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

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

Pick ThreatLocker if

• Fits if you want unapproved software blocked by default
• Works for IT teams willing to approve new software as it appears

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want a published price, as every quote is custom
• Tight if you install new software often, because each new program needs approving
• Skip it if you want a scanner that detects malware, as this blocks by approval
• Watch out: the trial length and supported operating systems are not stated

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.

ThreatLocker

• No list prices; the pricing page says a quote is built around your environment.
• Allowlisting needs setup and ongoing approval of new software.
• The pages read do not list supported operating systems.
• A free trial is offered, but its length is not stated on the pages read.

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.

ThreatLocker

Allowlisting

Permits only approved software to run, with a learning mode that builds the allowlist.

Ringfencing

Restricts what allowed applications can reach, to contain a compromised machine.

Storage and network control

Controls over external storage, data storage access and endpoint firewall and network access.

EDR and MDR

Real-time threat detection and a managed detection and response service.

Zero Trust AI Control

Lets AI agents work with limited access to systems and applications.

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.

ThreatLocker

Pricing could not be confirmed. See threatlocker.com.