Choose Kroll or Total Assure
Choose Kroll if
- Organizations wanting IR expertise built into MDR with 3,000+ annual cases feeding detection
- Enterprises needing full threat eradication including forensics and root cause analysis
- Regulated industries needing compliance reporting, IR pedigree, and included $1M breach warranty
- You need SaaS and Identity coverage included in base pricing
- Breach warranty matters to you (Kroll offers one, Total Assure does not)
Choose Total Assure if
- SMBs that want an outsourced security team with U.S.-based 24/7 SOC coverage
- Regulated small or mid-sized organizations that care about CMMC, HIPAA, SOC 2 or NIST readiness
- Buyers comfortable with a managed Splunk and SentinelOne-centered stack instead of building their own SOC
What’s actually different
Buyer brief
Fit. Kroll and Total Assure are both Services firms that work with your existing tools. Kroll targets SMB, Mid-market, and Enterprise organizations, while Total Assure serves SMB and Mid-market. Kroll includes 5 attack surfaces in base pricing (Endpoint, Cloud, SaaS, Identity, Network), compared to 3 for Total Assure (Endpoint, Cloud, Network).
FAQ
What is the main difference between Kroll and Total Assure?
Kroll is a Services firm that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools). Total Assure is a Services firm that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools). Kroll covers 5 attack surfaces in base pricing vs. 3 for Total Assure.
How do Kroll and Total Assure differ in response capabilities?
Kroll supports 6 autonomous actions (endpoint isolation, process termination, network containment, account disable, file quarantine, custom playbooks) and approval is configurable. Total Assure 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 Kroll and not included with Total Assure.
How does Kroll pricing compare to Total Assure?
Kroll pricing: Not publicly disclosed. Unverified field estimates suggest $30K-$200K+/year depending on scope.. Total Assure pricing: Custom flat-rate pricing. No public dollar amount found.. Watch for with Kroll: CrowdStrike Falcon Complete migration (Dec 2025) increases platform dependency, customers wanting vendor-agnostic EDR lose that flexibility; Named TAM support (vs. Shared TAM) likely incurs additional cost, cost delta not disclosed. Watch for with Total Assure: Confirm exactly which services are inside the flat monthly MDR rate, especially email security, vulnerability management, digital forensics and recovery.; Confirm whether Splunk, SentinelOne, Avanan, Tenable or other third-party tool costs are included or passed through..