Network detection and response · RankedSophos NDR
Sophos NDR is a network detection and response product from Sophos · sophos.com ↗
Strongest at small business, contested with Paessler PRTG Network Monitor. Thin evidence at mid-market: six labels.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first, contested: Paessler PRTG Network Monitor has 14%.
Vectra AI Platform is first at 24%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Vectra AI Platform is first at 24%.
Why models recommend it
“Best overall for a tight budget: Sophos NDR”GPT-5.4 mini · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“adding their native NDR feature is often exponentially cheaper than buying a standalone third-party NDR”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Best For: Ecosystem consolidation and budget-conscious B2B companies.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Direct question · alternative
“Good option for SMBs with some existing security infrastructure”MiniMax M2.5 · 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 Sophos NDR, over the 40 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | View → | |
| 25 | 1 | View → | |
| 19 | 5 | View → | |
| 17 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 5 | View → | |
| 10 | 6 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 1 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Sophos NDR's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- security teams
- Also from Sophos
- Sophos Central, Sophos Email, Sophos Endpoint, Sophos Endpoint / Intercept X, Sophos Firewall, Sophos Firewall XGS and 17 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.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
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 40 of the 40 answers that named Sophos NDR and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
135 of the 146 domain citations in answers naming Sophos NDR came from a third party's page. Eleven were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |