# VMware Carbon Black alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 251 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where VMware Carbon Black 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/vmware-carbon-black/alternatives

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

- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: 56
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 54
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: 52
- Huntress Managed EDR: 29
- SentinelOne Singularity: 22
- CrowdStrike: 3

## Endpoint detection and response

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name VMware Carbon Black.

- 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**: 84 of 84 answers did not name VMware Carbon Black (VMware Carbon Black is #10 of 10 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 24 of those 84
- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: first choice in 17 of those 84
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 11 of those 84
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 10 of those 84
- Huntress Managed EDR: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Seceon aiXDR-PMax: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Bitdefender GravityZone EDR: first choice in 1 of those 84
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name VMware Carbon Black.

- CrowdStrike Falcon Insight: first choice in 39 of those 83
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 23 of those 83
- SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 6 of those 83
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Bitdefender GravityZone EDR: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Microsoft 365 E5: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Microsoft Defender XDR: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR: first choice in 1 of those 83

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