The most visible business cybersecurity tools in Netherlands, October 2026

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

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
1 Microsoft Defender US New entry 63 , range 49–75 63#1
63
  • : score 63 · #1
59% 40% First reading
2 Microsoft 365 Business Premium US New entry 40 , range 33–49 40#2
40
  • : score 40 · #2
37% 13% None First reading
3 Bitdefender RO New entry 33 , range 14–42 33#3
33
  • : score 33 · #3
18% 15% First reading
4 Sophos GB New entry 22 , range 6–37 22#4
22
  • : score 22 · #4
13% 9% First reading
5 ESET SK New entry 17 , range 5–36 17#5
17
  • : score 17 · #5
12% 7% First reading
6 CrowdStrike US New entry 15 , range 5–35 15#6
15
  • : score 15 · #6
12% 6% First reading
7 SentinelOne US New entry 13 , range 5–35 13#7
13
  • : score 13 · #7
11% 6% First reading
8 Huntress US New entry 9 , range 3–34 9#8
9
  • : score 9 · #8
7% 7% None First reading
= 9 Avast Business Hub CZ New entry 7 , range 2–32 7= #9
7
  • : score 7 · #9
7% 4% None First reading
= 9 Avast Small Business Solutions CZ New entry 7 , range 2–32 7= #9
7
  • : score 7 · #9
7% 4% 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 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
11 evalink.io Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
12 ezclocker.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
13 github.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
14 guardey.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
15 iru.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
16 levix.nl Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
17 officegriphardware.nl Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
18 scalefusion.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
19 seqrite.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
20 tines.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Wat zijn de beste endpointbeveiligingsoplossingen voor kleine bedrijven? Dutch Bitdefender and Sophos, tied
Hoe kunnen middelgrote bedrijven de zakelijke laptops van hun IT-teams beveiligen? Dutch Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Microsoft Defender, tied
Hoe kan een klein bedrijf de computers van medewerkers beschermen tegen virussen? Dutch Microsoft Defender
Hoe voorkom ik ransomware op zakelijke laptops? Dutch Microsoft Defender
Traditionele antivirussoftware versus gedragsdetectie voor kleine bedrijven Dutch No brand recommended
Beveiliging op locatie versus beheerde endpointbeveiliging voor kleine bedrijven Dutch No brand recommended
Alternatieven voor het installeren van antivirussoftware op elke computer binnen kleine bedrijven Dutch Bitdefender, Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Microsoft Defender and Sophos, tied
Alternatieven voor het handmatig beoordelen van beveiligingsmeldingen door kleine IT-teams Dutch No brand recommended
Ik ben IT-beheerder bij een bedrijf met 20 medewerkers. Welke beveiliging moet ik voor onze laptops gebruiken? Dutch Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Ik geef leiding aan een IT-team zonder beveiligingsmedewerkers. Hoe kan ik de computers van het bedrijf beveiligen? Dutch 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