Choose Arctic Wolf or Secureworks
Choose Arctic Wolf if
- Mid-market organizations without a dedicated SOC that want a named security team, not just a monitoring service
- IT teams managing multiple security tools that want a single pane of glass without replacing their existing stack
- Organizations that value the industry's largest breach warranty ($3M) and compliance-aligned security reviews
- Breach warranty matters to you (Arctic Wolf offers one, Secureworks does not)
Choose Secureworks if
- Enterprise organizations wanting open XDR with existing CrowdStrike, Defender, SentinelOne, or Carbon Black EDR
- Organizations valuing deep threat intelligence from CTU (now Sophos X-Ops)
- Companies needing OT/ICS MDR coverage alongside IT MDR
- You need Cloud coverage included in base pricing
What’s actually different
Buyer brief
Fit. Arctic Wolf is a Pure-play MDR that works with your existing tools. Secureworks is a Services firm that works with your existing tools. Arctic Wolf targets Mid-market and Enterprise organizations; Secureworks serves Mid-market and Enterprise. Arctic Wolf includes 3 attack surfaces in base pricing (Endpoint, Identity, Network), compared to 4 for Secureworks (Endpoint, Cloud, Identity, Network).
FAQ
What is the main difference between Arctic Wolf and Secureworks?
Arctic Wolf is a Pure-play MDR that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools). Secureworks is a Services firm that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools). Arctic Wolf covers 3 attack surfaces in base pricing vs. 4 for Secureworks.
How do Arctic Wolf and Secureworks differ in response capabilities?
Arctic Wolf supports 3 autonomous actions (endpoint isolation, network containment, account disable) and approval is configurable. Secureworks supports 4 autonomous actions (endpoint isolation, network containment, account disable, custom playbooks) and approval is configurable. Incident response is not included with Arctic Wolf and included with Secureworks.
How does Arctic Wolf pricing compare to Secureworks?
Arctic Wolf pricing: AWS Marketplace lists MDR Basic at $44,000/year for up to 100 users (12-month term). Aggregated buyer transactions (Vendr) show annual deals from about $24,000 to $320,000, median roughly $80,000 to $96,000. Buyer benchmark per endpoint: $12-18/mo at 100-500 endpoints, $8-14/mo at 1,000+. No hard seat minimum is published. Secureworks pricing: No vendor list price is published. AWS Marketplace shows real dimensions: Taegis XDR at $43,000/yr for 1,000 endpoints (XDR, not full MDR) and a Taegis MDR Combo at $550,055/yr for 10,001-25,000 endpoints. A public K-12 procurement record (Feb 2024, pre-acquisition) shows Managed XDR for up to 500 endpoints quoted at $61,975 through CDW-G, about $124 per endpoint. Blended third-party buyer data (Vendr) reports a $91,350/yr median across the Secureworks suite with a $15,200 to $421,751/yr range. Buyer-reported per-endpoint figures span roughly $70-$170 (pre-acquisition). Watch for with Arctic Wolf: 60-day renewal-cancellation notice reported by a G2 reviewer, longer than the typical 30 days; miss it and all services auto-renew.; Annual escalation clauses of 3 to 7% are standard and compound over multi-year terms; lock expansion pricing at signature or mid-contract seat adds default to then-current list.. Watch for with Secureworks: Taegis Endpoint Agent reaches end of support on 2027-07-31 (Japan 2028-07-31); all customers must migrate to Sophos Endpoint. The license is included, but the fleet-wide agent swap is a migration project to budget before that date.; Sophos acquisition closed Feb 2025; secureworks.com/services/mdr now redirects to the Sophos MDR page and Sophos Fusion (GA reported 2026-08-15) points toward long-term platform consolidation. Confirm Taegis roadmap continuity before multi-year commitments..