Northwave vs Total Assure
Northwave and Total Assure are both Services firms that work with your existing tools. Northwave targets Mid-market and Enterprise organizations, while Total Assure serves SMB and Mid-market. Northwave includes 2 attack surfaces in base pricing (Endpoint, Network), compared to 3 for Total Assure (Endpoint, Cloud, Network).
Buyer brief
Northwave and Total Assure are both Services firms that work with your existing tools. Northwave targets Mid-market and Enterprise organizations, while Total Assure serves SMB and Mid-market. Northwave includes 2 attack surfaces in base pricing (Endpoint, Network), compared to 3 for Total Assure (Endpoint, Cloud, Network).
Total Assure offers broader coverage (3 surfaces vs. 2). Northwave may suit teams that need depth over breadth.
At a glance
| FIELD |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| Best fit | Benelux, DACH and Nordic buyers that want European MDR with a Utrecht SOC | SMBs that want an outsourced security team with U.S.-based 24/7 SOC coverage |
| Price | Custom quote | Custom quote |
| Response authority | 1/6 actions · Configurable | 6/6 actions · Configurable |
| Stack | Works with existing stack | Own agent required |
| Data access | Dashboards | Dashboards |
| Warranty | None listed | None listed |
- Best fit
- Benelux, DACH and Nordic buyers that want European MDR with a Utrecht SOC
- Price
- Custom quote
- Response authority
- 1/6 actions · Configurable
- Stack
- Works with existing stack
- Data access
- Dashboards
- Warranty
- None listed
- Best fit
- SMBs that want an outsourced security team with U.S.-based 24/7 SOC coverage
- Price
- Custom quote
- Response authority
- 6/6 actions · Configurable
- Stack
- Own agent required
- Data access
- Dashboards
- Warranty
- None listed
›› Detailed comparison
| FIELD | NorthwaveTECH-AGNOSTIC | Total AssureTECH-AGNOSTIC |
|---|---|---|
| ›› Fit | ||
| Target size | Mid-market, Enterprise | SMB, Mid-market |
| Sentiment | Mixed | Mixed |
| ›› Your stack | ||
| Approach | Works with your tools | Works with your tools |
| EDR integrations | Customer endpoint telemetry | SentinelOne |
| SIEM integrations | Customer log sources | Splunk |
| Coverage | EPEndpoint: CoveredCloudCloud: LimitedIDIdentity: LimitedSaaSSaaS: Not coveredNetNetwork: CoveredOTOT/IoT: Optional add-on | EPEndpoint: CoveredCloudCloud: CoveredIDIdentity: LimitedSaaSSaaS: LimitedNetNetwork: CoveredOTOT/IoT: Not covered |
| ›› Response | ||
| Response type | Active Remediation | Active Remediation |
| Approval policy | Configurable | Configurable |
| Response actions | Custom playbooks | IsolateKill processContainDisable accountsQuarantineCustom playbooks |
| IR included | Separate | Separate |
| ›› Cost | ||
| Price range | Not published | Custom flat-rate pricing. No public dollar amount found. |
| Minimum seats | None | None |
| Breach warranty | – | – |
| ›› More details | ||
| Requires own agent | No | Yes |
| Endpoints | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Cloud workloads | ~ Limited | ✓ Included |
| Identity | ~ Limited | ~ Limited |
| SaaS apps | Not offered | ~ Limited |
| Network | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| OT/ICS | + Optional | Not offered |
| Threat hunting | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Response SLA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| 24/7 coverage | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing model | Custom quote. Northwave does not publish MDR package pricing. | Flat-rate monthly pricing is claimed publicly, with no per-user fees and no hidden charges. Total Assure does not publish actual monthly price bands, minimums or what changes the flat rate as employees and infrastructure scale. |
| Hidden cost warnings | Public pages do not publish response SLAs or named default response actions.. Rapid Response is a separate related service, so buyers should confirm what incident-response support is included in base MDR.. Cloud, SaaS and identity coverage are not named as clearly as endpoint, log and network telemetry.. Detection tuning depends on onboarding log sources and threat-based use cases, which may affect deployment effort. | 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.. The site claims no per-user surprises, but buyers should ask how the flat rate changes as employees, endpoints, cloud workloads and log volume grow.. No public contractual MDR SLA table, service-credit language or breach warranty was found. |
| Data portability | Partial | Partial |
| Contract terms | Custom | Monthly, Custom |
| Channels | PortalEmailPhone | EmailPortalPhone |
| Data access | Dashboards | Dashboards |
| Dedicated analyst | – | – |
| SOC regions | Europe | North America |
| Onboarding | Northwave says implementation starts with a plan covering service elements, phases, planning and threat-based use cases, then onboarding log sources and processes. No standard public onboarding duration was found. | Typical deployment reaches full 24/7 SOC protection by day 30 after discovery, deployment, configuration, tuning and baselining. |
| Industry focus | Financial ServicesHealthcareManufacturingLogisticsTechnologyPublic SectorCritical Infrastructure | HealthcareFinancial ServicesManufacturingProfessional ServicesEducationDefense Industrial Base |
| MTTD | Not published | Not published |
| MTTR | Not published | Not published |
| Community view | Northwave has limited MDR-specific public review volume. The public buyer case rests on European delivery, Utrecht SOC operations and the connection between MDR, CERT, red team and threat research. Buyers should validate response authority, cloud and identity coverage, pricing and escalation rules before signing. | Public buyer-review signal is thin. G2 shows 5.0/5 from one review, says there are not enough reviews to provide buying insight, and categorizes the review under managed security services and vulnerability assessment rather than MDR specifically. |
| Compliance | NIS2ISO 27001GDPRTISAX | SOC 2 Type IIHIPAAISO 27001CMMCNIST |
| Certifications | – | SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001 |
| Founded | 2006 | 2023 |
| Data retention | Not published as a standard MDR retention period. | Not published |
| API available | – | – |
| Website | Visit → | Visit → |
›› FAQ
What is the main difference between Northwave and Total Assure?
Northwave 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). Northwave covers 2 attack surfaces in base pricing vs. 3 for Total Assure.
How do Northwave and Total Assure differ in response capabilities?
Northwave supports 1 autonomous actions (custom playbooks) and approval is configurable. Total Assure supports 6 autonomous actions (account disable, custom playbooks, endpoint isolation, file quarantine, network containment, process termination) and approval is configurable.
How does Northwave pricing compare to Total Assure?
Northwave pricing: Not published. Total Assure pricing: Custom flat-rate pricing. No public dollar amount found.. Watch for with Northwave: Public pages do not publish response SLAs or named default response actions.; Rapid Response is a separate related service, so buyers should confirm what incident-response support is included in base MDR.. 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..
Should I choose Northwave or Total Assure?
Choose Northwave if: benelux, DACH and Nordic buyers that want European MDR with a Utrecht SOC. Choose Total Assure if: sMBs that want an outsourced security team with U.S.-based 24/7 SOC coverage. Northwave is not ideal for buyers that need public MDR pricing or response SLAs before engaging sales. Total Assure is not ideal for enterprises needing published MDR benchmarks and formal public SLA terms before engaging sales.
Daylight Security
AI-native MDR for buyers comparing active remediation across endpoint, cloud, identity, and SaaS. Daylight works with existing EDR/SIEM stacks and uses ChatOps-native collaboration, so it can be a useful third reference point in this comparison.