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Bitdefender GravityZone Extended Detection and Response (XDR) vs Huntress Managed ITDR comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...
Sponsored
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
122
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (4th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (3rd), Ransomware Protection (2nd), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (1st)
Bitdefender GravityZone Ext...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (30th), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (13th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (26th)
Huntress Managed ITDR
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Bitdefender GravityZone Extended Detection and Response (XDR)1.5%
SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint6.3%
Wazuh5.1%
Other87.1%
Extended Detection and Response (XDR)
Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Huntress Managed ITDR5.3%
Microsoft Defender for Identity9.2%
Varonis Platform6.5%
Other79.0%
Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)
 

Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration
Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.
reviewer2165952 - PeerSpot reviewer
Company Advisor
Automated protection has reduced our management time and keeps all client environments consistently secure
Reporting in Bitdefender GravityZone Extended Detection and Response (XDR) could be improved. It has some reporting in it, but it's a little cumbersome to work with, so the reporting that is there could be improved. The analytics dashboards of Bitdefender GravityZone Extended Detection and Response (XDR) are quite useful, and they are nice in that we can see an overview very quickly and drill down into specific issues or specific clients. The dashboards are quite good, though it would be nice if we had the same with automated reports. It would be much more useful for us to have that via email or having a report. The only downside that we find is that the product is a little bit slow.
Vsadalaga Sadalga - PeerSpot reviewer
Soc Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Improved identity threat visibility has enabled faster investigations and structured triage
Huntress Managed ITDR could be improved by providing more detailed alert context, clearer investigation steps, and better integration with SIEM and SOAR tools. Reducing false positives and offering more customization for alert severity would also help SOC analysts prioritize genuine threats and investigate them more efficiently. I would also like to see more detailed incident timelines, better alert correlation, and more flexible reporting options. These improvements would help our SOC analysts understand the full context of identity-related threats, reduce manual investigation efforts, and make it easier to track security trends over time. I think Huntress Managed ITDR's AI governance and security could be improved by providing more transparency into how AI-driven detections work, how customer data is protected, and how decisions are made. Clear documentation on data privacy, access controls, and human oversight would help build trust and ensure AI-assisted threat detection remains secure and reliable. I find the AI capabilities useful for identifying suspicious identity activities and supporting investigations. However, accuracy and reliability depend on the quality of the alerts and available context. I would like to see fewer false positives, more transparent explanations for detections, and consistent results to help our SOC analysts make informed decisions.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution's most valuable feature is the user interface."
"Palo Alto is the best security solution in the market."
"There has been a significant reduction of approximately 70% to 80% in our internal MTTR and MTTD metrics, now around five to eight minutes whereas previously it was hours, which has helped tremendously."
"The one feature of Palo Alto Networks Traps that our organization finds most valuable is the App ID service."
"There are a lot of lead solutions in this space, however, Palo Alto is number one."
"We can visualize and control the activities in the environment from anywhere."
"They have a new GUI which is just fantastic."
"We think that this product will help us grow, as it meets our needs currently and we can grow with it over time."
"The solution has best-in-breed technology and scores very highly on efficacy rates."
"We are using Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra Plus for the threat protection and security of our network."
"The threat detection rates are exceptionally good, better than most of the competition."
"The product is easy to use."
"The best thing about Bitdefender is that it has got top-notch features and it is not tied to specific countries like some other antivirus tools."
"Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra Plus is highly stable."
"The best features in the product, as a reseller, are the integrated SOC; integration with a SOC is one of the advantages."
"I find Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra Plus to be a pretty good solution for the mid-level market, specifically for organizations with up to two hundred fifty users. I like that it is an averagely priced solution. It also has a straightforward installation that can be completed within three to five minutes. Its technical support is also good enough."
"Huntress Managed ITDR examines various nulls from the M365 tenants. If anything suspicious is identified, their SOC analysts can take a closer look and subsequently take action."
"My advice for others looking into using Huntress Managed ITDR would be to definitely give a trial, try them out, see how your customers appreciate it, and I bet that they will love it."
"The maintenance for Huntress Managed ITDR requires no maintenance on my end; it is self-reliant in that once it is set up, it does most of the heavy lifting, and you really just have to review alerts as it monitors for any issues."
"Implementing Huntress Managed ITDR has improved our business by allowing us to be more proactive with our security posture."
"The centralized management with the EDR and ITDR is beneficial."
"My favorite feature of Huntress Managed ITDR is the automatic alerting and the automatic remediation."
"The advice I would give others looking into Huntress Managed ITDR is that it is a strong product that is easy to implement and fairly priced."
"The best features Huntress Managed ITDR offers include the depth of information it gives me without overwhelming me."
 

