# CrowdStrike Falcon alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 392 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where CrowdStrike Falcon holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/crowdstrike-falcon/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 60
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: 18
- Sophos Intercept X: 14
- Bitdefender GravityZone: 12
- Microsoft 365: 11
- Check Point AI Security: 10

## Endpoint protection

**Small business**: 68 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike Falcon (CrowdStrike Falcon is #12 of 13 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 24 of those 68
- Sophos Intercept X: first choice in 9 of those 68
- Bitdefender GravityZone: first choice in 6 of those 68
- Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 5 of those 68
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 3 of those 68
- Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security: first choice in 2 of those 68
- Acronis EDR: first choice in 1 of those 68
- Avast Business: first choice in 1 of those 68

**Mid-market**: 55 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike Falcon (CrowdStrike Falcon is #6 of 12 at 10%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 9 of those 55
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 7 of those 55
- Bitdefender GravityZone: first choice in 5 of those 55
- Sophos Intercept X: first choice in 5 of those 55
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 3 of those 55
- Comodo Dragon Platform: first choice in 1 of those 55
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 1 of those 55
- CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint: first choice in 1 of those 55

**Enterprise**: 41 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike Falcon (CrowdStrike Falcon is #2 of 12 at 34%).

- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 8 of those 41
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 5 of those 41
- Bitdefender GravityZone: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Microsoft: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Microsoft Defender: first choice in 1 of those 41
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 1 of those 41
- SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint: first choice in 1 of those 41

## AI security platforms

**Small business**: 79 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike Falcon.

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 21 of those 79
- Microsoft 365: first choice in 8 of those 79
- CrowdStrike Falcon Go: first choice in 4 of those 79
- Arcjet: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Sequirly: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Coro: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Lakera Guard: first choice in 2 of those 79

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike Falcon (CrowdStrike Falcon is #6 of 9 at 2%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 74
- Microsoft 365: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Check Point AI Security: first choice in 2 of those 74
- CrowdStrike Falcon AI Detection and Response: first choice in 2 of those 74
- CrowdStrike Falcon Go: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Garak: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 2 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 75 of 84 answers did not name CrowdStrike Falcon (CrowdStrike Falcon is #5 of 13 at 5%).

- Check Point AI Security: first choice in 8 of those 75
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS: first choice in 7 of those 75
- WitnessAI: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Microsoft Defender XDR: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Palo Alto Networks: first choice in 3 of those 75
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Microsoft Sentinel: first choice in 2 of those 75

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