How do they compare?
GravityZone's engine and EDR are genuinely strong, and real MDR, patch management, identity, email, and compliance modules exist — but they're separate SKUs bolted onto a base tier, and your own team runs the console unless you also buy the managed layer on top.
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What to consider when comparing us to Bitdefender
Patch Management, Email Security, XDR sensors for identity/network/cloud, and Compliance Manager are all genuine GravityZone capabilities — even at Business Security Enterprise, the top self-managed tier, every one of them is a separately licensed add-on, not a bundled feature.
Patch Management, Email Security, and each XDR sensor category are all separately licensed add-ons — even on top of the highest tier. A buyer wanting the full stack is negotiating 5+ line items, not one plan.
Dark-web/credential monitoring ships only inside MDR PLUS, Bitdefender's premium, quote-only managed-SOC tier — not available standalone or in any self-managed GravityZone tier.
Bitdefender does offer phishing simulation and LMS training — but it lives under "Offensive Services" alongside pen testing and red teaming, sold and quoted independently of any GravityZone protection tier.
The 2026 GravityZone Compliance Manager genuinely maps to GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001, and more, with real-time scoring — but it's an add-on driven mainly by endpoint/threat telemetry, not the broader identity, email, and training evidence a full audit typically requires.
Three reasons to choose EntraGuard over Bitdefender
Endpoint, identity, email, patching, dark-web monitoring, awareness training, and compliance evidence are all delivered through the same EntraGuard portfolio and the same specialist team. Add a capability and you add a module — not a new SKU to license, a new console to check, or a new contract to renew.
Detect's baseline monitoring and containment run on every EntraGuard engagement from the start. GravityZone is a self-service console your own admin runs by default — 24/7 managed detection and response only exists as MDR, a separately quoted service layered on top.
Your internal IT team gets specialists who contain threats, explain them in plain language, and hand your board a single posture score — instead of a console (or several separate add-on consoles) they have to learn and babysit themselves.
Keep the engine you like or replace it — either way, we'll show you exactly what it isn't covering, and what stacking the missing add-ons would actually cost, in about 30 minutes.
Every layer Bitdefender sells as a separate SKU
Each layer of your security and compliance program, run by the same specialist team, on the same screen you already trust.
Microsoft 365, Entra ID, assets, and controls are unified into one shared view from day one — your team answers a security question by looking at one screen. Assembling that same visibility across GravityZone's Patch Management, Email Security, and XDR sensor add-ons means checking five or more separately licensed consoles instead.
Baseline monitoring and threat containment run on every EntraGuard engagement from day one — signals get correlated and our specialists contain what needs containing before it becomes an incident. GravityZone's Business Security tiers are a self-service console your own admin runs by default — 24/7 managed detection and response only exists as MDR, a separate paid service layered on top.
Comply keeps compliance evidence current across identity, email, training, and asset controls, continuously, so an audit is a status check instead of a scramble. Bitdefender's 2026 Compliance Manager is a genuine, real-time-scoring add-on — but it's new, and scoped mainly to endpoint and threat telemetry, short of the broader evidence a full framework audit typically requires.
Entra ID access, governed from day one. Deeper MFA and privilege governance — plus the identity-threat depth Bitdefender sells as a standalone XDR sensor — is a module you add when you're ready for it.
Endpoint, email, patch, dark-web monitoring, and awareness training — specialist-run, each a module, not a separate vendor or a service tier you have to buy your way into.
One number your board can use — risk scoring and executive reporting, live. Where GravityZone reports endpoint and threat scores separately, Insight folds what you've connected into one posture number.
A full SOC, on call. 24/7 monitoring, investigation, and response — purchased separately, same tier as Fractional CISO — not something GravityZone includes in any self-managed tier either.
Identity governance depth is a modular add-on. Full Managed Security Operations is a separately-purchased managed service, kept distinct from the six-product portfolio. Everything above traces directly to confirmed decisions — nothing guessed.
From EntraGuard clients
"Within thirty days, EntraGuard had rolled out an impressive security program that immediately identified and remediated active vulnerabilities and threats."Noah R. — COO, Staffing & Recruiting Firm
"We have been a happy client since 2009. HIPAA was a breeze — the requirements actually fall short of the policies and protection we already had in place, thanks to them."Glen B. — President, NY-area Medical Practices
"EntraGuard has significantly improved our cybersecurity program. Our compliance efforts are now stronger, with more effective management of cybersecurity."James C. — CFO, NY-area Publishing Company
EntraGuard vs. Bitdefender, 2026
Rows are the jobs a security program actually has to do. Where a capability is a modular add-on for EntraGuard too, it's marked as such — not claimed as automatically included.
| Capability | EntraGuard | Bitdefender GravityZone |
|---|---|---|
| Next-gen antivirus & EDR | ProtectModular, specialist-operated | Strong engine, EDR tier-gated to Premium/Enterprise |
| 24/7 managed threat hunting & response | DetectBaseline core; full SOC-grade service is separate | Real MDR, sold as separate paid service1 |
| Threats contained, not just alerted | Default once Detect is active | Automated + analyst-driven containment exists |
| Identity threat protection | IdentityEntra ID core; deeper governance is an add-on | Real ITDR, separate Identity Sensor add-on2 |
| Email security | ProtectModular | Always an add-on, every tier3 |
| Patch & device management | ProtectModular | Device control included, patching always extra4 |
| Dark-web credential monitoring | ProtectModular, no top-tier managed purchase required | Only inside the top MDR PLUS tier5 |
| Security-awareness training | ProtectModular, measured | Offered as a separate professional service6 |
| Continuous compliance evidence | ComplyModular, spans identity/email/training/assets | New Compliance Manager module, paid add-on, endpoint-scoped7 |
| Single posture score | InsightCore — reflects what's connected | Two separate scores, not unified |
| A team running it for you | Specialist operation, not self-service | Self-managed by default, managed layer costs extra1 |
| One vendor, one bill | Yes — one relationship as you add modules | One vendor, many separate bills |
1 — Full EDR/XDR correlation appears at Business Security Premium/Enterprise; entry tiers are prevention-only. Bitdefender MDR and MDR PLUS run on top of Business Security Enterprise, licensed and priced separately, quote-only. 2 — GravityZone Identity Threat Detection & Response ships as a standalone "Identity Sensor" XDR add-on. 3 — Security for Exchange / GravityZone Extended Email Security are optional add-ons across every tier. 4 — Device control is included; general OS/third-party patching is always a separate add-on. 5 — Dark-web/credential monitoring exists solely within MDR PLUS, Bitdefender's premium, quote-only managed service. 6 — Phishing simulation and LMS training are sold under Bitdefender's "Offensive Services" line, independent of any GravityZone protection plan. 7 — GravityZone Compliance Manager launched in 2026, maps to HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS with real-time scoring, but is scoped mainly to endpoint/threat telemetry. Bitdefender figures reflect public Bitdefender product pages, checked July 2026 — per-device pricing figures are third-party estimates, not a Bitdefender-published price sheet; confirm current tier names and pricing directly with Bitdefender before publishing. Named products are the property of their respective owners and are shown to illustrate coverage, not a vendor-run benchmark.
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