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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Huntress

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AHuntress is a security platform that surfaces hidden threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits. The platform helps IT resellers protect their customers from persistent footholds, ransomware and other attacks.N/A

    Microsoft Defender XDR

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 365 Defender combines SIEM and XDR capabilities for Microsoft 365 environments, encompassing threat detection, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response for endpoints. Additionally, it protects cloud apps, emails and documents, and employee identities.N/A

    SentinelOne Singularity

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASentinelOne is endpoint security software, from the company of the same name with offices in North America and Israel, presenting a combined antivirus and EDR solution.

    $4

    per agent, per month

    Pricing
    HuntressMicrosoft Defender XDRSentinelOne Singularity
    Editions & Modules
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    Singularity Ranger IoT
    $4
    per agent, per month
    Singularity Core
    $6
    per agent, per month
    Singularity Control
    $8
    per agent, per month
    Singularity Complete
    $12
    per agent, per month
    Singularity Cloud
    $36
    per VM/Kubernetes worker node, per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HuntressMicrosoft Defender XDRSentinelOne Singularity
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    HuntressMicrosoft Defender XDRSentinelOne Singularity
    Considered Multiple Products
    Huntress Labs Incorporated
    Chose Huntress
    Easier to add and remove the agent from PCs. In our experience, others are horrendous to try to remove when a customer leaves. The UI is superior through its simplicity. For us, deployment was also much easier than BlackPoint or SentinelOne. Webroot was easy to install, but …
    Incentivized
    Chose Huntress
    To be honest, I haven't run into anything like Huntress. It's not a threat protection platform and it doesn't simply look for configuration changes. It is a unique product that starts with searching for footholds and grew into educating the user base on what cybersecurity is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Huntress
    This is a difficult question because Huntress really doesn't compete with other products per se. There are EDR products that tout the same capabilities as Huntress, so if you were to compare just those features, you would still see Huntress as a winner because they are …
    Incentivized
    Chose Huntress
    Firstly from a business model, [VMware] Carbon Black [Cloud Managed Detection] was not outfitted for the MSP where Huntress is very MSP-friendly from an affordably easy point to entry to value for money licensing. Carbon Black TS is not bad in anyway, well, that we found, but …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Defender XDR
    We chose Microsoft Defender XDR for the ability to correlament the dangers in the Microsoft Ecosystem, Strong Automation, and email, Identification, Estruction, Establishment Points and Cloud Apps in the same platform. This gave us the end-to-end visibility without the need to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender XDR
    As a business already using Microsoft 365 and Azure, the seamless integration with Microsoft Defender XDR provided a unified security approach, streamlining management and operations.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender XDR
    We used the MS XDR as this is a bundle that we bought when we subscribed to the M365 platform, so having it was a bonus as we stated earlier, but due to limitation on licenses in Sentinelone, having this is just a blessing for us, so we can reduce around 200 licenses and can …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Defender XDR
    We have used and find great value with competitors to Microsoft 365 Defender. Many of these services were utilized before customers began the total cloud shift that has been seen with certain industries. It is difficult to compare these products apples to apples. What I will …
    Incentivized
    SentinelOne
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    85 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    79 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    85 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    58 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    66 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    HuntressMicrosoft Defender XDRSentinelOne Singularity
    Endpoint Security
    Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Huntress and Microsoft Defender XDR and SentinelOne Singularity
    Feature
    Huntress
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Defender XDR
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    Ratings
    SentinelOne Singularity
    9.2
    15 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Anti-Exploit Technology00 Ratings00 Ratings9.614 Ratings
    Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)00 Ratings00 Ratings9.915 Ratings
    Centralized Management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.915 Ratings
    Hybrid Deployment Support00 Ratings00 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    Infection Remediation00 Ratings00 Ratings9.815 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.712 Ratings
    Malware Detection00 Ratings00 Ratings9.915 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    HuntressMicrosoft Defender XDRSentinelOne Singularity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (13 ratings)
    8.7
    (86 ratings)
    9.5
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (5 ratings)
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    8.6
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    HuntressMicrosoft Defender XDRSentinelOne Singularity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Huntress Labs Incorporated
    Huntress is great for a managed service provider to provide a better cybersecurity stack to their endpoints/customers. Some smaller clients cannot afford high-priced SOC services but require SOC-level protection. Along with a couple of other layers of security, Huntress provides peace of mind for the MSP that if a threat were to arise, they would be notified with specific instructions for dealing with that threat.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    In our experience, Microsoft Defender XDR has been fantastic for phishing and account compromise scenarios, Endpoint Security, Automated threat detection and response and just generally giving a great overview through their dashboard, meaning the IT team doesn't need to switch between multiple tools to understand the full scope of an incident. In mostly remote organization like ours, it really helps to keep on top of any potential threats that we don't have the opportunity to spot in person. While it works great for us in a mostly Microsoft 365 environment, I can see how it would be less appropriate in an organization that is less integrated in the Microsoft ecosystem or uses a large number of third party tools.
