Choose Six Degrees or WatchGuard
Choose Six Degrees if
- UK public-sector, healthcare, legal, financial-services and regulated organisations that need UK-onshore SOC delivery
- Microsoft-heavy teams that want MDR around Defender for Endpoint and Sentinel
- Mid-market and enterprise buyers that value security-cleared analysts and UK data-sovereignty alignment
Choose WatchGuard if
- MSPs already selling WatchGuard Firebox, AuthPoint or Endpoint Security who want to add managed SOC coverage
- SMB and mid-market customers buying security through an MSP rather than direct enterprise procurement
- Mixed environments that want MDR on Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike, Okta, Duo and firewall logs through Open MDR
- You need SaaS and Identity coverage included in base pricing
What’s actually different
Buyer brief
Fit. Six Degrees is a Microsoft-ecosystem that works with your existing tools. WatchGuard is a MSP-channel that works with your existing tools. Six Degrees targets Mid-market and Enterprise organizations; WatchGuard serves SMB and Mid-market. Six Degrees includes 3 attack surfaces in base pricing (Endpoint, Cloud, Network), compared to 5 for WatchGuard (Endpoint, Cloud, SaaS, Identity, Network).
FAQ
What is the main difference between Six Degrees and WatchGuard?
Six Degrees is a Microsoft-ecosystem that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools). WatchGuard is a MSP-channel that is technology-agnostic (works with your existing tools). Six Degrees covers 3 attack surfaces in base pricing vs. 5 for WatchGuard.
How do Six Degrees and WatchGuard differ in response capabilities?
Six Degrees supports 3 autonomous actions (endpoint isolation, network containment, custom playbooks) and approval is configurable. WatchGuard supports 3 autonomous actions (endpoint isolation, network containment, custom playbooks) and approval is configurable. Incident response is not included with Six Degrees and included with WatchGuard.
How does Six Degrees pricing compare to WatchGuard?
Six Degrees pricing: Not published. WatchGuard pricing: Not published. Watch for with Six Degrees: The MDR and MXDR pages describe different coverage depth, so buyers should pin down which tier is in the order form.; Microsoft Sentinel data ingestion and retention can materially affect total cost.. Watch for with WatchGuard: WatchGuard publishes package requirements but not public MDR pricing, so buyers need an MSP or WatchGuard quote before cost comparison.; The package names hide meaningful scope differences: Core MDR and Core MDR for Microsoft are narrower than Total MDR and Open MDR..