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CrowdStrike Falcon Go or SentinelOne Singularity Control: which entry plan should a small business buy?

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Our answer

SentinelOne Singularity Control is the better entry plan for a business that will act on alerts, because it includes EDR and ransomware rollback for $79.99 per endpoint per year, while CrowdStrike's EDR starts two plans above Falcon Go. Falcon Go, at $59.99 per endpoint per year, is the better buy for an office of up to 100 devices with nobody to read alerts: it is self-serve, can be paid monthly and protects phones. As of October 2026 the price gap is small; the bigger difference is that Control needs someone to answer its alerts and Falcon Go does not.

What separates the two entry plans?

These are the cheapest plans each vendor publishes a price for, and they are built for different buyers. CrowdStrike Falcon Go is prevention only: next-generation antivirus, device control and phone protection, bought by card. SentinelOne Singularity Control adds detection and response and ransomware rollback, and it is sold through partners. The facts table below this article covers EDR, managed response and rollback; these are the other lines where they part company.

ProductMobileSIEM integrationRMM/PSA integrationMSP multi-tenantPatch management
CrowdStrike Falcon GoIncludedNot offeredNot offeredNot offeredNot offered
SentinelOne Singularity ControlAdd-onIncludedIncludedIncludedAdd-on
From each vendor's product and pricing pages. "Add-on" means available at extra cost. Follow a product link for sources and verification dates.

Falcon Go covers iOS and Android in the price. SentinelOne sells mobile protection as an add-on, so an office whose staff work mostly from phones gets more from the cheaper plan.

Is SentinelOne Control real EDR?

Yes, with limits. SentinelOne's package table includes "Autonomous Prevention, Detection, and Response" in Control, and the product can roll back ransomware changes. It does not include XDR or data retention: those arrive with Singularity Complete, which keeps 14 days of history. For a small business that means Control can show an analyst what is happening now and undo an attack, but it is a thinner record for investigating something found a week later.

To get any EDR from CrowdStrike you have to skip Falcon Pro, which adds only firewall management, and buy Falcon Enterprise. The CrowdStrike pricing page shows what that step costs; it is more than twice the price of Control.

Who will read the alerts?

Control earns its extra cost only if a person acts on what it raises: an IT employee, or an MSP that runs it from SentinelOne's multi-tenant console and RMM integrations. SentinelOne offers no 24/7 managed service with Control. Without a responder, its EDR records events nobody looks at, and Falcon Go's automatic blocking is the protection you would use.

How do buying and renewal differ?

CrowdStrike Falcon Go is bought on CrowdStrike's own store, annually or monthly, with a 15-day free trial and a refund within 30 days on annual plans. It stops at 100 devices and renews at CrowdStrike's price at the time, with reminder emails before an annual renewal.

SentinelOne shows the Control price "for 5-100 workstations" and says every purchase goes through an authorised partner, whose price is the one you pay. There is no self-serve trial; the small-business page offers a demo. Its master subscription agreement renews each term automatically, at 120% of the previous order if you neither give 30 days' written notice nor place a renewal order. Put that date in the diary when you sign.

What do the lab results show?

Neither plan has current independent results of its own. SentinelOne's last MITRE ATT&CK round was ER6 in 2024, where it detected 72 of 80 substeps before configuration changes; it skipped the 2025 round, so that result now counts as dated, and it has no recent AV-Test or AV-Comparatives business entry. CrowdStrike's fresher results, 98.5% protection in AV-Comparatives' spring 2026 test and 89 of 90 detections in MITRE's 2025 round, were earned by Falcon Enterprise and its EDR, which Falcon Go does not include. The Fit Scores, 62 for Falcon Go and 37 for Control, therefore turn more on price, buying and coverage than on protection.

Which should you choose?

CrowdStrike Falcon Go fits an office of up to 100 devices with no IT staff and no MSP, where phones matter and paying by card, monthly if needed, keeps things simple.

SentinelOne Singularity Control fits a business whose IT person or MSP will triage alerts and wants rollback and RMM and SIEM connections for not much more money. A medical or dental practice has a further reason: SentinelOne says it may sign a business associate agreement, while CrowdStrike publishes no BAA offer.

Neither suits a business that wants people watching around the clock. For that, see the managed-response ranking. If you need SentinelOne's investigation history as well, the Falcon Go against Singularity Complete comparison covers the next tier up.

The facts side by side

Underlined = lower price or higher score
FieldCrowdStrike Falcon GoSentinelOne Singularity Control
Price at 10 seats$59.99 per seat per year$79.99 per seat per year
Price at 100 seats$59.99 per seat per year$79.99 per seat per year
Smallest purchaseNo minimum5 seats
Buy onlineYes, card checkoutNo, through sales or a partner
EDRNot offeredIncluded
24/7 managed responseNot offeredNot offered
Ransomware rollbackNot offeredIncluded
Identity threat detectionNot offeredNot offered
AV-TestNo public resultNo public result
AV-Comparatives2026-H1: 98.5% protection, 8 false positivesNo public result
MITRE ATT&CK2025: 98.9% analytic coverage2024: 90% analytic coverageDATED
SMB Fit Score62/10037/100

Every CrowdStrike plan, its price and what each one adds: CrowdStrike pricing.

Every SentinelOne plan, its price and what each one adds: SentinelOne pricing.

Questions buyers ask

Does SentinelOne Singularity Control include EDR?

Yes. SentinelOne's package table includes detection and response and ransomware rollback in Control. It leaves out XDR and data retention, which start at Singularity Complete.

What is the cheapest CrowdStrike plan with EDR?

Falcon Enterprise. Falcon Go has antivirus only, and Falcon Pro adds firewall management but still no EDR.

Can I buy SentinelOne Control online like Falcon Go?

No. SentinelOne sells only through authorised partners, and the partner's price is final. Falcon Go is sold by card on CrowdStrike's own store.

Which of the two protects phones?

Falcon Go includes iOS and Android protection. SentinelOne sells mobile protection as an add-on.

Does either plan include 24/7 managed response?

No. Neither CrowdStrike nor SentinelOne offers a managed service with these plans; both sell it only with higher tiers.

Sources

Prices, capabilities and lab results come from the CrowdStrike Falcon Go and SentinelOne Singularity Control reports. Each value there carries its source link, the date we checked it and, for prices, a dated screenshot.

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