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    SentinelOne
    It works extremely well for investigating the root cause analysis of events because you can see so much detail into what was happening before, after, and around the detective incident. A weak point would be when the AI gets a little over-aggressive or doesn’t quite understand the use case for specific tools. Our RMM tool was detected as a pup.
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    Pros
    Huntress Labs Incorporated
    • Using the latest industry knowledge of threats that have been ongoing, but not previously known and projecting it back in time against their installed endpoints to identify machines that are vulnerable or breached and when it these events occurred
    • Very quiet. If they alert, it is a thing.
    • Very good at remediation.
    • They communicate extremely well when it matters.
    • While there are the most extensive products more often than not they are the first to alert us to a threat.
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    Microsoft
    • One of the greatest strength of Microsoft Defender XDR has the ability to convey alert and signal in the closing point, email, identity and cloud applications in an event. Instead of obtaining isolated alert from each tool, Microsoft Defender XDR consolidates them in a full attack story, which helps the security teams to understand the scope and impact of a danger very fast.
    • If a user clicks on the fishing link, Microsoft Defender XDR automatically can associate malicious emails with lateral movement efforts, suspected sine-in, and endpoint activity-to protect against hours of manual probes.
    • The defender uses AI-powered automation for investigating and treatment of Microsoft Defender XDR events. It can separate the infected closing points, can cancel the compromised tokens, or remove malicious email - without the need for human intervention.
    • When malware is detected on a device, the defender can separate the device, kill malicious processes, and automatically flag the same files throughout the environment, which can spread.
    • Because it is integrated deeply with Microsoft 365 defender, Entra ID (Azure Ad), Intune, and PurView, the defender provides native safety in the XDR Microsoft Stack. It simplifies deployment and maintenance, offering deep visibility in user activity and cloud data.
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    SentinelOne
    • Installs on all of our Windows machines and only requires 1 reboot for the install to finish.
    • It allows you to customize the UI and filters based on your use case.
    • Gives a very high level of visibility into any concerns you have or should have in your network.
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    Cons
    Huntress Labs Incorporated
    • Now that they have EDR capability, they need to fully participate in MITRE testing for direct comparison against other EDR products.
    • Now that they are going into Managed Antivirus and EDR with isolation capabilities they need to update their SLA comparative to other vendors
    • Support for non-Windows OSes for consistency in a network
    • It would be nice to seed canary files in custom shares on servers.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Enhanced False Positive Mitigation:
    • Improved algorithms to minimize false positives in threat detection, reducing the impact on security teams and preventing unnecessary investigations into non-threatening incidents.
    • Advanced User-Friendly Interface:
    • Streamlined and intuitive user interface for the centralized dashboard, making it more accessible for security professionals with varying levels of expertise.
    • Greater Third-Party Integration:
    • Increased compatibility and integration capabilities with a broader range of third-party security tools
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    SentinelOne
    • Possibly for compatibility with legacy Windows OS's and non Windows OS's.
    • Some settings are greyed out and unable to change but I believe this is to protect you from making a bad configuration change.
    • Could do better with reporting at the base level subscription.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Huntress Labs Incorporated
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    We are pleased with the product and have no plans to look for alternatives. We are deeply invested in Microsoft ecosystem and Defender XDR provides seamless integration to other Microsoft products. For academic institution pricing is also quite affordable. In the contrary, we hope to extend the scope of the product for our entire environment.
    Incentivized
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    SentinelOne
    Reliable for simple installation and above all efficient
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    Usability
    Huntress Labs Incorporated
    We dropped SentinelOne in favor of Huntress because the UI was much more simplistic for the tier 1 techs to maintain. It beats the old web design model of three clicks to where you want to go. It is very intuitive. No one needs training to figure out how to navigate its console.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Once configured, it's very usable for any security team or IT Analyst. It'll give you everything you need to know in a single consolidated dashboard, and while you can certainly dive deeper with a very feature rich platform, generally it's very usable. I gave it an 8 as some of the advanced features do have a very strong learning curve, while routine tasks are quite straightforward, some of the features such as threat hunting, custom detections and automated response workflows do have a bit of a learning curve and will require some research and experience to get to grips with
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    SentinelOne
    There are some minor issues with the platform that can be mildly frustrating, but the overall performance, peace of mind, and ROI make it worth using. The management console is intuitive and easy to learn, the endpoint clients are simple but give IT professionals enough data to make management easy and simple
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    Reliability and Availability
    Huntress Labs Incorporated
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    In our experience there has been very little downtime for Microsot Defender XDR. For us there hasn’t been any single incident where we needed the product and it was not available.
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    SentinelOne
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    Performance
    Huntress Labs Incorporated
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Most of the time the product is as responsive as you might expect from cloud product. Occasionly the product is little slugish, this has been at most a slight irritation. Reports generate quickly ennough for our needs. We also not have found that Defender XDR slows down systems that it is integrated with
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    SentinelOne
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    Support Rating
    Huntress Labs Incorporated
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Their support throughout our onboarding of the product was fabulous. They not only took the time to carefully explain to teams not as well equipped with the lingo but explained to the tech team how to teach the other teams to be successful. They never once seemed impatient or annoyed with basic questions and didn’t pretend to know something when they needed to research an answer
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    SentinelOne
    Their support is good and quick to respond. The one issue we faced was when a non-protection issue arose there was a lot of dancing around trying to figure things out. This was frustrating as it took significantly longer to figure out issues. Lots of repetitive log gathers, screen caps, uninstalls that never seemed to resolve issues. Eventually, the product would be updated and the issue seemed to be resolved, but seemed to be the only solution.
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    In-Person Training
    Huntress Labs Incorporated
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Good and hard to find someonme who can explain everything for you beside Microsoft they provide you everything you need.
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    SentinelOne
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Huntress Labs Incorporated
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Provides a good training for the Microsoft 365 Defender and has a good learning paths to learn and take the exams and get your Certifications.
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    SentinelOne
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Huntress Labs Incorporated
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    seemless and almost transparent. can be deployed by script if needed so every endpoint on our system get's it. if you have intune it gets dumped on the the endpoint by policy so nothing escapes it
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    SentinelOne
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    Alternatives Considered
    Huntress Labs Incorporated
    Firstly from a business model, [VMware] Carbon Black [Cloud Managed Detection] was not outfitted for the MSP where Huntress is very MSP-friendly from an affordably easy point to entry to value for money licensing. Carbon Black TS is not bad in anyway, well, that we found, but Huntress is a new layer of security that fits between the OS and AV layers to provide additional information, monitoring, and detection. With Huntress backing the MSP, [it] sure does help as well.
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    Microsoft
    Our product in that area, for instance as a security platform and for us it is for the moment really bad point. We started to move in that direction that there is that disconnect from the client management. So if there is some action that needs to be executed detected by security team, there is not an easy way to make that available to the team that is responsible for managing the identities as users, as the devices
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    SentinelOne
    SentinelOne had all of the major features that we were looking for. The other products either required too much administrative attention or were lacking key features. For example, one could be uninstalled by the end user. We required that the installation be password protected to protect against end user disabling or uninstalling. One product required manual intervention for all remediation which put to high a burden on limited staff. All products are always being revised so these may no longer be issues but they had a significant impact on our decision.
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    Scalability
    Huntress Labs Incorporated
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Azure cloud provides techical power to scale the product for whole organization. From organizational point of view scaling Defender XDR for various IT teams needs good collaboration and clear norms that all teams must agree to and follow.
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    SentinelOne
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    Return on Investment
    Huntress Labs Incorporated
    • We have been able to lower operational costs by shifting to Huntress.
    • We've been able to cut costs to our clients by utilizing Huntress over competing products.
    • In spite of inflation, we've been able to keep our managed service prices at a steady, below market rate, because of Huntress.
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    Microsoft
    • Security incident cannot be measured, once you down you down, hence the security applications like this is just a must have
    • The subscription model will be cheaper and can be a good point if you want to free resources within the IT Team
    • The SaaS model, if measured correctly can and will reduce long term cost in Infrastructure and Man Power
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    SentinelOne
    • SentinelOne has already proved its value by stopping attacks that would have gone otherwise unnoticed until much later in their infection process.
    • The Vigilance team has provided quick response to threats that were not easily contained via the automated response SentinelOne's agents provide. This has given us a significant piece of mind.
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    ScreenShots

    Microsoft Defender XDR Screenshots

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    SentinelOne Singularity Screenshots

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