# Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 619 of the 756 answers in the 3 categories where Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/palo-alto-networks-cortex-xdr/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 120
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: 84
- Microsoft Defender XDR: 56
- Huntress Managed EDR: 43
- SentinelOne Singularity: 31
- Sophos Intercept X: 25

## Extended detection and response

**Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR (Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR is #12 of 12 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender XDR: first choice in 24 of those 77
- Coro: first choice in 15 of those 77
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 14 of those 77
- Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 6 of those 77
- Sophos Intercept X: first choice in 5 of those 77
- Microsoft 365: first choice in 3 of those 77
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Bitdefender GravityZone XDR: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Mid-market**: 59 of 84 answers did not name Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR (Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR is #8 of 12 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender XDR: first choice in 18 of those 59
- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR: first choice in 5 of those 59
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 5 of those 59
- Sophos Intercept X: first choice in 4 of those 59
- ESET PROTECT: first choice in 3 of those 59
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 59
- Stellar Cyber Open XDR: first choice in 2 of those 59
- Bitdefender GravityZone XDR: first choice in 1 of those 59

**Enterprise**: 47 of 84 answers did not name Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR (Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR is #3 of 10 at 12%).

- Microsoft Defender XDR: first choice in 14 of those 47
- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight XDR: first choice in 6 of those 47
- Arctic Wolf: first choice in 1 of those 47
- Palo Alto: first choice in 1 of those 47
- Palo Alto Networks: first choice in 1 of those 47
- ReliaQuest GreyMatter: first choice in 1 of those 47
- Securonix: first choice in 1 of those 47
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 1 of those 47

## Endpoint detection and response

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR.

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 44 of those 84
- Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 25 of those 84
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 5 of those 84
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Atomicbit: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Warden: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR (Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR is #8 of 10 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 21 of those 72
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 10 of those 72
- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: first choice in 6 of those 72
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 6 of those 72
- Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 4 of those 72
- Seceon aiXDR-PMax: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Bitdefender GravityZone EDR: first choice in 1 of those 72
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 1 of those 72

**Enterprise**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR (Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR is #6 of 10 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 18 of those 57
- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: first choice in 14 of those 57
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 4 of those 57
- Bitdefender GravityZone EDR: first choice in 1 of those 57
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Microsoft 365 E5: first choice in 1 of those 57

## Endpoint protection

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR.

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 37 of those 84
- Sophos Intercept X: first choice in 10 of those 84
- Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Bitdefender GravityZone: first choice in 6 of those 84
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security: first choice in 2 of those 84
- SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Acronis EDR: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR (Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR is #9 of 12 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 13 of those 75
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 12 of those 75
- Bitdefender GravityZone: first choice in 7 of those 75
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 7 of those 75
- CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 6 of those 75
- Sophos Intercept X: first choice in 6 of those 75
- Comodo Dragon Platform: first choice in 1 of those 75
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 1 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 64 of 84 answers did not name Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR (Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR is #6 of 12 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 24 of those 64
- CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 10 of those 64
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 3 of those 64
- Microsoft Defender: first choice in 2 of those 64
- Bitdefender GravityZone: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Microsoft: first choice in 1 of those 64
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 1 of those 64

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