Extended Detection & Response
Top Microsoft Defender XDR Alternatives and Competitors

Looking to upgrade or change your solution? Take away the guesswork and stay informed with end user feedback to identify and select the solution that best matches your needs.

Coordinate cyberthreat response across your entire digital estate and quickly stop cyberattacks with Microsoft Defender XDR (formerly Microsoft 365 Defender), a unified, AI-powered XDR solution. Accelerate security operations center (SOC) response with incident-level visibility and automatic cyberattack disruption with extended detection and response (XDR). Remediate cyberthreats efficiently with a complete view of the cyberattack chain informed by 65 trillion daily signals and prioritized investigation and response at the incident level.

8.0

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+87

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37

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Best Alternatives and Competitors to Microsoft Defender XDR

Compare how Microsoft Defender XDR stacks up to the competition in the areas that matter most to real users to short list options that will best fit your business needs.

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Cortex XDR

9.1

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Score

+97

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Footprint

67

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Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, Palo Alto Cortex XDR is:

More Caring

Better at Support

Better at Training

More Transparent

Easier to Implement

Easier to Customize

Crowdstrike

Crowdstrike Falcon Platform

8.8

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Score

+95

Emotional
Footprint

60

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Reviews Say

Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, Crowdstrike Falcon Platform is:

More Transparent

Better at Integrating

More Caring

Easier to Implement

More Reliable

Better at Support

CybrHawk

CybrHawk Platform

8.7

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Score

+100

Emotional
Footprint

11

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Reviews Say

Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, CybrHawk Platform is:

Better at Support

Easier to Implement

Easier to Use

More Caring

More Transparent

Better at Integrating

Acronis

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Backup

8.7

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Score

+95

Emotional
Footprint

28

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Reviews Say

Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Backup is:

Better at Support

Easier to Implement

More Respectful

More Caring

More Reliable

Less Innovative

SentinelOne

SentinelOne Singularity Platform

8.1

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Score

+98

Emotional
Footprint

14

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Reviews Say

Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity Platform is:

Better at Support

Easier to Implement

More Transparent

Better at Training

More Respectful

More Reliable

eSentire

eSentire

8.0

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Score

+98

Emotional
Footprint

28

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Reviews Say

Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, eSentire is:

Better at Support

More Transparent

More Respectful

More Reliable

Easier to Implement

Better at Integrating

Cynet

Cynet Platform

7.8

Composite
Score

+92

Emotional
Footprint

38

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Reviews Say

Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, Cynet Platform is:

More Respectful

Easier to Implement

Better at Support

More Reliable

More Caring

Less Transparent

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Defender for Office 365

7.7

Composite
Score

+94

Emotional
Footprint

16

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Reviews Say

Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is:

More Transparent

More Reliable

Easier to Use

More Respectful

Easier to Implement

Worse at Support

Trend Micro

TrendAI Vision One

7.6

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Score

+95

Emotional
Footprint

39

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Reviews Say

Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, TrendAI Vision One is:

More Respectful

More Caring

More Transparent

More Reliable

Better at Support

Worse at Training

Most Popular Microsoft Defender XDR Comparisons