# Bitdefender Free Edition: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/bitdefender-free-edition

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Client-side protection](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/client-side-protection/index.md) | 0% | 34 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Rated as "Best overall free endpoint protection platform" by TechRepublic" (MiniMax M2.5, Client-side protection)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Bitdefender Free Edition, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- capterra.com: 1
- reddit.com: 1
- softwareadvice.com: 1
- sourceforge.net: 1
- techrepublic.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://capterra.com/endpoint-protection-software/s/free: 1
- https://reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1qydx10/im_looking_for_recommendations_on_a_cheap_but: 1
- https://softwareadvice.com/category/4777-endpoint-protection/small-business: 1
- https://sourceforge.net/software/endpoint-protection/free-version: 1
- https://techrepublic.com/article/free-endpoint-protection-platforms: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.