Kaspersky Next EDR Expert vs Stellar Cyber Open XDR comparison

Kaspersky and Stellar Cyber are both solutions in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category. Kaspersky is ranked #21 with an average rating of 8.1, while Stellar Cyber is ranked #56. Kaspersky holds a 1.3% mindshare in EDR, compared to Stellar Cyber’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Kaspersky users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 9, 2026

Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert and Stellar Cyber Open XDR compete in cybersecurity solutions. Kaspersky leads with threat detection and support, while Stellar Cyber's integration stands out for versatility.

Features: Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert provides precise threat detection, strong incident response capabilities, and reliable security operations. Stellar Cyber Open XDR offers versatile integration capabilities across multiple security layers, enhancing security infrastructure, and supporting complex security environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Kaspersky offers straightforward deployment with strong customer support. Stellar Cyber provides flexible deployment options well-suited for varied IT infrastructures but has less consistent customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Kaspersky presents budget-friendly pricing with favorable ROI due to efficient operations. Stellar Cyber represents a higher upfront investment but provides long-term benefits through improved security architecture and significant ROI. Exact pricing details not provided.

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Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.4%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kaspersky Next EDR Expert is 1.3%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Stellar Cyber Open XDR is 1.0%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.4%
Kaspersky Next EDR Expert	1.3%
Stellar Cyber Open XDR	1.0%
Other	94.3%

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

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ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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Ravi-Upadhyay

Founder at Inspira Enterprise

Provides strong threat detection and response through behavior analytics and network isolation

I have found the most valuable features of Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert to be its ability to tackle the biggest challenges customers face when they have to mitigate any kind of a malware, ransomware attack, or online theft scenarios. The solution utilizes its HIPS, which is the host intrusion prevention system, behavior analytics system, and device control mechanism, making the antivirus capabilities of EDR quite strong. It is able to detect zero-day threats as well as historical or legacy malware, providing protection against current threats in the market and legacy malware. My opinion on the advanced threat detection algorithms in Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert is that the ATP functionality is quite strong because it utilizes the behavioral analytics engine in the backend, which employs machine learning mechanisms to identify any kind of vulnerability or exploit running on the operating system level and the network level. If an attack is about to happen on the endpoint, it is able to protect over the network as well and checks for any illegitimate encryption activities. The machine learning capability within Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert has contributed to improving detection accuracy and reducing false positives in my environment by helping me identify malicious activity and differentiate between any malicious activity on the operating system level and on the network level. I have seen customers with in-house developed applications that have no public signatures available. Once I whitelist a particular application, it intelligently whitelists not only the executable but also all the dependent services required to run that application. Furthermore, Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert has successfully blocked network-level attacks on the endpoint. For example, during a recent DoS attack aimed at choking the entire network, Kaspersky detected the attack, isolated the device in a sandbox network, and alerted my SOC team via email for corrective action, thereby proactively helping me detect and protect devices from malicious attacks.

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Hrishiraj Bhattacharjee

Founder & CEO at Team Karimganj

Correlates incidents, allows for quicker identification and helps prioritize investigations

The only challenge is, and that’s where we come into play, it’s a pretty high-tech platform. So, it’s difficult for small and medium-sized organizations to manage it on their own. It’s a very complex system. It requires a lot of expertise. All my guys who work on it have gone through certification from Stellar itself. There are three different certifications that you need to complete. Only then are you certified by Stellar to work on it. It’s a very complex platform. Not everyone can use it. A simple IT engineer or system admin won’t be able to handle it because it’s quite complex. You need to have an understanding of the industry, the subject, and the tool. So, just purchasing this tool or license and then using it on your own would be very difficult to configure and manage on a day-to-day basis. The pricing model is not suitable for small and medium companies, particularly small companies. The minimum pricing model they have is suitable for companies with more than one thousand users. So, if someone has 50 to 100 users, like typical small companies, it’s difficult for them because the cost involved is high. Stellar would charge you for those thousand users, but you do not need all those users. So what are they going to do? I guess Stellar does not want to target small companies directly and maybe relies on resellers and MSPs like us to sell it. So, that is something I would recommend changing. Otherwise, it’s a great tool, but because of the pricing model, small companies are unable to leverage the advantage of this beautiful tool. So, the pricing model should be suitable for small and medium businesses. The product currently has vulnerability monitoring and everything. But if they could also do something about vulnerability management and maybe patch management, that would be nice.

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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

"It blocks malicious files. It prevents attacks. It doesn't require many updates, it's a very light application."

"The protection offered by this product is good, as is the endpoint reporting."

"Previously, we had to install endpoint protection per machine and then scan and update, but Cortex XDR basically does that centrally and predictably, so we have more time to do day-to-day work rather than spend time chasing those endpoints."

"The most valuable feature is that you can select remote access of any machine for sandboxing."

"I generally believe that Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is probably the best in the market right now."

"Traps has drastically reduced our endpoint attack surface via advanced detection capabilities, sandboxing of never before seen programs, and by drastically limiting where executables can launch in the first place."

"Palo Alto is the core of the security infrastructure in the environment."

"It has pretty much everything we need and works well within the Palo Alto ecosystem."

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"This is a feature-rich product."

"The performance for Kaspersky is good, and it's not impacted our client performance."

"We particularly appreciate how scalable this solution is, as we often need to increase our end-user numbers."

"The most valuable features are the reports."

"The pricing is decent."

"We like the automated change of policies, given some scenarios, and you can rely upon your automated policies being activated if you need to, giving you good protection when you are under attack or when ransomware is spreading across your network."

"Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert provides excellent visibility into endpoint activities by giving a comprehensive log that includes all software and hardware inventory of the endpoint, shows the real-time processes running in memory, and also provides visibility on detected threats and the actions taken against them."

"We have a central console and from there you can monitor all workstations via an agent."

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"Stellar Cyber Open XDR offers these functionalities at a more affordable price, making it easier for me to position it with price-sensitive customers."

"It can integrate with almost any cybersecurity tool available in the market."

Cons

"A better pricing plan would make this product more competitive."

"It'll help if customization was easier."

"I would like to see some additional features related to email protection included."

"Impact on system performance is horrible, adding a lot of delays for users."

"There is a severe gap in functionality between Windows, Linux, and Mac versions."

"I have run into some detection issues with Cortex XDR. It needs to be better at detection of internal attacks."

"It would be good if they could make an exception for applications. Sometimes, it can be a bit of a challenge to make exceptions for certain applications that have been used as rogue."

"Currently, we are monitoring all USB drives and ports but we would like to improve our device control capabilities."

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"The main problem with Endpoint is that Kaspersky is a Russian company, and my clients prefer not to use it."

"Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response could improve some issues and add new security files."

"There are some cases that take three days to deal with. It's too long."

"Kaspersky EDR currently has limited OS support. They only focus on Windows Server and Windows."

"Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response should continue to improve its protection while adapting to the changing threat ecosystems. Having more advanced features would be a benefit."

"I would like better integration with other products."

"We currently have tactical, and it's hard to make strategic decisions based on what it delivers."

"The system can be heavy, slowing down performance."

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"Support is an issue because they have a limited number of resources."

"I would rate the stability at about five to six. The platform requires some fine-tuning, especially when integrating data sources and creating connectors."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I feel it is fairly priced."

"We didn't have to pay any additional fee for the cloud instance. It just came with the renewal, which was nice."

"It is present, but when compared to other competitive products, I would say it is not less expensive; however, when all of the other added values are considered, the price is reasonable."

"It's the most expensive solution, but features-wise, it's quite strong. It's very good for protection, so the results are very good in the case of protection. I would rate it a two out of ten in terms of pricing."

"It has a yearly renewal."

"This is an expensive solution."

"If one wishes to work with another team or large number of users at a future point, he must purchase a license for them."

"Licensing for Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR can be costly, especially when it comes to a hundred users. A license is required for each user, and the subscription must be renewed on a yearly basis."

