Huntress vs SentinelOne 2026: Managed EDR or Self-Run EDR for SMBs

Huntress is the better fit for most small businesses without a security analyst: Managed EDR lists at $8.99 per endpoint a month with a 24/7 human SOC included, while SentinelOne's Singularity Complete costs $179.99 per endpoint a year and leaves the alerts to your own team. SentinelOne wins when you have someone to run the console, buy direct for fewer than about 30 endpoints, or need identity detection and 90-day retention on one agent.

Our take: these products answer different questions. Huntress sells an outcome, someone watching your endpoints at 3 a.m., and prices the people in. SentinelOne sells a stronger self-run platform and prices the people out: its MDR service is an unpriced add-on, and not offered at all on Complete. Compare them as staffing decisions, not as agents.

Prices were read on 28 October 2026 on Huntress pricing and SentinelOne pricing, both in US dollars.

Toolradar data: on Toolradar, the software directory we run, Huntress carries an aggregated user rating of 4.9 out of 5 across 922 reviews, the joint top score among 14 security monitoring tools with 20 or more reviews, while SentinelOne sits at 4.4 across 245 reviews, as of October 2026. Both scores are pooled from third-party review platforms, not our own testing.

Huntress vs SentinelOne at a glance

The two price units differ. Huntress prints monthly per-endpoint rates on a 12-month term; SentinelOne prints annual per-endpoint rates. Every yearly Huntress figure on this page is our arithmetic: the printed monthly rate times 12, which gives $107.88 a year per endpoint at MSRP.

How much does each cost per endpoint?

Per endpoint, Huntress Managed EDR costs about 40% less than Singularity Complete, and includes the analysts. On a yearly basis that is $107.88 against $179.99, a $72.11 gap per device before you count anything SentinelOne sells on top. The gap is wider than the sticker suggests, because a Complete customer either staffs the console or buys a separate managed service.

SentinelOne's ladder starts lower. Singularity Core costs $69.99 per endpoint a year and Control $79.99, both cheaper than Huntress, but SentinelOne's comparison table marks Extended Detection and Response as absent on both. They are prevention products. A small business that wants detection and response in the SentinelOne family starts at Complete.

Two pricing caveats sit on SentinelOne's page. The price is displayed for 5 to 100 workstations, and all purchases go through an authorized partner whose price controls if it differs. Huntress, by contrast, prints only its MSRP and says the per-unit rate goes down as volume goes up; the volume rate itself is quoted on request. Neither page gives a fleet above 100 devices a number to multiply.

What a small business pays in year one

The scenarios use each vendor's printed rate for EDR only, one year, and no identity or managed add-ons. Huntress figures are our arithmetic at the $8.99 MSRP for every fleet size; its volume pricing is lower and quoted, so they are a ceiling. Huntress is shown bought direct or through a reseller, where its 50-seat minimum applies; through an MSP there is no minimum, but the MSP sets the price.

Below about 30 endpoints, SentinelOne Complete is the cheaper agent if you buy Huntress direct. By our arithmetic, Huntress's 50-seat floor at MSRP equals Complete's bill at roughly 30 devices, so a 20-person office pays Huntress for 30 seats it does not use. That office should buy Huntress through an MSP, where Huntress requires no minimum, or accept that Complete comes without a SOC.

At 50 and 100 endpoints Huntress is cheaper by $3,605.50 and $7,211 a year against Complete at list prices, and the gap to Commercial is larger still. Both sides can quote lower: SentinelOne's figures are the displayed partner-band prices, and Huntress's volume rate sits below its MSRP. At 100 endpoints a partner would need to take about 40% off Complete just to match Huntress at MSRP, and Complete still comes without a SOC.

Who watches the alerts?

This is the real decision. Huntress includes its 24/7 SOC in every product's price, with no add-ons or service tiers, and that SOC investigates, stages remediations and writes incident reports. What you own is deploying the agent, acting on what the SOC sends and integrating Huntress with the rest of your stack. Huntress's own note says deployment and day-to-day portal management are not included unless a partner handles them.

SentinelOne Complete is self-run. You get autonomous prevention, detection and response, cloud workload protection, the AI Security Assistant and 14 days of data retention, but SentinelOne's table marks Managed Detection and Response as unavailable on Complete. Managed Threat Hunting is an add-on there. MDR appears only as an add-on on Commercial and Enterprise, and SentinelOne publishes no price for it.

So a company without a security person comparing like with like is pricing Huntress against Commercial plus an MDR quote, not against Complete. A company with an IT lead who will triage alerts, or an MSP running SentinelOne across many clients, gets more platform per dollar from Complete. Our best MDR services ranking covers the managed options on both sides.

Identity, logs and the rest of the stack

SentinelOne Commercial bundles identity threat detection, 90-day retention and managed threat hunting into one per-endpoint price, $50 a year more than Complete. For a team that wants a single agent and a single bill, that bundle is simple.

