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Network detection and response · November 2026 Edition

Vectra AI Platform vs Stellar Cyber Open XDR

Eleven of fourteen models named Vectra AI Platform first on the direct prompt; zero named Stellar Cyber Open XDR. Vectra AI Platform was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Stellar Cyber Open XDR by twelve and Vectra AI Platform carries 46 labels and Stellar Cyber Open XDR 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Vectra AI Platform

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Stellar Cyber Open XDR

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share24%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate20%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#7A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels4618A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Vectra AI Platform reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Darktrace was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Vectra AI Platform vs ExtraHop Reveal · Vectra AI Platform vs ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer · Vectra AI Platform vs Corelight Open NDR

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

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Vectra AI PlatformFirst choices, of fourteen modelsStellar Cyber Open XDR
Direct110
Paraphrase10
Comparative801 against Stellar Cyber Open XDR
Budget-constrained014 against Vectra AI Platform
Scale-constrained00
Negative005 against Vectra AI Platform
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Vectra AI Platform and Stellar Cyber Open XDR were named in the same answer twenty-seven times, of the 144 answers naming Vectra AI Platform and the 102 naming Stellar Cyber Open XDR. In those answers Stellar Cyber Open XDR took the first choice six times and Vectra AI Platform five.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Vectra AI Platform and Stellar Cyber Open XDR stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Vectra AI Platform Stellar Cyber Open XDR first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Vectra AI Platform on the left and Stellar Cyber Open XDR on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Vectra AI Platform and Stellar Cyber Open XDR stood in it.

Vectra AI Platform first, Stellar Cyber Open XDR an alternative

11 of 14 modelsStellar Cyber Open XDR was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Vectra AI Platform alternatives: Darktrace, ExtraHop RevealX, Muninn
GPT-5.4 miniVectra AI Platform alternatives: Corelight Open NDR, Darktrace, ExtraHop Reveal
Gemini 3.5 FlashExtraHop Reveal, Vectra AI Platform alternatives: Darktrace, Fortinet FortiNDR, Sophos NDR, Stellar Cyber Open XDR
Perplexity SonarVectra AI Platform alternatives: Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Corelight Open NDR, Darktrace, ExtraHop RevealX, FortiNDR
Grok 4.20Vectra AI Platform alternatives: Corelight Open NDR, Darktrace, ExtraHop RevealX, Stellar Cyber Open XDR
Mistral SmallTrend Vision One, Vectra AI Platform alternatives: Darktrace, ExtraHop RevealX
DeepSeek V4 FlashVectra AI Platform alternatives: Darktrace, ExtraHop Reveal
Llama 4 MaverickExtraHop Reveal, Vectra AI Platform alternatives: Corelight Open NDR, Gatewatcher AIonIQ, ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer
Qwen 3.7 FlashVectra AI Platform alternatives: Corelight Open NDR, ExtraHop Reveal
Kimi K2Vectra AI Platform alternatives: ExtraHop Reveal, Trend Vision One, WatchGuard ThreatSync+ NDR
GPT-6 LunaVectra AI Platform alternatives: Darktrace, ExtraHop RevealX

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GLM 4.7 FlashXDarktrace alternatives: Arista NDR, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, ExtraHop Reveal, Vectra AI Platform
Muse Glimmer 30BManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer alternatives: Vectra AI Platform

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
MiniMax M2.5ExtraHop Reveal alternatives: Arista NDR, Darktrace

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Stellar Cyber Open XDR leads by five points.
Stellar Cyber Open XDR7%#3 of 15
Vectra AI Platform2%#9 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Vectra AI Platform leads at mid-market.
Vectra AI Platform24%#1 of 10
Stellar Cyber Open XDR2%#7 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Vectra AI Platform leads by twenty-two points.
Vectra AI Platform24%#1 of 8
Stellar Cyber Open XDR2%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Vectra AI Platform

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“What to Avoid: Enterprise-only platforms like Darktrace or Vectra AI (typically $100K+)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · hard negative
“Vectra AI — powerful but generally cost-prohibitive for small budgets” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Criticized for: Being detection-first with evidence as secondary product” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Vectra AI achieved the highest placement in the inaugural 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for NDR, ranking first in both Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Vectra AI if your primary challenge is prioritizing real attack signals across hybrid networks, cloud control planes, and identity layers” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Best For: Reducing alert fatigue and prioritizing real attacks for small security teams... consistently ranks as an industry leader” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What 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
Also compared

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.