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Alternatives to Microsoft Sentinel
24 cybersecurity tools sit alongside Microsoft Sentinel in this directory. Below is what separates each from Microsoft Sentinel on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 2
- Cheaper to start
- 1
- Microsoft Sentinel starts at
- Free, then $2.46/day
Why people look past Microsoft Sentinel
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Microsoft Sentinel has a free tier, and starts at $2.46/day against a category median of $4.99/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The world's most-loved password manager
- No free tier, where Microsoft Sentinel has one.
- Starts $0.5300000000000002 a month dearer, at $2.99/month.
The world's #1 rated antivirus
- No free tier, where Microsoft Sentinel has one.
- Starts $17.529999999999998 a year dearer, at $19.99/year.
Simplify online life with LastPass password manager
- Sold on a freemium model rather than usage-based.
Powerful protection against evolving threats
- No free tier, where Microsoft Sentinel has one.
- Starts $33.54 a year dearer, at $36/year.
Free TOTP two-factor authentication app that gained optional cloud sync in 2023
- Sold on a Free, no in-app purchases model rather than usage-based.
- 1 tier to Microsoft Sentinel's 3.
Real-time transaction fraud and financial crime detection for banks and payment processors
- No free tier, where Microsoft Sentinel has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than usage-based.
- 1 tier to Microsoft Sentinel's 3.
Every Microsoft Sentinel alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Microsoft Sentinel badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (2)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- LastPass , Free
- Google Authenticator , Free
Cheaper than Microsoft Sentinel (1)
Entry price under Microsoft Sentinel's $2.46/day. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Entrust Identity as a Service , $2/month
What you would be giving up
Microsoft Sentinel is most often brought in for cloud-based security information and event management (siem), extended detection and response (xdr) across enterprise infrastructure, data ingestion and long-term security analytics. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Microsoft Sentinel is broadly right and the question is cost, the Microsoft Sentinel pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Cybersecurity category lists everything the directory holds, and best cybersecurity tools ranks them.
Microsoft Sentinel runs on web, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Microsoft Sentinel alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Microsoft Sentinel?
- 24 other cybersecurity tools are listed in this directory, led by 1Password, Bitdefender Total Security, LastPass, Norton 360. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Microsoft Sentinel?
- 2 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: LastPass, Google Authenticator.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Microsoft Sentinel?
- Yes. 1 of the alternatives below start under Microsoft Sentinel's $2.46/day: Entrust Identity as a Service at $2/month.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Microsoft Sentinel?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Microsoft Sentinel has a free tier, and starts at $2.46/day against a category median of $4.99/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Microsoft Sentinel?
- Microsoft Sentinel is most often brought in for cloud-based security information and event management (siem), extended detection and response (xdr) across enterprise infrastructure, data ingestion and long-term security analytics. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Microsoft Sentinel?
- None of the cybersecurity tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Microsoft Sentinel alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Cybersecurity, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Microsoft Sentinel against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Microsoft Sentinel covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every cybersecurity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Cybersecurity category, 24 tools beside Microsoft Sentinel. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.