Datto Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) vs Kandji comparison

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datto and Kandji are both solutions in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category. datto is ranked #47, while Kandji is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.9. datto holds a 1.1% mindshare in EDR, compared to Kandji’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 66% of datto users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Kandji users who would recommend it.

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We performed a comparison between Datto Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Kandji based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Datto Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) vs. Kandji

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Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.8%, down from 3.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Datto Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) is 1.1%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kandji is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.8%
Kandji	0.5%
Datto Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)	1.1%
Other	94.6%

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH

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.

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reviewer2406663

Director at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Effective risk response, easy deployment, and enhanced security

They use Datto EDR as part of the solutions that we supply Datto EDR has helped reduce overall security incident costs by fifteen percent. The ease of deployment has been good, and the responsiveness of the application to risks has been quite effective. The inclusion of web filtering would be…

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Cyrus Davis

SysAdmin at a recreational facilities/services company with 11-50 employees

Strong security structure has supported fast Mac and iOS administration with minimal IT effort

One area for improvement for Kandji would be having a bigger suite of applications. I noticed that some of the niche apps our data software firm needs were not in the regular library. We were able to use the custom app feature to create those apps ourselves, but I would love it if Kandji could expand the library. I also wish Kandji could lock down different ports on MacBooks based on which ones we wanted to shut down, and I hope there is an easier way to sandbox people's bring your own device devices because when we're doing SOC 2, it really wants us to sandbox things so that if someone were to take a device that is not ours, we could delete just our data off there and not theirs. An improvement needed for Kandji would be the ability to remote into devices. I would appreciate something that is really reliable for that without having to buy third-party software.

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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

"I don't have to do much monitoring with it; I don't have to have anybody manually looking at this, it gives us reports, and it lets us know if something needs to be addressed, and we can easily address it."

"It has pretty much everything we need and works well within the Palo Alto ecosystem."

"It has absolutely improved the way our organization functions, we are more secure, it is giving us more peace of mind, and it has found malicious activity happening on our endpoints that probably would not have been detected if we didn't have it."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks saves time in various ways, although the user interface is fairly standard."

"Has great threat detection capabilities."

"It collects and caches and the knowledge of machine learning from different customers to take to the cloud, it makes it better to use for everybody, it allows for quick learning and updates and can, therefore, offer zero-day malware security, and this sharing of metadata helps make the solution very safe."

"If any application performs suspicious activities, such as changing registries or modifying other applications, Cortex XDR detects and blocks the entire application."

"Overall, it's a great platform; it integrates very well with other solutions from Palo Alto and also with our vendors, the ease of use is excellent, I love the root cause analysis from Cortex, which is amazing, and in a few clicks you can have the full root cause."

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"The most valuable feature of Datto EDR is the visibility of the endpoints."

"The ease of deployment has been good."

"Datto Endpoint Detection and Response is a perfect product for endpoint security."

"The insight that the solution provides is the most valuable aspect. The security scanning they do is excellent."

"It's a very easy plug-and-play solution where you can just enroll the devices and choose the features you want."

"Kandji has positively impacted our organization by making it so we feel confident in our security structure, and we feel confident that we can pass SOC 2 every year because we know that Kandji is doing what it says it's doing."

"Kandji has positively impacted my organization by simplifying the management of the Apple fleet."

"I have seen a return on investment with Kandji, as I save time."

"After switching to Kandji, we have seen a return on investment, specifically in human resource savings."

"Kandji has positively impacted our organization by making it easy to manage all of our MacBook devices and applications."

"I highly recommend Kandji to others looking into using it since I have not seen any game-breaking issues; it is highly reliable, scalable, improves security, and reduces the time individuals need to spend on system configuration for security updates."

"Kandji has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to better assist and it allows for a better user experience, a better kind of fleet management."

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Cons

"The dashboard could use some significant improvement, just making it more useful with more information. It has a limited amount of information right now. It is customizable, but I'd love to see a better out-of-box dashboard."

"Additionally, I think the price is very high, and if it can be adjusted, I believe it will be a very good solution."

"Currently, if you use Palo Alto endpoint protection as the only solution it's very complicated to remove pre-existing threats."

"I would like to see them include NDR (Network Detection Response). Then it would work well with SIEM Response."

"They have the worst support, as a company, that I have ever worked with, as they are difficult to get a hold of and keep on the phone. They don't know what they are talking about when you get them on the phone. They don't like to respond to messages when you send them to them. They like to "research problems" for weeks on end, then pass you off to somebody else."

"Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR does not detect malicious activity like in other anti-virus solutions like Trend Micro and Windows with Cisco."

"The technical support is not very good. I find the process difficult."

"In reporting they should have a customizable dashboard due to the fact that C-level people don't like reporting to the IT department. They prefer to have a real-time dashboard. That kind of dashboard needs to have various customizations."

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"The solution could improve by having more deployment methods."

"The inclusion of web filtering would be good."

