This comparison draws on Huntress's own competitive research into each platform's publicly available materials, documentation, and pricing, cross-checked against operational insight from the Huntress SOC, which manages security posture for more than 14 million identities. We focused specifically on the segment most existing ISPM buyer's guides don't address: MSPs and SMBs managing Microsoft 365 (and Google Workspace) identities in the 50–500 range, rather than enterprise-scale, multi-cloud identity estates.

As a vendor in this category, we have an obvious point of view — we've tried to be specific about where competitors genuinely do something well (Augmentt's compliance reporting, CIPP's free admin plane, Inforcer's workload breadth) rather than presenting a one-sided list.

This is the distinction that matters most for MSPs and SMBs evaluating ISPM, and it's the one most buyer's guides skip. Self-managed tools give you a console: baselines, policy templates, and drift reports. You still decide what "hardened" looks like, test whether a new Conditional Access policy will lock anyone out, and clean up drift when it's found. Managed platforms take that judgment off your plate — a vendor's team (ideally backed by insights from a 24/7 SOC) owns the baseline, validates impact before enforcement, and closes drift automatically.

Of the eight platforms below, only Huntress Managed ISPM includes a fully managed configuration management and enforcement layer by default; a subset of Sophos, CrowdStrike, and Blackpoint capabilities reach that level only at higher paid tiers. CIPP, Augmentt, and Inforcer are self-managed by design — genuinely strong tools, but the operating model puts the ongoing work back on your team.

Best for: MSPs and growing businesses that want Microsoft 365 identity hardening done for them, not just flagged

Huntress Managed ISPM continuously hardens Microsoft 365 identity posture under a fully managed model: Huntress defines the policy baseline, tests every new Conditional Access policy in Learning Mode before it goes live, rolls policies out on a prioritized schedule, and auto-remediates drift within minutes. It runs on the same platform as Managed ITDR and is backed by the insights of a 24/7 human-led AI-Centric SOC.

Key Features

• 75+ managed controls/policies covering Entra, SharePoint, Exchange, Teams, and more
• Directly addresses the security controls which can impair hacker tradecraft like Unwanted Access, Account Takeovers and Shadow Workflows
• Learning Mode collects real sign-in data and shows exactly who a new policy would affect before it's enforced
• Drift detection with continuous enforcement to auto-remediate, typically within 10–15 minutes of a change
• Recommended policies are prioritized and built from real attacker tradecraft observed across 14M+ identities under management, not just a CIS/NIST checklist (though it covers that too)
• Pairs natively with Managed ITDR (around 3-minute mean time to respond, sub-5% false positive rate) on one platform with a 24/7SOC

Microsoft 365 Integration Depth: Huntress provides a fully managed hardening model that prioritizes the highest-impact security settings based on real-world attacker behavior. We own the framework, the rollout sequencing, and the enforcement decision—it isn't just a dashboard your team operates, it's a managed outcome.

Google Workspace Coverage: Managed identity threat detection and response via Huntress Managed ITDR. Managed ISPM itself is focused on Microsoft 365 posture today.

Who Is This For? MSPs and internal IT teams managing roughly 50–500 identities on Microsoft 365 who don't want to build an in-house identity hardening practice to keep up with drift and Conditional Access changes.

Pricing model: Per-identity, volume-tiered managed service

Strengths

• Fully managed from security control selection, through enforcement and drift remediation
• Managed Deployments prioritizes and implements the scheduling, deployment, and maintenance of policies so your Secure Score improves without manual effort
• Learning Mode de-risks rollout, no guessing at what a new policy will break
• Unified platform with Managed ITDR

Considerations

• Newer as a dedicated posture product. Managed ISPM reached general availability July 1, 2026, but already protects thousands of organizations
• Scope is intentionally focused on Microsoft 365 identity hardening, not user administration

Best for: MSPs that want a free or low-cost multi-tenant Microsoft 365 admin console

CIPP is an open-source, self-hostable (or affordably hosted) multi-tenant Microsoft 365 administration console built for MSPs. It handles user lifecycle, licensing, offboarding, and standards deployment across tenants better than most paid admin tools.

Key Features

• Free to self-host, or roughly $99/month hosted
• Broad day-to-day Microsoft 365 admin controls: mailboxes, licensing, onboarding, offboarding, group management
• Free, open-source browser extension that blocks AiTM phishing at the login page
• Drift detection on a scan cadence (commonly daily), surfaced as a report

Microsoft 365 Integration Depth: Deep on the admin plane — CIPP is genuinely one of the best free tools for day-to-day Microsoft 365 tenant management. Posture and drift work is manual: CIPP surfaces the finding, your team fixes it.

Google Workspace Coverage: Not covered.

Who Is This For? MSPs with the in-house Microsoft/Conditional Access expertise and the time to own baseline design, pre-enforcement testing, and drift cleanup themselves, who primarily need a free multi-tenant admin console.

Pricing model: Free (self-hosted) or flat ~$99/tenant/month (hosted)

Strengths

• Best free Microsoft 365 admin plane in the MSP channel
• Deep, broad day-to-day admin functionality across tenants
• Free anti-phishing browser extension

Considerations

• Drift is caught on a scan cadence and handed back as a report, not fixed automatically
• No built-in report-only impact testing before enforcing new Conditional Access policies
• No managed detection and response layer

Best for: MSPs that want self-service Microsoft 365 posture management with license-aware compliance reporting.

Augmentt Secure is a Microsoft 365 posture and administration platform for MSPs: security baselines, Conditional Access management, drift detection and correction, and rules-based alerting on risky sign-ins. Its Engage module adds direct tenant and user administration.

Key Features

• One-click baselines aligned to Secure Score, NIST, CIS, or custom frameworks
• Granular group- and role-based policy deployment with break-glass exceptions
• License-aware insurance and compliance reporting used in QBRs and cyber-insurance documentation
• Engage module for onboarding/offboarding, license assignment, and user lockout

Microsoft 365 Integration Depth: Broad functionality across multiple workloads (e.g., Entra, Intune), but lacks deep, specialized depth in any individual area; drift detection occurs on a scheduled (roughly 24-hour) cadence rather than through continuous enforcement.

Google Workspace Coverage: Not covered (Microsoft 365-focused).

Who Is This For? MSPs around 250+ seats who want to run posture management themselves alongside broader Microsoft 365 administration, and who need license-aware reporting for QBRs.

Pricing model: Per-user self-service, ~$0.80/user, 250-seat minimum, no annual commitment; no managed tier to upgrade into.

Strengths

• License-aware insurance and compliance reporting is a genuine, documented differentiator
• Granular break-glass policy exclusions
• Direct tenant administration in the same tool as posture management

Considerations

• No management — alerts and remediation actions still require MSP review and ownership
• Drift correction runs on a scheduled cadence rather than continuously
• No integrated ITDR capabilities in the same platform

Best for: MSPs with strong in-house Microsoft identity expertise who want a broad policy-administration plane

Inforcer helps MSPs push and standardize Microsoft 365 policies across tenants — Entra, Intune, Defender, and Purview — and recently added early-access Threat Detection &

Response (TDR) built on top of Microsoft XDR signals.

Key Features

• Policy library import/build and rollout across tenants
• Drift checked against a customer-defined baseline on a 24-hour cycle
• Early-access TDR layered on the customer's Microsoft XDR signals

Microsoft 365 Integration Depth: Broad workload coverage (Entra, Intune, Defender, Purview) in one console, but the MSP defines and maintains the baseline itself. The platform offers no scheduling or managed deployments, and provides no recommendations on which settings to align to the baseline first; instead, it focuses on matching a "golden template" rather than closing specific security gaps. There is no built-in Learning Mode-style impact analysis before enforcement.

Google Workspace Coverage: Not covered.

Who Is This For? MSPs that already have strong Microsoft identity expertise and want a broader admin plane to standardize policy at scale — not a team looking for a fully managed outcome.

Pricing model: Tenant-based pricing with annual agreements and volume discounts; no published price card (custom quote).

Strengths

• Broad Microsoft workload coverage in a single console
• New TDR layer shows continued platform investment beyond pure posture
• Useful for MSPs standardizing policy across many tenants at once

Considerations

• Not managed— Inforcer's own leadership has said they are not building this
• TDR detection depth depends on the client's Microsoft license tier (richest signal needs Entra ID P2 or Defender/E5)
• Baseline ownership, pre-deployment testing, and drift response all stay with the MSP

Best for: MSPs that want bundled EDR, identity, SIEM, and SAT under one 24/7 SOC at accessible entry pricing

Blackpoint's CompassOne platform pairs an endpoint agent (SNAP-Defense) with posture visibility for Microsoft 365 — including limited settings rollback — inside a broader, multi-product security platform.

Key Features

• 24/7 SOC across endpoint and identity alerts
• CompassOne posture visibility with limited settings rollback
• MDR Essentials available month-to-month starting at 50+ endpoints

Microsoft 365 Integration Depth: Posture visibility exists and some settings can be rolled back, but baseline design and ongoing upkeep stay with the MSP. Posture is one module inside a broader platform, not a dedicated hardening product.

Google Workspace Coverage: Not covered.

Who Is This For? MSPs in the 50+ endpoint range who want one bundled platform (endpoint, identity, SIEM, SAT) with accessible month-to-month entry pricing, and who are comfortable owning baseline decisions with SOC support on alerts.

Pricing model: Tiered; month-to-month available at the entry tier, enterprise capabilities require a higher commitment tier (custom quote).

Strengths

• Accessible entry-level, month-to-month pricing
• 24/7 SOC on both endpoint and identity alerts

Considerations

• No published API, which limits automation and custom integration
• Posture management is visibility-plus-partial-rollback, not full managed enforcement
• Users report response leans on alert-driven calls rather than proactive SOC-led remediation

Best for: MSPs already standardized on the Kaseya RMM/PSA/backup stack who want security bundled in

Kaseya's identity posture story runs through SaaS Alerts (broad SaaS event monitoring with configurable automated rules and PSA ticketing) and Fortify (bulk application of Microsoft's baseline recommendations), inside Kaseya's larger IT-management platform.

Key Features

• Broad SaaS event monitoring across many applications, not just Microsoft 365
• Automated, rules-based actions with native PSA ticket integration
• Fortify bulk-applies Microsoft's security recommendations across tenants

Microsoft 365 Integration Depth: Broad SaaS visibility but shallower on Microsoft 365-specific hardening depth. There's no single, fully managed ISPM product — posture is a mix of tools and native Microsoft 365 controls the MSP configures and tunes.

Google Workspace Coverage: SaaS Alerts monitors broad SaaS applications generally, but Google Workspace-specific identity hardening isn't documented as a dedicated capability.

Who Is This For? MSPs already standardized on Kaseya for RMM, PSA, and backup who want security bundled into the same ecosystem and are comfortable owning ongoing tuning and policy work.

Pricing model: Mix of bundles and à la carte modules across Kaseya 365, RocketCyber, and SaaS Alerts; often multi-year contracts with separate SKUs and onboarding/upgrade fees (custom quote).

Strengths

• One ecosystem for RMM, PSA, backup, and security
• Broad SaaS event monitoring beyond just Microsoft 365
• PSA-native ticketing for identity alerts

Considerations

• No single, dedicated, fully managed ISPM service comparable to a purpose-built posture platform
• Automated rules and PSA tickets stand in for 24/7 human SOC validation on identity alerts
• Partners report account-management turnover, frequent sunsetting of products, and a fragmented support experience across the stack

Best for: Larger, more enterprise-leaning organizations that want ISPM as one module inside a broad security ecosystem

Sophos's identity story sits inside its wider MDR/XDR ecosystem. ITDR is available as an add-on, Microsoft 365 identity configuration is largely left for the customer to design and maintain.

