G2 Vendor Directory

Microsoft Defender XDR vs. Elastic Security

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

MetricMicrosoft Defender XDR

by Microsoft

Elastic Security

by Elastic

Overall rating4.54.4
Review count28839
Ease of use9.09.1
Ease of setup8.77.7
Quality of support8.99.2
Meets requirements9.09.2
NPS68.26568361.764706
Small Business23.6%29.7%
Mid-Market37.2%43.2%
Enterprise39.2%27.0%
Total page views416459
Total LLM citations4,9551,850

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

Elastic Security

Modernize your SOC with AI Security is a data problem. Your team needs to detect, investigate, and respond to threats quickly. Elastic Security unifies next-gen SIEM and XDR with native automation, with AI built into every step. Built on Elasticsearch, the open-source search platform trusted by millions, Elastic provides complete visibility across your environment. Our data mesh architecture streamlines analysis to raise team productivity and reduce attacker dwell time.

Pros

  • Integrations
  • Features
  • Ease of Use
  • Easy Integrations
  • Solution Efficiency
  • Monitoring