Huntress vs. Arctic Wolf

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Bought, not built tech stack
Focus on threat monitoring and alerting, leaving remediation to customers
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Huntress vs Artic Wolf

Effectiveness

Huntress delivers predictable security outcomes with transparent guidance, backed by a 24/7 AI-assisted SOC, <1% false positives, and 8-minute MTTR.

Arctic Wolf

Bought, not built tech stack is prone to false positives.

Expertise

Industry-recognized team of threat experts, CVE Naming Authority, and Verizon DBIR contributor.

Arctic Wolf

Lack of industry-recognition and community-involvement.

Security Operations Center (SOC)

Huntress 24/7 SOC reviews alerts, provides context, and remediates for you with permission. Delivers remediation steps in plain text, along with a 1-click Assisted Remediation button.

Arctic Wolf

Focus on threat monitoring and alerting. Post-incident support and remediation limited to just guidance. Active remediation requires an IR retainer.

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Huntress Managed EDR and 24/7 SOC is included at a single, affordable price, with Managed AV for Microsoft Defender included at no extra cost.

Arctic Wolf

Incident remediation costs extra.

Broad IT Management Toolset

Huntress focuses on protecting against advanced threats with Managed MDR, ITDR, SIEM, and SAT.

Arctic Wolf

Arctic Wolf bundles cybersecurity with IT management by partnering with other providers, offering services like RMM, backup, and other core IT tools.

Threat Detection & Response

We own the tech stack, so detection and response are smarter, faster, and built for your needs.

Arctic Wolf

They bolt on someone else’s tech (or use their recently acquired EDR, Cylance) that could lead to slower detections and unpredictable response outcomes.

Endpoint threat detection and response

Purpose-built EDR that delivers high-accuracy threat detection, < 1% false positive rate, 24/7 monitoring with fast response.

Arctic Wolf

Acquired Cylance. Their MDR service integrates with other EDR technologies.

Identity threat detection and response

Identity threat detection and response for M365 with 24/7 monitoring and human-validated alerts

Arctic Wolf

Recognized as a broad SOC/MDR player; identity enhancements are newer to their stack.

SIEM

Built from the ground up to reduce the complexity and cost of log collection, analysis, and storage. Simple pricing per log source backed by our 24/7 SOC

Arctic Wolf

For larger enterprises that have heterogeneous systems (on-prem/ cloud/ hybrid) and lots of logs/telemetry.

Security awareness training (SAT)

Managed by security experts and integrates with the broader Huntress platform. By linking endpoint, ITDR, and SIEM data, training can align with real threats and trigger assignments based on actual incidents.

Arctic Wolf

Frequent, concierge-delivered microlearning + quizzes + phishing simulations.

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Purpose-built Tech, Never Bolted Together

Huntress’ purpose-built technology is informed by our threat experts, and optimized for our 24/7 SOC with false positive rate of <1%. You’ll only be alerted when incidents require your attention, greatly reducing alert fatigue and false positives.

Industry-recognized Human Expertise

Over 100+ threat experts across research, intelligence, operations, hunt, SOC, response, and support delivering high-fidelity threat protection, detection and response.

Fully-managed, 24/7 Coverage

We take on the heavy-lifting, managing and monitoring of all Huntress’ products. You get around the clock 24/7 coverage across the globe. Humans are always there to support you when you need it.