The endpoint tax is over

Bury restrictive per-endpoint fees and deploy world-class protection with Elastic Security. Analyze critical context and stop attacks instantly with a single agentic security operations platform that includes top-rated XDR with your SIEM.

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  • ANALYST REPORT

    Elastic was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide XDR Software 2025 Vendor Assessment.

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  • INDUSTRY TEST

    Elastic is the only vendor with 100% protection rates in all of AV‑Comparatives’ 2025 Business Security Tests.

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DIFFERENTIATORS

Top-rated protection, fully included

100% protection scores from AV-Comparatives. Costs cut by 70%. No per-endpoint fees. That's not a pitch — it's a test result.

  • WORLD-CLASS PROTECTION EFFICACY

    #1-rated endpoint protection

    Stop threats before execution. Elastic Security hit 100% protection scores with AV-Comparatives using kernel-level sensors that attackers struggle to bypass. Get world-class protection across Windows, macOS, and Linux — built to stop advanced exploits in their tracks.

  • COMPREHENSIVE VISIBILITY

    Blind spots? Never met them

    With XDR, SIEM, and SOAR natively included, erase the gaps between endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and email using 400+ native and third-party integrations for earlier detection, simpler investigation, and faster response.

  • LOGICAL PRICING

    R.I.P. per-endpoint fees

    World-class XDR is natively included in Elastic Security, not as an add-on. Deploy agents across your entire infrastructure without the tax of per-endpoint fees.

  • AGENTIC AI RESPONSE

    Response at the speed of AI

    Don't just find threats; neutralize them the moment they appear. Triage an alert, enrich it with threat intel, create a case, notify the team, and take response actions, all without leaving the platform.

  • OPEN AND PROVEN PROTECTIONS

    Open logic, validated defense

    Most EDR vendors hide their protection logic. We don't. Elastic leads by sharing our behavioral rules and detection logic publicly. See exactly how our endpoint protection works to outpace threats with total precision and accountability.

  • PROTECTION ANYWHERE

    No connection, no problem

    Deploy anywhere. Whether cloud, on-prem, or air-gapped, Elastic delivers uninterrupted protection, even in disconnected environments, against today's toughest threats.

You're in good company

See how companies like yours use Elastic Security.

  • Customer spotlight

    By replacing multiple tools with Elastic Security, Texas A&M freed up 100+ analyst hours every month and reduced response times by 99%.

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  • Customer spotlight

    THG Ingenuity cut response times by 60% and halved first-line triage time with Elastic Security, while also reducing storage costs.

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  • Customer spotlight

    AHEAD cut triage time by 73% and automated 92% of resolutions with Elastic Security, holding MTTR under seven minutes for industry-leading response.

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"Migrating our EDR to Elastic Defend was a 'flick of a button' experience. Since we already had Elastic Agent deployed, we activated our new security capabilities instantly through a Fleet policy. No pain, no complex rollout — just immediate protection."

Ben CollierSecurity Engineering Lead, THG Ingenuity

Battle-tested endpoint protections

Proven protection, deep telemetry. Elastic Defend, the native integration that delivers Elastic Endpoint Security, uses kernel-level sensors that attackers can't easily bypass.

  • Malware protection

    ML-powered malware protection that detects and blocks known and emerging threats pre-execution

  • Ransomware protection

    Stops ransomware by monitoring file activity and detecting anomalous modifications instantly

  • Memory threat protection

    Prevents in-memory attacks using YARA-based scanning and deep kernel behavior signals

  • Malicious behavior protection

    Real-time system monitoring with 1,000+ behavioral rules aligned to MITRE ATT&CK coverage

#1-rated efficacy, everywhere you run

Elastic Defend is powered by kernel-mode sensors and OS frameworks for real-time threat protection.

  • Windows

    Windows kernel sensors and ETW capture real-time telemetry for deep, effective threat protection

  • Linux

    Linux protection is powered by eBPF to monitor syscalls, processes, and files in real time.

  • macOS

    Macs are protected using Apple's System Extensions Framework to monitor threats in real time.

  • Kubernetes

    Elastic Defend for Containers provides runtime visibility into Kubernetes with eBPF monitoring for threat detection.

PROTECT & RESPOND

XDR and SIEM in one agentic security operations platform

Analyze critical context and stop attacks instantly with a single platform that includes world-class XDR with your SIEM with zero per-endpoint fees.

Leading the future of security

See why Elastic was named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Security Analytics Platforms, Q2 2025.

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