# ESET PROTECT alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 457 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where ESET PROTECT 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/eset-protect/alternatives

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

- Microsoft Defender XDR: 91
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 55
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: 43
- CrowdStrike Falcon: 33
- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR: 29
- Sophos Intercept X: 21

## Extended detection and response

**Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name ESET PROTECT (ESET PROTECT is #9 of 12 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender XDR: first choice in 26 of those 80
- Coro: first choice in 15 of those 80
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 14 of those 80
- Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 6 of those 80
- Sophos Intercept X: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Microsoft 365: first choice in 3 of those 80
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Bitdefender GravityZone XDR: first choice in 1 of those 80

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name ESET PROTECT (ESET PROTECT is #5 of 12 at 5%).

- Microsoft Defender XDR: first choice in 28 of those 77
- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR: first choice in 12 of those 77
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 5 of those 77
- Sophos Intercept X: first choice in 5 of those 77
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Blumira: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Coro: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name ESET PROTECT.

- Microsoft Defender XDR: first choice in 37 of those 84
- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR: first choice in 17 of those 84
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR: first choice in 11 of those 84
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Arctic Wolf: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Palo Alto: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Palo Alto Networks: first choice in 1 of those 84
- ReliaQuest GreyMatter: first choice in 1 of those 84

## Endpoint protection

**Small business**: 62 of 84 answers did not name ESET PROTECT (ESET PROTECT is #8 of 13 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 29 of those 62
- Sophos Intercept X: first choice in 6 of those 62
- Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 5 of those 62
- Bitdefender GravityZone: first choice in 4 of those 62
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 2 of those 62
- SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Acronis EDR: first choice in 1 of those 62
- Bitdefender Business Security: first choice in 1 of those 62

**Mid-market**: 72 of 84 answers did not name ESET PROTECT (ESET PROTECT is #7 of 12 at 2%).

- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 11 of those 72
- CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 10 of those 72
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 10 of those 72
- Bitdefender GravityZone: first choice in 5 of those 72
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 5 of those 72
- Sophos Intercept X: first choice in 5 of those 72
- Comodo Dragon Platform: first choice in 1 of those 72
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 1 of those 72

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name ESET PROTECT (ESET PROTECT is #10 of 12 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 30 of those 82
- CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 23 of those 82
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 5 of those 82
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Bitdefender GravityZone: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Microsoft: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Microsoft Defender: first choice in 1 of those 82

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