Heimdal vs Huntress (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Heimdal if

• Fits if you run an MSP that already uses ConnectWise or Autotask
• Works for teams that want DNS filtering and antivirus from one vendor

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want a published price, as buyers fill in a request form
• Pricey if you add modules, since they are sold separately and the cost depends on the mix
• Watch out: trial terms were not stated on the pages read
• Watch out: no endpoint operating systems are listed on the pages read

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

Heimdal

• No prices are published; the site points buyers to a pricing request form.
• Modules are sold separately and in platform bundles, so the cost depends on the mix chosen.
• The pages read list no endpoint operating systems, so platform support is unconfirmed.
• The homepage offers a demo and a trial sign-up, but trial terms were not stated on the pages read.

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.

Heimdal

Next-gen antivirus and firewall

Endpoint security modules include antivirus, firewall and ransomware encryption protection.

DNS security

DNS filtering is offered for both the network and the endpoint.

Patch and asset management

Vulnerability management with patch and asset management and unified endpoint tools such as remote desktop and BitLocker management.

Privileged access and application control

Privilege elevation, privileged account and session management, and application control modules.

EDR, XDR and 24x7 SOC

Platform services range from endpoint detection to managed extended detection and response with a 24x7 SOC.

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.

Heimdal

Pricing could not be confirmed. See heimdalsecurity.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.