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CrowdStrike Falcon vs SentinelOne Singularity

A side-by-side comparison across pricing, deployment, integrations, compliance, and edr / xdr-specific features. Descriptive comparison only — no recommendations.

4 min read Data verified: May 2026 Endpoint Security (EDR/XDR)
CrowdStrike Falcon
EDR / XDR
Falcon Go ($59.99/endpoint/yr), Pro (~$110), Enterprise ($184.99), Elite &… Complete MDR (custom enterprise quote)
Paid
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SentinelOne Singularity
EDR / XDR
Singularity Core (~$6/endpoint/mo), Control, Complete, and Commercial tiers volume and term-based negotiation common
Paid
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$ Pricing & plans
5 dimensions
Pricing model
Falcon Go ($59.99/endpoint/yr), Pro (~$110), Enterprise ($184.99), Elite &…
Complete MDR (custom enterprise quote)
Singularity Core (~$6/endpoint/mo), Control, Complete, and Commercial tiers
volume and term-based negotiation common
Pricing tier
Paid
Paid
Free tier / trial
Trial only
15-day trial of Falcon Prevent with Device Control and Express Support
Trial only
30-day evaluation available; no free tier
Volume discounts
Tiered pricing breaks at 500, 1000, and 5000 endpoints (typical 10-20% off list…
at enterprise scale)
Breaks at 500, 1000, 2500 endpoints
multi-year contracts reduce per-endpoint cost
Hidden costs
Identity Protection, NG-SIEM, and Cloud Security are separate modules
extended data retention is an add-on; Elite support is a premium tier
Extended data retention, threat intelligence feeds (Singularity Threat…
Intelligence), and Vigilance MDR are priced separately
↗ Deployment & integrations
3 dimensions
Deployment
Cloud-native SaaS only
agent installs in minutes per endpoint
SaaS is standard; on-premises deployment available
uncommon among major EDR vendors
Typical deployment time
Minutes per endpoint
enterprise-wide rollout typically days to weeks
Same-day for small deployments
multi-week phased rollouts for thousands of endpoints
Key integrations
Splunk, IBM QRadar, ServiceNow, Jira, Palo Alto XSOAR, AWS Security Hub,…
Microsoft Sentinel, Okta, Zscaler
Splunk, IBM QRadar, ServiceNow, Cortex XSOAR, Okta, Microsoft Sentinel, AWS, Azure, Slack
🛡 EDR / XDR-specific evaluation
7 dimensions
Detection technology
Cloud-delivered machine learning, behavioral analytics, indicator-of-attack…
patterns, integrated threat intelligence
Static and behavioral AI models running on the agent (works offline)
Storyline correlation engine reconstructs attack chains
MITRE ATT&CK eval (2024)
Consistently strong performance across MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluations
Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection 2025
Strong detection coverage and analytic visibility in MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluations
Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection 2025
Threat hunting
OverWatch human-led threat hunting included in Enterprise tier
Falcon Insight provides query-based hunting via CQL
Singularity Hunt with PowerQuery
deep visibility module for forensic queries
Managed detection (MDR)
Falcon Complete is a 24/7 managed SOC service (~$125/endpoint/yr at 500 endpoints)
OverWatch managed threat hunting included with Enterprise tier
Vigilance MDR available as add-on (24/7 SOC analysts on the Singularity platform)
Automated response
Host containment, process termination, USB blocking
no native file rollback to pre-infection state
Native rollback to pre-infection state on Windows (a differentiator among EDRs)
auto-quarantine and host isolation
Platforms supported
Windows, macOS, Linux, AWS/Azure/GCP workloads, containers, iOS, Android
Windows, macOS, Linux, Kubernetes, containers, virtual machines
Offline operation
Cloud-architected
reduced detection capability when fully offline, though local prevention policies still apply
On-agent AI continues making detection and prevention decisions when…
disconnected from cloud
✓ Compliance & certifications
1 dimension
Compliance certifications
SOC 2 Type II, FedRAMP High, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR
SOC 2 Type II, FedRAMP Moderate, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS
◧ Positioning
3 dimensions
Target deployment
Mid-market to Enterprise (500+ endpoints)
SMB to Enterprise wanting autonomous response
Strengths cited
Strong detection performance in MITRE evaluations, lightweight single agent,…
mature threat intelligence integration, 24/7 OverWatch managed threat hunting included at Enterprise tier
On-agent AI for real-time detection without cloud roundtrip, native rollback to…
pre-infection state on Windows, optional on-premises deployment, strong autonomous response automation
Where it fits less well
Enterprise-tier pricing, modular licensing where advanced capabilities are…
add-ons, requires security expertise to operationalize fully
Higher tiers add data ingestion and feature depth
some advanced XDR features behind premium SKUs
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Methodology Comparison data synthesized from publicly available vendor documentation, MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluations, AV-TEST results, Gartner Peer Insights, G2/Capterra/TrustRadius reviews, anonymized transaction data (Vendr, CostBench, CheckThat.ai), and publicly reported pricing as of May 2026. defend.network is independent and has no commercial relationship with the vendors compared.