Choose Daylight Security or Red Canary
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
Choose Red Canary if
- Linux-heavy environments needing purpose-built Linux EDR for containers and Kubernetes
- Security teams wanting Slack-native SOC communication with configurable automated response playbooks
- 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. Red Canary is a Pure-play MDR that works with your existing tools. Daylight Security targets Mid-market and Enterprise organizations; Red Canary serves SMB, Mid-market, and Enterprise. Daylight Security includes 4 attack surfaces in base pricing (Endpoint, Cloud, SaaS, Identity), compared to 5 for Red Canary (Endpoint, Cloud, SaaS, Identity, Network).
FAQ
What is the main difference between Daylight Security and Red Canary?
Daylight Security is a Platform vendor that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools). Red Canary is a Pure-play MDR that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools). SLA commitments differ: Daylight Security offers ≤15 minutes, Red Canary offers Not disclosed. Daylight Security covers 4 attack surfaces in base pricing vs. 5 for Red Canary.
How do Daylight Security and Red Canary 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. Red Canary supports 6 autonomous actions (endpoint isolation, process termination, network containment, account disable, file quarantine, custom playbooks) and approval is configurable. Incident response is included with Daylight Security and not included with Red Canary.
How does Daylight Security pricing compare to Red Canary?
Daylight Security pricing: Not published. Red Canary pricing: AWS Marketplace list rates (annual, seller Red Canary, observed 2026-07-18): $120/endpoint, $100/user, $250/cloud resource, $20/network per 12 months, with per-unit overage. Negotiated deals run well below list: Vendr (Feb 2026) reports a median of about $79,881/year and per-endpoint of roughly $35 to $75 depending on volume. Multi-year discounts advertised up to 50% (2yr) and up to 67% (3yr). 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 Red Canary: Overage fees when unit counts exceed the contract (AWS overage: $10.00/endpoint, $8.33/account, $20.83/cloud resource, $1.66/network per unit); Adding cloud, identity or network coverage mid-contract typically prices higher than bundling it up front (Vendr, Feb 2026).