Red Canary vs Redscan ThreatDetect comparison

Red Canary and Redscan are both solutions in the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) category. Red Canary is ranked #11 with an average rating of 9.0, while Redscan is ranked #44. Red Canary holds a 4.6% mindshare in MDR, compared to Redscan’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Red Canary users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Redscan users who would recommend it.

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Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) category, the mindshare of Binary Defense MDR is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Canary is 4.6%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Redscan ThreatDetect is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Rich Ullom

AVP, IT Security Compliance and Audit/Information Security Officer at Western Reserve Group

Worth the money, fantastic communication, and fast service with an average response time of about four minutes on an alert

This is my third SOC. I have never had anybody react as well. So, it's hard for me to provide something that they could do better because I'm really happy with them. I just signed another three-year contract with them. I don't find any downside to them, but if I have to put one, it would be consistent manpower or staffing. The only area where the solution can be improved is going to be with people. As they grow, they are struggling with the same thing that every other company is, which is getting talent and getting that talent to stay, but they've just revised their tiering system to go from a flat analyst and manager to a three-tier solution where it goes through two or three before it gets elevated. That seems to have worked out well, so if one level misses it, the next one picks it up, and it works out fine. Consistent staffing is the only challenge they have because when you're hiring level-one analysts, you go through them pretty quickly. You'll probably hire them at 50K or 55K, and after they do it for a year, they find out they can make 85K somewhere else, and they bounce. So, their turnover is a little high, but that's it.

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Sagar Shekhar

Cyber Security Analyst at TIAA

An open-source tool that offers great automation capabilities

Red Canary MDR generates a lot of output, so it would be good if, in the end, it generates a summary of all the previous attacks and what was the outcome of a single attack, especially so that it becomes easy for the user to see the summary and analyze the whole thing. In general, the solution currently fails to provide a summary to its users.

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reviewer1532325

Head Of Information Technology at a marketing services firm with 51-200 employees

Reliable with great technical support and excellent alerts

The solution would be better if there was some kind of integration with network equipment so that we can also have visibility of everything related to the firewall or the routers or switches - not only the computers but also on other network equipment. If they could provide a solution for smartphones and for tablets that would be very helpful as we have some people accessing information from these types of devices. It could improve the security in terms of coverage as we both computers and mobile phones or tablets in use.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"With Binary Defense, we don't just get an alert, but also a detailed rundown of why they're alerting us on it. They tell us what was executed, or the username, script, or IP. That way, we're not wasting time investigating."

"Binary Defense has a human service department that provides live monitoring for our systems."

"The best part about Binary Defense MDR is that it runs on everything, and they keep an eye on things 24/7."

"The speed at which their services are reactive is valuable. Nowadays, when a threat hits an endpoint, you've got minutes, not hours or days. Their average response time is about four minutes on an alert. For anything that needs to be sent to us, it's about fourteen minutes, which is pretty good. They're the third SOC that I've used in fifteen years. By far, they are the quickest ones to act. When you're looking at prevention, that's a key factor."

"Our mean time to response has gone down. We're much faster with direct response and have more investigative capabilities than we did before."

"Among the valuable features are the agent, continuous reporting, and dashboard. It has all the features we need and we haven't had to customize it, other than turning on certain features that we wanted."

"The biggest aspect for us is that they are able to conform to our environment and utilize our tools. That way, we still maintain ownership of all the data and access to the applications, and we never lose control of the ability to run the solution ourselves if we need to."

"The most valuable feature is reviewing tickets and the notes added by technicians."

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"The valuable features of this solution are it integrates well with different EDR software, such CrowdStrike, and Carbon Black, and the information it provides is helpful."

"The solution works well for what we use it for and the support and protection are good."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its automation part."

"The near real-time review translates into near real-time action. So, in addition to alerting, Red Canary MDR has response playbooks built out."

"The stability is very reliable."

Cons

"It's sometimes difficult to know when to engage Binary Defense or TrustedSec, their sister company. TrustedSec is more focused on offensive security, as opposed to the defensive security that the MDR solution provides. It would be awesome if there were a better bridge between that relationship for when we need to get more proactive services or when we need to do a penetration test."

"I don't find any downside to them, but if I have to put one, it would be consistent manpower or staffing. The only area where the solution can be improved is going to be with people. As they grow, they are struggling with the same thing that every other company is, which is getting talent and getting that talent to stay, but they've just revised their tiering system to go from a flat analyst and manager to a three-tier solution where it goes through two or three before it gets elevated. That seems to have worked out well, so if one level misses it, the next one picks it up, and it works out fine."

"The most significant area for improvement is in support for non-English speakers; we're a global organization, so many of our users are not English speakers, which can make interacting with them a challenge. There's no Chinese language support, so we must rely on what we can do with the internet. We don't expect Binary Defense to build a language staff, but details can get lost in translation when we assume the whole world speaks English."

