CrowdStrike vs. other MDRs

Why settle for slow MDRs that miss threats and leave you to fix the damage? Choose better.

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Why customers choose CrowdStrike over other MDRs

Other MDRs
Poor detection, slow response time

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    Slow MTTD lets adversaries exploit weaknesses and steal data
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    Missing integrated threat intelligence leads to a blind defense
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    Proven weaker detection capabilities

The CrowdStrike difference

CrowdStrike
Comprehensive detection coverage and rapid MTTD

CrowdStrike accelerates mean-time-to-detect (MTTD) and delivers comprehensive detection coverage across all critical domains to counter the speed and sophistication of the adversary.

4 min

Mean-time-to-detect1

Other MDRs
Limited attack surface coverage

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    No other MDR service protects the full attack surface: endpoint, identity, and cloud
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    Partial coverage leaves critical entry points unmonitored
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    Fail to close the skills gap, forcing customers to hire in-house

The CrowdStrike difference

CrowdStrike
Stands alone in complete attack surface coverage

Only CrowdStrike safeguards customers against advanced attacks with MDR service across endpoints, identities, cloud workloads, and extended customer environments. We close the skills gap for customers. CrowdStrike Falcon® Complete is the only MDR service with 24/7 managed identity threat protection that stops the rampant misuse of identities and compromised credentials seen in modern attacks.

403 %

Return on investments2

Other MDRs
Forget that the "R" in MDR stands for "response"

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    "Guided response" only, tossing incidents back to customers to fully resolve on their own
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    Limited to agent-based response actions like host containment, failing to provide a true end-to-end response
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    No managed identity or cloud based response, critical for the two largest growing attack surfaces

The CrowdStrike difference

CrowdStrike
Surgical, end-to-end response

With CrowdStrike MDR, security teams are never left stranded to execute the hardest (and riskiest) part of the incident lifecycle themselves. CrowdStrike delivers the only full-cycle, surgical remediation service that avoids costly reimaging and downtime by intricately stopping and removing all identified persistence mechanisms and malicious processes associated with the attack.

13+ million

Detections resolved annually by Falcon Complete2

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Understand the key differences between CrowdStrike and other MDR vendors

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Industry Validation

The clear MDR leader

CrowdStrike is the #1 leader in MDR by market share (Gartner) and has been named a Leader or “Customer’s Choice” in all major MDR reports from Gartner, Forrester, and IDC.

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Limited validation

Most MDR services have limited participation in major analyst reports. No one matches CrowdStrike’s leadership across the major MDR analyst reports.

Attack Surface Coverage

Covers the complete attack surface

Only CrowdStrike safeguards customers against advanced attacks by fully managing detection and response across endpoint, identity, cloud, and critical 3rd party data sources.

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Leaves gaps for attack

No other MDR service protects the full attack surface. Limited attack surface coverage creates unmonitored entry points for adversaries and fails to close the skills gap, forcing customers to hire in-house.

Deployment

Fastest deployment for immediate protection

Falcon Complete MDR delivers near immediate time-to-value with streamlined onboarding and support. We’re capable of deploying the lightweight CrowdStrike Falcon® agent to thousands of customer machines, servers, and workloads in minutes — no additional infrastructure resources needed.

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Lengthy onboarding that results in protection gaps

Inconsistent scoping and arduous implementations with custom configurations hamper many MDRs as they struggle to deploy and deliver immediate value.

Response

Surgical remediation

CrowdStrike delivers complete remediation, resolving attacks rather than assigning homework. We deliver the only full-cycle, surgical remediation service that avoids costly reimaging and downtime by intricately stopping and removing all identified persistence mechanisms and malicious processes associated with the attack.

Limited response capabilities

Response is often limited to agent-based response actions followed by “guided remediation”, tossing incidents back to customers to fully resolve on their own.

Threat Hunting and Intelligence

Global leader in threat intelligence

We deliver world-class threat intelligence that powers the entire CrowdStrike Falcon® platform. This includes the latest indicators of compromise (IOCs), adversary attribution, and an automated malware sandbox, all within a single user interface. Falcon Complete also includes proactive, 24/7 threat hunting with a human-led, hypothesis-driven approach to uncover the stealthiest and most sophisticated adversarial tradecraft.

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Lagging threat intelligence. Limited threat hunting.

Other MDR services offer check-box threat intelligence functionality primarily built on third-party feeds that deliver minimal value while costing more. With only a fraction of the IOCs and no adversary attribution or tactic discovery, the value of this threat intelligence is little to none. Additionally, many lack active threat hunting or charge extra for it.

Breach Prevention Warranty

No red-tape Breach Prevention Warranty

We pioneered the inclusive, no-red-tape CrowdStrike Breach Prevention Warranty. Backed by AIG, our warranty provides broad primary coverage with generous time reporting requirements that’s better than other vendor-provided warranties — all at no additional cost.

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Limited warranties with lots of gotchas

Few MDR services offer comprehensive breach prevention warranties at no additional cost to customers. And for those that do, their warranties are often riddled with fine print, limited, and act as secondary, backup coverage with strict 24 to 48-hour time to report requirements.

Hours of Operation

Always on protection

Falcon Complete MDR embeds elite, human expertise into every facet of our always-on service. We deliver 24/7 threat vigilance, hunting, investigation, and response to thousands of customers worldwide.

Restricted business hours, limited coverage

Many MDR services limit their standard service protection to normal business hours. But adversaries never sleep and often plan their attacks during weekends and holidays when you’re more likely to be understaffed.

Validated by industry leading analysts

See what our customers think

1. MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluation, Managed Services, Round 2

2. IDC The Total Economic Impact of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete