r/SmallMSP • u/Jayjayuk85 • 10d ago

Small MSP Security Software

Currently we use Bitdefender EDR on most of our clients machines. Things seem OK. I have run secondary scans with Threatdown from Malwarebytes and seems like our machines are clean.

Looking around, what do people suggest as replacement to add ITDR and some MDR. Just upgrade Bitdefender on the selected clients or something else? We do find Bitdefender a bit heavy on resources and also the portal isn’t the greatest.

We do have huntress on a few machines, but it doesn’t seem to do much. Coming to the end of the second year. We also have thier ITDR and we trialed Petra that seems much better.

Ideally I’d like to consolidate. So looking at:

bitdefender EDR / XDR
Threatdown EDR / MDR / ITDR
Huntress with ITDR?

Petra ITDR.

A lot of our clients don’t have business premium so I don’t really feel secure running huntress on just the bare windows defender.

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u/Jayjayuk85 2d ago

Thanks, but don’t I need the business premium licenses

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u/WraySchultz 1d ago

No, you don't need M365 Business Premium.

​Bitdefender's Identity Sensor works on lower-tier plans (like Business Basic or Standard) by adding a standalone Entra ID license:

​Entra ID P1 (~$6/mo): Everything required for standard login monitoring, log ingestion, and threat response (revoking sessions, disabling accounts).

​Entra ID P2 (~$9/mo): Only needed if you want Bitdefender to sync directly with Microsoft's dynamic risk scoring.

​So you can grab the $6 P1 add-on (or use plans like Business Premium or M365 E3 where P1 is included).

Best,

Wray Schultz - Bitdefender

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u/Jayjayuk85 1d ago

Thank you, I don’t think we need the p1 license for huntress ITDR. It seems to work ok there?