"We found a couple of bugs in the user interface."

"We found that an earlier version of the agent had high memory usage and that was a bit concerning, but we raised the concern with their support team and they immediately replied that they had noticed the same thing and had a candidate fix already available... it totally fixed the issue."

"If I were shopping for an MDR solution today, I would not only look for a company that has the ability to alert, detect, and remediate, but also the ability to integrate vulnerability management. That's a big thing that they're lacking today."

"While my understanding is that they're working on this, I would like to see some more of the quantification or reporting."

"I would like to get more reports from Binary Defense about what they're blocking."

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"The price could always be better."

"In general, the solution currently fails to provide a summary to its users."

"I would like there to be an on-premise version of this solution for our data centers because of the proliferation of online threats."

"The most valuable feature of Red Canary MDR is the overall threat protection it provides."

"If they could provide a solution for smartphones and for tablets that would be very helpful as we have some people accessing information from these types of devices."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is very good. They are definitely competitive and they were lower at the time that we went with them."

"The solution's price is spot on; if anything, it's slightly below the norm for most services. Compared to building the same team internally, it would cost more to create the same amount of capability than what we get from an external team. Price-wise, Binary Defense is in a great spot."

"The pricing is on target. Working with their sales team on pricing negotiations was a pleasant process. They were very respectful of the constraints we had and I feel that we're paying a fair price."

"Binary Defense has changed its pricing model from being primarily based on the volume of data to one based on escalations and incidents they handle."

"It's valued at the right price. Even with the number of endpoints we have, we don't feel that it's a lot more than any competitor. In fact, it might be less expensive when you look at the fact that you're getting a full flex SOC out of it along with the tools."

"From the initial cost that Binary Defense came in with, we pared it down quite a bit over the course of 30 or 60 days. My leadership would say that their cost was high, but realistically, they were in line with the market."

"Binary Defense MDR is priced competitively and may be slightly lower than CrowdStrike."

"The pricing isn't that bad, it's very competitive. I don't feel that it's over-priced and I don't feel that it's under-priced."

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"Red Canary MDR I use is an open-source tool."

"I have not compared Red Canary to other solutions to know if the price is high or low. However, I have found the price of this solution fair and reasonable, it cost approximately $100 per year, per device. If they could provide the solution for $50 per year, per device, it would be better."

"The solution could vary in price depending on how many endpoints a company has."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

17%

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Financial Services Firm

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Educational Organization

20%

Computer Software Company

13%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Binary Defense MDR?

The most valuable feature is reviewing tickets and the notes added by technicians.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Binary Defense MDR?

It has been good. We have saved money, and we have a better product. We are a company that has become an enterprise f...

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What needs improvement with Binary Defense MDR?

We are going to have a meeting with them the following Monday. It will be our first quarterly business review. Half o...

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What do you like most about Red Canary MDR?

The most valuable feature of the solution is its automation part.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Red Canary MDR?

Red Canary MDR I use is an open-source tool.

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What needs improvement with Red Canary MDR?

Red Canary MDR generates a lot of output, so it would be good if, in the end, it generates a summary of all the previ...

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Overview

Binary Defense provides a Managed Detection and Response service using an Open XDR strategy that detects and isolates threats early in the attack lifecycle. Expert security analysts in the Binary Defense Security Operations Center leverage an attacker’s mindset, monitoring your environments for security events 24x7x365 and acting as an extension of your security teams. When a security event occurs, Binary Defense analysts triage, disposition, and prioritize the event. Analysts conduct full kill chain analysis and supply tactical and strategic mitigation recommendations to your security team with the goal of increasing your organization’s security posture against the latest adversary threats.

Visit us online at https://www.binarydefense.com

Red Canary Managed Detection and Response (MDR) offers robust threat detection, rapid response capabilities, continuous security monitoring, and seamless integration with existing tools. Valued for its actionable reporting and proactive threat intelligence, it streamlines operations and enhances organizational efficiency and security.

ThreatDetect™ is an outsourced, fully-managed detection and response service (MDR) designed to offer businesses of all sizes the capability to detect and remediate threats without a need for huge capital expenditure

By integrating cutting-edge detection technology, up-to-the-minute threat intelligence and expert human analysis into a monthly Opex service, ThreatDetect acts as a virtual extension of in-house IT resources to supply the tools and expertise needed to hunt down and remediate malware and viruses as well as the latest brute force and social engineering attacks.

With ThreatDetect, businesses can reduce cyber security risk through increased threat visibility, enhanced breach detection and rapid incident response.

Sample Customers

Securitas USA, Black Hills Energy, Lincoln Electric,The J.M. Smuckers Company, New York Community Bank, State of Connecticut, NCR

DuPont, Quanta Services, Microchip Technology, Hopkins Public Schools, Henny Penny, Schumacher Homes

Pizza Hut, King Edward VII's Hospital, ICG, TT International,

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