# cside alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 182 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where cside 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/cside/alternatives

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

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 16
- Cloudflare Page Shield: 15
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: 12
- Feroot Security: 9
- Reflectiz: 7
- c/side: 7

## Client-side protection

**Small business**: 60 of 84 answers did not name cside (cside is #2 of 11 at 17%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 12 of those 60
- c/side: first choice in 7 of those 60
- Cloudflare Page Shield: first choice in 6 of those 60
- Feroot Security: first choice in 4 of those 60
- Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Monity: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Avast Business: first choice in 1 of those 60

**Mid-market**: 63 of 84 answers did not name cside (cside is #1 of 10 at 18%).

- Cloudflare Page Shield: first choice in 6 of those 63
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 5 of those 63
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 4 of those 63
- Reflectiz: first choice in 4 of those 63
- Feroot Security: first choice in 2 of those 63
- CSP and Subresource Integrity: first choice in 1 of those 63
- CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 1 of those 63
- Fathom Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 63

**Enterprise**: 59 of 84 answers did not name cside (cside is #2 of 12 at 14%).

- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 5 of those 59
- Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance: first choice in 4 of those 59
- Cloudflare Page Shield: first choice in 3 of those 59
- Feroot Security: first choice in 3 of those 59
- Reflectiz: first choice in 3 of those 59
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 2 of those 59
- CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 2 of those 59
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 1 of those 59

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