7 categories · RankedHuntress Managed EDR
Huntress Managed EDR is an endpoint detection and response product from Huntress that gives teams visibility, detection, and response across their endpoints · huntress.com ↗
Leads at small business. Ranked 83 of 83 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first. Next is Sophos MDR at 2%.
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is first at 31%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete is first at 33%.
Why models recommend it
“Huntress is widely regarded as the best MDR (Managed Detection and Response) service for companies with a limited budget”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“the most cost-predictable commercial agentic option in the current evaluations is UnderDefense Agentic AI SOC or Huntress”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Huntress is likely the best practical choice if the goal is broad protection without hiring a full-time security team”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Purpose-built for companies without SOCs. Bundles tool + humans. Often the best fit for 500-person companies.”Kimi K2 · Scale-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Huntress Managed EDR (Avoid if You Need Full Control)”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“Huntress is affordable and easy to deploy, but has limited detection depth and manual investigations that increase exposure.”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Negative question · warning
“Excellent value for smaller mid-market or MSP-partnered setups, but may feel light for more complex B2B environments.”Grok 4.20 · Paraphrase question · warning
“Simpler, more affordable endpoint and Microsoft 365-focused MDR, though less comprehensive for complex environments.”Perplexity Sonar · Direct question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Huntress Managed EDR, over the 367 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | 84 | Compare → | |
| 118 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 104 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 85 | 9 | Compare → | |
| 71 | 12 | Compare → | |
| 64 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 59 | 19 | Compare → | |
| 51 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 43 | 1 | View → | |
| 42 | 9 | Compare → |
What the models named instead of Huntress Managed EDR →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Huntress Managed EDR's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Designed for all teams; whether you’re a one-person shop or a large security team.
- Price stated
- licensed per endpoint via a subscription model
- Free plan or trial
- Try Huntress for Free
- Customers named
- Solis Security, Cohere Health, Ultra IT, Key Methods, Dominant Systems Corporation, Darkhorse Tech, Rudick Innovation and Technology, Greystone Technology
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 353 of the 367 answers that named Huntress Managed EDR and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
588 of the 846 domain citations in answers naming Huntress Managed EDR came from a third party's page. Seventy-four were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 |