Top 10 Cybersecurity Software: CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, and Palo Alto Compared in 2027

CrowdStrike sells Falcon online: Falcon Go is $59.99, Falcon Pro $99.99 and Falcon Enterprise $184.99 per device, billed annually, or $7.99, $14.99 and $19.99 per device billed monthly. A free trial runs 15 days with no credit card required, and Falcon Complete adds 24/7 expert-led managed detection and response through sales.

SentinelOne Singularity Complete is $179.99/yr per endpoint with 14 days of data retention; Singularity Commercial is $229.99/yr per endpoint and adds Identity Detection & Response, 90-day data retention and Managed Threat Hunting. SentinelOne was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms for the sixth consecutive year.

Cortex XSIAM is Palo Alto Networks’ AI-driven security operations platform, with 13,300+ up-to-date detections and 2,900+ ML models. Palo Alto says its automation can cut manual work by 75%, and Unit 42 managed services add 24/7 expert-led MDR. The price is not published.

Microsoft puts its endpoint protection in Microsoft Defender Suite at $12.00 user/month, paid yearly, which requires Microsoft 365 E3, or Office 365 E3 and Enterprise Mobility + Security E3. Microsoft reports 3 minutes average time to disrupt ransomware and 35,000 incidents disrupted per month, across Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, IoT and network devices.

TrendAI Vision One from Trend Micro uses a universal credit license that can be allocated or reallocated across 30+ Vision One solutions and capabilities. Its Zero Day Initiative intelligence detects vulnerabilities up to 3 months ahead of a patch, and 28K enterprise organizations use the platform. The price is not published.

Sophos XDR builds on Sophos Endpoint, which turns on 60+ exploit mitigations by default on every running process and uses CryptoGuard to revert maliciously encrypted files to their original state. One lightweight agent covers Windows, macOS and Linux, and a 30-day trial of Sophos Endpoint is free. The price is not published.

FortiEDR supports Windows XP SP2/SP3 through Windows 11 and Windows Server 2003 SP2 through 2025. Fortinet’s FortiEndpoint EDR stopped all 50 real-world APT-grade attacks in AV-Comparatives’ Endpoint Prevention & Response test, and Gartner Peer Insights users rate it 4.8 out of 5 from 168 ratings with 98% willingness to recommend. The price is not published.

Cisco Secure Endpoint comes in Essentials, Advantage and Premier tiers, with Talos Threat Hunting in Premier. Cisco says it can reduce remediation times by as much as 85 percent, and USB device control rules keep unapproved devices out. The price is not published.

Carbon Black Cloud, now sold by Broadcom, combines next-gen antivirus and behavioral EDR on one cloud-native platform and protects workloads on-prem and in private, public and hybrid cloud environments. Its Enterprise EDR reduces lengthy investigations from days to minutes, and Carbon Black won Gold for Endpoint Security in the 2023 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. The price is not published.

Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security is $269.49 for 10 devices for 1 year (taxes not included), for 1 to 100 laptops, desktops and file servers. It includes Modern Endpoint Protection, Network Attack Defense and Risk Management, and GravityZone Setup & Go is a $224.99 add-on.