Key Features

• ITDR add-on with dark-web credential monitoring and posture checks
• Broader identity governance and access-lifecycle tooling for multi-IdP environments
• Tiered MDR (Essentials/Complete) with an optional Technical Account Manager

Microsoft 365 Integration Depth: Scores Entra + on-prem AD identity posture and recommends fixes; customer still owns config enforcement and drift. Managed MDR is available as an add-on that ties to their product.

Google Workspace Coverage: Not documented as a dedicated capability in current materials.

Who Is This For? Larger organizations that want identity coverage across multiple identity providers or broader app governance beyond Microsoft 365, with budget for tiered MDR add-ons.

Pricing model: Quote-based; full cross-layer coverage (MDR Complete + ITDR add-on + integrations + extended retention + TAM) requires stacking multiple SKUs.

Strengths

• Identity governance option extends beyond Microsoft 365 to multiple identity providers
• Established enterprise MDR ecosystem
• 24/7 SOC available at higher tiers

Considerations

• Microsoft 365-specific posture design and upkeep stays with the customer
• Reaching full coverage compounds cost across several SKUs; published initial response target is 30 minutes

Best for: Enterprises already invested in the Falcon platform with in-house security teams

Falcon Identity Protection delivers identity posture and detection across on-prem Active Directory and cloud identity providers (Entra ID, Okta), correlating identity signals with endpoint, workload, and cloud data through CrowdStrike's single-sensor architecture.

Key Features

• AI/ML-driven behavioral baselines for identity activity
• Dark-web credential-exposure monitoring
• Hygiene checks: weak passwords, stale accounts, over-privileged service accounts
• Cross-layer correlation with Falcon EDR and cloud telemetry

Microsoft 365 Integration Depth: Identity posture is real, but it's a module within the broader Falcon platform. Fully managed, SOC-led response requires the Falcon Complete tier — built and priced around enterprise deployments rather than standalone Microsoft 365-only environments.

Google Workspace Coverage: Not documented as covered.

Who Is This For? Enterprises with dedicated security teams, deep budgets, and existing Falcon investment who want identity signals correlated with endpoint and cloud telemetry in one console. Generally a mismatch for MSPs or SMBs in the 50–500 identity range evaluating a first ISPM purchase.

Pricing model: Contact for quote; fully managed detection and response is an add-on to Falcon Complete.

Strengths

• Inline, real-time blocking of AD compromise, lateral movement, and pass-the-hash attacks
• Unified visibility across human and non-human identities on-prem, in the cloud, and in SaaS
• Automated identity + endpoint correlation for faster incident response

Considerations

• Requires the Falcon agent/ecosystem and configuration expertise
• Fully managed response is gated behind the Complete tier
• Built and priced for enterprise scale, which adds cost and complexity for smaller identity estates

ISPM and Microsoft 365 posture pricing is inconsistent across this category with some vendors publishing a clean per-seat rate, most require a quote, and several only reach full capability once you stack multiple add-on SKUs. The table below reflects publicly documented pricing structures; confirm current figures directly with each vendor before making a purchasing decision.

Per-identity pricing (Huntress's model) is a structural advantage for buyers: the cost scales predictably with what you're protecting, it’s fully managed with no additional managed fees, and it's quoted up front rather than assembled from a base license plus MDR add-on plus ITDR add-on plus extended retention.

Several platforms in this comparison: Sophos, CrowdStrike, Kaseya, Blackpoint — require exactly that kind of stacking to reach comparable managed coverage, which makes true cost harder to pin down until you're deep into a sales cycle.

If you're an MSP or growing business managing Microsoft 365 identities in the 50–500 range and you'd rather have the hardening owned end-to-end — baseline, impact testing, drift remediation, and identity threat response. Huntress Managed ISPMis built specifically for that gap—and, paired with Managed ITDR, lets you cover identity threats across both Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace from one fully-managed platform.

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