Endpoint Index
Prevention product or response service
CrowdStrike Falcon Go blocks malware on the device, controls USB and other peripherals, and extends to iOS and Android phones. EDR is not offered at this tier; CrowdStrike keeps detection and response for its higher Falcon bundles. When something gets past Falcon Go, nobody investigates it.
Huntress Managed EDR is built for exactly that moment. Its 24/7 security operations centre watches the endpoint telemetry, contains a threat, removes the attacker's foothold and sends plain-English remediation steps. Huntress advertises an 8-minute mean time to respond (MTTR); that is a marketing figure, not a contractual SLA. It does not do what Falcon Go does on phones or USB ports: Huntress lists both mobile protection and device control as not offered.
Huntress also says Managed EDR runs alongside your existing antivirus rather than replacing it. That makes this pair less of an either-or than the page title suggests.
How to tell which problem you have
Answer three questions honestly.
- If your antivirus flagged a suspicious PowerShell script tonight, who would look at it before morning? If the answer is nobody, prevention alone leaves a gap that only a managed service closes.
- Does a contract, an insurer or a regulator ask you for EDR or for round-the-clock monitoring? Falcon Go cannot meet either request.
- Do you already have an MSP? Huntress is built around the MSP channel, and buying through an MSP removes the 50-endpoint minimum.
A business that answers "nobody", "no" and "no" is the Falcon Go customer. Two or more answers pointing the other way mean Huntress, or another managed EDR.
Why the invoices are not comparable
Falcon Go at 100 devices comes to $5,999.00 a year; Huntress at 100 endpoints lists $9,588.00. The second figure buys a team; the first buys software. Setting them side by side and calling Falcon Go the cheaper option misreads what each one is.
The Fit Scores mislead in the same direction. Falcon Go scores 62 and Huntress 35, largely because the score rewards self-serve checkout, a published low price and independent lab results, all of which favour CrowdStrike. A staffed SOC counts as one capability point among thirteen. We think that is the right way to score products, and the wrong way to read this particular pair.
The lab results need a footnote
CrowdStrike's evidence looks strong and describes a bigger product than Falcon Go. The product AV-Comparatives put through its first-half 2026 business round (98.5% protection, 8 false positives) was Falcon Enterprise. CrowdStrike's detection of 89 of 90 substeps in MITRE ATT&CK's 2025 round measures detection telemetry, which is the EDR layer Falcon Go leaves out. Huntress has no public AV-Test, AV-Comparatives or MITRE results at all. Neither vendor gives a buyer of these two products direct third-party evidence for what they would install.
Mistakes buyers make here
- Buying Falcon Go on the strength of CrowdStrike's MITRE score. The tested capability is not in the Go tier.
- Buying Huntress direct for a 12-person office. Direct and reseller purchases start at 50 endpoints, so a small office pays for seats it will never use. Go through an MSP.
- Dropping antivirus after buying Huntress. Huntress is designed to sit next to antivirus, not in place of it, and it covers neither phones nor USB devices.
Before you commit
For Falcon Go, use the 15-day trial and the 30-day refund window (CrowdStrike's order terms exclude month-to-month subscriptions from that refund), remember that the subscription auto-renews, and note the 100-device ceiling: growth beyond it means moving to another CrowdStrike tier. For Huntress, ask your MSP what it charges per endpoint (Huntress's MSP rates are not public), and ask Huntress to confirm that Falcon Go is supported as the antivirus underneath before you deploy. Healthcare buyers should know that Huntress will not provide a BAA.