Arctic Wolf vs Huntress (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Arctic Wolf if

• Fits if you want a security team to watch alerts for you around the clock
• Works for MSPs that sell managed detection to customers

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want software you install yourself, as this is a managed service
• Not for you if you want a published price, since buyers must request a demo
• Watch out: warranty terms and eligibility are set by the vendor and were not reviewed
• Too light for a free try: no trial or free plan is on record

Pick Huntress if

• Fits if you run IT for several small businesses and want a security team watching
• Works for a company with endpoints to cover and no in-house analysts

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you're a home user, as there's no consumer plan
• Not for you if you want a free plan, as the pricing page lists none
• Pricey if you want a plain antivirus: $8.99 per endpoint a month is a managed service price
• Watch out: pricing is list price, quotes come from a demo form, the term is 12 months and multi-year price protection isn't offered

Arctic Wolf

• No prices are published; the site directs buyers to request a demo.
• The homepage mentions flat, predictable pricing for MSPs without giving figures.
• Warranty terms and eligibility are set by the vendor and were not reviewed here.
• It is a managed service, not a self-installed antivirus.

Huntress

• Pricing shown is MSRP and falls as volume rises; exact quotes come from a demo form, and Huntress says it is channel-first and sells mostly through partners.
• The standard term is 12 months, and the pricing FAQ says multi-year price protection is not offered.
• Business product only: there is no consumer plan, and the pricing page lists no free plan.
• Each product is priced on a different unit: endpoints, identities, data sources or learners.

Arctic Wolf

Managed detection and response

Security experts monitor and respond to threats 24x7, according to the vendor.

Aurora Endpoint Security

AI-driven prevention, detection and response for endpoint threats.

Incident response

Covers containment through restoring operations after an attack, with an Incident360 retainer option.

Exposure management

Discovers and prioritizes weaknesses across the attack surface.

Security Operations Warranty

Offers up to $3 million in financial assistance for qualifying cybersecurity incidents.

Huntress

Managed EDR

A lightweight agent for Windows and macOS, with Linux also covered, feeds detections to the Huntress SOC, which investigates and remediates.

Free managed antivirus

The Managed EDR price includes managed antivirus, so the product can stand in for a conventional antivirus on a business machine.

Identity threat detection

Managed ITDR looks for privilege escalation, suspicious logins and mail flow manipulation in Microsoft 365 and Google accounts.

Athena engine

The site describes Athena as agentic AI that investigates every alert alongside the human SOC analysts.

Incident reporting

Custom incident reports come with Managed EDR and Managed ITDR at no extra cost, according to the pricing page.

Log collection and training

Managed SIEM correlates logs from many sources, and Managed SAT runs phishing simulations and training for employees.

Arctic Wolf

Pricing could not be confirmed. See arcticwolf.com.

Huntress

• Managed EDR$8.99

  per endpoint / month, MSRP

  24/7 detection and response by the SOC, remediation, incident reporting and managed antivirus. Rate falls with volume.

• Managed ITDR$4.80

  per licensed identity / month, MSRP

  Watches Microsoft 365 and Google identities for account takeover, suspicious policy changes and mail flow tampering.

• Managed SIEM$4.00

  per data source / month, MSRP

  Collects and correlates logs from endpoints, firewalls, cloud apps and identity systems, with pooled storage.

• Managed ISPM$4.00

  per licensed identity / month, MSRP

  Managed hardening of Microsoft 365 identity settings, with drift fixed in about 15 minutes, as the page says.

• Managed SAT$2.08

  per learner / month, MSRP

  Managed security awareness training with phishing simulation and automated reporting.