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.

6.9

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+73

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13

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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.

Crowdstrike

Crowdstrike Falcon Platform

8.4

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+93

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32

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Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, Crowdstrike Falcon Platform is:

More Transparent

More Caring

More Reliable

Better at Integrating

Better at Training

Easier to Customize

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Cortex XDR

8.1

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+91

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16

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

More Transparent

More Caring

Easier to Customize

More Reliable

Better at Training

Better at Support

eSentire

eSentire

8.0

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+98

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20

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Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, eSentire is:

More Transparent

More Caring

More Reliable

Better at Support

Easier to Customize

Better at Training

Cynet

Cynet 360

8.0

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+90

Emotional
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30

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Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, Cynet 360 is:

More Caring

More Reliable

More Transparent

Easier to Implement

More Respectful

Better at Training

ReliaQuest

ReliaQuest GreyMatter

7.7

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Score

+96

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19

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Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, ReliaQuest GreyMatter is:

More Transparent

More Caring

Better at Training

More Respectful

More Efficient

More Reliable

Trend Micro

Trend Vision One

7.5

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Score

+92

Emotional
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33

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Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, Trend Vision One is:

More Transparent

More Caring

More Reliable

More Respectful

More Inspiring

Better at Support

Netsurion

Netsurion

6.7

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+83

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11

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Reviews Say

Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, Netsurion is:

More Transparent

More Caring

Better at Support

Easier to Customize

More Respectful

Less Innovative

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