N-able EDR vs USM Anywhere comparison

N-able and LevelBlue are both solutions in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category. N-able is ranked #49 with an average rating of 7.5, while LevelBlue is ranked #44 with an average rating of 8.0. N-able holds a 0.7% mindshare in EDR, compared to LevelBlue’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of N-able users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of LevelBlue users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

USM Anywhere and N-able EDR are competing cybersecurity solutions. N-able EDR appears to have the upper hand for its advanced endpoint protection capabilities.

Features: USM Anywhere provides extensive threat detection, behavioral analysis, and seamless system integration. N-able EDR focuses on advanced endpoint protection, deep endpoint visibility, and rapid detection of sophisticated threats.

Room for Improvement: USM Anywhere users suggest enhancements in reporting functionalities, user training resources, and large-scale operation support. N-able EDR users recommend improving system performance, reducing configuration complexity, and simplifying the user experience.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: USM Anywhere is noted for its straightforward deployment process and responsive customer service. N-able EDR, while more complex to deploy, offers robust customer support to assist with configuration and maintenance.

Pricing and ROI: USM Anywhere is considered cost-effective with a quick ROI due to its straightforward implementation and all-in-one pricing model. N-able EDR, though more expensive, is viewed as a worthwhile investment for its enhanced endpoint security features and long-term benefits.

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Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.4%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of N-able EDR is 0.7%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of USM Anywhere is 0.8%, up from 0.3% 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	3.4%
USM Anywhere	0.8%
N-able EDR	0.7%
Other	95.1%

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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Nyiko Malapane

Senior Operations Specialist at Tagit cc

Reporting effectiveness and advanced AI capabilities improve threat awareness while needing pricing simplification and licensing self-service

With pricing, they can improve by bundling their pricing because sometimes billing comes in a very long process. If they could bundle it as one solution and show the capabilities or features, they would be able to sell it more effectively, and as resellers, we could sell it to customers more easily. The technical support is responsive, but sometimes we experience limitations regarding the ability to add licensing. They could implement a self-service platform for assigning new licenses or ordering more. Currently, we depend on contacting someone who sends a new contract to sign through the process. They could change their licensing model, though I am not the right person to comment on functionality. On the reporting side, everything is covered.

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Kris Nawani

Co-Founder/Director at Bangkok MSP Company Limited

Offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software

USM Anywhere is used for threat detection and investigation. It provides a solution with built-in threat intelligence and various other investigation tools The solution offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software, as it is maintained by the vendor. It helps in saving…

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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

"It's very stable. I've never experienced downtime for the ASM console or ASM core."

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

"Cortex XDR features advanced threat detection capabilities."

"On a scale from one to ten, I would rate Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks a nine."

"It blocks malicious files. It prevents attacks. It doesn't require many updates, it's a very light application."

"The behavior-based detection feature is valuable."

"One thing that I like about Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, it is detecting all the suspicious or malicious binaries, and it has integration with Palo Alto Firewall."

"Has great threat detection capabilities."

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"It provides visibility and a storyline to track the virus or malware's activities, showing infected processes and changes made."

"The most valuable feature, which I can describe as the '360 vision' of the inventory device, provides a complete view of all the devices."

"We have been using this solution for quite some time, and the AI functionality is quite advanced; we are able to provide insights on different aspects and read the reports easily."

"The most valuable feature, which I can describe as the '360 vision' of the inventory device, provides a complete view of all the devices."

"The most valuable features are the rollback feature, it's important for us. The AI models and are good."

"It has allowed us to see what is happening on our servers."

"Reports are customized, so you can present them to executives or engineers."

"The best thing about AlienVault USM is it being a “Jack-of-All Trades” solution. It provides SIEM, HIDS/NIDS, FIM, NetFlow, Asset Management, Vulnerability Management, etc., under one USM platform. None of the commercial SIEM vendors like ArcSight, McAfee, etc., can boast of such a diverse feature set."

"Being able to identify security issues as they occur at near real time and then respond to them as soon as they occur is priceless."

"Customer service is excellent! Always very responsive."

"This brought them all under one roof and allowed one person to do what 10 could not in a few hours a day."

"Phishing sites were detected and it secured the environment from the upcoming threat."

"The UI is clean and easy to use."

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Cons

"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."

"I would like to see better protection, specifically to protect email applications."

"There's room for improvement with Mac device installations, which can be challenging."

"The complexity and confusion regarding product variants, such as XDR, Forexiant, and Forexon, must be addressed."

"I have seen lagging with Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. There was one time when we faced a threat actor trying to gain access to our system. When our team utilized the tool, we were all on the same dashboard and we faced a lag issue at that time of around five minutes, which was quite significant."

"The tool needs to be improved in terms of integration and interface."

"The product's pricing could be better."

"The solution lacks real-time, on-demand antivirus."

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"We have a lot of false positives we see in the dashboard. I think this is the only problem we are facing."

"Concerning the license, if I add one more device without a license, it will automatically subscribe to a license. I do not appreciate that."

"I would like to see them add support for both Android and iOS smartphones."

"With pricing, they can improve by bundling their pricing because sometimes billing comes in a very long process."

"I would rate the scalability as seven out of ten. The capability is useful. Concerning the license, if I add one more device without a license, it will automatically subscribe to a license. I do not appreciate that."

"It was easy on PoC, but when we got to the product it was different story. We had to learn the product again and got feeling that the PoC was a different product."

"AlienVault must improve their correlation feature. Some of the events do not match with the correlation rules and some of the correlation events are false-positive."

"I feel that some areas of improvement would be vulnerability scanning. We use a separate product that seems to do a much better job."

