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender for Cloudagainst: SentinelOne Singularityno first choiceagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Trend Micro Managed XDR
Three alternatives
Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Sophos Intercept XTwo alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Sophos Intercept XSix alternatives
Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, Stellar Cyber Open XDROne alternative
Microsoft Defender for Office 365Gemini 3.5 Flashno first choiceMicrosoft Defender XDRChangedSentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XMicrosoft Defender for CloudHuntress Managed EDRagainst: Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Elastic Security, Exabeam Fusion, LogRhythm, Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Splunk Enterprise Security
Three alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos MDRThree alternatives
Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Stellar Cyber Open XDRFive alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, WazuhFour alternatives
Blackpoint Cyber, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity MDR, Sophos MDRPerplexity SonarSophos XDR with Sophos MDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Stellar Cyber Open XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRChangedMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Stellar Cyber Open XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRno first choiceagainst: Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Elastic Security, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Trellix XDR
Three alternatives
Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne SingularityFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Huntress Managed EDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityFour alternatives
Coro, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XFive alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Coro, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, Sophos MDRGrok 4.20Microsoft Defender XDR, Sophos Intercept Xagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender for CloudChangedMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: IBM QRadar, LogRhythm, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Stellar Cyber Open XDRCoroagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: Cisco XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Splunk or Elastic XDR/Security, Trend Vision One
Five alternatives
Cynet 360 AutoXDR, Heimdal XDR, LogMeIn Resolve, ManageEngine Log360 or Endpoint Central, Trend Vision OneThree alternatives
Heimdal XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X with Sophos XDR, Trend Vision OneTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, Sophos Intercept XFive alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Huntress Managed EDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XMistral SmallCorono first choiceChangedMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: Trend Vision OneCorono first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
Two alternatives
LogMeIn Resolve, Microsoft Defender XDRFour alternatives
Acronis Cyber Protect, Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne SingularityTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRDeepSeek V4 FlashCoro, Microsoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRMicrosoft 365, Microsoft Defender for CloudChangedCoroMicrosoft 365against: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: SentinelOne Singularityagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, LevelBlue MDR/MXDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Sophos Intercept X
One alternative
Sophos Intercept XTwo alternatives
Coro, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Vision OneThree alternatives
Blumira, Coro, Huntress Managed EDRFour alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Cynet 360 AutoXDR, ESET PROTECT, Sophos Intercept XLlama 4 MaverickCoroMicrosoft Purview Suite for Microsoft 365 Business PremiumChangedStellar Cyber Open XDRCorono first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Trend Vision OneThree alternatives
Coro, Huntress Managed EDR, LogMeIn Resolve's Data Protection Suite, powered by AcronisEight alternatives
Cisco XDR, Fortinet FortiXDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, Trellix XDR, Trend Vision OneTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, ESET PROTECTQwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Defender XDRHuntress Managed EDR, Microsoft Defender XDRChangedSophos Intercept XBitdefender GravityZone XDR, Microsoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Rapid7 InsightIDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Tenable Vulnerability Management
Three alternatives
Coro, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Huntress Managed EDROne alternative
SentinelOne SingularityFour alternatives
Heimdal XDR, LogMeIn Resolve, Protect MDR, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Sophos Intercept X, Tenable Vulnerability Management, Zscaler Internet AccessFive alternatives
Barracuda MDR, Blumira, Coro, SentinelOne Singularity, Tenable.io XDRKimi K2Microsoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRMicrosoft 365, Microsoft Defender for CloudChangedagainst: DIY Open XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender XDRCoro, Microsoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Altono first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Four alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Coro, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept XTwo alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRFour alternatives
Blumira, CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Huntress Managed EDR, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Elastic Security, Heimdal XDR, Sophos Intercept XSix alternatives
Coro, Heimdal XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, TodylGLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender XDRMicrosoft Defender for CloudChangedMicrosoft Defender XDR, Sophos Intercept Xagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Five alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Coro, Huntress Managed EDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Sophos Intercept XOne alternative
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRTwo alternatives
SentinelOne Singularity, Trend Vision OneFour alternatives
Coro, Heimdal XDR, LogMeIn Resolve, Sophos Intercept XMiniMax M2.5Coro, Microsoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRMicrosoft Defender for CloudChangedSophos Intercept Xagainst: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRMicrosoft Defender for Cloudno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity
Three alternatives
Blumira, LogMeIn Resolve, SentinelOne SingularityThree alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Heimdal XDR, LogMeIn ResolveSix alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, ESET PROTECT MDR, ManageEngine Log360, Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity, Stellar Cyber Open XDRTwo alternatives
Coro, ESET PROTECT CoreGPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft Defender XDRChangedMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDRMicrosoft Defender XDRno first choiceagainst: Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Sophos Intercept X
Two alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, Sophos MDROne alternative
Huntress Managed EDRThree alternatives
SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision OneOne alternative
Microsoft Defender for CloudMuse Glimmer 30BMicrosoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloudagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender XDRChangedCoro, Microsoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, SentinelOne SingularityMicrosoft Defender XDRagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, SentinelOne Singularityno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR, Cybereason Defense Platform, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM, SentinelOne Singularity
One alternative
CoroTwo alternatives
Huntress Managed EDR, ThreatDown EliteThree alternatives
Arctic Wolf Aurora MDR, Sophos Intercept X, Stellar Cyber Open XDRFive alternatives
Bitdefender GravityZone XDR, Coro, ESET PROTECT, Huntress Managed EDR, KMicro MXDRBold 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 08:35 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:49 | yes | 7 | 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 13:57 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:01 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:10 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:08 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:11 | yes | 25 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:35 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:48 | yes | 5 | 35 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:12 | yes | 18 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:22 | yes | 18 | 59 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:13 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:33 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:56 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:52 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:28 | yes | 4 | 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 17:02 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:45 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:01 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:02 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:42 | yes | 22 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:35 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:21 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:03 | yes | 18 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:09 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:43 | yes | 5 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:12 | yes | 2 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:15 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:51 | yes | 17 | 12 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:37 | yes | 2 | 7 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 17:54 | yes | 9 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:25 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:38 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:35 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:36 | yes | 22 | 44 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:28 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:47 | yes | 5 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:46 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:13 | yes | 22 | 43 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:56 | yes | 12 | 47 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:26 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:05 | yes | 13 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:30 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:59 | yes | 2 | 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 11:13 | yes | 9 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:29 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:20 | yes | 24 | 17 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 18:27 | yes | 23 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:33 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:32 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:07 | yes | 25 | 55 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:06 | yes | 12 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:01 | yes | 23 | 52 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:46 | yes | 2 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:06 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:55 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:48 | no | 0 | 6 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 09:29 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:15 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:41 | yes | 13 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:59 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:11 | yes | 23 | 38 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:12 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:57 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:56 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:13 | yes | 10 | 57 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:56 | no | 0 | 77 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:48 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:15 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:53 | yes | 15 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:19 | 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 17:51 | yes | 8 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:09 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:35 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:43 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:01 | yes | 24 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:28 | yes | 8 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:12 | yes | 5 | 46 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:01 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:50 | yes | 23 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:21 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:52 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:08 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
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Bitdefender read as Bitdefender GravityZone XDR
Bitdefender GravityZone 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 (Standalone/Self-Managed) 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 Go/Pro read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
CrowdStrike Falcon XDR read as CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR
Cybereason read as Cybereason Defense Platform
Cynet 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
Huntress read as Huntress Managed EDR
Microsoft Defender read as Microsoft Defender XDR
Palo Alto Cortex read as Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
Rapid7 read as Rapid7 InsightIDR
SentinelOne read as SentinelOne Singularity
SentinelOne (Singularity Endpoint) read as SentinelOne Singularity
Sophos read as Sophos Intercept X
Stellar Cyber read as Stellar Cyber Open XDR
Stellar Cyber (Open XDR) read as Stellar Cyber Open XDR
Trellix read as Trellix XDR
Trend Micro read as Trend Vision One
Unresolved, counted raw
Barracuda MDR
DIY Open XDR
Defiance XDR
KMicro MXDR
LevelBlue MDR/MXDR (formerly Cybereason)
LogMeIn Resolve Data Protection Suite powered by Acronis
LogMeIn Resolve's Data Protection Suite, powered by Acronis
ManageEngine Log360 or Endpoint Central
Protect MDR
SecurityMetrics Pulse
Sophos Intercept X with Sophos XDR
Sophos XDR with Sophos MDR
Splunk or Elastic XDR/Security
Tenable.io XDR
Trend Micro Managed XDR
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.