Huntress Managed EDR vs VIPRE Endpoint Security comparison

The compared Huntress and VIPRE Security solutions aren't in the same category. Huntress is ranked #2 in MDR , with an average rating of 9.6, and holds a 9.5% mindshare in the category. VIPRE Security is ranked #60 in EPP , and holds a 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Huntress users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of VIPRE Security users who would recommend it.

Huntress Managed EDR

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

VIPRE Endpoint Security and Huntress offer robust solutions for endpoint protection. Huntress stands out due to its advanced features, which many users deem worth the extra cost.

Features: VIPRE Endpoint Security is praised for its ease of use, effective threat detection, and strong customer support. Huntress provides advanced threat detection, response capabilities, and an added security layer.

Room for Improvement: VIPRE Endpoint Security could improve its reporting features, integration with other security tools, and automation. Huntress could benefit from enhanced automation, reduced manual intervention, and a more user-friendly interface.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: VIPRE Endpoint Security users find the deployment process straightforward and commend its responsive customer service. Huntress receives praise for its dedicated and knowledgeable support team, although it is slightly more complex to deploy.

Pricing and ROI: VIPRE Endpoint Security offers competitive pricing with a quick ROI due to its straightforward setup and efficient protection. Huntress is more expensive but provides significant ROI through its advanced threat detection capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Huntress Managed EDR

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (7th), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (2nd)

VIPRE Endpoint Security

Average Rating

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (60th)

Mindshare comparison

Huntress Managed EDR and VIPRE Endpoint Security aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Huntress Managed EDR is designed for Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and holds a mindshare of 9.5%, up 9.0% compared to last year.
VIPRE Endpoint Security, on the other hand, focuses on Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP), holds 0.3% mindshare, up 0.2% since last year.

Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Huntress Managed EDR	9.5%
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR	10.3%
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response	8.4%
Other	71.8%

Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
VIPRE Endpoint Security	0.3%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	9.9%
CrowdStrike Falcon	7.9%
Other	81.9%

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

Featured Reviews

Anto Baharian

Owner at Antra Tech

Never misses anything and has an attractive price point and a simple interface

One thing they could improve is evolving from an EDR to an MDR, like Blackpoint. This transition would enable automatic remediation of anything that looks dangerous, including within Microsoft 365. For instance, when one of my clients' Microsoft 365 account was breached, Blackpoint identified suspicious activity and disabled the account. It was in Dallas, and we are in California. Blackpoint knew something was wrong there, and they went in and disabled the account. Developing more automated remediation features would elevate them to an MDR level, but I understand that it might affect pricing. They are trying to keep it at a good price point because once they go to MDR, it is probably going to double the price. For now, I find the current features satisfactory, as they continue to add improvements. They have added security awareness training and then log collectors. They are adding pillars as they move along, and I assume they are going to have an option for MDR.

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Shawn S

IT Security Analyst at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees

Easy to upgrade and manage but needs better reporting

There just was a lot about it that I didn't like. For blocking certain items, such as USBs, we felt like it was slowing down the network too much. Therefore we utilized a GPO for blocking things like that instead. Our environment was big and I didn't feel like the console did a good enough job. We outgrew the product. I've been asking for a change for a couple of years now, and it finally got approved. In terms of the console, I had over 2000 endpoints in there and there wasn't even a search feature for me to look through them. If I had to find where a policy was I had to sort in alphabetical order to find an endpoint that I wanted. They need to offer a search function within the console - maybe something that shows a "last connected" notice. That way, it's easier to manage obsolete machines that you don't need anymore. They had a very vague setting, like after so many days, when do you want us to remove these, you'd see them. I just wish the console was a little more responsive when I would do commands. The reports could have been better. The product would show a lot of endpoints as not communicating. That was another pain point. We constantly had to run an SQL query to clean up the database as I would know immediately when I was in the console, that it just wasn't being responsive. I could tell I was being given bad data and that we had to clean up the database. As soon as I would clean up that database, it was like a purging of the SQL database and it would become a lot more responsive. The problem was that our environment was too big. We're going through a growth spurt right now. In the end, the solution is small and much better suited for a small business. We would get a lot of false positives and instead of them fixing the false positive, they would just want us to put in an exception, which I didn't care for. The product is based on an older model of signature files. It doesn't use any artificial intelligence or anything. It was slow to refresh the policies and computer scans. The larger we got, the more it became an issue. If a company stayed small, I'm not sure if they would have noticed.

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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

"The most valuable features of Huntress Managed EDR include the SIEM and the log ingestion from firewalls; it has been really effective for managing our security. Huntress Managed EDR has positively impacted my organization by significantly reducing tickets coming to the SOC team; we have seen far less noise in terms of tickets since its implementation."

"Huntress is extremely well-written software. I used to be a developer, and I see how they've written it. It's excellent. I've never had an issue with it crashing a machine. It's small, tight code."

"It is a ten out of ten in terms of ease of use."

"It catches things that no one else catches. We occasionally have things slip through antivirus and other things, but Huntress catches them. It is awesome as an additional layer of defense on top of other things."

"Huntress' best feature is the threat-hunting expertise that is part of their 24/7 SOC."

"The features of Huntress that I found helpful are the one-click remediation piece and the ability for me to reach out to their customer service reps and get this under control when there is a threat."

"The most valuable aspect of Huntress Managed EDR is its personalized approach."

"Users usually note improvements in a matter of days. In others, it is immediately. It varies according to the environment."

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"In general, it was pretty easy to manage."

