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SentinelOne vs. Cortex XDR
Stop sophisticated attacks with #1-rated prevention and comprehensive visibility, delivered by a truly unified platform.
SentinelOne
Misses attacks with poor-performing prevention
- Failed to stop half of the attacks in the latest MITRE ATT&CK® Evaluations. Missed attacks = higher risk and more work for the SOC.
Why Palo Alto Networks
Stops attacks with top-performing prevention
Cortex XDR blocks more threats than any endpoint security market leader, with rigorously tested capabilities that work right out-of-the-box.
#1
Prevention rate out of all market leaders in the latest MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations.
SentinelOne
Detection beyond the endpoint forces teams into manual work
- Doesn’t include analytics for non-endpoint data, forcing your team to write custom detection rules.
Why Palo Alto Networks
Delivers the best detection with zero manual work
Palo Alto Networks pioneered the XDR category. Cortex XDR collects telemetry from every key source: endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and email to power pre-built, AI-driven detectors that find threats fast without manual work.
100%
Detection in the latest MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations, with no configuration changes.
SentinelOne
Chains analysts to endless alert triage
- SentinelOne lacks true incident management, forcing analysts to triage a flood of individual alerts for every investigation.
Why Palo Alto Networks
Eliminates the need for individual alert triage
Cortex XDR saves hours of analysts time each day with enterprise-level incident management that automatically turns related alerts from every source into single, prioritized cases that tell the complete story of an attack.
98%
Reduction in alerts to triage with AI-driven grouping and scoring.
SentinelOne
Not a true SOC platform
- SentinelOne lacks unified analytics across endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and email sources. This fails to deliver a true, holistic SOC platform.
Why Palo Alto Networks
The true SOC platform that starts with XDR
Cortex XDR immediately sets the foundation for your AI-driven SOC. It unifies data from all key sources in a single data lake, powering native security analytics. This provides a frictionless path to Cortex XSIAM—the single, complete platform that unifies your entire SOC and stops threats faster.
1
Single data lake with a frictionless path to a unified, AI-driven SOC platform.
Side-by-Side: Cortex XDR vs. SentinelOne
Cortex XDR
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SentinelOne
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Endpoint Prevention | Top-performing prevention #1 prevention rate of all market leaders in MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations Round 6. | Lets too many threats in #5 prevention rate of all market leaders in MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations Round 6. |
Threat Detection | Native analytics for all key data sources 10K detectors and 2.6K ML models detect threats natively across endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and email sources. With endpoint data alone, Cortex XDR achieved 100% detection in MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations Round 6. | Limited analytics Native analytics only cover endpoint telemetry. Achieved 90% technique-level detection with no configuration changes in MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations Round 6. |
Investigation Workflow | Unified, AI-driven investigations Builds rich context from all key data sources, allowing AI-driven grouping and scoring to create unified cases that tell the complete story of an attack. Analysts experience 8x faster investigations and 98% fewer alerts to triage. | Fragmented investigations Data beyond the endpoint is bolted-on, leaving analysts to connect the dots manually. |
SOC Platform | The foundation of the Cortex SOC platform With key data in place, Cortex XDR creates the foundation for a unified, AI-driven SOC with a frictionless path to Cortex XSIAM. | Not a true SOC platform Limits SOC growth with an endpoint-focused approach that doesn’t have a clear path to a comprehensive SOC platform. |
Why Trust Palo Alto Networks
Proven leadership from the world’s largest cybersecurity company
- 100% technique-level detection in MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations Round 6
- AAA rated with 100% prevention in the 2025 SE Labs Ransomware Test
- 3x Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms
98%
Willingness to recommend score in the 2025 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for EPP.
“The user experience and interface of Cortex XDR is exceptional, allowing us to easily navigate and digest reports. With this solution, we also have extensive visibility into our security stack and our data lake, helping us triage and investigate alerts for response and remediation action.”
“With Palo Alto Networks, we can sunset point solutions and roll them into a consolidated platform for more efficient operations and cost savings.”
“We get far fewer alerts from Unit 42 MDR than we did from our previous provider. If they surface an incident, we know it’s something we need to look into, and then we work together to resolve it quickly. They use their knowledge and expertise to determine priority, which is a big time-saver.”
“It’s a lot like having another member of our team. They [Unit 42 MDR] manage our alerts and escalate the ones that matter.”
“Palo Alto Networks makes it far, far easier to safeguard our university infrastructure and respond instantly to incidents. By protecting what’s important in the background, we can fight fires in a different forest.”
“Cortex XDR, Data Lake, and Cortex XSOAR was a powerful combination—it allowed us to realise the benefits of automation to support a next-generation SOC.”
“The user experience and interface of Cortex XDR is exceptional, allowing us to easily navigate and digest reports. With this solution, we also have extensive visibility into our security stack and our data lake, helping us triage and investigate alerts for response and remediation action.”
“With Palo Alto Networks, we can sunset point solutions and roll them into a consolidated platform for more efficient operations and cost savings.”
“We get far fewer alerts from Unit 42 MDR than we did from our previous provider. If they surface an incident, we know it’s something we need to look into, and then we work together to resolve it quickly. They use their knowledge and expertise to determine priority, which is a big time-saver.”
“It’s a lot like having another member of our team. They [Unit 42 MDR] manage our alerts and escalate the ones that matter.”
“Palo Alto Networks makes it far, far easier to safeguard our university infrastructure and respond instantly to incidents. By protecting what’s important in the background, we can fight fires in a different forest.”
“Cortex XDR, Data Lake, and Cortex XSOAR was a powerful combination—it allowed us to realise the benefits of automation to support a next-generation SOC.”
