The buyer question · week of Nov 2 – 8

Best Antivirus Software Brands Ranking

Named by AI, refreshed weekly.

Evidence behind the chart ?

AI panel6 assistantsasked this question every week
Brands onlyMakers, not modelsAI assistants answer this question with brand names, so the chart lists brands. ?

The weekly chart ?

The top 20 brands right now.

Brand chart

Current race ?

This week ?

Bitdefender holds #1.

#1 in 18 of the last 20 weeks

1 debut1 out

All 11 moves ↓

Tap a card for each AI’s place and other charts.

#BrandPlace by weekLast weekWeeks in top 20Top-20 weeks
  1. #1same place as last weekBitdefenderAlso #2 Privacy & Security · #17 Software & Digital Services · +1Last week #1 · 18 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#1
    2. Claude#1
    3. Gemini#1
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#1
    6. Perplexity#1

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #1 is the 4-week average.

    Where Bitdefender is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Bitdefender antivirus software
  2. #2same place as last weekNortonAlso #3 Privacy & Security · #20 Software & Digital ServicesLast week #2 · 18 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#2
    2. Claude#2
    3. Gemini#2
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#2
    6. Perplexity#2

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #2 is the 4-week average.

    Where Norton is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Norton antivirus software
  3. #3same place as last weekMcAfeeAlso #4 Privacy & SecurityLast week #3 · 18 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#6
    2. Claude#4
    3. Gemini#4
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#3
    6. Perplexity#5

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #3 is the 4-week average.

    Where McAfee is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for McAfee antivirus software
  4. #4same place as last weekESETAlso #12 Privacy & SecurityLast week #4 · 16 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#3
    2. Claude#5
    3. Gemini#8
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#5
    6. Perplexity#6

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #4 is the 4-week average.

    Where ESET is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for ESET antivirus software
  5. #5same place as last weekKasperskyAlso #9 Privacy & SecurityLast week #5 · 18 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#4
    2. Claude#3
    3. Gemini#3
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#4
    6. Perplexity#7

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #5 is the 4-week average.

    Where Kaspersky is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Kaspersky antivirus software
  6. #6same place as last weekAvastAlso #10 Privacy & SecurityLast week #6 · 18 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#8
    2. Claude#6
    3. Gemini#5
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#7
    6. Perplexity#8

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #6 is the 4-week average.

    Where Avast is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Avast antivirus software
  7. #7up 1 place since last weekAVGAlso #16 Privacy & SecurityLast week #8 · 15 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#9
    2. Claude#7
    3. Gemini#6
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#8
    6. Perplexity#9

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #7 is the 4-week average.

    Where AVG is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for AVG antivirus software
  8. #8down 1 place since last weekMalwarebytesAlso #18 Privacy & SecurityLast week #7 · 15 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#12
    2. Claude#9
    3. Gemini#7
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#10
    6. Perplexity#11

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #8 is the 4-week average.

    Where Malwarebytes is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Malwarebytes antivirus software
  9. #9same place as last weekTrenDAlso #19 Privacy & SecurityLast week #9 · 16 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#7
    2. Claude#8
    3. Gemini#9
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#6
    6. Perplexity#12

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #9 is the 4-week average.

    Where TrenD is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for TrenD antivirus software
  10. #10same place as last weekF-SecureLast week #10 · 18 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#10
    2. Claude#11
    3. Gemini#12
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#13
    6. Perplexity#13

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #10 is the 4-week average.

    Search Google for F-Secure antivirus software
  11. #11same place as last weekSophosLast week #11 · 15 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#11
    2. Claude#13
    3. Gemini#11
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#11
    6. Perplexity#19

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #11 is the 4-week average.

    Search Google for Sophos antivirus software
  12. #12up 1 place since last weekAviraAlso #17 Best Password ManagersLast week #13 · 14 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#13
    2. Claude#10
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#9
    6. Perplexity#14

    named by 4/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #12 is the 4-week average.

    Where Avira is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Avira antivirus software
  13. #13up 1 place since last weekPandaAlso #10 Best Compact Washing Machines · #18 Washing MachinesLast week #14 · 18 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#16
    2. Claude#15
    3. Gemini#15
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#14
    6. Perplexity#18

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #13 is the 4-week average.

    Where Panda is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Panda antivirus software
  14. #14down 2 places since last weekWebrootLast week #12 · 14 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#17
    2. Claude#12
    3. Gemini#10
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#12
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 4/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #14 is the 4-week average.

    Search Google for Webroot antivirus software
  15. #15same place as last weekG DATALast week #15 · 14 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#14
    2. Claude#16
    3. Gemini#13
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#17
    6. Perplexity#21

    named by 5/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #15 is the 4-week average.

    Search Google for G DATA antivirus software
  16. #16same place as last weekMicrosoftAlso #3 AI Tools · #4 Best Tablets · +4Last week #16 · 18 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#5
    2. Claude#14
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#28
    6. Perplexity#26

    named by 4/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #16 is the 4-week average.

    Where Microsoft is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Microsoft antivirus software
  17. #17same place as last weekTotalAVLast week #17 · 14 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemini#21
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#15
    6. Perplexity#24

    named by 3/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #17 is the 4-week average.

    Search Google for TotalAV antivirus software
  18. #18same place as last weekBullGuardLast week #18 · 14 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemini#14
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#16
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 2/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #18 is the 4-week average.

    Search Google for BullGuard antivirus software
  19. #19same place as last weekVipreLast week #19 · 13 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#18
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemini#28
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#18
    6. Perplexity#20

    named by 4/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #19 is the 4-week average.

    Search Google for Vipre antivirus software
  20. #20up 2 places since last weekQuickDebutLast week #22 · 1 week in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemini#16
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexity#23

    named by 2/6

    Where each AI put its first product. The card’s #20 is the 4-week average.

    Search Google for Quick antivirus software

Dropped out of the top 20 ?

  • Comodo was #20, now #23 9 weeks in the top 20
Show places 21–57Hide places 21–57
  1. #21K7last wk #23 0 wks in top 20
  2. #22Integolast wk #21 2 wks in top 20
  3. #23Comodolast wk #20 9 wks in top 20
  4. #24Emsisoftlast wk #24 0 wks in top 20
  5. #25MacKeeperlast wk #25 0 wks in top 20
  6. #26Cylancelast wk #26 0 wks in top 20
  7. #27AhnLablast wk #28 0 wks in top 20
  8. #28Surfsharklast wk #30 0 wks in top 20
  9. #29SentinelOnelast wk #29 0 wks in top 20
  10. #30ZoneAlarmlast wk #27 0 wks in top 20
  11. #31Xcitiumlast wk — 0 wks in top 20
  12. #32CrowdStrikelast wk #31 0 wks in top 20
  13. #33Advanced SystemCarelast wk #36 0 wks in top 20
  14. #34Heimdallast wk #32 0 wks in top 20
  15. #35Reimagelast wk — 0 wks in top 20
  16. #36Symanteclast wk #34 0 wks in top 20
  17. #37360 Total Securitylast wk #35 0 wks in top 20
  18. #38Zillyalast wk #39 0 wks in top 20
  19. #39PC Maticlast wk #33 0 wks in top 20
  20. #40Fortinetlast wk #38 0 wks in top 20
  21. #41ClamXAVlast wk #47 0 wks in top 20
  22. #42Spybotlast wk #49 0 wks in top 20
  23. #43Total Defenselast wk #50 0 wks in top 20
  24. #44Dr. Weblast wk #40 0 wks in top 20
  25. #45Ciscolast wk #41 0 wks in top 20
  26. #46HitmanProlast wk — 0 wks in top 20
  27. #47Zemanalast wk — 0 wks in top 20
  28. #48Auralast wk #46 0 wks in top 20
  29. #49Ashampoolast wk #45 0 wks in top 20
  30. #50Tencentlast wk #52 0 wks in top 20
  31. #51ReviverSoftlast wk #48 0 wks in top 20
  32. #52ClamWinlast wk #53 0 wks in top 20
  33. #53Reasonlast wk #42 0 wks in top 20
  34. #54EnigmaSoftlast wk #44 0 wks in top 20
  35. #55Carbon Blacklast wk #55 0 wks in top 20
  36. #56Check Pointlast wk #56 0 wks in top 20
  37. #57Proofpointlast wk #57 0 wks in top 20

The monthly check covers products, not brands. ?

The AI panel ?

Where the AIs disagree.

Each AI’s place for the top 10 brands: where it put the brand’s highest-placed product this week. Rows in chart order; an empty cell: not named this week.well above the other AIs well below not named this week ?
Place on this chartBrandChatGPTClaudeGeminiAI ModeGrokPerplexityNamed by
#1Bitdefender111115/6
#2Norton222225/6
#3McAfee644355/6
#4ESET358565/6
#5Kaspersky433475/6
#6Avast865785/6
#7AVG976895/6
#8Malwarebytes129710115/6
#9TrenD789612, well below the others5/6
#10F-Secure10111213135/6

Before you buy

Questions buyers ask.

  • Who is #1 for “Best Antivirus Software”, and for how long?

    Bitdefender is the #1 brand this week, and has been #1 for 18 of the last 20 weeks.

  • What changed on this chart in the last four weeks?

    1 of the top 20 brands was not in the top 20 four weeks ago. The #1 then was Bitdefender, and it is still #1.

Data as of November 2 ? 114 AI answers over 21 weeks from 6 assistants ?

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