"It has low overhead as far as machine resources are concerned. Everything runs faster with VIPRE installed versus some of the competitors. It has also been pretty easy to use. It just runs and gives us reports. It also sends us alerts when there is something that we need to look at. It does its job, and you just look at the reports. In other ways, you just forget that it is there."

Cons

"The application control system could benefit from improvements in identifying and managing both whitelisted and blacklisted applications."

"The reporting could be improved by providing a more simplified report that can be easily understood by clients. A way to present the data to the client so they understand its importance would be beneficial."

"Installing Huntress on a Mac presents a challenge for end users due to the operating system's security features, which require administrator privileges for installation."

"Not every time, but sometimes when we click on the remediation, the auto-resolution of the alert, the screen gets stuck, and I need to contact support so they can confirm the remediation was applied, and they have to close the ticket."

"We are still getting many false positives."

"The alert emails that they send out with the different portions of their product sometimes are not similarly formatted, which makes automatically processing those alerts a bit more difficult in our PSA."

"One thing they could improve is evolving from an EDR to an MDR, like Blackpoint."

"Ultimately, the clarity of their alerts is paramount for effective threat communication and could benefit from clearer remediation steps."

More Huntress Managed EDR cons

"Their management interface is a little buggy. It requires a few system resources on the management interface. Its reporting can also be better. Overall, the reports are pretty good. They patch some third-party software, but if they can expand what they do for reporting and patch enterprise software, it would be handy."

"We would get a lot of false positives and instead of them fixing the false positive, they would just want us to put in an exception, which I didn't care for."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool’s price is very good. You just need to pay for the standard license. However, you need to pay the additional cost for Microsoft Defender."

"I rate the product pricing six out of ten for the Malaysian market. However, I would rate it a three out of ten for the Australian, New Zealand, or Singapore markets."

"The Huntress pricing is an excellent value for what the product provides."

"It is very fair. I started at $2.50 and now I am at $3.50. When I signed up, I thought it was too cheap. It now reflects the price. It is very fair. I do not think you can find anything better."

"It is simple. It is reasonable. They raised my prices this year. We never like price increases, but they continue to add value, so we just keep adding agents as we grow and as our clients grow."

"Huntress is an easy sell to clients because it does all the heavy lifting. Sometimes, they will buck a little at the price because they want a free antivirus or EDR. We tell them that we use Huntress on all our machines. That is our standard process for all the machines we roll out. When we give that advice, people are pretty willing to say okay."

"It is fair. They provide good value for the product that they deliver. I have had one price increase in the entire time I have used them. They added a bunch of features and then said that they have to increase our price a little bit. That is a fair way to handle it."

"The solution is cheap compared to other alternatives. It offers good value for money. For the whole solution, it's up to about five pounds per device per month. Considering what it does, I think that's very good value."

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"Its price point has been phenomenal. Our previous solution from Trend Micro was triple the cost of it."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Retailer

Computer Software Company

14%

Comms Service Provider

University

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	34
Midsize Enterprise	1

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Huntress?

It is very easy to use. It is a great solution. They are one of the better vendors that I have ever worked with since I have been in the industry.

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What needs improvement with Huntress?

There are some drawbacks in Huntress Managed EDR, particularly with the security awareness training aspect which is more manual than expected compared to something like KnowBe4. It could be improve...

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What is your primary use case for Huntress?

We use Huntress Managed EDR as part of our tech offering for enhanced security, especially for small and medium businesses.

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VIPRE Cloud, VIPRE Endpoint Security Cloud Edition, VIPRE Endpoint Security Server Edition

Overview

Huntress Managed EDR offers robust managed detection and response capabilities with 24/7 threat hunting, intuitive deployment, and proactive threat management for small to medium businesses.

Huntress Managed EDR provides essential cybersecurity services to businesses by integrating seamlessly with existing tools like Microsoft Defender. Around-the-clock SOC expertise, proactive alerts, and automatic remediation define its core offerings. It effectively monitors threats, detecting footholds and malicious IPs while providing quick isolation of suspicious activities. The platform simplifies security management, reducing reliance on multiple security solutions and enhancing threat response efficiency.

What are the key features of Huntress Managed EDR?

24/7 SOC with expert threat hunting: Continuous monitoring and threat hunting by dedicated security teams.
Proactive alerts: Automated notifications for detected threats ensuring timely responses.
Automatic remediation: Swift action taken to mitigate threats without user intervention.
Easy deployment: Seamless integration with existing security infrastructures like Microsoft Defender.
Intuitive interface: User-friendly design facilitating efficient threat management and monitoring.
Foothold detection and IP scanning: Identification of persistent threats and suspicious network activities.

What benefits should be evaluated in reviews?

Seamless integration: Minimizes need for multiple security tools by interfacing well with current products.
Quick threat response: Rapid isolation and resolution of issues enhancing security posture.
Peace of mind: Reliable threat management with expert supervision ensuring continuous protection.

Huntress Managed EDR is commonly implemented in industries requiring enhanced cybersecurity, including finance, healthcare, and IT services. Its ability to complement traditional antivirus tools and integration with remote monitoring supports a comprehensive defense strategy against advanced threats. Its deployment is simplified for diverse IT environments, ensuring automated and fast response to emerging security challenges.

Huntress

VIPRE Endpoint Security provides fast, powerful and easy-to-manage endpoint protection for businesses of all sizes, with a small footprint that won't slow you down.

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College Station ISD, Mid-West Companies, Guardian Network Solutions

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