Endpoint IndexESET Pricing (October 2026)
ESET's cheapest plan with EDR is Premium, which bundles 24/7 MDR and costs about twice as much as Core per device.
Prices from ESET's own subscription plans page, checked 2 Oct to 10 Oct 2026 in US dollars
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How much does ESET cost?
ESET PROTECT Core costs $54.90 a device a year at list price for 10 devices, on ESET's own subscription plans page; ESET PROTECT Premium costs $103.00.
List price per device a year, in US dollars, before tax. Each price links to the screenshot it was read from.
| Plan | 10 devices |
|---|---|
 ESET PROTECT Core Antivirus (EPP) · up to 99 | $54.90 $549.00 a year |
ESET PROTECT Premium Managed EDR and MDR · up to 99 | $103.00 $1,030.00 a year |
EDR costs about twice as much as ESET PROTECT Core. ESET PROTECT Core is an antivirus plan: detection and response (Detection & Response) starts at ESET PROTECT Premium, $103.00 a device a year.
For ESET's managed plans against other providers, including those sold only by quote, see managed detection and response pricing.
Which ESET plan should you buy?
- ESET PROTECT Core$54.90 a device a year at 10 devices
Best for: Offices of 5 to 99 devices that need antivirus, firewall and encryption
- ESET PROTECT Premium$103.00 a device a year at 10 devices
Best for: Firms of 10 to 99 devices with no one to watch alerts at night
What does each ESET plan include?
From ESET's own plan comparison (screenshot).
| Feature | Core | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Antivirus for computers, servers, phones and cloud VMs Next-gen antivirus for computers, servers, mobiles and cloud VMs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Firewall, web and device control Firewall, web and device control | ✓ | ✓ |
| Protection for AI chats and agents Protection for AI conversations and agents | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full disk encryption ESET Full Disk Encryption | ✓ | ✓ |
| EDR (detection and response) Detection & Response | No | ✓ |
| 24/7 managed detection and response (MDR) 24/7 MDR with expert-led threat monitoring | No | ✓ |
| AI security assistant Cybersecurity AI assistant | No | ✓ |
| Email and Microsoft 365 protection Email, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace protection | Add-on | Add-on |
| Patch management Automated vulnerability discovery and system patching | Add-on | Add-on |
| Multi-factor authentication Secure access with multi-factor authentication | Add-on | Add-on |
| Cyber warranty Immediate financial recovery via cyber warranty | No | Add-on |
| Guided onboarding Guided onboarding | No | Add-on |
ESET PROTECT Premium is the first ESET plan with EDR. ESET PROTECT Premium adds EDR (detection and response), 24/7 managed detection and response (MDR) and AI security assistant to ESET PROTECT Core.
What should you know before you buy?
In ESET's own words, from its subscription plans page, plan detail pages, trial FAQ and cancellation page.
- How many devices
- The plans page sells Core from 5 devices and Premium from 10, both up to 99. At 100 or more there is no price; ESET sends you to sales.
Exact wording
This subscription plan starts at 10 devices as minimum. ... Need more than 99 devices covered? CONTACT SALES
Source ↗ - Volume pricing
- Core falls from $54.90 a device a year at 10 devices to $46.70 at 25 and $38.40 at 50 and 99. ESET publishes no band table; these are the plans page totals divided by devices.
- Plus package
- Email and Microsoft 365 protection, patching and multi-factor authentication cost extra on every plan. At 10 devices the Plus package adds $164.00 a year to Core and $560.00 to Premium.
- Term
- The plans page sells 1, 2 or 3 years and shows no monthly price. At 10 devices, 2 and 3 years cost exactly two and three times one year.
- Multi-year discount
- ESET's FAQ promises a discount for subscribing online for more than one year, but the plans page showed none at 10 devices.
Exact wording
If you subscribe online for more than one year, you will automatically benefit from a discount.
Source ↗ - Ultimate
- Sold online only as a 99-device pack, list $16,360.00 a year. ESET showed an introductory offer of $9,999.00 when we checked.
Exact wording
ESET PROTECT Ultimate Introductory Offer $16,360.00 $9,999.00 Includes 99 devices and security expert supervision
Source ↗ - Small Office Protection
- A separate product for 5 to 25 devices, managed from the ESET HOME app. It costs $179.99 a year for 5 devices, $204.99 for 10 and $512.50 for 25.
Exact wording
ESET SMALL OFFICE PROTECTION UP TO 25 DEVICES ... Easy management via ESET HOME app/portal
Source ↗ - Paid extras
- Premium offers guided onboarding as a $216.00 option; it is also part of Premium's Plus package.
- Renewal
- Online purchases renew automatically. ESET says it tells you the renewal cost 30 days before an annual subscription renews.
- Refunds
- ESET says refunds are typically available within 14 days of purchase, or 30 where local policy says so. Cancelling ends protection at once, not at the end of the term.
Exact wording
In general, refunds are typically available if you cancel within 14 [or 30, based on local moneyback policy] days of your purchase.
Source ↗ - Servers
- There is no separate server licence on the plans page. Core and Premium cover "computers, servers, mobiles and cloud VMs", and ESET's trial counts Server Security installs as endpoints.
Exact wording
ESET Endpoint Security (for Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Linux) or ESET Server Security products on up to 25 endpoints
Source ↗
How does ESET compare with other small-business products?
List price per device a year at 10 devices, against every product in its category with a published price in the SMB endpoint security price index, server-only products excluded.
| Plan | ESET | Category median | Price rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESET PROTECT Core | $54.90 | $54.90 | 8th of 15 |
| ESET PROTECT Premium | $103.00 | $103.00 | 2nd of 3 |
ESET PROTECT Core sits level with the antivirus median; ESET PROTECT Premium sits level with the EDR median. ESET PROTECT Core costs $54.90 a device at 10 seats, against a median of $54.90 for antivirus. ESET PROTECT Premium, ESET's cheapest plan with EDR, costs $103.00, against an EDR median of $103.00; the cheapest EDR product in the Index, ThreatDown Elite, costs $99.00.
Where does ESET rank, and how does it compare?
- ESET PROTECT Core ranks 2nd of 9 in the ranking of business antivirus, with an SMB Fit Score of 77.
- Head to head: ESET PROTECT Core vs Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security.
What do AI assistants get wrong about ESET pricing?
We asked Perplexity, Gemini, ChatGPT and Google's AI Overviews small-business security questions on 30 Sep 2026 and checked each claim about ESET against its own pages.
| What the assistant said | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|
| ESET publishes its prices Perplexity | Right | Core and Premium are priced on ESET's US subscription plans page from 5 and 10 devices up to 99. |
| ESET signs a HIPAA business associate agreement through its US business organisation Perplexity | Not on ESET's site | No ESET page we checked mentions a business associate agreement, and ESET's Trust Center lists no HIPAA attestation. |
| ESET scored 96.3% protection in AV-Comparatives' first-half 2026 business test Gemini | Wrong | AV-Comparatives gave ESET's engine a 98.8% protection rate in that test, with two false positives. |
Perplexity says ESET signs HIPAA business associate agreements; ESET's own pages do not say so. A practice that relies on that answer has nothing from ESET in writing. Ask ESET sales for a signed BAA before you buy.
Questions about ESET pricing
What is the difference between ESET PROTECT Core and ESET PROTECT Premium?
ESET PROTECT Premium adds EDR (detection and response), 24/7 managed detection and response (MDR) and AI security assistant and costs $48.10 more a device a year ($103.00 against $54.90).
Can you buy ESET for more than 99 devices online?
No. The plans page stops at 99 devices; type 100 and the price is replaced by "Looking for over 99 devices? CONTACT SALES". Premium also has a 10-device minimum, so an office of 5 to 9 devices cannot buy Premium online.
Does ESET discount 2- and 3-year subscriptions?
ESET's trial FAQ says you "will automatically benefit from a discount" when you subscribe online for more than one year. The plans page we checked on 10 October 2026 did not show one: Core for 10 devices cost $549.00 for 1 year, $1,098.00 for 2 years and $1,647.00 for 3 years.
How much does ESET PROTECT Ultimate cost?
ESET sells Ultimate online only as a 99-device pack: $16,360.00 a year at list price, with an introductory offer of $9,999.00 on the plans page on 10 October 2026. It adds a full incident remediation service and a dedicated security expert to Premium. For fewer devices or more than 99, ESET sends you to sales.
Is there a free ESET business trial?
Yes. ESET's self-service trial runs ESET PROTECT Core on up to 25 seats for 30 days, and ESET says it can extend a trial "to as much as three months" on request. To try Detection and Response or the Plus package modules, ESET asks you to contact sales.
Does ESET sign a HIPAA business associate agreement?
No ESET page we checked mentions a business associate agreement, and ESET's Trust Center lists no HIPAA attestation.
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