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Guardz vs Huntress Managed ITDR comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 28, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Guardz
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (46th), Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (50th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (68th), Ransomware Protection (17th)
Huntress Managed ITDR
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Guardz is designed for Email Security and holds a mindshare of 0.5%, up 0.2% compared to last year.
Huntress Managed ITDR, on the other hand, focuses on Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR), holds 5.2% mindshare, up 1.1% since last year.
Email Security Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Guardz0.5%
Microsoft Defender for Office 3659.1%
Proofpoint Email Protection8.1%
Other82.3%
Email Security
Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Huntress Managed ITDR5.2%
CrowdStrike Falcon12.8%
Microsoft Defender for Identity10.4%
Other71.6%
Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)
 

Featured Reviews

Steve Bowtell - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Cyber Active
Exceptionally easy to integrate and covers a multitude of cybersecurity issues
The solution's interface appears very simple, but it is very complicated in the back end. So, it removes all the complications that an MSP or an MSSP would normally have. The solution's maintenance depends on whether you run it like an MDR platform where you provide the detection response part for the customer. That would normally be the MSP part. Sometimes, you have customers who are just happy to get an email and tell them what the problem is, and they fix it themselves. If there's no in-house expertise, the MSP or the MSSP can do the maintenance. If there's in-house expertise, it's just a matter of advising them. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Jeremy Harlan - PeerSpot reviewer
SOC Analyst L2 at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Managed detection has stopped account takeovers and has strengthened our incident response playbooks
Their threat analytics and process insights are exceptional. When Huntress Managed ITDR finds malware, a virus, or a phishing email, their analytics have improved significantly over time. I remember when they were not very detailed, but now they provide comprehensive information down to the specific type of dependency affected on a host machine. They show us exactly where all the infected files are located on the computer, which makes cleanup straightforward and invaluable. I know they partner with Microsoft, and if you have Huntress Managed ITDR and Microsoft Defender, it is truly near real-time as stated. That is a very accurate claim.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is exceptionally easy to integrate and covers a multitude of cybersecurity issues."
"You get value, and you get more value than most people realize from their products versus competitors."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"Implementing Huntress Managed ITDR has improved our business by allowing us to be more proactive with our security posture."
"Huntress Managed ITDR is very good because I can make sure we're not getting false positives and a whole bunch of alerts that just become noise."
"My favorite feature of Huntress Managed ITDR is the automatic alerting and the automatic remediation."
"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."
"I rate the overall solution as a ten out of ten."
"The main takeaway is that the solution, not just this, the solution in general, the EDR as well, has allowed me to expand revenue, but more importantly, protect my clients in a way I have never been able to do before."
 

Cons

"The solution's security awareness training and phishing are very United States-focused and don't work very well in Australia."
"One challenge has been applying rules to staff only due to the option in the VPN rules where I can either deny all VPNs for the organization or do case-by-case exceptions, with no in-between."
"More in-depth reporting could be beneficial for the solution."
"In terms of room for improvement, I think they can expand the coverage beyond Microsoft 365."
"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."
"If anything, it's created more work, but that's because we're now seeing things that we weren't seeing before."
"One area that has room for improvement with Huntress Managed ITDR is that there was a gap with detections inside of America."
"More in-depth reporting could be beneficial for the solution."
"Huntress Managed ITDR could improve by cleaning up the dashboard interface."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I like Guardz's pricing model because it's very cost-effective and has no long-term commitments."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Media Company
8%
Performing Arts
7%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Insurance Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise1
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Huntress Managed ITDR?
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing has been pretty good; we got a good rate and continue to receive declining buy prices. We're generally kept up to date by the account managers...
What needs improvement with Huntress Managed ITDR?
There are two things regarding Huntress Managed ITDR. If we have a client that only has M365 Business Standard, all of the MFA details just show as unknown. I think it's actually a Microsoft licens...
What is your primary use case for Huntress Managed ITDR?
The vast majority of our customers use M365 services, and ID theft is becoming a really prevalent threat. You can start protecting against that with conditional access policies, or take a solution ...
 

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