Huntress vs CrowdStrike - why the huge price difference?
Posted by MentalRip1893@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 25 comments
I was quoted like 60k for crowdstrike MDR and only 15k for Huntress MDR. Huntress runs on top of Defender, so we'd prefer to go with them, but something seems off about that pricing...
general-noob@reddit
Crowdstrike is on the side of formula 1 cars.
KindlyGetMeGiftCards@reddit
I though you mixed up dark trace, but nope you are right, it's new news to me. Seems there is money in cyber.
djgizmo@reddit
comparing apples to a full on salad bar. CS is way more comprehensive.
981flacht6@reddit
Check SentinelOne. Our quotes were a good chunk less than Crowdstrike. Very polished and good product.
homing-duck@reddit
Crowdstrike has lots of options/modules. Their falcon complete is bloody expensive, but it includes having an IR team responding instantly to any threats. It is possible that this is included, as well as a few other things that huntress do not offer.
You would be better off letting CS know that you have another quote for 15k and ask them to explain the difference.
We have 280 endpoint for 20k with crowdstrike. Edr, overwatch and spotlight, and a few other smaller modules.
Amells@reddit
Didn't Crowstrike cause worldwide BSoDs back then? I don't think many of its users got any compensation
grygrx@reddit
One of the largest security companies in the world makes a mistake. Everyone hurts.
That said, they failed closed as any good security product should. They also claimed to have revisited their QC stack and now allow 'client rings' so you don't have to move to the newest version automation. We purchased the product after this event and there were lots of questions of course. That said, it was the best onboarding experience I have ever had with a large vendor. A small team of people walked us through configuration and exploration of the modules we purchased to help ensure success.
terpmike28@reddit
Whatever the module was, I can’t remember, it operated at the kernel level. CS had a liability limitation clause in their contract to like $10mil. and nobody bothered to figure out that hey if that goes bad it’s going to cost a lot more than $10 mil.
All that said, i saw last week an article discussing defender no longer doing security at the kernel level in response. In theory, that should prevent CS (or any other security software) from doing the same and causing a repeat.
trueppp@reddit
Not yet, but Microsoft is working on a set of API's to get AV/EDR's out of the kernel. But these product are in the kernel for a good reason.
plump-lamp@reddit
Msft causes BSODs at scale daily with their updates lol
KindlyGetMeGiftCards@reddit
OP, yes there are so many options for Crowdstrike, also look at MSP offerings of Crowdstrtike they can make custom setups and that price changes. Originally we were dealing with 3 partners and the Crowdstrike prices were vastly different and I went down that rabbit hole to find out why. So look past the marketing and look at the hard facts of the offerings and compare them based on that, sales people will sell, bamboozle and upsell you stuff.
icedcougar@reddit
Is that 20k USD?
For 150 our quote was around 60-80k
homing-duck@reddit
Converted to USD using today’s rates.
We have been using CrowdStrike since 2017, it is possible we got in while it was “cheap”, and have maintained excellent pricing.
Also we don’t have the MDR service, just overwatch.
Whenever I quote defender, CS is always a lot cheaper… maybe we have great CS pricing :)
tankerkiller125real@reddit
For people like me who already have MS Defender for Endpoint because of E5 licenses (or E3, or business premium) Huntress is really a no brainer.
hirs0009@reddit
We use Huntress internally and Covalence by Field Effect for clients. Huntress is missing a bunch of features in comparison. Noticed active brute force attempts on a server and Huntress was not detecting anything. Covalence has prevented disastrous situations for my clients. Can't comment on CS.
Beginning-Still-9855@reddit
Huntress hasn't (yet) ruined global economics, so far? :-D
callyourcomputerguy@reddit
Send this to the top
NoelCanter@reddit
Yeah crashing the world doesn’t come cheap!
Brees504@reddit
It’s not a 1 to 1 comp because you also have to pay for separate M365 license
DevinSysAdmin@reddit
Have you done product demos with both teams and fully understood the products? Sounds like you just asked a VAR for quotes.
BoringLime@reddit
Crowdstrike has a expensive feature rich dashboard site that requires a pretty large buy in to be worth it for them. So 5 or 30 devices is going to be very expensive like that. If you quote out say 1000, it may be in the less than 5 dollars a month per device. I don't know when and where that minimum user/device count is that isn't super expensive and competitive to its peers. Guess in the 200-300 range. It's not really well suited for small shops unfortunately because of this.
DevinSysAdmin@reddit
No, that is not how Crowdstrike pricing works.
BrainWaveCC@reddit
Your post gives the impression that you are new to pricing enterprise software...
Lots of factors go into what you'll be charged for software or services, and that's even without implying that there is anything wrong or deficient with Huntress.
BasicallyFake@reddit
are you adding in the security licensing of the MS EDR, depending on what you got quoted from CrowdStrike this may not be an apples to apples comparison.
illicITparameters@reddit
You’re paying huntress for management and an additional layer on top of another product. You’re paying CS for everything.