Choose Daylight Security or Kaspersky MDR
Choose Daylight Security if
- Mid-market and enterprise buyers frustrated with alert fatigue from traditional MDR providers
- Companies looking for AI-driven security coverage across endpoint, cloud, identity, and SaaS
- Technology and finance companies comfortable adopting an early-stage vendor with tier-1 VC backing
- You need Cloud and SaaS and Identity coverage included in base pricing
- You want direct Slack integration with your SOC
Choose Kaspersky MDR if
- Lean IT teams wanting turnkey detection and predefined response through the Optimum tier without hiring analysts
What’s actually different
Buyer brief
Fit. Daylight Security and Kaspersky MDR are both Platform vendors. Daylight Security works with your existing tools and targets Mid-market and Enterprise organizations, while Kaspersky MDR requires its own security platform and serves SMB, Mid-market, and Enterprise. Daylight Security includes 4 attack surfaces in base pricing (Endpoint, Cloud, SaaS, Identity), compared to 1 for Kaspersky MDR (Endpoint).
FAQ
What is the main difference between Daylight Security and Kaspersky MDR?
Daylight Security is a Platform vendor that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools). Kaspersky MDR is a Platform vendor that is platform-native (requires their own security stack). SLA commitments differ: Daylight Security offers ≤15 minutes, Kaspersky MDR offers Not disclosed. Daylight Security covers 4 attack surfaces in base pricing vs. 1 for Kaspersky MDR.
How do Daylight Security and Kaspersky MDR differ in response capabilities?
Daylight Security supports 6 autonomous actions (endpoint isolation, process termination, network containment, account disable, file quarantine, custom playbooks) and approval is configurable. Kaspersky MDR supports 5 autonomous actions (endpoint isolation, process termination, network containment, file quarantine, custom playbooks) and approval is configurable. Incident response is included with Daylight Security and not included with Kaspersky MDR.
How does Daylight Security pricing compare to Kaspersky MDR?
Daylight Security pricing: Not published. Kaspersky MDR pricing: Not vendor-published for the managed service. Third-party aggregators list the self-managed Kaspersky Next Optimum platform from around $77 per node per year, which frames MDR from below rather than pricing it. Watch for with Daylight Security: No breach warranty offered. If warranty coverage matters for your risk calculus, this is a gap.; 36-month contracts offer deeper discounts but lock you into a company with under two years of operating history.. Watch for with Kaspersky MDR: Not available to US persons: the US Commerce Department prohibited new sales from July 2024 and product and signature updates from September 2024; Requires Kaspersky endpoint agents and cannot run on a competing EDR.