"We would like more plugins. This being the main point of improvement which would benefit the users."

"The solution is a bit complicated. It could be simplified quite a bit."

"It should be able to communicate with other security solutions to stop threats."

"There is room for improvement in Log parsing."

"They should simplify the HIDS agent reporting/custom rule creation."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay about $50,000 USD per year for a bundle that includes Cortex XDR."

"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."

"I don't like that they have different types of licenses."

"I don't have any issues with the pricing. We are satisfied with the price."

"It has a yearly renewal."

"It's the most expensive solution, but features-wise, it's quite strong. It's very good for protection, so the results are very good in the case of protection. I would rate it a two out of ten in terms of pricing."

"I did PoCs on products called Cylance and CrowdStrike. Although, I consider these products and they were also good, when it come to cost and budgetary factors, Traps has been proven to be better than the other two products. It is quite cost-effective and delivers all the entire solution which we require."

"It is present, but when compared to other competitive products, I would say it is not less expensive; however, when all of the other added values are considered, the price is reasonable."

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"The pricing is average."

"It allows you to do a lot with a small price tag... The pricing is the best on the market."

"So far, I feel the product's pricing is a good value. The technology is decent. You get what you pay for. I think it's fair."

"AlienVault is flexible on their pricing for unlimited licenses."

"The price for this solution is very good, but since the features do not work the price is expensive."

"AT&T AlienVault USM is an expensive solution and we pay for the license and the support separately. We paid for the license and support for three years."

"It has good pricing."

"Pricing is very competitive with other products and you get much more functionality from AlienVault."

"The ROI is quite good."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

18%

Comms Service Provider

14%

Transportation Company

12%

Healthcare Company

10%

Computer Software Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Performing Arts

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	44
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	47

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	64
Midsize Enterprise	29
Large Enterprise	25

Questions from the Community

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How is Cortex XDR compared with Microsoft Defender?

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-delivered endpoint security solution. The tool reduces the attack surface,...

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What needs improvement with N-able EDR?

With pricing, they can improve by bundling their pricing because sometimes billing comes in a very long process. If t...

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What is your primary use case for N-able EDR?

We are using N-able EDR, but I think Sophos makes sense because of the environment we operate in. The localization an...

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What advice do you have for others considering N-able EDR?

I am more focused on operations and procurement. The decision to use this solution was made before I joined the compa...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AT&T AlienVault USM?

The pricing is amazing and really cheap.

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What needs improvement with AT&T AlienVault USM?

There are scalability issues due to a 60 TB limit, which restricts its use for large customers like banks. It is also...

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What is your primary use case for AT&T AlienVault USM?

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

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AT&T AlienVault USM, AlienVault, AlienVault USM, Alienvault Cybersecurity

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.

Palo Alto Networks

N-able EDR effectively safeguards against cybersecurity threats like malware and ransomware. With AI-driven capabilities and seamless integration with remote monitoring tools, it offers advanced protection and management for servers and workstations.

N-able EDR, known for its advanced defense mechanisms, utilizes AI and machine learning to enhance threat detection beyond traditional antivirus capabilities. It provides comprehensive visibility with its '360 vision,' integrating smoothly with remote management for unified performance monitoring. While it excels in protecting Windows environments, users seek improvements in mobile support and billing practices. A focus on enhancing licensing efficiency and reducing false positives could further enhance its usability. Ranked highly by Gartner and MITRE ATT&CK, N-able EDR remains a favored choice among users for its effective threat management and detailed reporting functionalities.

What are the key features of N-able EDR?

Rollback feature: Helps revert devices to previous states after an attack.
AI models: Improve threat detection using sophisticated algorithms.
Exceptional detection and protection: Offers robust defense against multiple threat vectors.
Auto-response capability: Uses machine learning for efficient incident management.
'360 vision': Provides complete visibility of device inventories.

What benefits and ROI should users consider?

Comprehensive security: Enhanced detection surpassing traditional antivirus.
Efficient monitoring: Unified device management through RMM integration.
Insightful reporting: Advanced reports provide critical security insights.
Inventory management: Full device oversight with '360 vision'.

In sectors reliant on Windows-based systems, N-able EDR is deployed as a primary antivirus solution. Its advanced AI and reporting features allow businesses to efficiently manage threat landscapes. However, while it secures servers and workstations, industries requiring mobile device support may find its current capabilities insufficient, prompting requests for broader platform integration.

N-able

USM Anywhere centralizes security monitoring of networks and devices in the cloud, on premises, and in remote locations, helping you to detect threats virtually anywhere.

Discover

Network asset discovery
Software & services discovery
AWS asset discovery
Azure asset discovery
Google Cloud Platform asset discovery

Analyze

SIEM event correlation, auto-prioritized alarms
User activity monitoring
Up to 90-days of online, searchable events

Detect

Cloud intrusion detection (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Network intrusion detection (NIDS)
Host intrusion detection (HIDS)
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Respond

Forensics querying
Automate & orchestrate response
Notifications and ticketing

Assess

Vulnerability scanning
Cloud infrastructure assessment
User & asset configuration
Dark web monitoring

Report

Pre-built compliance reporting templates
Pre-built event reporting templates
Customizable views and dashboards
Log storage

LevelBlue

Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

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Abel & Cole, Bank of Ireland, Bluegrass Cellular, CareerBuilder, Claire's, Hays Medical Center, Hope International, McCurrach, McKinsey & Company, Party Delights, Pepco Holdings, Richland School District, Ricoh, SaveMart, Shake Shack, Steelcase, TaxAct, Taylor Morrison, Vonage and Zoom

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