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"We have been satisfied with the license of the solution."

"There is an annual license to use Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response. The price overall is a bit expensive when compared to other solutions. There are not any additional fees other than the license."

"The solution is expensive in comparison to CheckPoint and Fortinet."

"The license for EDR costs about 1,000 pesos per user. I would rate the pricing as four out of five."

"We were on a three-year license to use Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response. The price could be better."

"The price of the solution could be reduced."

"Pricing for Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response is so-so when you compare it with its competitors. Its pricing isn't cheap nor expensive."

"The solution isn't the cheapest considering what you get. I would rate the pricing as seven out of ten."

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"It’s a single license platform."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Construction Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

10%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

10%

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Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	46
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	49

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	30
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	18

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

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Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

Palo Alto Networks

Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert is a robust cybersecurity tool that delivers protection against cyberthreats while enhancing visibility and response capabilities for IT security teams.

This comprehensive solution integrates with Endpoint Protection Platform to block and detect cyberthreats while providing tools for IT security professionals. Backed by 30 years of experience, it is trusted by over 600 enterprise customers, safeguarding more than 2.5 million endpoints across the globe. The system is built with a powerful set of detection engines, enabling proactive threat investigation with clear visualization. It features an open architecture supporting broad integration capabilities, making it versatile for diverse IT environments.

What are the key features of Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses machine learning and behavior analytics to identify sophisticated threats.
Comprehensive Endpoint Protection: Provides robust security measures, including intrusion prevention and firewall capabilities.
Open Integration: Seamlessly integrates with Kaspersky SIEM, Endpoint Security, and third-party workflows.
Embedded Sandbox: Analyzes suspicious files in depth to determine threat levels.
Centralized Management: Facilitates encryption and reporting for enhanced usability.

What benefits can users expect when using Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert?

Effective Security: Offers reliable protection against malware and ransomware.
Scalability: Designed to support expanding infrastructures.
Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with centralized control.
Responsive Support: Provides swift assistance for technical issues.

In industries such as finance, healthcare, and corporate IT, Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert is employed for network and endpoint security, shielding against malware, zero-day threats, and unauthorized access. It empowers these sectors with enhanced threat intelligence, secure data protection, and effective patch management, facilitating robust protection across diverse ecosystems.

Kaspersky

Stellar Cyber Open XDR delivers an advanced, unified security solution designed for real-time threat detection and intelligent response, reducing complexity by integrating multiple tools into a single interface.

Stellar Cyber Open XDR aggregates security data from many sources to provide comprehensive threat detection and response capabilities. It offers a streamlined, user-friendly experience, allowing teams to efficiently manage incidents. By automating routine security tasks, it enhances operational efficiency and increases visibility across the entire network infrastructure.

What are the key features of Stellar Cyber Open XDR?

Open Integration: Connects with existing security tools for seamless data aggregation and correlation.
AI-Powered Analytics: Uses artificial intelligence to predict, detect, and respond to threats with high accuracy.
Automated Incident Response: Accelerates the fighting-back process through intelligent automation.
Comprehensive Dashboards: Offers clear visibility into security metrics through customizable dashboards.

What benefits or ROI should users expect?

Improved Threat Detection: Recognizes threats faster, allowing quick response to reduce potential damage.
Increased Efficiency: Reduces manual work by automating repetitive tasks, saving time for IT teams.
Cost Reduction: Consolidates security tools, decreasing overall expenditure on multiple solutions.
Enhanced Collaboration: Allows diverse security teams to work together more effectively with shared insights.

Stellar Cyber Open XDR is implemented across various industries, including finance, healthcare, and retail, offering tailored security strategies suited to industry-specific challenges. Organizations can take advantage of this integrated approach to align security operations with industry regulations efficiently.

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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

Ferrari, Insolar, Tael, Republic of Serbia

Sumitomo Chemical USA, PlastiPak Packaging, University of Denver, Large California State Agency, Large Midwestern American City

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