Cons

"The solution could improve by providing better integration with their own products and others."
"The deployment is pretty hard."
"It's more focused on network communication. If a customer wants to increase the level of protection and start working with documents, it's impossible to integrate these features into the system. It's more of a communication-oriented system than a content security-oriented system."
"Technology evolves every day, so it would be nice if it gets more secure. It can also have more integration with other platforms."
"They are charging for Network Traffic Analyzer (NTA) services, so if the per GB data could be provided at a certain level free of cost or at the same cost which the customer is taking for the entire bundle, that would be better."
"In some cases, there are too many options for me, and it is a bit too hard to find some settings which I really need to implement."
"Cortex XDR could be improved with more GUI features."
"Enhancing UI simplicity and playbook flexibility are areas that could benefit from more low-code automation options for smoother integrations."
"Detection and response is a disadvantage that could be improved."
"The solution seems to be pretty amateur for an EDR solution, and it should be more in sync in terms of features, with solutions such as FireEye and SentinelOne."
"Adding a feature like Data Loss Prevention would be beneficial."
"I would like automatic issue fixing for users without needing to physically open the PC. I'd prefer updates and fixes from the cloud to avoid headaches and save time."
"Some customers would like additional features that aren't available through the current GravityZone platform. Some feedback has been about the deletion of other software not going smoothly during the installation of Bitdefender, particularly the removal of previous software like Sophos."
"The solution must improve its management features."
"Reporting in Bitdefender GravityZone Extended Detection and Response (XDR) could be improved."
"Huntress Managed ITDR could improve by cleaning up the dashboard interface."
"One area that has room for improvement with Huntress Managed ITDR is that there was a gap with detections inside of America."
"While it is good to have those escalations, one of the downsides is that we receive many escalations, and I believe approximately seven out of ten are false positives."
"If I had to say a dislike would be I wish there was a little bit more customization."
"If anything, it's created more work, but that's because we're now seeing things that we weren't seeing before."
"If we have a client that only has M365 Business Standard, all of the MFA details just show as unknown."
"I see improvements to the HaloPSA integration as something that could be better; it would be good to see more information in the ticket raised."
"The only other thing I would say would be better with Huntress Managed ITDR is regarding my work with educational customers where budgets are very tight. I would have preferred to see a pricing model where you pay per domain name rather than per user, because that would make it more cost-effective for schools to get on board with Huntress Managed ITDR."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is quite an expensive solution."
"I don't recall what the cost was, but it wasn't really that expensive."
"The pricing is a little high. It is per user per year."
"I feel it is fairly priced."
"Cortex XDR’s pricing is very reasonable."
"Very costly product."
"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is an expensive solution."
"We didn't have to pay any additional fee for the cloud instance. It just came with the renewal, which was nice."
"Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra Plus is pretty average, meaning it's not cheaper, but it's pretty good. It has average pricing."
"We have purchased licenses for the use of Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra Plus. The price of the solution is reasonable but could be better."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
14%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business50
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise57
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise3
 

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Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps
GravityZone Ultra Plus
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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank
Archdiocese, Northstar, SeSa, W&W Informatik, Yamaha Motor Europe
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