Kaspersky Endpoint Security is an endpoint protection product from Kaspersky that covers threat detection, endpoint detection and response, and data loss prevention · kaspersky.com ↗
“Other strong contenders tested in 2024 include Bitdefender, ESET, Kaspersky, and Sophos”Mistral Small · Paraphrase question · alternative
“If you prefer independent vendors: Kaspersky or ESET are excellent choices”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Kaspersky Endpoint Security (99%+)”MiniMax M2.5 · Negative question · alternative
“Kaspersky (0 FPs)”Kimi K2 · Negative question · alternative
“the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a final determination banning Kaspersky from providing antivirus and cybersecurity products in the United States”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Why to avoid: ... using restricted software creates severe compliance violations, legal liability, and an unpatchable security exposure”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
“It has been recommended to avoid this platform due to its inability to push threat signature and codebase updates to U.S. endpoints.”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
“Many Western governments and enterprises have banned or de-facto restricted Kaspersky products due to national security directives.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
The products named in the same answers as Kaspersky Endpoint Security, over the 27 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | View → | |
| 15 | 0 | View → | |
| 14 | 2 | View → | |
| 12 | 3 | View → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Kaspersky Endpoint Security →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
Stated on Kaspersky Endpoint Security's own site, not checked by Gane.
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 →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 25 of the 27 answers that named Kaspersky Endpoint Security and are not a share of its labels.
Seventy-eight of the seventy-eight domain citations in answers naming Kaspersky Endpoint Security came from a third party's page.
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |