Vulnerability management platforms · RankedMicrosoft Defender Vulnerability Management
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management is a vulnerability management platform from Microsoft · microsoft.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Intruder is first at 45%.
Rapid7 InsightVM is first at 33%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Tenable Vulnerability Management is first at 54%.
Why models recommend it
“The best vulnerability management platform for a company with a limited budget is Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management”Llama 4 Maverick · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“This is often the top recommendation for small businesses because it is included for free with Microsoft 365 E5 licenses”Mistral Small · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“The Best "Free" or Lowest-Cost Option ... this tool is often included for free”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Runner-up: If you're already heavily invested in Microsoft 365, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management offers incredible value”Kimi K2 · Direct question · alternative
What gives them pause
“outside a Microsoft-heavy environment: ... customization, reporting, and resource requirements can become problematic in mixed estates”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“as your sole tool in a diverse estate... check coverage for your exact OS versions, software and asset types, and licensing”GPT-6 Luna · Negative question · warning
“Improving but has had documented inaccuracies... Good for Microsoft-centric setups but less mature for non-Windows assets.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, over the 104 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | 36 | Compare → | |
| 83 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 73 | 13 | Compare → | |
| 41 | 15 | Compare → | |
| 33 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 28 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 20 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 20 | 0 | View → | |
| 19 | 1 | View → | |
| 17 | 2 | View → |
What the models named instead of Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
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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 98 of the 104 answers that named Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
287 of the 287 domain citations in answers naming Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |