Huntress
Fully managed security platform: 24/7 AI-assisted SOC delivering EDR, identity threat detection, SIEM and awareness training for businesses of all sizes.
By Huntress · HQ Columbia, US · 4.8/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- SMB and mid-market teams that want enterprise-grade endpoint, identity and email defense without building a 24/7 security operations center.
- MSPs and MSSPs delivering managed security to many clients; Huntress reports 11k+ partners and 277k+ organizations secured.
- Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace-centric organizations needing managed identity threat detection and posture hardening.
- Organizations facing cyber-insurance, CMMC or audit evidence demands, with managed SIEM retention and compliance-platform integrations.
- Lean IT teams that want one-click remediation and human-written incident reports instead of raw alerting.
Ideal size: 5–5,000 employees people · Lean IT/security team, MSP-managed, or an early-stage security program
Not for
- Enterprises that want to run, tune and staff their own detection engineering and SOC tooling in-house.
- Environments requiring on-premise or air-gapped tooling; Huntress is delivered as a cloud-managed service.
- Buyers who need public self-serve checkout rather than a demo-led, volume-quoted sales process.
- Organizations whose main need is OT/ICS or medical-device protection, which the sources do not cover.
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
Under 1 day (about 30 minutes to deploy)
~1 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$12,000/yr
Starts at $96 · Per-unit monthly subscription (endpoint, identity, learner or data source) with volume discounts; 24/7 SOC management included at no extra cost, no tiers or bundles.
Implementation Friction
1/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
No tiers. Example rates at 100 units: Managed EDR $7.99/endpoint, ITDR $3.60/identity, ISPM $3.40/identity, SIEM $3.50/source, SAT $1.75/learner.
Add-on costs
- Deployment, integration and day-to-day portal management are not included in list pricing and are typically delivered by a Huntress partner or your own team.
- No separately priced AI or SOC add-ons are listed on the pricing page.
Company & support
Who is behind Huntress, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2015 · 11 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- Columbia, US
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsPlan not stated
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsNot listed
- Dedicated account managerNot listed
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Contact form routes to Technical Support or Account Support. No helpdesk hours or response-time SLA is published; the 24/7 reference is to the SOC service, not support hours.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where Huntress sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line. A dashed ring marks an outlier pinned to the edge; hover for its value.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- Huntress
- Afi
- Contractbook
- NordLayer
- Nightfall AI
- DNSFilter
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Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
Ships an official MCP server. Connects to Claude Code, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT connectors and Cursor out of the box.
AI & MCP readiness
What Huntress ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
No AI features recorded for this product.
Huntress markets a 24/7 'AI-Centric' SOC of 'AI-assisted human experts', but the sources list no specific AI features, model providers or AI audit trail. The privacy policy states only that Google Workspace API data is not used to train generalised AI/ML models.
Your data & models
- Trains on your data
- Not recorded — ask the vendor
- Runs on
- Not recorded
- AI pricing
- Included in the plan
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Official MCP server
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Huntress is a managed cybersecurity platform combining Managed EDR, identity threat detection and response, SIEM, security awareness training and identity posture management, run by a 24/7 AI-assisted SOC. It is priced per endpoint, identity, learner or data source with no tiers and no SOC add-on fee, deploys in about 30 minutes, and targets SMBs, mid-market firms and MSPs that need enterprise-grade detection and remediation without building their own security operations.
Frequently asked questions
How is Huntress priced?
Pricing is per unit per month: endpoints for Managed EDR (from $7.99 per endpoint at 100 endpoints), identities for ITDR ($3.60) and ISPM ($3.40), sources for SIEM ($3.50), and learners for SAT ($1.75). Rates fall as volume grows, there are no confusing tiers or bundles, and 24/7 SOC management is included. Final quotes come from a demo or a volume-pricing request.
How quickly can we get value after signing up?
Huntress says customers go from zero to protected in under 30 minutes, using a lightweight agent that does not conflict with other tools. The pricing page caveats that list pricing excludes deployment, integration and day-to-day portal management, which are typically handled by a Huntress partner or your internal team.
Is the 24/7 SOC an extra charge?
No. Huntress states that 24/7 SOC management is included at no additional cost, that every product is fully managed by its human SOC, and that there are no add-ons or service tiers. Custom incident reporting is included at no extra cost for Managed ITDR.
What does Huntress integrate with?
Pre-built integrations cover PSA tools (ConnectWise Manage, Autotask, Kaseya BMS, HaloPSA, Syncro), RMM tools (NinjaOne, N-able, Kaseya VSA, Datto, ConnectWise Automate), ServiceNow ITSM, Slack, Okta, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace directory sync, compliance platforms such as Vanta and Drata, and many SIEM log sources. A public API, webhooks and an MCP server support custom automation.
Can we connect Huntress to our own AI assistant?
Yes. Huntress publishes an MCP Server that connects the platform to your AI assistant of choice so you can ask plain-language questions about your account without navigating the UI, alongside the Huntress API for reading and managing data and webhooks for real-time alerts.
Does Huntress help with compliance requirements?
Huntress markets compliance support including CMMC Level 2 readiness, and Managed SIEM provides long-term retention, search and reporting for audits. It lists compliance integrations with Vanta, Drata, Sprinto, Trustero, ControlMap, Cypago, Anecdotes.ai, Cork and Compliance Scorecard. Certification scope should be confirmed with the vendor directly.