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Index › IT › Products › Microsoft Defender for Endpoint › Alternatives · November 2026 Edition
Two categories · what the models named instead

Alternatives to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, as AI models named them

In the November 2026 Edition, 293 of the 504 answers collected in the two categories where Microsoft Defender for Endpoint holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Microsoft Defender for Cloud104
Huntress Managed EDR30
Bitdefender GravityZone11
Sophos Intercept X8
SentinelOne Singularity6
CrowdStrike4
First choices in the 293 answers that did not name Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Endpoint detection and response

Security operations. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint is #4 of 8 here at 4% of first choices, 17 labels.

Seventy-three of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; it was the first choice in five. The first choices in those seventy-three answers, five products in all:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud44 of 73Head to head →
Huntress Managed EDR21 of 73Head to head →
SentinelOne Singularity3 of 73Head to head →
Atomicbit1 of 73
Warden1 of 73
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint is #1 of 10 here at 38% of first choices, 58 labels.

Forty of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; it was the first choice in twenty-four. The first choices in those forty answers, eight products in all:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud10 of 40Head to head →
Huntress Managed EDR2 of 40Head to head →
CrowdStrike Falcon Insight1 of 40Head to head →
Cynet1 of 40
Datto EDR1 of 40
Rapid7 MDR1 of 40
SentinelOne Singularity1 of 40Head to head →
Sophos MDR1 of 40
The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint is #2 of 10 here at 40% of first choices, 66 labels.

Twenty-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; it was the first choice in twenty-three. The first choices in those twenty-nine answers, four products in all:

CrowdStrike Falcon Insight3 of 29Head to head →
CrowdStrike1 of 29
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR1 of 29
SentinelOne Singularity1 of 29Head to head →
The full enterprise standing →

Endpoint protection

IT operations and endpoint. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint is #5 of 13 here at 5% of first choices, 10 labels.

Seventy-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; it was the first choice in three. The first choices in those seventy-nine answers, eleven products in all, the eight most named:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud37 of 79Head to head →
Huntress Managed EDR7 of 79
Sophos Intercept X7 of 79Head to head →
Bitdefender GravityZone6 of 79Head to head →
Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security2 of 79
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint2 of 79
Avast Business1 of 79
Avira1 of 79
3 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint is #2 of 12 here at 23% of first choices, 50 labels.

Forty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; it was the first choice in fifteen. The first choices in those forty-two answers, six products in all:

Microsoft Defender for Cloud13 of 42Head to head →
Bitdefender GravityZone5 of 42Head to head →
CrowdStrike Falcon1 of 42Head to head →
Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection1 of 42
Microsoft Defender1 of 42
Sophos Intercept X1 of 42Head to head →
The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint is #1 of 12 here at 53% of first choices, 64 labels.

Thirty of the eighty-four answers did not name Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; it was the first choice in thirty-one. The first choices in those thirty answers, five products in all:

CrowdStrike3 of 30
Microsoft Defender2 of 30
CrowdStrike Falcon1 of 30Head to head →
Microsoft1 of 30
SentinelOne Singularity1 of 30Head to head →
The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Microsoft Defender for Endpoint neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Microsoft Defender for Endpoint only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Microsoft Defender for Endpoint's side.

The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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