Choose Daylight Security or ReliaQuest
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 ReliaQuest if
- Organizations consolidating detection, investigation, and response across many tools into one operational layer
- Buyers who want agentic AI automation but insist on human-in-the-loop governance over containment actions
- 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. ReliaQuest is a Pure-play MDR that works with your existing tools. Daylight Security targets Mid-market and Enterprise organizations; ReliaQuest serves Mid-market and Enterprise. Daylight Security includes 4 attack surfaces in base pricing (Endpoint, Cloud, SaaS, Identity), compared to 5 for ReliaQuest (Endpoint, Cloud, SaaS, Identity, Network).
FAQ
What is the main difference between Daylight Security and ReliaQuest?
Daylight Security is a Platform vendor that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools). ReliaQuest is a Pure-play MDR that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools). SLA commitments differ: Daylight Security offers ≤15 minutes, ReliaQuest offers Not disclosed. Daylight Security covers 4 attack surfaces in base pricing vs. 5 for ReliaQuest.
How do Daylight Security and ReliaQuest 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. ReliaQuest 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 ReliaQuest.
How does Daylight Security pricing compare to ReliaQuest?
Daylight Security pricing: Not published. ReliaQuest pricing: Not vendor-published. Third-party buyer data (Vendr) reports an average annual contract around $172,500, ranging up to roughly $1.2M. 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 ReliaQuest: Enterprise deal sizes. Third-party buyer data centers around $170K per year, so this is not an SMB-budget service.; Metered, usage-based billing means costs scale with data volume and scope. Model the full-scope annual cost, not the entry point..