Red Canary vs Uptycs comparison

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Red Canary, a Zscaler company and Uptycs are both solutions in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category. Red Canary, a Zscaler company is ranked #38 with an average rating of 9.0, while Uptycs is ranked #47 with an average rating of 7.0. Red Canary, a Zscaler company holds a 0.7% mindshare in EDR, compared to Uptycs’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Red Canary, a Zscaler company users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Uptycs users who would recommend it.

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We performed a comparison between Red Canary and Uptycs based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.7%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Canary is 0.7%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Uptycs is 0.6%, up from 0.2% 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	3.7%
Red Canary	0.7%
Uptycs	0.6%
Other	95.0%

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Featured Reviews

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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John Hoffoss

Head of Information Security and Privacy at Ovative Group

Gained trusted 24/7 threat coverage and now focus security efforts on architecture and design

In my experience, the best features Red Canary offers are their team, their monitoring team, their expertise at incident investigation, and a focus on suspicious or actual indicators of compromise to ensure that we're not spending time just reviewing logs, but that we're actually looking at things that may indicate we have broader issues. The Red Canary team's expertise stands out compared to others I've worked with because their team is organized into smaller pods that support a given number of clients, so they're not just a bevy of operators going around the clock. The teams themselves have coordination and cohesion, and they get to know us. Their integrations into the different platforms and systems that we use all line up with our needs, whereas a number of other platforms offered a different variety of integrations that did not line up with our requirements. Red Canary has positively impacted my organization because I don't have to spend and hire resources to look at logs, which has enabled us to do much more in terms of improving security across the organization. With the freed-up resources, we've been able to implement CSPM, SAST, software testing tooling, and engage much more closely with our developers and engineers to focus on secure architecture and design.

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SangramGupta

Security Consultant at Deloitte

Centralized visibility has improved risk-based vulnerability management but onboarding still needs simplification

From my perspective, the features of Uptycs that stand out more for my projects and organization are the vulnerability management, endpoint visibility, and asset inventory management features. I can share two specific outcomes that show this positive impact using Uptycs. First, it reduces significant time and effort from the asset inventory point of view because previously I needed to scan all of the assets which were in scope, but now I only scan those assets that are currently active and in scope, and the CMDB and asset inventory receive proper updates of those assets. Secondly, in vulnerability prioritization, I receive all the prioritized vulnerabilities so I can prioritize and mitigate or remediate them as soon as possible, which reduces the overall time of remediation as well.

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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

"Cortex covers everything I need. It's a perfect solution. Cortex provides a different level of visibility because it's an extended EDR, allowing you to grab logs from the network and firewalls. Palo Alto invented the concept of the extended EDR or XDR."

"Their XDR agent and their behavioral indicators of compromise (BIOC) are pretty nice. Their managed threat hunting is also pretty nice. They also have WildFire, which is a service for actively looking for malware. It's quite useful."

"The multi-layered approach to the product gives you confidence that it will stop exploits, ransomware, worms, or viruses from compromising endpoints, essentially providing peace of mind."

"The most valuable for us is the correlation feature."

"We use Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks for its ability to detect based on behavior rather than simple virus scan to prevent malicious activities."

"The product is very good, it has caught a lot of exploits that most products would not."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks has helped lighten the load of our security analysts because it was the major tool that we were using and the one we utilized most."

"Palo Alto is constantly adding new features."

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"I recommended Red Canary to my friends who work in other organizations."

"I am satisfied with this solution and it is very competitive with other similar EDR or MDR solutions because it provides very impressive information about the root cause of the threat, such as malware."

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

"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."

"Red Canary has positively impacted my organization because I don't have to spend and hire resources to look at logs, which has enabled us to do much more in terms of improving security across the organization."

"Red Canary has impacted my organization positively because we treat any ticket triggered by them as high priority due to the fact that 99 percent of the time it is a true positive."

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

"I have seen a return on investment from using Uptycs, saving almost 25 to 30 percent in terms of asset investigations or asset inventory management and vulnerability prioritization, which is significant."

"They have multiple great features."

Cons

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks can improve mobile integration to allow access to the console."

"This is a very costly product."

"Cortex does not offer an on-premises solution. However, some customers would prefer not to be on the cloud. It would be ideal if it could offer something on-prem as well."

"In some cases, there are too many options for me, and it is a bit too hard to find some settings which I really need to implement."

"There are some false positives."

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

"The playbooks could be improved to include more functionalities or actions."

"In an upcoming release, the solution could improve by proving hard disk encryption. If it could support this it would be a complete solution."

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"I wish Red Canary could have a graph that shows the endpoint, user, and how it spreads, providing a visual representation to easily identify what happened."

"Red Canary can be improved by continuing to add new features and capabilities to what they are looking at, including the types of data they're looking at and the types of systems that they're integrating with."

"Red Canary's pricing spectrum may not be ideal for smaller financial institutions."

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

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

"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 price could always be better."

"Regarding improvements for Uptycs, I suggest simplified onboarding for complex cloud environments because the current onboarding method is complex and requires checks with the support team."

"We end up facing a lot of issues after upgrades."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's about $55 per license on a yearly basis."

"It has a yearly renewal."

"It's way too expensive, but security is expensive. You pay for your licensing, and then you pay for someone to monitor the stuff."

"I did PoCs on products called Cylance and CrowdStrike. Although, I consider these products and they were also good, when it come to cost and budgetary factors, Traps has been proven to be better than the other two products. It is quite cost-effective and delivers all the entire solution which we require."

"I feel it is fairly priced."

"I don't like that they have different types of licenses."

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

"Very costly product."

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"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."

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

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Construction Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

Government

Computer Software Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Construction Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	47
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	55

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	4

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Questions from the Community

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto vs. Sentinel One

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Comparing CrowdStrike Falcon to Cortex XDR (Palo Alto)

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto vs. CrowdStrike Falcon Both Cortex XDR and Crowd Strike Falcon offer cloud-based solutions th...

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How is Cortex XDR compared with Microsoft Defender?

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-delivered endpoint security solution. The tool reduces the attack surface,...

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

The services are higher priced.

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What needs improvement with Red Canary MDR?

I wish Red Canary could have a graph that shows the endpoint, user, and how it spreads, providing a visual representa...

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What is your primary use case for Red Canary MDR?

My main use case for Red Canary is that a Red Canary analyst monitors our logs, and if they see any abnormality, they...

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What needs improvement with Uptycs?

Regarding improvements for Uptycs, I suggest simplified onboarding for complex cloud environments because the current...

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What is your primary use case for Uptycs?

I use Uptycs as part of cloud security threat detection, vulnerability management, and security operations initiative...

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What advice do you have for others considering Uptycs?

My advice for others looking into using Uptycs is that if you are looking for a centralized solution for all security...

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Comparisons

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR vs Red Canary

Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

Wiz vs Uptycs

Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

Red Canary Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

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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

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.

Red Canary, a Zscaler company

Uptycs is a security analytics platform designed to enhance visibility and control across cloud, container, and endpoint assets. It helps organizations efficiently manage security risks with scalable analytics.

Uptycs offers extensive monitoring capabilities, providing a unified view of security data to identify threats and vulnerabilities. Its scalable architecture supports cloud environments and on-premise deployments, allowing teams to visualize security threats and ensure compliance effectively. Uptycs integrates seamlessly with existing workflows, offering real-time insights and enabling prompt response to potential threats.

What are the key features of Uptycs?

Endpoint Detection: Monitors and detects anomalies at the endpoint level.
Threat Intelligence: Integrates threat data to illuminate potential risks.
Compliance Reporting: Automates compliance checks and reports.
Cloud Security: Secures cloud infrastructure across multiple providers.
Container Security: Provides visibility into Docker and Kubernetes environments.

What benefits should users expect?

Improved Security Posture: Enhanced threat detection and incident responses.
Cost Effectiveness: Reduces resources needed for security management.
Streamlined Processes: Integrates with tools to simplify workflows.
Enhanced Compliance: Ensures adherence to industry standards, minimizing regulatory risks.

Uptycs is implemented across industries needing robust security measures, such as finance, healthcare, and technology. It addresses unique security challenges by offering tailored solutions that support secure digital transformations.

Uptycs

Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

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

Comcast, Crossbeam, Flexport, Greenlight Financial, Lookout Security, PayNearMe

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