Huntress Review (2026)
- Starting price
- Custom quote
- Free trial
- Free trial
- Deployment
- Cloud
- Best for
- MSPs and SMBs wanting affordable managed detection with a real human SOC
Our verdict
Huntress earns 8.6/10 in our review, weighted from 4.9/5 (~700 G2 reviews) and its feature/pricing profile. The MSP favorite — human SOC and ITDR at a price SMBs can actually afford. Best for MSPs and SMBs wanting affordable managed detection with a real human SOC. Starting price: Custom quote.
Backed by 4.9★ · 700 reviews on G2.
Pros & cons
✓ Pros
- Outstanding SOC + support
- Built for MSPs/SMB
- Fast time-to-value
✕ Cons
- Quote pricing
- Complements (not replaces) some AV
- Endpoint-count based
Key features
- Managed EDR with 24/7 SOC
- Microsoft 365 ITDR
- Security awareness training
- Ransomware canaries
- MSP multi-tenant
What users say
“We love working with the SOC that Huntress offers and can sit back and let them do their thing. Peace of mind with cybersecurity is a rarity, but with Huntress, you get just that.”
“Support is number 1 in my opinion, the team behind Huntress are second to none, always available and willing to help and know their stuff. The product is light on machines, has a great dashboard and alerting is wonderful.”
“Being a tech guy, sometimes I like the noise. I wish I had, if desired, deep insights into the backend logs to see the events/logs and escalations.”
How Huntress compares
| Huntress | Arctic Wolf | Blackpoint Cyber | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Custom quote | Custom quote | Custom quote |
| Pricing model | per endpoint | quote | quote |
| Free trial / tier | Free trial | — | — |
| Best for | MSPs and SMBs wanting affordable managed detection with a real human SOC | Mid-market orgs wanting a named concierge security team | MSPs wanting fast active-response MDR |
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud | Cloud |
| G2 rating | 4.9/5 (700) | 4.7/5 (250) | 4.7/5 (80) |
| Capterra rating | — | — | — |
| Our score | 8.6 | 7.8 | 7.6 |
Full review
Huntress review — 8.6/10
The MSP favorite — human SOC and ITDR at a price SMBs can actually afford. Our score weights 4.9/5 (~700 G2 reviews) against feature breadth and pricing value; last hands-on data check 2026-05.
Pricing value
Huntress starts at Custom quote on a per endpoint model after a free trial. See the full pricing breakdown.
Who should buy Huntress
Best for MSPs and SMBs wanting affordable managed detection with a real human SOC. If that is not you, weigh the alternatives.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Huntress worth it?
- Huntress earns 8.6/10 in our review, weighted from 4.9/5 (~700 G2 reviews) and its feature/pricing profile. The MSP favorite — human SOC and ITDR at a price SMBs can actually afford. Best for MSPs and SMBs wanting affordable managed detection with a real human SOC. Starting price: Custom quote.
- What does Huntress cost?
- From Custom quote — see the pricing page.
Based on aggregated third-party ratings (4.9/5 (~700 G2 reviews)) and Huntress's published feature and pricing data. Hands-on testing notes are added as we trial each tool — see how we test.