Choose Mandiant or Ontinue
Choose Mandiant if
- Enterprise organizations wanting threat intelligence integrated directly into MDR from 500+ frontline analysts
- Multi-vendor EDR environments (CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, SentinelOne all supported without agent swap)
- Google Cloud Platform customers wanting native SecOps integration
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)
What’s actually different
Buyer brief
Fit. Mandiant is a Services firm that works with your existing tools. Ontinue is a Microsoft-ecosystem that works with your existing tools. Mandiant targets Mid-market and Enterprise organizations; Ontinue serves Mid-market and Enterprise.
FAQ
What is the main difference between Mandiant and Ontinue?
Mandiant is a Services firm that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools). Ontinue is a Microsoft-ecosystem that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools).
How do Mandiant and Ontinue differ in response capabilities?
Mandiant supports 3 autonomous actions (endpoint isolation, network containment, 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. Incident response is not included with Mandiant and included with Ontinue.
How does Mandiant pricing compare to Ontinue?
Mandiant pricing: Third-party buyer data reports an average Mandiant software cost around $83,000/year. Treat this as a Mandiant buyer benchmark, not a clean Managed Defense MDR quote.. Ontinue pricing: Custom-quoted pricing. Watch for with Mandiant: ~$83K+/year estimated, premium enterprise pricing; IR retainer is separate and must be purchased independently for full incident response. Watch for with Ontinue: Requires Microsoft E5 or Defender licenses as prerequisite; Microsoft Sentinel consumption costs are separate and usage-based.