About EDRCost.com
An independent reference for the cost of Endpoint Detection and Response platforms. Operated by Digital Signet, founded by Oliver Wakefield-Smith. Built so the budgeting question for EDR (CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision One, Cybereason and others) can be answered without a vendor pitch.
Why this site exists
EDR pricing is one of the messiest in enterprise security: per-endpoint pricing varies 3x between vendors for arguably similar capability, and the headline rate often excludes the modules (XDR, identity protection, threat intelligence) that buyers expect to be included. Most top-ranking pages on EDR cost are vendor-published or partner-published. This site exists to publish defensible per-endpoint cost bands by tier, name the modules typically excluded from the headline price, and provide a calculator that takes endpoint count and tier and returns a like-for-like figure across vendors.
Who runs the site
Oliver runs Digital Signet, an independent AI-development studio that builds data-led pricing and decision tools using public datasets. After 20 years as a solutions architect and tech lead across media, utilities, satellite, and data, he founded Digital Signet to apply autonomous AI development methodology to real software at scale.
Reach Oliver: [email protected]. Profile: LinkedIn.
About Digital Signet
This site is operated by Digital Signet, an independent AI-development studio founded by Oliver Wakefield-Smith. It is part of a portfolio of consumer cost-reference and calculator sites we run as a live R&D lab for our Signet methodology, an autonomous AI development team that ships real software at scale.
Digital Signet does not sell EDR software, does not run a managed-EDR practice, does not act as a vendor reseller, and does not accept paid placements from any EDR vendor. Editorial direction is set by Oliver. Drafts are produced via Digital Signet's autonomous AI development methodology and reviewed against the editorial framework before publication.
For consulting enquiries (fractional CTO, AI product strategy, autonomous-dev-team setup): see digitalsignet.com.
Editorial principles
- Source pattern. Built on public reference material across the relevant publisher landscape.
- No paid placements. Does not sell EDR software, does not run a managed-EDR practice, does not act as a vendor reseller, and does not accept paid placements from any EDR vendor. Independent of every named third party in the relevant space.
- Math is documented inline. Where the site has a calculator, inputs and assumptions are visible on the calculator page. Nothing is hidden behind opaque scoring.
- Update only when underlying reality changes. Triggers: Major vendor pricing-model change (e.g. per-endpoint to per-identity, module repackaging); New entrant publishing pricing materially below the existing band; Major EDR acquisition or product retirement event; Substantive changes in published efficacy testing that affect tier assignments.
Contact
For corrections, methodology questions, or scenarios that don't fit cleanly: [email protected].