Stellar Cyber Open XDR vs Darktrace
Zero of fourteen models named Stellar Cyber Open XDR first on the direct prompt; one named Darktrace. Stellar Cyber Open XDR was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Darktrace by fourteen and Stellar Cyber Open XDR carries 18 labels and Darktrace 47, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in eleven categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the network detection and response page.
By framing
Stellar Cyber Open XDRFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDarktrace
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Stellar Cyber Open XDR and Darktrace were named in the same answer twenty-seven times, of the 102 answers naming Stellar Cyber Open XDR and the 236 naming Darktrace. In those answers Darktrace took the first choice five times and Stellar Cyber Open XDR five.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Stellar Cyber Open XDR Darktrace first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Stellar Cyber Open XDR on the left and Darktrace on the right.The direct prompt
Darktrace first, Stellar Cyber Open XDR not the choice
1 of 14 modelsStellar Cyber Open XDR was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Stellar Cyber Open XDR7%#3 of 15Darktrace0%#15 of 15Stellar Cyber Open XDR2%#7 of 10Darktrace2%#8 of 10Darktrace6%#4 of 8Stellar Cyber Open XDR2%#– of 8What the models said about Stellar Cyber Open XDR
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Evaluate Stellar Cyber, though it is better viewed as Open XDR than pure NDR.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Stellar Cyber is recommended for enterprises with limited staff and budget” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Stellar Cyber Open XDR is the most commonly recommended budget-conscious commercial platform for SMBs 1-50 employees.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · alternative
What the models said about Darktrace
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“these enterprise-level NDR platforms should generally be avoided or approached with caution if you're a small business” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“What to Avoid on a Tight Budget ... Darktrace — premium pricing, often better for large enterprises” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Darktrace is the platform most frequently cited as one to avoid or approach with caution” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Market leaders tend to be ExtraHop, Vectra AI, and Darktrace in pure-play NDR” Grok 4.20 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Choose Darktrace for self-learning AI with autonomous response across multi-surface.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“Darktrace | Leader | Self-learning AI that autonomously models normal behavior” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.