Red Canary vs Stellar Cyber Open XDR comparison

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Red Canary, a Zscaler company and Stellar Cyber are both solutions in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category. Red Canary, a Zscaler company is ranked #37 with an average rating of 9.0, while Stellar Cyber is ranked #57. Red Canary, a Zscaler company holds a 0.7% mindshare in EDR, compared to Stellar Cyber’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Red Canary, a Zscaler company users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Red Canary and Stellar Cyber Open XDR 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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Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...

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 Red Canary is 0.7%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Stellar Cyber Open XDR is 1.0%, up from 0.7% 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%
Red Canary	0.7%
Stellar Cyber Open XDR	1.0%
Other	94.5%

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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John Hoffoss

Head of Information Security and Privacy at Ovative Group

Gained trusted 24/7 threat coverage and now focus security efforts on architecture and design

In my experience, the best features Red Canary offers are their team, their monitoring team, their expertise at incident investigation, and a focus on suspicious or actual indicators of compromise to ensure that we're not spending time just reviewing logs, but that we're actually looking at things that may indicate we have broader issues. The Red Canary team's expertise stands out compared to others I've worked with because their team is organized into smaller pods that support a given number of clients, so they're not just a bevy of operators going around the clock. The teams themselves have coordination and cohesion, and they get to know us. Their integrations into the different platforms and systems that we use all line up with our needs, whereas a number of other platforms offered a different variety of integrations that did not line up with our requirements. Red Canary has positively impacted my organization because I don't have to spend and hire resources to look at logs, which has enabled us to do much more in terms of improving security across the organization. With the freed-up resources, we've been able to implement CSPM, SAST, software testing tooling, and engage much more closely with our developers and engineers to focus on secure architecture and design.

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Jeevan Chandran

Global Director, Commercial Operations at Promasecure LLC

Automated security monitoring increases efficiency, but market visibility needs improvement

I am currently evaluating Stellar Cyber Open XDR in terms of their support. I do not see any major areas for improvement as of now. Their support is good, and the team is small, enabling them to cater to everyone effectively. While I have not encountered significant drawbacks so far, market penetration is challenging due to the product's newness, despite its flexibility and customization features. I find their user interface to be quite good.

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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

"From the Palo Alto side, whatever they buy, they integrate that really well into their integration suite, and that makes a massive difference."

"It's a nice product that's stable and scalable."

"One of the things that I enjoy the most is using policy extensions. It's like having host firewalls to control USB connections. I think it's a wonderful tool to restrict use when connecting to our computers. Another important tool is Home Insights. That is an add-on to the Cortex solution. I like that because we can see all the vulnerabilities in the environment and control what assets are connected to our network."

"The product is very good, it has caught a lot of exploits that most products would not."

"The initial setup is easy."

"I generally believe that Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is probably the best in the market right now."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is specifically designed to prevent zero-day attacks and is part of an ecosystem of Palo Alto, providing customers with a long-term vision to modify and redesign how security is applied in their company."

"The most valuable feature is that you can select remote access of any machine for sandboxing."

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"I am satisfied with this solution and it is very competitive with other similar EDR or MDR solutions because it provides very impressive information about the root cause of the threat, such as malware."

"The valuable features of this solution are it integrates well with different EDR software, such CrowdStrike, and Carbon Black, and the information it provides is helpful."

"The solution works well for what we use it for and the support and protection are good."

"The near real-time review translates into near real-time action. So, in addition to alerting, Red Canary MDR has response playbooks built out."

"Red Canary has positively impacted my organization because I don't have to spend and hire resources to look at logs, which has enabled us to do much more in terms of improving security across the organization."

"Red Canary has impacted my organization positively because we treat any ticket triggered by them as high priority due to the fact that 99 percent of the time it is a true positive."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its automation part."

"I recommended Red Canary to my friends who work in other organizations."

"It can integrate with almost any cybersecurity tool available in the market."

"Stellar Cyber Open XDR offers these functionalities at a more affordable price, making it easier for me to position it with price-sensitive customers."

Cons

"Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth."

"I feel that it should not be a licensed activity because a feature should allow us to see applications running on end devices."

"Cortex XDR could be improved with more GUI features."

"The solution needs better reports. I think they should let the customer go in and customize the reports."

"The deployment is pretty hard."

"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."

"Basically, they don't provide customer support tools just to investigate the logs."

"It is not easy to sell Cortex XDR, not because it isn't a good tool. Its marketing needs to be improved."

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"The price could always be better."

"In general, the solution currently fails to provide a summary to its users."

"The most valuable feature of Red Canary MDR is the overall threat protection it provides."

"I would like there to be an on-premise version of this solution for our data centers because of the proliferation of online threats."