Huntress sells each layer separately, all with the SOC included. Managed ITDR covers Microsoft 365 and Google identities at $4.80 per identity a month at MSRP, and Huntress also lists Managed SIEM per data source (compare it in our best SIEM tools list), security awareness training per learner and Microsoft 365 posture management per identity. A 50-person company buying Huntress EDR plus ITDR at MSRP pays $8,274 a year by our arithmetic, still $3,225.50 below 50 seats of SentinelOne Commercial before any SentinelOne MDR add-on.

Retention is SentinelOne's clearest advantage. Commercial keeps 90 days of data, which matters for investigations that start weeks after the break-in, and Huntress's pricing page states no retention figure for EDR. Teams under a compliance regime that sets a retention window should ask Huntress for its number in writing.

Contracts and buying terms

Huntress's standard term is 12 months, and it does not offer multi-year price protection by default. Direct customers can pay monthly on deployed usage or annually for the committed minimum with monthly overages; overages are not auto-billed but handled manually. An MSP that raises its committed minimum mid-term to reach a lower rate restarts the 12-month term. There are no setup or onboarding fees, free trials run the full product with the SOC, and a buyout program exists for teams locked into another vendor's contract.

SentinelOne sells only through authorized partners, and its page says partner pricing, payment terms and other details override what it displays. Contract length, billing cadence and renewal terms therefore come from the partner's paper. Ask for them before the agent is deployed, because swapping EDR agents across a fleet is a project, not a setting.

Which should you pick?

• 20 to 50 employees, no security staff. Huntress through an MSP, which removes the 50-seat minimum and adds someone to deploy and manage it.
• 50 to 100 endpoints, an IT generalist, no SOC. Huntress direct: at this size it costs less than Complete and the analysts come with it.
• A small fleet with a capable IT lead. SentinelOne Complete, the cheapest full EDR here below about 30 endpoints, provided someone reads the alerts.
• A team that needs identity coverage and long retention in one agent. SentinelOne Commercial, then price an MDR add-on through the partner if nobody watches overnight.
• An MSP standardizing clients. Huntress runs a partner program for MSPs and publishes its MSRP; SentinelOne lists multi-tenant management on every plan, with the price set in the partner agreement.

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Read next

Each vendor alone: the Huntress review, the Huntress pricing breakdown and the SentinelOne review. SentinelOne against the other big platform is in CrowdStrike vs SentinelOne, and the full market rate card is in how much does EDR cost. Small businesses comparing more options should read the best EDR for small business ranking, and teams adding identity and phishing defenses can see best security awareness training.

How we compared

We read Huntress's pricing page, including its contract FAQ, and SentinelOne's pricing page and comparison table on 28 October 2026. Yearly figures are our arithmetic on the printed rates, not quotes, and they leave out taxes, partner discounts and anything a vendor does not print, including SentinelOne's MDR and Managed Threat Hunting add-ons. The rating figures come from Toolradar's tool profiles, which pool third-party reviews. Louis Corneloup, founder of Toolradar and Dupple, is the author. Both vendors' prices can change with the partner you buy from, so get the final quote in writing.

FAQ

Is Huntress or SentinelOne better for a small business?

Huntress, for most small businesses without security staff: Managed EDR costs $8.99 per endpoint a month at MSRP and includes a 24/7 human SOC. SentinelOne is better for a small team with an IT lead who will work the console, or for fleets under about 30 endpoints buying direct.

Is Huntress cheaper than SentinelOne?

At 50 endpoints and above, yes. By our arithmetic, 50 endpoints cost $5,394 a year on Huntress Managed EDR at MSRP and $8,999.50 on SentinelOne Complete. Below about 30 endpoints, Huntress's 50-seat minimum for direct and reseller purchases makes Complete cheaper unless you buy Huntress through an MSP.

Does SentinelOne include a SOC or MDR?

Not on Complete. SentinelOne's comparison table lists Managed Detection and Response as an add-on on Commercial and Enterprise only, with no published price, and Managed Threat Hunting as an add-on on Complete.

What does Huntress include in its price?

Managed EDR includes 24/7 threat detection and response by Huntress's SOC, active remediation, custom incident reports, free managed antivirus and the EDR agent. Deployment and daily portal management are on you or your partner.

Does Huntress have a minimum?

Yes when you buy direct or through a reseller: 50 seats per product. Through an MSP, Huntress sets no minimum seat count.

Can I buy SentinelOne directly?

No. SentinelOne says all purchases go through an authorized third-party partner, and the partner's pricing and terms override the prices on its website.

Cite this: Cyberpresso, "Huntress vs SentinelOne 2026: Managed EDR or Self-Run EDR for SMBs", November 2026.

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