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Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response vs Forescout XDR comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Arctic Wolf Managed Detecti...
Ranking in SOC as a Service
1st
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
10.0
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (2nd)
Forescout XDR
Ranking in SOC as a Service
8th
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (35th)
 

Featured Reviews

Jared Kruger - PeerSpot reviewer
Particularly valuable for smaller and mid-sized businesses without a dedicated cybersecurity team
The scalability of this solution is great. It offers user-based licensing, so if there is an increase in the number of IT users, it can easily scale accordingly. In contrast to other solutions that base pricing on data ingestion, which can be challenging as data grows, user count tends to be more predictable, making this model highly scalable. Arctic Wolf is flexible and works with clients to ensure smooth scaling. Our clients for this solution come from a range of business sizes, primarily focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises. We generally don't cater to large enterprises, but instead, our clients typically fall within the medium-sized category, with user counts ranging from 50 to around 3,000.
Utpal Sinha - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides efficient network access control, but its support services need improvement
We use the product for network access control The product has valuable features for cloud IoT device enhancement, intelligent threat detection, etc. We can easily quarantine any computer if it gets hacked. The product's support services have limitations. We have to connect with their senior…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"They have a portal where you can evaluate and mitigate any vulnerabilities that you and your network might have."
"Whenever there is a major thing like Exchange vulnerabilities, it scans our Exchange server for indicators of compromise. It then alerts us and points exactly where we need to go to check for ourselves if it is normal or not."
"What's valuable about Arctic Wolf AWN CyberSOC is the cost savings it provides for companies that no longer have to hire a bunch of security people and pay for a SIM."
"The integration between Cisco AMPs and the Windows servers is most valuable. So, they can also sandbox machines on which they see something suspicious."
"The tool definitely saves money for our company's customers."
"Arctic Wolf is our eyes and ears 24/7 because we can't possibly watch all of our alerts. We may see all of these alerts, but our attention is distracted because we're working on other things."
"The most valuable feature was its cost-effectiveness compared to the alternatives."
"Security protection is the best feature of this product."
"The product has valuable features for cloud IoT device enhancement, intelligent threat detection, etc."
 

Cons

"They focus on detecting administrator-level control compromises. Because they're focusing more on administrator-level compromise, they are less able to see if an individual user has been compromised. It is, admittedly, very difficult because they don't know what normal human behavior is. If a hacker compromises a human account and then acts just like the human, how are you ever going to notice, unless you have some inside knowledge of how the company works? For example, they overlook account lockouts on user accounts, whereas in our own alerting system, we do not. We review every account lockout, and if it is bad, we contact the person, whereas they think of that as noise because they're more focused on the administrator-level compromise."
"It will be helpful if the dashboard is more granular."
"More integrations with various security tools to improve data ingestion would be beneficial."
"Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response's analysis and remediation parts could be improved. It's not bad, but it needs improvement."
"I would like to see them build the ability to co-sell an EDR platform, manage an EDR or manage the actual response, potentially from the issues that are coming up from the security risks."
"In the future, I would like to see a summary report."
"It can sometimes take up to an hour to get notification of a problem and that's a long time."
"They could probably expand on their integration tools. They can integrate with more security tools."
"The product is more expensive than other vendors in terms of features."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is more expensive than CrowdStrike, but it also has more features. I don't remember the amount, but I do remember that it was on the higher side. I believe we have five sensors, and the sensors have a yearly cost. We don't have any additional costs, but I know that if we have more features, they will add to the cost."
"I rate the tool's pricing a nine out of ten."
"I find their pricing to be reasonable and competitive."
"The pricing is pretty competitive."
"The pricing is fair."
"The product is more expensive than other vendors in terms of features."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Retailer
16%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response?
The agents give pretty good visibility into what is happening at the endpoint.
What needs improvement with Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response?
I have heard that the tool doesn't go right to the endpoints. With CrowdStrike, I don't think that it is a bad thing anymore.
What do you like most about Forescout XDR?
The product has valuable features for cloud IoT device enhancement, intelligent threat detection, etc.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Forescout XDR?
The product is more expensive than other vendors in terms of features. In comparison, Qualys offers good support services, and Splunk offers additional on-premise resources.
What needs improvement with Forescout XDR?
The product's support services have limitations. We have to connect with their senior executives to get correct and immediate solutions. They should maintain the SLA properly. Additionally, the inc...
 

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Arctic Wolf AWN CyberSOC
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Sample Customers

Agero, Madison Memorial Hospital, DLZ, Howard LLP, City of Sparks
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