# Trend Micro alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 238 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Trend Micro 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/trend-micro/alternatives

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

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 54
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: 49
- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: 47
- Huntress Managed EDR: 28
- SentinelOne Singularity: 18
- CrowdStrike: 3

## Endpoint detection and response

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Trend Micro.

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 44 of those 83
- Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 25 of those 83
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 5 of those 83
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Atomicbit: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Warden: first choice in 1 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Trend Micro (Trend Micro is #9 of 10 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 23 of those 79
- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: first choice in 14 of those 79
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 10 of those 79
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 9 of those 79
- Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Seceon aiXDR-PMax: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Bitdefender GravityZone EDR: first choice in 1 of those 79
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Enterprise**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Trend Micro (Trend Micro is #7 of 10 at 0%).

- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: first choice in 33 of those 76
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 21 of those 76
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 5 of those 76
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Bitdefender GravityZone EDR: first choice in 1 of those 76
- Microsoft 365 E5: first choice in 1 of those 76
- Microsoft Defender XDR: first choice in 1 of those 76
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR: first choice in 1 of those 76

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