Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response vs Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting comparison

Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response vs. Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting

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Categories and Ranking

Arctic Wolf Managed Detecti...

Ranking in Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

4th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SOC as a Service (1st)

Microsoft Defender Experts ...

Ranking in Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

19th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) category, the mindshare of Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is 5.1%, down from 9.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting is 1.7%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response	5.1%
Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting	1.7%
Other	93.2%

Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Featured Reviews

Dan Stepanukha

Network Administrator at a real estate/law firm with 201-500 employees

Stays ahead of threats with fast alerts and improves compliance documentation for investor readiness

The best features Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response offers are its time sensitivity. It alerts us right away if an anomaly occurs. The time sensitivity helps our team by making our response faster in case it's an actual attack, which luckily hasn't happened yet. Speed is definitely one of the best features of Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response. The documentation is really good with Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, making filling out our NIST and incident response really easy. Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response has positively impacted my organization as it's an added layer of security, which has been really good. It also helped us stay up to date with our security posture so we can work better with investors who require certain paperwork or security postures. Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response has helped with investor requirements by assisting us with incident response paperwork, providing a score for NIST 2.0 framework rating, and allowing us to easily fill out documentation for bigger investors like Merrill Lynch so we can continue to work with them.

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Mondher-Smii

Cybersecurity Manager at Insomea

Has supported clients in managing incidents through clear pricing and hybrid deployment options

What really stands out about Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting is that it's easy to use. The cost is clear, and the pricing is transparent. The onboarding of the product on the customer's environment is straightforward. We can use it in a hybrid environment, in the cloud, or on-premise environment. This is the main advantage regarding this product. If it's configured correctly, everything will be good, resilient, and secure, which supports threat mitigation efforts depending on the configuration on the tenant and the parameters on Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting. Threat intelligence updates have some impact on our overall security posture. They give us external eyes regarding threat actors, which is good. It's very helpful to enrich the SIEM, which is Microsoft Sentinel. It's a good feature that we can include threat intel on the product.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"After an easy onboarding, the monitoring started immediately."

"Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response helped secure our investor relationships, specifically with Merrill Lynch, which required us to document our security posture, and Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response made it really easy for that."

"I highly recommend Arctic Wolf as they excel in ensuring the company is well-trained and updated on industry developments."

"The solution works well for our team as it offers a hands-off approach, which we need."

"They have a portal where you can evaluate and mitigate any vulnerabilities that you and your network might have."

"The product provides integrations with several different SaaS applications."

"Arctic Wolf is laser-focused on providing top-notch customer service."

"Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is a good product, and I would recommend it for any business."

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"The solution helps to detect some suspicious items for us and our clients."

"Easy to use is what my customers say is the biggest benefit of Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting for them."

"What really stands out about Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting is that it's easy to use, the cost is clear, and the pricing is transparent, with straightforward onboarding in hybrid, cloud, or on-premise environments."

"The best feature of this solution is that it is an integrated and comprehensive solution for the entire Microsoft ecosystem."

Cons

"The only frustrating aspect is the lack of support for Windows on ARM devices. We cannot fully secure these devices until they release an updated version of their agent software."

"While they do inventory assets, including software inventory and CVE updates based on software subscriptions, would be a major improvement."

"We get a lot of false alarms, but that's because they don't know our network in detail. I think that could be alleviated if we told them more about our network so they could create rules to skip some of those things."

"While they do inventory assets, including software inventory and CVE updates based on software subscriptions, would be a major improvement."

"We need an easier way to audit and act on agents."

"It will be helpful if the dashboard is more granular."

"More integrations with various security tools to improve data ingestion would be beneficial."

"If you are not in the security field, this can be difficult to figure out from time to time."

More Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response cons

"There is a lot of change in a small period. This might not be helpful for IT administrators and users."

"The solution’s user interface could be improved."

"There is a lot of change in a small period. This might not be helpful for IT administrators and users."

"We tried the proactive threat hunting feature, but it was not a good experience with Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting. It created more trouble than expected with false positives and non-expected answers."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I find their pricing to be reasonable and competitive."

"It is more expensive than CrowdStrike, but it also has more features. I don't remember the amount, but I do remember that it was on the higher side. I believe we have five sensors, and the sensors have a yearly cost. We don't have any additional costs, but I know that if we have more features, they will add to the cost."

"The pricing is fair."

"The pricing is pretty competitive."

"I rate the tool's pricing a nine out of ten."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Government

Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

Energy/Utilities Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	1

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response?

The agents give pretty good visibility into what is happening at the endpoint.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was very good. It was a good experience because of the transparent pricing, which was very reasonable based on some of the other services that ...

What needs improvement with Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response?

Some of the alerts or reports were not very easy to understand, and it took time to go through those, which was sometimes a little frustrating. Some of the reports from Arctic Wolf Managed Detectio...

What needs improvement with Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting?

Microsoft now changes a lot in products, which might be a disadvantage right now. There is a lot of change in a small period. This might not be helpful for IT administrators and users. New features...

What is your primary use case for Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting?

Right now we manage some firewalls using Microsoft products. In regard to Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting, I have been working with this product so far. Mainly and basically for incident han...

What advice do you have for others considering Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting?

The pricing, engineers behind Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting, changes, and support services make the difference compared to other products. In terms of pricing, the solution is good, and th...

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Also Known As

Arctic Wolf AWN CyberSOC

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Overview

Built on the industry’s only cloud-native platform to deliver security operations as a concierge service, the Arctic Wolf® Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solution eliminates alert fatigue and false positives to promote a faster response with detection and response capabilities tailored to the specific needs of your organization. Your Arctic Wolf Concierge Security® Team (CST) works directly with you to perform threat hunting, incident response, and guided remediation, while also providing strategic recommendations uniquely customized for your environment.

Arctic Wolf Networks

Defender Experts for Hunting is a proactive threat hunting service that goes beyond the endpoint to hunt across endpoints, Microsoft Office 365, cloud applications, and identity. Our experts will investigate anything they find, then hand off the contextual alert information along with remediation instructions so you can quickly respond.

Microsoft

Sample Customers

Agero, Madison Memorial Hospital, DLZ, Howard LLP, City of Sparks

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Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response vs. Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting