Expel vs SentinelOne Vigilance

Expel operates as a vendor-agnostic MDR that can sit on top of multiple EDR platforms including SentinelOne itself, while SentinelOne Vigilance is a native MDR service tied exclusively to the SentinelOne agent. Expel differentiates through its transparent Workbench portal and resilience recommendations, whereas Vigilance leverages the autonomous AI capabilities of the Singularity platform for rapid containment and one-click rollback. Choose Expel for multi-tool flexibility and investigative transparency; choose Vigilance for tight integration and automated remediation within the SentinelOne ecosystem.

Expel MDR · Contain threats · Works with your stack SentinelOne Vigilance MDR · Contain threats · Provider platform

Best fit

Mid-market and enterprise organizations

Organizations already using SentinelOne

Operating model

Mid-market and enterprise organizations

Organizations already using SentinelOne

Approach

Vendor-agnostic, sits on top of any EDR

Native MDR tied to SentinelOne agent

Transparency

Full Workbench portal visibility

Singularity console with autonomous actions

Response Approach

Analyst-driven investigation with automated actions

Autonomous containment with one-click rollback

Detailed comparison

Expel MDR · Contain threats · Works with your stack SentinelOne Vigilance MDR · Contain threats · Provider platform

Decision fit

Service model

MDR, XDR, SOCaaS

MDR, XDR

Provider involvement

Contain threats

Best for

Enterprise, Mid-Market

Enterprise, Mid-Market, MSP/MSSP

After an alert

Response level

Contain threats

Response detail

Expel automatically contains compromised hosts, disables accounts, removes phishing emails, and blocks indicators — all within minutes, with full transparency via Workbench.

SentinelOne's AI autonomously contains threats at machine speed, then human analysts validate and complete remediation. 18-minute average response time.

Team model

Shared SOC team

Stack and coverage

Platform model

Works with your stack

Provider platform

SIEM

Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Sumo Logic, Exabeam, CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale, Google SecOps, Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM, Securonix

Singularity AI SIEM (proprietary)

EDR

CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Cortex XDR, Carbon Black, Cisco Secure Endpoint

SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint (native)

Cloud

AWS, Azure, GCP

Coverage areas

Endpoints, Cloud Workloads, Identity & Access, Email, Network, SaaS Applications, Containers & Kubernetes

Endpoints, Cloud Workloads, Identity & Access, Network, SaaS Applications

Buying signals

Pricing signal

Custom per-asset pricing based on integrations and environment size. Not publicly listed — request a quote.

~$17-50/endpoint/year (on top of platform license)

Estimated mid-market cost

$8K-$20K

$8K-$25K

Onboarding

7-14 days

Minimum contract

12 months

SOC regions

North America

North America, Middle East