Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Microsoft Defender Antivirus is an antivirus product from Microsoft that is built into Windows and provides client-side protection for endpoint devices · microsoft.com ↗
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. Microsoft Defender Antivirus has 2.
Why models recommend it
“For endpoint/device protection, use the Microsoft Defender already installed on your Windows PCs.”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“If the budget is near zero, start with the built-in protections—such as Microsoft Defender Antivirus on Windows”GPT-6 Luna · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Microsoft Defender Antivirus, over the 3 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
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| 3 | 2 | View → | |
| 1 | 0 | View → | |
| 1 | 0 | View → | |
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| 1 | 0 | View → | |
| 1 | 0 | View → | |
| 1 | 0 | View → | |
| 1 | 0 | View → | |
| 1 | 0 | View → | |
| 1 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Microsoft Defender Antivirus's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- individuals and families
- Price stated
- Microsoft 365 Personal 99,99 € /година; Microsoft 365 Family 124,99 € /година; Microsoft 365 Premium 209,99 € /година
- Starting price
- 99,99 €
- Free plan or trial
- Изпробвайте безплатно
- Customers named
- COFCO International
- Also from Microsoft
- Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Microsoft 365 Administration, Microsoft 365 Backup, Microsoft 365 Compliance Center, Microsoft 365 Copilot and 165 more
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.
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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 3 of the 3 answers that named Microsoft Defender Antivirus and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Thirteen of the sixteen domain citations in answers naming Microsoft Defender Antivirus came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |