Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection
Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection is an identity threat detection and response product from Microsoft · microsoft.com ↗
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection has 5.
Why models recommend it
“Choose Microsoft Defender if the environment is predominantly Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, and Defender.”Perplexity Sonar · Comparative question · first choice
“Microsoft's native tools offer the highest TCO/ROI efficiency because the capability is likely already included in or close to your license tier.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Direct question · alternative
“If your environment is heavily Microsoft-based: Microsoft Defender for Identity paired with Entra ID Protection offers deep integration”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“Best Value (If on Microsoft E5): Microsoft Defender for Identity (MDI) + Entra ID Protection”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Paraphrase 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 for Identity / Entra ID Protection, over the 14 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 3 | View → | |
| 9 | 4 | View → | |
| 9 | 1 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 2 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → | |
| 3 | 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 for Identity / Entra ID Protection's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- individuals and families
- Free plan or trial
- Try for free
- Hosting
- United States and US territories
- 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 14 of the 14 answers that named Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Fifty-seven of the fifty-seven domain citations in answers naming Microsoft Defender for Identity / Entra ID Protection 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |