How we source MDR pricing figures
Cost ranges on this site are based on public reference material across the relevant landscape. The publishers below are representative of the kind of source that informs our positioning, not an exhaustive extraction map per figure. A specific figure on a specific page is not necessarily anchored to a single named publisher.
Sources
- Vendor public pricing. CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, SentinelOne Vigilance, Sophos MDR, Arctic Wolf, Expel, Red Canary, Rapid7 MDR, Trustwave, Secureworks Taegis MDR, and others where pricing is publicly disclosed.
- Public analyst reports. Gartner Magic Quadrant for MDR (where pricing context is published), Forrester Wave research, IDC MarketScape coverage.
- Marketplace listings. AWS Marketplace and Azure Marketplace published price points for MDR offerings.
- Practitioner survey data. Public MDR-cost surveys and write-ups from r/cybersecurity, the SANS Internet Storm Center, ISMG and CSO Online industry coverage, and CISO-roundtable case studies.
What we deliberately do not publish
- Specific customer MDR contract values. Where a specific organisation's MDR contract value is known to us through public reporting, it is described in band terms only.
- Vendor-private discount math. Bespoke discount levels and bundling commitments are commercially confidential. Expect 20-40% movement on a real negotiation.
- Side-by-side feature grids. We publish positioning notes per vendor but not feature grids. MDR feature parity changes quarterly; static grids are stale within months.
Update cadence
Site values update only when the underlying reality changes. Triggers:
- Major vendor pricing-model change (e.g. per-endpoint to per-identity)
- New entrant publishing pricing materially below the existing band
- Major MDR acquisition or product retirement event
- Marketplace published price changes greater than 10%
Cosmetic date bumps are not made.
Editorial position
This site is operated by Digital Signet, an independent AI-development studio. Digital Signet does not sell MDR services, does not run a SOC, does not act as an MSSP reseller, and does not accept paid placements from any MDR vendor or MSSP. See /about for the operator and the wider network.
Editorial direction is set by Oliver Wakefield-Smith. Drafts are produced via Digital Signet's autonomous AI development methodology and reviewed against the editorial framework before publication.
Contact
For methodology questions, corrections, or scenarios that don't fit cleanly: [email protected].