SentinelOne
One AI-native platform for unified protection across endpoint, identity, AI and cloud
By SentinelOne, Inc. · HQ Mountain View, US · 4.7/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Enterprises consolidating EDR, ITDR, cloud workload protection and AI SIEM onto one agent-based platform
- Security operations teams drowning in alert noise that want AI-assisted triage and agentic response
- Regulated and public-sector buyers that need FedRAMP, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 alignment
- Organizations that must protect cloud workloads and AI tools alongside traditional endpoints
Ideal size: 500–10,000+ employees people · Enterprise or public-sector security team with a dedicated SOC
Not for
- Teams wanting a free or open-source endpoint agent with no commercial contract
- Buyers who insist on self-serve, purely usage-based pricing with no authorized partner
- Companies without any security operations function to run and tune the platform
- Very small businesses that only need basic antivirus
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
About 4 weeks with guided onboarding
~30 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$90,000/yr
Starts at $180 · Per endpoint, billed annually; published rates $179.99–$229.99 per endpoint/yr, Enterprise quote-only through authorized partners
Implementation Friction
3/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Price displayed for 5–100 workstations; larger fleets quoted by an authorized partner
Add-on costs
- Agentic AI SOC Analyst (add-on in the plan comparison; included in Singularity Enterprise)
- Managed Threat Hunting (add-on on the entry plan; included from Commercial up)
- Managed Detection and Response (listed as an add-on in the plan comparison)
Company & support
Who is behind SentinelOne, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2013 · 13 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, US
How you get support
- PhonePlan not stated
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsPlan not stated
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsPlan not stated
- Dedicated account managerNot listed
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Support page is branded 'Always-On' with a customer portal, knowledge base, ticket submission and toll-free phone lines (global hotline +1 855-868-3733 for active breaches). The about page says the Vigilance MDR service runs a 24x7 SOC, but no plan-level support hours are stated.
“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 SentinelOne 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
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Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- SentinelOne
- Tenable
- Trend Micro
- EcoVadis
- Everbridge
- Snyk
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Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What SentinelOne ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
The vendor markets an 'AI-native' platform powered by Autonomous Security Intelligence. The pricing page lists an AI Security Assistant in every published plan and an Agentic AI SOC Analyst that is an add-on on lower plans and included in Enterprise; Purple AI and agentic workflows handle triage, correlation and routine response. No source states which models are used, who supplies the keys, or…
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
- Not supported
- 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
SentinelOne is an AI-native cybersecurity platform unifying endpoint, identity, cloud and AI security in one console, powered by Autonomous Security Intelligence and Purple AI. List pricing is $179.99 per endpoint per year for Singularity Complete and $229.99 for Commercial; Enterprise is quote-only via authorized partners. Teams consolidating EDR, ITDR, cloud workload protection and SIEM should weigh a moderate agent rollout against reduced tool sprawl. The vendor cites FedRAMP High, SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001.
Frequently asked questions
What does SentinelOne cost per endpoint?
The pricing page lists Singularity Complete at $179.99 per endpoint per year and Singularity Commercial at $229.99 per endpoint per year, with Singularity Enterprise quote-only. Published price is displayed for 5–100 workstations, and the vendor states all purchases are made through authorized third-party partners, so final pricing is set by the partner.
How long does it take to get value after purchase?
Every published plan includes Guided Onboarding and Deployment Advisory, and Training Services, while Enterprise adds expert-led onboarding and training. In practice plan on roughly four weeks to full production coverage, dominated by agent rollout across the device fleet and policy tuning; the pricing page offers a TCO calculator to model longer-term savings.
Which compliance frameworks does SentinelOne support?
The vendor's contact FAQ states that SentinelOne holds FedRAMP High, SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001, and that the platform supports compliance with frameworks such as HIPAA, PCI DSS and GDPR through audit-ready logging, retention and reporting. Buyers should verify the current list and scope in the SentinelOne Trust Center before relying on it in a regulated procurement.
Which AI capabilities are included in the plans?
The AI Security Assistant is listed as a feature of every published plan. The Agentic AI SOC Analyst, which automates triage, is listed as an add-on in the plan comparison and as a feature of Singularity Enterprise. The vendor also describes Purple AI and agentic workflows handling triage, correlation and routine response so analysts can focus on higher-value decisions.
Is SentinelOne a public company and how established is it?
SentinelOne is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker S. It was founded in 2013, went public in 2021, and is led by co-founder and CEO Tomer Weingarten, with headquarters in Mountain View, California. The company says four of the Fortune 10 and hundreds of the Global 2000 are customers, and its endpoint platform has been named a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for six consecutive years.