Choose Daylight Security or Ontinue
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 want direct Slack integration with your SOC
Choose Ontinue if
- Organizations heavily invested in Microsoft E5/Defender ecosystem
- Teams wanting AI-augmented SOC with 99.5% autonomous incident resolution
- Companies requiring data sovereignty (customer owns Sentinel instance)
- You need Network coverage included in base pricing
What’s actually different
Buyer brief
Fit. Daylight Security is a Platform vendor that works with your existing tools. Ontinue is a Microsoft-ecosystem that works with your existing tools. Daylight Security targets Mid-market and Enterprise organizations; Ontinue serves Mid-market and Enterprise. Daylight Security includes 4 attack surfaces in base pricing (Endpoint, Cloud, SaaS, Identity), compared to 5 for Ontinue (Endpoint, Cloud, SaaS, Identity, Network).
FAQ
What is the main difference between Daylight Security and Ontinue?
Daylight Security is a Platform vendor that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools). Ontinue is a Microsoft-ecosystem that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools). SLA commitments differ: Daylight Security offers ≤15 minutes, Ontinue offers Not disclosed. Daylight Security covers 4 attack surfaces in base pricing vs. 5 for Ontinue.
How do Daylight Security and Ontinue 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. Ontinue supports 6 autonomous actions (endpoint isolation, process termination, network containment, account disable, file quarantine, custom playbooks) and approval is configurable.
How does Daylight Security pricing compare to Ontinue?
Daylight Security pricing: Not published. Ontinue pricing: Custom-quoted pricing. 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 Ontinue: Requires Microsoft E5 or Defender licenses as prerequisite; Microsoft Sentinel consumption costs are separate and usage-based.