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Huntress Managed ITDR vs Microsoft Entra ID Protection comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Huntress Managed ITDR
Ranking in Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)
11th
Average Rating
9.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Entra ID Protection
Ranking in Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Identity Management (IM) (6th), Microsoft Security Suite (9th)
 

Featured Reviews

Kevin - PeerSpot reviewer
Peace of mind in identifying compromises in your M365 tenants
Huntress Managed ITDR examines various signals from the M365 tenants. If anything suspicious is identified, their SOC analysts can take a closer look and subsequently take action. It's a comprehensive solution covering endpoints and cloud tenants, offering peace of mind. I recognized its benefits immediately, as it provides protection against M365 identity compromises, like admin account breaches.
Ankit Gupta. - PeerSpot reviewer
Comprehensive identity management enhances security and access controls with advanced integration
The monitoring from Microsoft Entra ID Protection provides great visibility at a granular level. It provides all the details, including IP address, username, and permission or error logs. This information is available in both the audit log and regular log. The alert functionality supports general day-to-day monitoring and any violation or trigger for errors. Microsoft Entra ID Protection's features are suitable for all sizes of companies. It's a must-have product because traditionally Active Directory was used for identity and authentication on computers. Now, with hybrid capabilities, every company of any size needs these features and tools. I rate Microsoft Entra ID Protection ten out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Implementing Huntress Managed ITDR has improved our business by allowing us to be more proactive with our security posture."
"Huntress Managed ITDR has helped me detect identity threats extremely effectively; Compromised accounts are managed extremely well because we often get sign-ins from unknown locations faster than a client is aware their account is compromised."
"I rate the overall solution as a ten out of ten."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"The centralized management with the EDR and ITDR is beneficial."
"Huntress Managed ITDR examines various nulls from the M365 tenants. If anything suspicious is identified, their SOC analysts can take a closer look and subsequently take action."
"The valuable features of Entra ID Protection include providing me visibility of my entire estate, managing access, and having a level of control."
"For me, automatization is most valuable."
"I use conditional access most of the time."
"The solution helps us with authentication."
"The features we find most effective for identity security include access reviews, two-factor authentication, and modification."
"These features ease the job of security analysts, providing a better vision of user activities and potential risks."
"The tool is simple and you can find a lot of tutorials, and videos on YouTube that can help you."
"The most valuable features are the API apps, which I use to connect to my cloud Protection."
 

Cons

"The product needs further maturity, with some improvements in the user interface."
"More in-depth reporting could be beneficial for the solution."
"The product needs further maturity, with some improvements in the user interface."
"More in-depth reporting could be beneficial for the solution."
"If anything, it's created more work, but that's because we're now seeing things that we weren't seeing before."
"In areas where Huntress Managed ITDR could improve, I would suggest exclusions and the ability to add whitelisting for file types or select files, making it more transparent."
"Entra ID lacks a function to synchronize from the cloud to the local directory. This is a significant issue since there is no write-back feature from the cloud to local, which would allow me to use my own credentials from the cloud tenant securely."
"There is a lot of confusion around the user interface."
"A potential area of improvement in Microsoft Entra ID Protection could include backup-level capability or snapshot capability."
"I did have some trouble finding specific documentation, particularly for troubleshooting."
"The platform's pricing and scalability need improvement."
"The solution's sync should be faster since it can take about 30 minutes to two hours to complete a simple sync. The tool needs to sync instantly. It also needs to improve scalability, support, and stability."
"Integrating some notifications, not necessarily all, but at least for important events or alerts, would be beneficial as it would function as a team solution or something similar."
"Azure AD could improve by enhancing the availability of specialized courses for security, such as NETSCOUT security or other relevant certifications. It would be beneficial to have specific courses for security, to provide in-depth knowledge and skills related to Azure AD. While there are micro-learning resources available for various concepts, many people in the IT industry may not have the time to go through all the courses to properly configure and utilize Azure Active Directory. Simplifying the implementation process and making it easier for individuals to join a company with Azure AD could also be considered areas for improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price of Azure AD is not expensive."
"The pricing is competitive in the SMA segment and runs $5-$6 per user."
"Azure Active Directory Identity Protection is not very expensive."
"From one to ten, if one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the tool a seven out of ten."
"The product cost is on the expensive side."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Insurance Company
12%
University
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Huntress Managed ITDR?
In terms of pricing, it seemed pretty cheap for us. I think it was two or three dollars a user a month. Given that it wasn't a product we were expecting to buy, it was a somewhat unanticipated cost...
What needs improvement with Huntress Managed ITDR?
In my opinion, Huntress Managed ITDR has room for improvement in the speed of some screen refreshing, as it isn't as fast as it perhaps could be. The fact that it caches results is a bit odd for a ...
What is your primary use case for Huntress Managed ITDR?
My use case is really just for threat detection and response to observe and get more awareness of where our sign-ins are coming from, so we can better protect our login environment.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Active Directory Identity Protection?
The pricing for Microsoft Entra ID protection is not expensive. It varies based on the company's size and quality.
What needs improvement with Azure Active Directory Identity Protection?
A potential area of improvement in Microsoft Entra ID Protection could include backup-level capability or snapshot capability. Currently, we are required to use third-party backups for the overall ...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Azure Active Directory Identity Protection, Azure AD Identity Protection
 

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