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Microsoft Defender XDR vs. Darktrace / HYBRID NETWORK

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricMicrosoft Defender XDR

by Microsoft

Darktrace / HYBRID NETWORK

by Darktrace

Overall rating4.54.4
Review count28850
Ease of use9.08.2
Ease of setup8.78.8
Quality of support8.99.2
Meets requirements9.09.3
NPS68.26568363.829787
Small Business23.6%8.0%
Mid-Market37.2%62.0%
Enterprise39.2%30.0%
Total page views416706
Total LLM citations4,95586

Microsoft Defender XDR

Microsoft Defender XDR is a unified pre- and post-breach enterprise defense suite that natively coordinates detection, prevention, investigation, and response across endpoints, identities, email, and applications to provide integrated protection against sophisticated attacks.

Pros

  • Automation
  • Deployment Ease
  • Detection Efficiency
  • Features
  • Remediation Automation
  • Ease of Use

Darktrace / HYBRID NETWORK

Darktrace / HYBRID NETWORK uses Adaptive AI to continuously learn behavior across your infrastructure, combining NDR, CDR, OT security, ITDR, exposure management, attack path modelling and forensic investigations into a single solution. - Unify visibility - Detect and contain known, novel and insider threats - AI-led triage and investigations - Increase resilience Named a Leader in the 2025 and 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for NDR and the only Visionary in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CPS.

Pros

  • Monitoring
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Threat Detection
  • Cybersecurity
  • User Interface
  • Implementation Ease