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eSentire was named in 1 of the 16 managed IT service providers questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 100 of the 269 AI responses sampled across those questions (37.2%).

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eSentire is strongest on “Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?”, where it was named in 100 of 269 responses (37.2%), placing it in tier 2 of that report.

What eSentire is surfaced for in managed IT service providers

Based on the measured answers, eSentire is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?”.

How the answers describe the firm24/7 SOC, managed detection and response, threat hunting, and incident response for enterprises.

In this sample, eSentire was named on 1 of the 15 managed IT service providers ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:

This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.

Every question in managed IT service providers

eSentire was named on 1 of these 15 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.

Leader is the most-named firm on that question. The last column shows where eSentire placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeadereSentire
What are the best managed IT service providers?322 answersAccenture62%—
What is the best IT company for a small business?270 answersNtiva44%—
Which managed IT providers specialize in regulated and compliance-heavy industries?270 answersDataprise32%—
Which MSPs can support offices in multiple states?270 answersmWave27%—
Which managed service providers are strongest with Microsoft 365 and Azure?270 answersRackspace46%—
Which companies provide outsourced IT help desk support?270 answersBuchanan Technologies20%—
Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?269 answersArctic Wolf45%37% · tier 2
Which providers offer co-managed IT alongside an in-house team?269 answersNetSys25%—
Our current IT provider is unresponsive. Who should we switch to?265 answersIntegris9%—
Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies?262 answersAccenture66%—
Who handles backup, disaster recovery and ransomware response?235 answersSourcepass14%—
Who manages business networks, firewalls and phone systems?235 answersVEnterprise15%—
Who provides IT leadership rather than just IT support?235 answersWCC16%—
Who are the best managed IT providers in my city?234 answersIntegris50%—
Which managed IT providers have documented client results?30 answersClick One MSP33%—
How much does a managed service provider cost per user?pricing · 260 answerswhat firms charge—

Who leads managed IT service providers overall: Accenture tops 2 of 15 · Integris tops 2 of 15 · Arctic Wolf tops 1 of 15 · Buchanan Technologies tops 1 of 15 · Click One MSP tops 1 of 15 · Dataprise tops 1 of 15. See all reports.

Where eSentire was named

One row per report in which eSentire cleared the reporting threshold. Reports where it was not named often enough to clear that threshold are not listed. Each report states its own sample size and collection window.
QuestionTierResponsesShare
Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?2100 of 26937.2%

What eSentire gets named for

Across the 16 managed IT service providers questions measured, eSentire is named most often on “Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?” — it appears in 100 of the 269 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 37.2% of them.

That is the only question in this set where eSentire cleared the reporting threshold, so its visibility is concentrated in one kind of buyer question rather than spread across the category.

What eSentire’s tier placings mean

On “Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?”, eSentire sits in tier 2 of 4, named in 100 of 269 responses (37.2%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 45.0% of responses against eSentire’s 37.2%. It shares tier 2 with Sophos, which the sample cannot separate from it. 7 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate eSentire from them.

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