The most visible business cybersecurity tools in Europe, October 2026

October 2026 · 105 questions asked from 7 countries · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 420 answers read

Most cited source

cisa.gov

111citations

From Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

CrowdStrike

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Gemini, not on Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Brands

Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– OpenText Core Endpoint Protection Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% None First reading
– OPSWAT US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Qualys US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Secureworks US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Stormshield Endpoint Security FR Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Symantec US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% First reading
– Tanium Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% First reading
– TEHTRIS FR Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– TG Soft Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% None First reading
– ThreatDown US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 1% First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
1 cisa.gov Regulator 13.3% 3 of 4 24 3
2 ncsc.gov.uk Regulator 5.2% 4 of 4 29 4
3 youtube.com Social 6.0% 2 of 4 38 Not read
4 nist.gov Regulator 6.0% 4 of 4 18 Not read
5 ncsc.nl Regulator 2.6% 3 of 4 19 1
6 bund.de Regulator 2.6% 2 of 4 13 Not read
7 cyber.gouv.fr Regulator 2.1% 3 of 4 14 Not read
8 endpointindex.com Directory 3.6% 1 of 4 5 11
9 ftc.gov Regulator 4.3% 3 of 4 5 Not read
10 incibe.es Regulator 1.7% 3 of 4 10 1

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Quali sono le migliori soluzioni di sicurezza degli endpoint per le piccole imprese? Italian Bitdefender
Come possono le aziende di medie dimensioni proteggere i portatili di lavoro dei team IT? Italian Microsoft Defender
Come può una piccola impresa proteggere i computer dei dipendenti dai virus? Italian Microsoft Defender
Come posso bloccare i ransomware sui portatili aziendali? Italian Microsoft Defender
Antivirus tradizionale o rilevamento comportamentale per le piccole imprese? Italian Bitdefender, ESET and Microsoft Defender, tied
Protezione on-premise o sicurezza degli endpoint gestita per le piccole imprese? Italian Bitdefender and Microsoft Defender, tied
Quali alternative ci sono all’installazione di un antivirus su ogni computer per le piccole imprese? Italian Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Microsoft Defender, tied
Quali alternative ci sono alla revisione manuale degli avvisi di sicurezza per i piccoli team IT? Italian No brand recommended
Sono l’amministratore IT di un’azienda con 20 dipendenti. Quale protezione dovrei usare per i nostri portatili? Italian Microsoft Defender
Guido un team IT senza personale dedicato alla sicurezza. Come posso proteggere i computer aziendali? Italian Microsoft Defender

Each engine's top three

Method

Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.

For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.

How the leaderboards are measured