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.

7.9

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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

9.0

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+95

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63

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

More Caring

More Transparent

More Respectful

Better at Support

Better at Training

More Reliable

Acronis

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud

8.9

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+95

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26

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

More Caring

More Respectful

Better at Support

More Transparent

More Reliable

Easier to Implement

Crowdstrike

Crowdstrike Falcon Platform

8.7

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+95

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54

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Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, Crowdstrike Falcon Platform is:

More Transparent

More Caring

More Reliable

Better at Integrating

More Respectful

Easier to Implement

SentinelOne

SentinelOne Singularity Platform

8.3

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+98

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13

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Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne Singularity Platform is:

More Transparent

More Respectful

More Caring

Easier to Implement

Better at Support

More Reliable

Cynet

Cynet 360

8.3

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+91

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36

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Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, Cynet 360 is:

More Respectful

More Caring

More Reliable

Easier to Implement

Better at Support

Less Innovative

eSentire

eSentire

8.0

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+98

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23

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Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, eSentire is:

More Caring

More Transparent

More Reliable

More Respectful

Better at Support

More Inspiring

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Defender for Office 365

7.9

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+93

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15

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

More Transparent

More Reliable

More Respectful

More Caring

Easier to Use

Worse at Support

ReliaQuest

ReliaQuest GreyMatter

7.6

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+94

Emotional
Footprint

20

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Reviews Say

Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, ReliaQuest GreyMatter is:

More Caring

More Respectful

More Transparent

More Inspiring

Better at Training

More Efficient

Netsurion

Netsurion

7.3

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+84

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12

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Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, Netsurion is:

More Respectful

Better at Support

More Caring

More Transparent

Less Innovative

Less Efficient

Trend Micro

Trend Vision One

7.2

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Score

+93

Emotional
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35

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Compared to Microsoft Defender XDR, Trend Vision One is:

More Respectful

More Caring

More Transparent

More Reliable

More Inspiring

Worse at Training

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