Expel
Transparent MDR powered by automation and the Workbench operations platform
- Service
- MDR
- Response
- Contain threats
Best for
Mid-market and enterprise organizationsUsually replaces
In-house alert triage and investigationCheck first
Does not provide its own endpoint agent — relies on third-party EDR toolsCoverage
Covers
- Expel Workbench operations platform with full customer visibility
- Integration-first architecture with 160+ native integrations
- Automated remediation (host containment, account disablement, email removal)
Pros and limits
Works well
- Radical transparency — publishes MTTD/MTTR metrics and gives customers full SOC visibility via Workbench
- Integration-first model works with your existing security stack instead of requiring rip-and-replace
- Strong automation reduces mean time to respond to under 15 minutes
Watch out for
- Custom pricing model makes it difficult to estimate costs upfront
- Workbench-centric workflow may feel redundant for teams with mature ITSM or SOAR platforms
- Less suited for organizations seeking a single-vendor security stack
Pricing
- Billing model
- Per-asset, Tiered, Custom
- Minimum contract
- 12 months
- Proof of concept
- Available
- Onboarding
- 7-14 days
Flexible packaging based on integrations and attack surface coverage; not publicly listed
Connects with
- SIEM
- Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Sumo Logic, Exabeam, CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale, Google SecOps, Palo Alto Cortex XSIAM, Securonix
- EDR / Endpoint
- CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Palo Alto Cortex XDR, Carbon Black, Cisco Secure Endpoint
- Cloud
- AWS, Azure, GCP
- Other
- Okta, Duo Security, Microsoft 365, Palo Alto Networks, Proofpoint, Wiz, Salesforce, Kubernetes
Questions
How much does Expel MDR cost?
Expel does not publicly list pricing. Costs are based on the number and type of integrations, the attack surfaces covered, and the size of the environment. Industry MDR benchmarks place comparable services in the $10-30 per endpoint per month range, but Expel uses a flexible asset-based model rather than strict per-endpoint pricing.
Does Expel replace your SIEM?
No. Expel is designed to work alongside your existing SIEM, not replace it. The Workbench platform integrates with leading SIEMs like Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, and Google SecOps, layering Expel's detections, automation, and analyst expertise on top of your current investment.
What is the Expel Workbench?
Workbench is Expel's cloud-based security operations platform. It provides customers with real-time visibility into every alert, investigation, and remediation action taken by Expel's SOC. Unlike traditional MDR dashboards, Workbench shows exactly what automations ran, what analysts investigated, and why decisions were made.