"I wish Red Canary could have a graph that shows the endpoint, user, and how it spreads, providing a visual representation to easily identify what happened."

"Red Canary can be improved by continuing to add new features and capabilities to what they are looking at, including the types of data they're looking at and the types of systems that they're integrating with."

"Red Canary's pricing spectrum may not be ideal for smaller financial institutions."

"Support is an issue because they have a limited number of resources."

"I would rate the stability at about five to six. The platform requires some fine-tuning, especially when integrating data sources and creating connectors."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"Compared to CrowdStrike, Cortex XDR is an expensive solution."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is an expensive solution."

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

"Every customer has to pay for a license because it doesn't work with what you get from a managed services provider."

"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."

"It's about $55 per license on a yearly basis."

"I am using the Community edition."

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"The solution could vary in price depending on how many endpoints a company has."

"Red Canary MDR I use is an open-source tool."

"I have not compared Red Canary to other solutions to know if the price is high or low. However, I have found the price of this solution fair and reasonable, it cost approximately $100 per year, per device. If they could provide the solution for $50 per year, per device, it would be better."

"It’s a single license platform."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

14%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

14%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

10%

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

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	4

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Questions from the Community

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Comparing CrowdStrike Falcon to Cortex XDR (Palo Alto)

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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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Red Canary MDR?

The services are higher priced.

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What needs improvement with Red Canary MDR?

I wish Red Canary could have a graph that shows the endpoint, user, and how it spreads, providing a visual representa...

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What is your primary use case for Red Canary MDR?

My main use case for Red Canary is that a Red Canary analyst monitors our logs, and if they see any abnormality, they...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Stellar Cyber Open XDR?

Pricing is a major benefit of Stellar Cyber Open XDR. I rate it between three and four on the cost scale. It offers f...

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What needs improvement with Stellar Cyber Open XDR?

I am currently evaluating Stellar Cyber Open XDR in terms of their support. I do not see any major areas for improvem...

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What is your primary use case for Stellar Cyber Open XDR?

I use Stellar Cyber Open XDR ( /products/stellar-cyber-open-xdr-reviews ) as a 24/7 security monitoring tool, especia...

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Comparisons

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 6% 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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Compared 4% of the time

ConnectWise SIEM vs Red Canary

Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint vs Stellar Cyber Open XDR

Compared 5% of the time

CrowdStrike Falcon vs Stellar Cyber Open XDR

Compared 4% of the time

Microsoft Sentinel vs Stellar Cyber Open XDR

Compared 4% of the time

ExtraHop Reveal(x) 360 vs Stellar Cyber Open XDR

Compared 2% of the time

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Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks

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Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

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Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

Red Canary Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

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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.

Palo Alto Networks

Red Canary Managed Detection and Response (MDR) offers robust threat detection, rapid response capabilities, continuous security monitoring, and seamless integration with existing tools. Valued for its actionable reporting and proactive threat intelligence, it streamlines operations and enhances organizational efficiency and security.

Red Canary, a Zscaler company

Stellar Cyber Open XDR delivers an advanced, unified security solution designed for real-time threat detection and intelligent response, reducing complexity by integrating multiple tools into a single interface.

Stellar Cyber Open XDR aggregates security data from many sources to provide comprehensive threat detection and response capabilities. It offers a streamlined, user-friendly experience, allowing teams to efficiently manage incidents. By automating routine security tasks, it enhances operational efficiency and increases visibility across the entire network infrastructure.

What are the key features of Stellar Cyber Open XDR?

Open Integration: Connects with existing security tools for seamless data aggregation and correlation.
AI-Powered Analytics: Uses artificial intelligence to predict, detect, and respond to threats with high accuracy.
Automated Incident Response: Accelerates the fighting-back process through intelligent automation.
Comprehensive Dashboards: Offers clear visibility into security metrics through customizable dashboards.

What benefits or ROI should users expect?

Improved Threat Detection: Recognizes threats faster, allowing quick response to reduce potential damage.
Increased Efficiency: Reduces manual work by automating repetitive tasks, saving time for IT teams.
Cost Reduction: Consolidates security tools, decreasing overall expenditure on multiple solutions.
Enhanced Collaboration: Allows diverse security teams to work together more effectively with shared insights.

Stellar Cyber Open XDR is implemented across various industries, including finance, healthcare, and retail, offering tailored security strategies suited to industry-specific challenges. Organizations can take advantage of this integrated approach to align security operations with industry regulations efficiently.

Stellar Cyber

Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

DuPont, Quanta Services, Microchip Technology, Hopkins Public Schools, Henny Penny, Schumacher Homes

Sumitomo Chemical USA, PlastiPak Packaging, University of Denver, Large California State Agency, Large Midwestern American City

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