The most visible business cybersecurity tools in France, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from France in French and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Most cited source

cyber.gouv.fr

21citations

From Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

SentinelOne

1/4engines put it in their top three

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

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Search Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– Trend Micro JP Unranked Too few answers Not measured 7= #14
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% First reading
– TrendAI US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 2= #22
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– VIPRE US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #50
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– VMware US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 32#4
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  • : Unranked
3% 0% First reading
– WatchGuard US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 2= #22
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Webroot US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 14#6
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– WithSecure FI Unranked Too few answers Not measured 2= #22
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Xcitium Unranked Too few answers Not measured 2= #22
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None 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 and Search give each brand’s score and rank on that side alone. 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 cyber.gouv.fr Regulator 15.0% 3 of 4 14 Not read
2 cisa.gov Regulator 8.3% 1 of 4 7 2
3 cybermalveillance.gouv.fr Regulator 6.7% 2 of 4 9 Not read
4 youtube.com Social 8.3% 2 of 4 8 Not read
5 francenum.gouv.fr Regulator 6.7% 2 of 4 4 1
6 nist.gov Regulator 6.7% 2 of 4 6 Not read
7 av-test.org Review site 6.7% 4 of 4 4 9
8 cnil.fr Regulator 6.7% 2 of 4 4 Not read
9 endpointindex.com Directory 3.3% 1 of 4 3 Not read
10 eurenet.fr Consultancy 5.0% 2 of 4 1 18

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Quelles sont les meilleures solutions de sécurité des terminaux pour les petites entreprises ? French Bitdefender, ESET, Microsoft Defender, SentinelOne and Sophos, tied
Comment les entreprises de taille moyenne peuvent-elles protéger les ordinateurs portables professionnels de leurs équipes informatiques ? French No brand recommended
Comment une petite entreprise peut-elle protéger les ordinateurs de ses employés contre les virus ? French No brand recommended
Comment empêcher les rançongiciels d’infecter les ordinateurs portables professionnels ? French No brand recommended
Antivirus traditionnel ou détection comportementale pour une petite entreprise ? French Bitdefender, ESET, Kaspersky and Microsoft Defender, tied
Protection sur site ou sécurité des terminaux gérée pour une petite entreprise ? French ESET, Microsoft 365 for Business, Microsoft Defender and Sophos, tied
Quelles alternatives à l’installation d’un antivirus sur chaque ordinateur pour une petite entreprise ? French Microsoft Defender
Quelles alternatives à l’examen manuel des alertes de sécurité pour une petite équipe informatique ? French Microsoft Defender
Je suis responsable informatique dans une entreprise de 20 personnes. Quelle protection choisir pour nos ordinateurs portables ? French Bitdefender and Microsoft Defender, tied
Je dirige une équipe informatique sans spécialiste en sécurité. Comment protéger les ordinateurs de l’entreprise ? French Microsoft Defender

Each engine's top three

Google AI Mode

No brand named in at least three answers.

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