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Huntress or ThreatDown Elite: which managed EDR fits your seat count?

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Huntress Managed EDRHuntress · EDR + MDRFIT SCORE35ThreatDown EliteThreatDown · EDR + MDRFIT SCORE52
Our answer

ThreatDown Elite is the better buy for most businesses buying direct, because it sells online from 5 endpoints at $99.00 per endpoint per year, while Huntress Managed EDR requires 50 endpoints outside the MSP channel. At 100 endpoints the picture changes: Huntress publishes $9,588.00 a year, while ThreatDown publishes no price above 20 devices and sells larger orders through its sales team or partners. Both include a 24/7 security team as of 30 September 2026, so seat count and buying route decide this pair more than features do.

Same promise, different ways to buy it

Huntress Managed EDR and ThreatDown Elite both bundle EDR with a 24/7 managed security team in one per-endpoint price. That makes them the closest like-for-like pair among our comparisons. The first real difference is how you get hold of them.

ThreatDown Elite sells from its own online store, by card, from 5 to 20 endpoints, with optional two- or three-year prepaid terms; its site offers a demo but no public free trial. Huntress Managed EDR has no self-serve checkout: you book a demo or go through an MSP. Direct and reseller orders start at 50 endpoints on a 12-month term, and Huntress offers no multi-year terms.

For a 20-person firm with no MSP, that settles it. ThreatDown Elite at 10 seats costs $990.00 a year; Huntress direct would bill for 50 endpoints you do not own. At 100 endpoints Huntress's published band is the only price on the table; ThreatDown quotes through sales or a partner, so get that quote before assuming either is cheaper. Through an MSP, the answer depends on the MSP's Huntress rate, which Huntress does not publish.

Where ThreatDown includes more tooling

ThreatDown Elite ships more features in the bundle. Ransomware rollback is included on ThreatDown and not offered on Huntress. Patch management and device control are included on ThreatDown; Huntress offers neither. Email security, identity threat detection and mobile protection are paid add-ons on ThreatDown and absent from Huntress.

The rollback needs a caveat. ThreatDown's rollback covers seven days and works on Windows only, not on macOS or Linux. A design agency running Macs gets nothing from it.

Where Huntress is the stronger service

Both vendors publish response figures, but not the same measure and neither as a contract. Huntress states an 8-minute mean time to respond (MTTR). ThreatDown states that its MDR team detects threats in a median of 5 minutes and contains them in a median of 19, from its own incident data; contractual SLAs come only with its MDR Plus service, which is not part of Elite. A managed EDR is only as good as the speed of the people behind it, so ask each for the figure in writing. Huntress also bills direct customers monthly on deployed usage if they prefer, where ThreatDown's store sells annual or multi-year terms only.

For identity, Huntress lists integrations with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Okta; ThreatDown names no identity integrations but sells identity threat detection as an add-on. Both connect to the main RMM and PSA tools MSPs run, including ConnectWise, Kaseya and Datto.

Lab evidence is weak on both sides

ThreatDown's last AV-Test business round was October 2023, and its last AV-Comparatives business test was in 2022. It entered MITRE's ER6 evaluation in 2024, where MITRE's default results show detections on fewer than half of the 59 substeps it ran, it skipped 2025, and the 2024 result is now outside our 18-month freshness window. Huntress has no lab results of any kind. Their Fit Scores, 52 for ThreatDown and 35 for Huntress, differ mainly on self-serve buying and seat minimums rather than on protection.

Four mistakes with this pair

  • Buying Huntress direct at 20 seats and paying the 50-endpoint minimum. Use an MSP or buy ThreatDown.
  • Counting on rollback for Macs. ThreatDown's rollback is Windows only; Huntress has none.
  • Expecting a HIPAA business associate agreement. Neither vendor signs one. ThreatDown says its services are not designed to handle protected health information, and Huntress says it does not access it. A healthcare practice that needs a BAA should look elsewhere.
  • Prepaying three years of ThreatDown before testing it. The multi-year discount is real money, but the subscription auto-renews and needs 30 days' written notice to stop. ThreatDown has no public free trial, so start with a one-year term on a few devices and move to a longer term once the service has proved itself.

Picks, and what to ask

ThreatDown Elite for a direct buyer under 50 endpoints, a Windows-heavy fleet that wants rollback and patching in one bundle, or anyone who wants to buy by card this week.

Huntress Managed EDR for anyone already served by an MSP that resells Huntress, a Mac or Linux fleet where ThreatDown's Windows-only rollback adds little, or a buyer who wants monthly billing.

Ask ThreatDown for its managed-service response targets in writing. Ask Huntress, or your MSP, for the per-endpoint rate at your exact count and the renewal terms, which its pricing page does not state.

The facts side by side

Underlined = lower price or higher score
FieldHuntress Managed EDRThreatDown Elite
Price at 10 seatsSold from 50 seats$99.00 per seat per year
Price at 100 seats$95.88 per seat per yearVia sales (online up to 20)
Smallest purchase50 seats5 seats
Buy onlineNo, through sales or a partnerYes, card checkout
EDRIncludedIncluded
24/7 managed responseIncludedIncluded
Ransomware rollbackNot offeredIncluded
Identity threat detectionNot offeredAdd-on, extra cost
AV-TestNo public resultNo public result
AV-ComparativesNo public resultNo public result
MITRE ATT&CKDid not take part2024: 23.7% analytic coverageDATED
SMB Fit Score35/10052/100

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

Every ThreatDown (Malwarebytes) plan, its price and what each one adds: ThreatDown (Malwarebytes) pricing.

Our full verdict: Is ThreatDown Elite Worth It? Bundled MDR Without Recent Lab Results

Questions buyers ask

Does ThreatDown Elite include 24/7 managed detection and response?

Yes. Elite bundles EDR with ThreatDown's 24/7 managed service, as Huntress Managed EDR does with its own SOC.

Which is cheaper at 100 endpoints?

Only Huntress publishes a price at that size, {{total-min seats=100 products=huntress-managed-edr}} a year at 100 endpoints. ThreatDown's store stops at 20 devices, so a 100-endpoint order is quoted by ThreatDown sales or a partner, and we can't compare the two until you have that quote.

Does ThreatDown's ransomware rollback work on a Mac?

No. ThreatDown's rollback covers seven days and works on Windows only.

Can a healthcare practice get a BAA from Huntress or ThreatDown?

No, from neither. Both say their services are not designed to receive protected health information.

Can I lock in a price for more than one year?

ThreatDown sells two- and three-year prepaid terms. Huntress says it does not offer multi-year terms.

How fast does each one respond to a threat?

Huntress advertises an 8-minute mean time to respond (MTTR). ThreatDown publishes a median of 5 minutes to detect and 19 minutes to contain, measured on its own incident data. The two are different measures, and neither is a contractual SLA for these products, so ask for the figure in writing.

Sources

Prices, capabilities and lab results come from the Huntress Managed EDR and ThreatDown Elite reports. Each value there carries its source link, the date we checked it and, for prices, a dated screenshot.

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