We compared Huntress and SentinelOne Vigilance based on our users reviews .
Our conclusion is that Huntress and SentinelOne Vigilance have different deployment options, with Huntress being cloud-managed and SentinelOne Vigilance offering on-premises or cloud deployment. Huntress is praised for its threat-hunting expertise and 24/7 SOC, while SentinelOne Vigilance is commended for its strong detection capabilities and behavior analytics. Huntress could improve its reporting and integration with other solutions, while SentinelOne Vigilance needs better compatibility and more integration options. Huntress is reasonably priced with good customer support, while SentinelOne Vigilance is seen as high-priced but provides good value for money.
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The summary above is based on 18 interviews we conducted with Huntress and SentinelOne Vigilance users. To access the interviews' full transcripts, download our report.
"Binary Defense is comprehensive. We see most of the questionable activity. Once you see things a couple of times and are familiar with the processes, you know what those are. The level of activity is definitely favorable."
"Among the valuable features are the agent, continuous reporting, and dashboard. It has all the features we need and we haven't had to customize it, other than turning on certain features that we wanted."
"The customization has been the most valuable aspect and was really the reason we ended up selecting Binary Defense. They worked with us to provide exactly the level of support, features, response, and collaboration we needed."
"The case interface is Binary Defense MDR's most valuable feature."
"The best part about Binary Defense MDR is that it runs on everything, and they keep an eye on things 24/7."
"With Binary Defense, we don't just get an alert, but also a detailed rundown of why they're alerting us on it. They tell us what was executed, or the username, script, or IP. That way, we're not wasting time investigating."
"Binary Defense has a human service department that provides live monitoring for our systems."
"The biggest aspect for us is that they are able to conform to our environment and utilize our tools. That way, we still maintain ownership of all the data and access to the applications, and we never lose control of the ability to run the solution ourselves if we need to."
"I have found it valuable that this solution is always there and always armed."
"It catches things that no one else catches. We occasionally have things slip through antivirus and other things, but Huntress catches them. It is awesome as an additional layer of defense on top of other things."
"It is incredibly efficient for our engineering team because Huntress provides all the information needed to fix issues, not just flag them."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable aspect of Huntress is its 24/7 SOC service."
"Huntress' best feature is the threat-hunting expertise that is part of their 24/7 SOC."
"The EDR product is simple to install. It is low maintenance. All the alerts go to Huntress first, and their analyst team reviews them and sends actionable things our way."
"Foothold detection is a valuable feature, acting as a valuable second set of eyes for both us and our clients."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its performance, which is very important for us in our company."
"SentinelOne Vigilance is a very stable solution."
"The endpoint security software is great."
"SentinelOne Vigilance has very good detection."
"The most valuable feature is that it works and isn't compromised. Other solutions I have used have all been compromised and SentinelOne is the only one that hasn't been compromised as far as I understand."
"SentinelOne is a comprehensive solution for protecting SOAP-based web services and AWS-based cloud infrastructure."
"I would rate SentinelOne's customer service and support a five out of five."
"The most valuable feature is protection against ransomware and malware."
"We found that an earlier version of the agent had high memory usage and that was a bit concerning, but we raised the concern with their support team and they immediately replied that they had noticed the same thing and had a candidate fix already available... it totally fixed the issue."
"We should be able to isolate devices faster. They should shorten the time between clicking on a device to contain it and carrying out the action. That would be a welcome improvement."
"The only area I see for improvement with Binary Defense is their service portal. It could benefit from some enhancements."
"Binary Defense MDR could be even better with additional features, like automatic scans and file quarantine."
"The current reporting system could benefit from improvement."
"The most significant area for improvement is in support for non-English speakers; we're a global organization, so many of our users are not English speakers, which can make interacting with them a challenge. There's no Chinese language support, so we must rely on what we can do with the internet. We don't expect Binary Defense to build a language staff, but details can get lost in translation when we assume the whole world speaks English."
"I want the ability to push agent updates to specific machines. We can quarantine them, but we can't push them out to a machine that isn't on the network. The updates are automatically pushed to the machines on the network, but employees may not have their laptops on or connected to the network, so sometimes we'd like to force those updates manually."
"We found a couple of bugs in the user interface."
"Their EDR can have increased coverage for Macintosh. They do not fully secure Macintosh computers."
"I am anxiously watching to see how they evolve their MDR for Office 365. If anything, I would like more automated remediation capabilities in their MDR for Office 365."
"Huntress' Process Insights feature could benefit from more robust search and filtering capabilities."
"We need an API to automatically retrieve metrics and data about backend activity so we can generate client reports."
"The Huntress is not a standalone solution. It really needs to be used with something else such as Microsoft Defender or another antivirus solution. It would be nice to see the product fleshed out by the Huntress team and include the antivirus solution part as well. I want it to be a full-fledged XDR product. It would push the tool to a higher price range but it would be nice to see the fleshed out features. I want them to integrate more features from the XDR realm."
"I would like the API to be a little better. They are getting there."
"The solution's UI is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"The application control system could benefit from improvements in identifying and managing both whitelisted and blacklisted applications."
"It's too early to say what needs improvement."
"When upgrades are required on the server, you need to almost remove SentinelOne Vigilance completely off the system. We put SentinelOne Vigilance on silence for the monitor mode, but we were having trouble upgrading the server. I had to remove SentinelOne Vigilance completely from the server, but that meant that all the previous logs of attacks I wanted to look at on the server were gone. This is one thing they need to improve, they need better compatibility with the Microsoft Windows service. I should not have to remove the agent completely to upgrade the service."
"I suspect that the areas for improvement may not necessarily lie within the tool itself but rather in our organization's lack of knowledge and understanding of cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is a complex area, and our organization has a skill set deficit. Therefore, we rely on our cybersecurity support company to help us manage the tool and handle incidents. Our limited expertise sometimes prevents us from fully utilizing them or identifying potential gaps."
"There's no problem with how this product works, but the toughest challenge that customers find is with its deployment and tuning. Getting it tuned properly takes some time. You can deploy it with just about anything, but it's always a challenge."
"My only complaint is that the knowledge base is not accessible to the customer."
"The only thing I'm not sure about is I haven't deployed it on any mobile devices."
"My customers who use the tool mostly want a summary of the monitoring activities of the product in a report form...t can be useful for our customers to identify the threats and incidents encountered by the product."
"The solution's memory forensics capabilities and hard disk capacities are quite basic."
Huntress is ranked 3rd in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 12 reviews while SentinelOne Vigilance is ranked 4th in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 19 reviews. Huntress is rated 9.4, while SentinelOne Vigilance is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Huntress writes "Is the easiest tool we've ever deployed, is cost-effective, and significantly improved our security posture". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SentinelOne Vigilance writes "Very easy to use with multiple options for licensing and scaling". Huntress is most compared with Blackpoint Cyber MDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, Bitdefender MDR and Datto Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), whereas SentinelOne Vigilance is most compared with Blackpoint Cyber MDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR, Sophos MDR and Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response. See our Huntress vs. SentinelOne Vigilance report.
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