Netsurion vs Trend Micro Managed XDR comparison

Netsurion and Trend Micro are both solutions in the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) category. Netsurion is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.6, while Trend Micro is ranked #18 with an average rating of 8.3. Netsurion holds a 0.4% mindshare in MDR, compared to Trend Micro’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Netsurion users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Trend Micro users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

Trend Micro Managed XDR and Netsurion are competing products in the cybersecurity space. Netsurion often appears superior in feature set, while Trend Micro XDR is favored for pricing and customer support, offering a balanced proposition for cost-effective security management.

Features: Trend Micro XDR prioritizes integration across multiple environments and advanced threat detection capabilities. Its detection and response methodology against virus and ransomware is critical. It is most effective in government, banking, and education sectors. Netsurion excels with its comprehensive network security features and real-time threat intelligence. The integration of its MITRE ATT&CK framework, comprehensive support, and robust network-focused approach stands out.

Room for Improvement: Trend Micro XDR could enhance its user interface and expand on its integration capabilities. Additional automated threat response options would add value. More customization options for reporting would be beneficial. Netsurion could improve by providing more detailed real-time alerts and quicker support response times. Simplifying its overall deployment process and lowering initial setup costs would also help.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Trend Micro XDR provides a straightforward deployment with comprehensive support services, emphasizing cross-platform compatibility and offering extensive ongoing support. Netsurion emphasizes quick deployment options with dedicated support aimed at enhancing security workflow efficiency, though Trend Micro's support services are more extensive.

Pricing and ROI: Trend Micro XDR offers an appealing pricing model with clear cost benefits and strong ROI due to its integration capabilities. Netsurion may have higher initial setup costs but offers long-term value through its advanced security offerings. The main difference is Trend Micro's cost-effective approach, balancing features and affordability, contrasting with Netsurion focusing on premium security features justifying a higher investment.

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Categories and Ranking

Netsurion

Ranking in Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

15th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) (4th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (17th), SOC as a Service (3rd), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (20th)

Trend Micro Managed XDR

Ranking in Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

18th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) category, the mindshare of Netsurion is 0.4%, down from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trend Micro Managed XDR is 1.5%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

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John-Berry

Information Technology Manager at ProfitSolv

The SOC center monitors, hunts, and notifies us of threats around the clock

I know they are working to resolve this issue, but Netsurion is currently unable to retrieve logs from S3 buckets. We use WP Engine for a lot of web hosting as well as AWS, and both of these platforms use S3 buckets. I would like Netsurion to be able to pull logs from Linux devices. We have some of that capability, and I believe they can do it. However, the way it works with Amazon is strange and glitchy. Therefore, working something out with Amazon would be great. Netsurion's SOC can be a bit too aggressive at times. We have asked them to adjust their playbook because I am tired of being notified about the same issue multiple times a day. I am aware of the issue, and it is not a cause for concern. Let's only take action on this issue if we see an actual problem.

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Nadeem Syed

CEO at Haniya Technologies

Quick response times enhance client satisfaction while managing multiple security features

On the financial side, it is quite expensive. If they could reduce the prices, it could attract more customers who are currently deterred by the cost. They need to improve their mobile device security solutions compared to competitors like Symantec or Kaspersky. They lack mobile device management features, despite offering security.

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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

"Expediting incident response is really great."

"Netsurion has its own security operations center, where it tracks information that comes across our telemetry."

"If we need to do a search for user lockouts, we can go, search, and find locations where they have been locked out, then keep track of those events, historically."

"What I like most about Netsurion is the level of visibility and reporting."

"The most important feature is keeping track of when accounts are created and deleted, when permission groups are changed, and memberships are changed in groups; and overall, how many errors are occurring on the various systems that we're monitoring."

"The product satisfies our compliance, and thus, all of our auditors. All of the data that we use and store for all security events is required by our auditors to be kept in a central storage location."

"I like the UI, overall. I like the main page and there are aspects of the search page that I like. When you bring it up on the left-hand side of the page, as you look at the events, the ability to simply hit and click the plus/minus to pull events in and out of the overall view is well done and is very effective from a threat-hunting and an analysis perspective. I like the detail it shows."

"I really appreciate the fact that the dashboard breaks everything down into a pretty easy view for me... It shows what changes are happening to privileged user accounts, access and identity, what's cropping up. It shows application activity and whether we've got system resources that aren't online and being found anymore. It's a pretty simple, easy, quick hit and there are the supporting logs behind it. If I need to drill down further, I can do that quickly. It's very effective."

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"I appreciate the detection and response methodology used against virus and ransomware attacks."

"The initial setup is very straightforward. CIOs appreciate the ease of installation, server configuration, and the user-friendly dashboard."

"Trend Micro Managed XDR has indeed enhanced our customers' threat detection capabilities. Many of our clients are utilizing it and have experienced positive outcomes. Overall, I would recommend it, especially considering the rising popularity of Trend Micro and its excellent product support."

"The most valuable feature of Trend Micro Managed XDR is the console."

"The features are such that MDR is a part of XDR, which includes different products."

"The tool has significantly improved threat detection and response times for my clients' organizations. The solution has performed exceptionally well, and my customers are pleased with both the performance of the system and the support they receive."

"The response time to any issues is very quick, providing a high level of client satisfaction."

"The most valuable feature of Trend Micro Managed XDR is that it protects all of the layers."

Cons

"The biggest problem is that we have too many domain controllers. So, we have to keep all the clients and main system updated with the latest versions along with making sure all the firewalls are open."

"With version 8, there are quite a few things. The query tool was one of the big ones, and the query speed was one of the big ones, but they've made some great strides between versions 8 and 9. There were also issues in version 8 around the ability to get the data back out. It's one thing to collect data, but it's a whole other thing to be able to present it or run it in a timely manner. The old tool, depending on how far back I was looking, might even time out and I would have to run it again."

"The system requirements are very, very high. So I need a pretty powerful server to run. If they could lighten that load so that the on-premise part of their product didn't impact my systems as much that would be ideal."

"The agents on the endpoints seem to fail quite a bit, requiring manual involvement from the local administrators. I would like to see their product be much more ad hoc and update automatically."

"I'd like to see improvement in the ease of generating reports. It seems fairly cumbersome whenever you decide to start tracking new categories of events. It seems a little kludgy when trying to generate those reports."

"Everything that I've wanted has been added in. EDR was added, and MITRE was added. Those were two big ones that we didn't even have to push for."

"We get a report generated on a particular day of the week and we go through it, trying to mitigate problems and make sure we're seeing everything that's happening. It would be helpful if the SOC spent a little more time with us going through some of those reports."

"There's always room to improve because there would be no competition if they had a perfect solution. The GUI to perform searches within the product may not be intuitive to a new user."

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"I am struggling to export all alerts, such as those from the past five to six months, at once. I would like to extract these alerts in Excel format in one go, but I have not found this feature yet."

"The main drawback is the lack of local language support in Oman."

"Being cost-effective is crucial, allowing customers with lower budgets to access the services. Offering a range of services at various price points ensures that customers can find suitable options without being compelled to explore alternative products or vendors."

"On the financial side, it is quite expensive. If they could reduce the prices, it could attract more customers who are currently deterred by the cost."

"The product could benefit from some improvements in its interface and organization. Functionality-wise, it performs well, but there's room for enhancement in terms of user-friendliness. There are ample resources like documents and videos provided by most vendors to assist users, although reaching out for direct support might not always be straightforward."

"On the financial side, it is quite expensive."

"Trend Micro Managed XDR could improve its support documents. This would allow us to explore the solution better and provide a better presentation to our customers. Addiontaally, there could be more automation features."

"There is a need for greater integration of non-Microsoft devices."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our budget follows the calendar year. We just started a new budget year at the beginning of the month. We did budget for an increase in our threat management system selection. Therefore, we have the budget to implement and accommodate a threat management system change, including an increase for the quoted actions that we received to improve EventTracker. We are just waiting on our council to approve that budget, which might not be for a little while. Hopefully, when they do, we will be able to jump on doing something."

"It is a bit expensive as compared to some of the other products that have come out in recent years. Expense-wise, the only downside is that it is not cheap."

"Netsurion's pricing is extremely fair and flexible. The price of their SIEM product is reasonable, and you can pay for those services you want on top of that. It wasn't cheap, but it's competitive, and we intend to renew our contract."

"We put together the package of what we needed. It was based pretty much on the number of agents that we were deploying. If we needed to manage logging from certain specific applications, like Active Directory and SQL Server, there has been no additional cost for that. We had agents deployed for those specific servers and the applications were included, then there was just an additional installation that they had to do for us."

"You are paying for different levels, especially as far as the monitoring goes and how often you review it with the team. The other factor that figures in is how many nodes are on your network, such as clients, network equipment, servers, etc. There are some additional pieces on top of that, but it's laid out pretty simply, as far as how much you're going to pay for a node."

"We have seen time and cost savings. It prevents us from having to hire specialized people for this type of work. We would need to hire six staff members to accommodate the same service."

"Our pricing for Netsurion last year was US $52,000 per year."

"When we first got the EventTracker product, we were using SIEM Simplified. At the time they didn't call it that, but it was more of a service thing. So, there was a bit more hand-holding and getting stuff set up, along with failure reports, that they did during the first one to two years. Then, we decided that the the additional money to have someone do these daily reports wasn't terribly useful, so we discontinued that service."

More Netsurion pricing and cost advice

"The solution is cost-effective."

"I rate the tool's pricing a six out of ten."

"There is a subscription needed to use Trend Micro Managed XDR. We are on an annual license."

"The solution's pricing falls within a reasonable range—it's not the most expensive option out there, nor the cheapest."

"Trend Micro's solutions are considerably more expensive than competitors."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Netsurion Managed Threat Protection?

Expediting incident response is really great.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Netsurion Managed Threat Protection?

Their pricing is high. I don't know if it's a barrier. The quality speaks to the price. The price is the price. They provide what they promise. From a purchasing perspective, I just have to come ba...

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What needs improvement with Netsurion Managed Threat Protection?

There is one area that needs improvement and that is with the agents and the server that's on-site. The system requirements are very, very high. So I need a pretty powerful server to run. If they c...

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What do you like most about Trend Micro Managed XDR?

The initial setup is very straightforward. CIOs appreciate the ease of installation, server configuration, and the user-friendly dashboard.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Trend Micro Managed XDR?

The solution is on the higher side in terms of pricing, and the licensing is per user.

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What needs improvement with Trend Micro Managed XDR?

I am struggling to export all alerts, such as those from the past five to six months, at once. I would like to extract these alerts in Excel format in one go, but I have not found this feature yet....

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Also Known As

Netsurion Managed Threat Protection, Netsurion EventTracker

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Overview

Netsurion offers a comprehensive solution for centralized log management, SIEM, and managed services, ensuring continuous monitoring and security event analysis for diverse organizations, enhancing IT security and compliance.

Netsurion centralizes event management through SIEM and managed services. Organizations leverage it for vulnerability assessment and intrusion detection, integrating logs from Windows, Linux, and network devices. Its SOC provides 24/7 monitoring, ensuring compliance with PCI and audit standards. Real-time alerts and efficient log data aggregation enhance threat identification and response. Weekly reports and insights into user lockouts contribute to robust security management, beneficial for firms with constrained resources.

What are some key features of Netsurion?

SIEM Integration: Centralizes security event data for easier management.
Managed Services: Provides 24/7 SOC monitoring and support.
Real-TIme Alerts: Notifies of unusual security events promptly.
Threat Intelligence: Delivers actionable insights for proactive defense.
Seamless Platform Integration: Compatible with Office 365, firewalls, and other platforms.

How can companies benefit from using Netsurion?

Enhanced Security Management: Real-time monitoring and alerts streamline threat response.
PCI Compliance: Supports meeting audit and regulatory requirements efficiently.
Resource Optimization: Weekly reports and detailed insights aid decision-making for limited-resource organizations.
Improved Threat Detection: Consolidating logs and real-time intelligence helps in identifying threats swiftly.

Netsurion is implemented across industries like finance, healthcare, and retail, where security is crucial. These sectors require robust monitoring and compliance solutions, utilizing Netsurion's seamless integration with their existing infrastructure to manage security operations effectively, addressing both regulatory needs and threat management.

Netsurion

Trend Micro XDR applies the most effective AI and expert analytics to the activity data collected from its native sensors in the environment to produce fewer, higher-fidelity alerts. Global threat intelligence from the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network™ combined with expert detection rules continually updated from our threat experts maximize the power of AI and analytical models in unparalleled ways.

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