"The solution should allow the automation of playbooks."

"The deployment of the solution right now is terrible. We find it to be very bad. It could be improved enormously."

"While it might be on the expensive side compared to Jamf Pro, it is closer in pricing to other MDMs such as Microsoft Intune, which comes with the EMS E3 license, making it potentially pricey for startups, yet a good cost for established enterprises."

"One area for improvement for Kandji would be having a bigger suite of applications."

"One way Kandji can be improved is through pricing, as other market providers comparatively have a lower price."

"There are certain limitations with blueprints where each machine can only have one or must have a blueprint, which is frustrating since certain machines may not need to have a blueprint straight away for testing."

"In Kandji, I see a drawback related to the remote wipe function."

"I rated Kandji an eight because the laptop needs to be connected to Wi-Fi to erase it."

"The Windows part needs a lot of work."

"One thing I think could be improved is what happens when a user gets locked out."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We didn't have to pay any additional fee for the cloud instance. It just came with the renewal, which was nice."

"The return on investment is from the user side because we have seen the performance of it increase the delivery time of the product if we are using too many web-based and on-premise applications. In indirect ways, we saw the return of investment in terms of performance and user satisfaction increase."

"When we first bought it, it was a bit expensive, but it was worth it. The licensing was straightforward."

"I don't recall what the cost was, but it wasn't really that expensive."

"It has reasonable pricing for the use cases it provides to the company."

"Licensing for Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR can be costly, especially when it comes to a hundred users. A license is required for each user, and the subscription must be renewed on a yearly basis."

"Our customers have expressed that the price is high."

"The price is on the higher side, but it's okay."

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"Datto Endpoint Detection and Response is not an expensive solution."

"There is an annual license to use this solution. The price of the solution can be expensive depending on the company."

"Users have to pay a yearly licensing fee for Kandji, which is expensive."

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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

11%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Comms Service Provider

15%

Outsourcing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	50
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	57

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	7

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Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

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Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

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Datto Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) offers comprehensive cybersecurity capabilities, specifically designed to protect endpoints from potential threats. With features like real-time monitoring and automated threat response, it provides essential protection for IT infrastructures.

Datto EDR delivers an integrated approach to endpoint security, focusing on detecting threats in real time and providing automated response mechanisms. It efficiently safeguards systems by leveraging advanced threat intelligence and analytics. This EDR solution is instrumental for IT professionals seeking robust endpoint protection and seamless integration with existing systems, promoting a proactive security posture.

What Are the Key Features of Datto Endpoint Detection and Response?

Real-Time Monitoring: Continuously checks endpoints for suspicious activity.
Automated Threat Response: Instantly reacts to identified threats to minimize risk.
Threat Intelligence: Utilizes advanced data to preemptively manage threats.
Seamless Integration: Easily connects with current IT environments for smooth operation.

What Benefits and ROI Should Be Expected?

Enhanced Security: Protects against threats efficiently, reducing potential breach costs.
Time Savings: Automation reduces manual intervention, saving valuable time.
Cost-Effective: Lower overhead by minimizing security breaches and recovery efforts.
Improved Resilience: Strengthens defenses, ensuring business continuity.

Datto EDR implementation is prevalent in sectors like healthcare and finance, where security and compliance are critical. Its ability to integrate with industry-specific IT systems makes it a preferred choice to safeguard sensitive data and maintain operational integrity.

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Kandji offers a comprehensive device management platform, ideal for managing Apple devices. Its intuitive interface and automation streamline device workflows, enhancing security and ease of use.

Kandji stands out with its efficient administration of iOS and Mac devices, featuring a user-friendly interface, exceptional support, and reliable management capabilities. The intuitive blueprinting aids in remote device management, while automated functions streamline workflows. Users benefit from time-saving features like app deployment and updates. Although it could improve its application suite, flexibility, and support for Windows and Android, it remains a favored choice for its ability to manage large-scale environments efficiently, automating updates and securing endpoints. Users appreciate the seamless setup and impactful operational management.

What are the standout features of Kandji?

User Interface: Simplifies app deployment and updates for efficient device management.
Customer Support: Offers quick assistance for seamless device management.
Blueprinting: Enables intuitive and remote management of devices.
Automated Functions: Auto Apps and Self Service enhance security and compliance.
Device Management: Manages large-scale environments with ease.

What benefits and ROI should users look for in reviews?

Time Efficiency: Saves time in app deployment and updates.
Security: Enhances security and compliance through automated features.
Operational Impact: Positively influences organizational operations through efficient management.

In industries focusing on Apple devices, Kandji proves invaluable. Its application in device administration, app deployment, policy enforcement, and endpoint security makes it a preferred MDM platform, offering solutions tailored to manage device enrollments and enhance security, thus supporting businesses in maintaining streamlined operations.

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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

Check Point Software, PwC, Grant Thornton, AT&T, DHL, U.S. Department of Defense

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