How we source EDR pricing figures
Cost ranges on this site are based on public reference material across the relevant landscape. The publishers below are representative of the kind of source that informs our positioning, not an exhaustive extraction map per figure. A specific figure on a specific page is not necessarily anchored to a single named publisher.
Sources
- Vendor public pricing pages. CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Sophos Intercept X, Trend Vision One, Cybereason, Bitdefender GravityZone, Palo Alto Cortex XDR, Tanium, and others where pricing is publicly disclosed.
- Marketplace listings. Azure Marketplace, AWS Marketplace, and CDW catalog public pricing for EDR offerings.
- Public analyst coverage. Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms (pricing context), Forrester Wave for EDR, AV-Comparatives and AV-TEST published efficacy testing where pricing context is given.
- Practitioner survey data. Public EDR-cost surveys from r/cybersecurity AMAs, SANS practitioner panels, and CSO Online / ISMG industry coverage.
What we deliberately do not publish
- Specific customer contract values. Where a specific organisation's EDR contract value is known to us through public reporting, it is described in band terms only.
- Vendor-private discount math. Bespoke discount levels are commercially confidential. Expect 20-50% movement on a real negotiation, depending on volume and renewal posture.
- Side-by-side feature grids. We publish positioning notes per vendor but not feature grids. EDR feature parity changes monthly; static grids are stale within weeks.
Update cadence
Site values update only when the 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
Cosmetic date bumps are not made.
Editorial position
This site is operated by Digital Signet, an independent AI-development studio. 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. See /about for the operator and the wider network.
Editorial direction is set by Oliver Wakefield-Smith. Drafts are produced via Digital Signet's autonomous AI development methodology and reviewed against the editorial framework before publication.
Contact
For methodology questions, corrections, or scenarios that don't fit cleanly: [email protected].