Choose Huntress or SentinelOne
Choose Huntress if
- MSPs wanting a channel-first MDR partner with multi-tenant management and volume pricing
- SMBs needing affordable MDR with minimal overhead, deploys in 30 minutes
- Microsoft 365 environments needing identity threat detection alongside endpoint coverage
Choose SentinelOne if
- Organizations already running SentinelOne Singularity wanting platform-native MDR without adding another vendor
- Government and regulated industries needing FedRAMP Moderate and High certified MDR with $1M breach warranty
- Teams prioritizing AI-first detection with Purple AI Athena and unique Windows Rollback ransomware recovery
- You need Cloud and Identity coverage included in base pricing
- Breach warranty matters to you (SentinelOne offers one, Huntress does not)
What’s actually different
Buyer brief
Updated 2026-03-08
Fit. Huntress and SentinelOne barely overlap. Huntress targets SMBs and mid-market, selling mostly through MSP partners but also direct, at ~$2.50-3.50/endpoint/month. SentinelOne targets mid-market and enterprise at $180-230/endpoint/year for the platform alone, before the MDR bolt-on. For most Huntress customers, switching would mean a 5-10x price increase.
Response. The service models reflect that gap. Huntress analysts review every alert and pass along less than 1% as incidents. SentinelOne's false positive tuning is the top complaint in 2026 reviews, though Purple AI Athena's agentic workflows are designed to improve automated triage.
Cost and scope. SentinelOne's Windows Rollback restores endpoints to pre-attack state after ransomware, a capability nobody else offers. Huntress has Ransomware Canaries for early detection but no rollback. SentinelOne provides full query access and a contractual 60-minute SLA. Huntress provides dashboards and no formal SLA, though 8-minute average MTTR is consistently reported. SentinelOne includes a $1M breach warranty. Huntress includes neither warranty nor IR.
FAQ
What is the main difference between Huntress and SentinelOne?
Huntress is an MSP-channel that is platform-native (requires their own security stack). SentinelOne is a Platform vendor that is platform-native (requires their own security stack). Huntress covers 1 attack surfaces in base pricing vs. 3 for SentinelOne.
How do Huntress and SentinelOne differ in response capabilities?
Huntress supports 5 autonomous actions (endpoint isolation, process termination, network containment, account disable, file quarantine) and approval is configurable. SentinelOne supports 5 autonomous actions (endpoint isolation, process termination, network containment, file quarantine, custom playbooks) and approval is configurable.
How does Huntress pricing compare to SentinelOne?
Huntress pricing: Estimated ~$2.50-$3.50/endpoint/month for EDR (community-reported). Not officially published. Volume discounts decrease price. (50-seat minimum). SentinelOne pricing: SentinelOne platform pricing is separate from the MDR add-on. Third-party comparison data reports Vigilance MDR around $15-30+/endpoint/year, while SentinelOne public platform tiers and enterprise bundles remain separate or custom. Watch for with Huntress: 50-endpoint minimum for standard plan, under 50 requires sales engagement; Each product (EDR, ITDR, SIEM, SAT) priced separately, full stack costs add up. Watch for with SentinelOne: Platform license ($179.99-$229.99/endpoint/year) is required before MDR, significant prerequisite cost; MDR pricing is a bolt-on fee not shown on the public pricing page.