Bridgestone Blizzak's have been the standard best snow or the new "Winter" name tire, for decades. In the last 10-15 years companies like Michelin have begun to make Winter tires. I have had two sets of Blizzak's on my Explorers, the last set I used sparingly for about ten years, and used them up finally in about four months in Spring of 2019. The 15's on my latest 98 are the newest Cooper AT/W, supposedly a Winter tire. They are no where near as soft as the Blizzak's, I've gotten about a year out of them so far(my guess is they are just a hair softer than other Cooper AT3 models(I've had a few of those)).
AT tires suck compared to real Winter tires, the stopping distances are no comparison, same for braking and handling on slick surfaces. In the rain the Winter tires are very very good compared to any regular tires, I loved them that Spring when I left them on due to age.
But note, true Winter tires wear out very fast on pavement. If you choose to put them on your one set of wheels, and run them until they wear out, you will be buying them about once a year. The cost to have them on spare wheels is far less than trying to save by just using the existing wheels. Find some feasible spare set of wheels, and only use the snow tires when the roads are seriously likely to have snow or ice on them. They wear I'd guess a good three times faster on pavement. My last set had about 85% tread when I put them on for the last time, and went about four months in Spring with about 500 miles a week(65 a day at work delivering mail).