BUYER BRIEF  ·  VENDOR-NEUTRAL  ·  UPDATED 2026-04-27

XDR pricing axis
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The same workload priced four ways: per endpoint, per user, per data volume, or hybrid. Annual cost varies 3-5x depending on which pricing axis the vendor uses. Enter your fleet shape and see which axis is cheapest for you.

Endpoint count (devices)

User count

Monthly data ingest (GB)

Pricing per-unit: $95/endpoint/yr · $8/user/mo · $1.50/GB ingested. Hybrid blends $60/endpoint + $0.80/GB.

cheapest axis for your shape

Per data volume

$14,400 / year

Per endpoint annual

$237,500

Per user annual

$211,200

Per data volume

$14,400

Hybrid (approx)

$157,680

Bands derived from CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender XDR, Splunk, Sumo, Palo Alto Cortex, Trellix published list pricing 2026. Per-unit figures are negotiated down 20-40% at enterprise scale; the ratio between axes stays roughly constant.