Public pricing signals in USD across 17 cybersecurity vendors. Treat every row as a buyer-guide estimate and verify current terms with the vendor before purchase.
| Tool | Starting price (USD) | Pricing model | Last verified | Hidden cost risk | Quote required? | Editor's verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
🇨🇭 Switzerland | from $85 / workstation / year | Per user / endpoint | 2026-05-08 Acronis Cyber Protect | add-ons | no | Great backup and recovery foundation. Restore-verification evidence still needs a disciplined process. |
🇷🇴 Romania / EU | from $77 / 3 devices / year | Per user / endpoint | 2026-05-08 Bitdefender GravityZone | add-ons | no | Affordable and effective AV/EPP. For NIS2 or SOC 2 evidence, it needs a separate workflow layer. |
🇺🇸 USA | from $59 / endpoint / year | Per user / endpoint | 2026-05-08 CrowdStrike Falcon | add-ons | no | Premium endpoint protection with real depth. Pair with an evidence layer when audit readiness matters. |
🇺🇸 USA | from ~$7,500 / year | Per user / endpoint | 2026-05-08 Drata | add-ons | no | Polished compliance automation. Shielda is the lighter operational layer for teams that need evidence plus remediation at SMB pricing. |
🇸🇰 Slovakia / EU | from $190 / 5 devices / year | Per user / endpoint | 2026-05-08 ESET PROTECT | add-ons | no | Trusted EU endpoint, but compliance operations and audit evidence live in a separate workflow. |
🇺🇸 USA | $0 — bundled in M365 / Workspace | Per user / endpoint | 2026-05-08 Google Workspace | add-ons | no | You already paid for it. Treat it as a baseline; audit evidence still needs structure. |
🇺🇸 USA | from $3 / user / month | Per user / endpoint | 2026-05-08 Microsoft Defender for Business | add-ons | no | Decent baseline if you already pay for M365. Compliance evidence and supplier risk are missing — pair with Shielda. |
🇺🇸 USA / UK | Quote required (enterprise) | Per user / endpoint | 2026-05-08 OneTrust | high | yes | Deep enterprise GRC. Often too heavy for SMB security teams that mainly need evidence, actions and reporting. |
🇺🇸 USA | Free tier; from $40 / dev / month | Per user / endpoint | 2026-05-08 Semgrep | add-ons | no | Excellent SAST and nothing more. Useful inside a Shielda-orchestrated stack. |
🇺🇸 USA | from $69.99 / endpoint / year | Per user / endpoint | 2026-05-08 SentinelOne Singularity | add-ons | no | Strong endpoint platform. Add a compliance evidence workflow if audits are part of the job. |
evidence layer 🇵🇱 Poland / EU | $200 / month — flat, all-inclusive | Flat subscription | 2026-05-08 Shielda | none | no | Strong fit for SMB compliance evidence and remediation orchestration. |
🇺🇸 USA / UK | Free tier; from $25 / contributor / month | Per user / endpoint | 2026-05-08 Snyk | add-ons | no | Developer-loved AppSec with a narrow scope. Its findings need routing into the broader compliance evidence workflow. |
🇬🇧 UK | from $28 / user / year | Per user / endpoint | 2026-05-08 Sophos Endpoint | add-ons | no | Solid SMB bundle. Supplier risk, contract gaps and evidence depth usually need a separate workflow. |
🌍 Local | Varies by provider | Per user / endpoint | 2026-05-08 Methodology | add-ons | no | Can work well with a disciplined provider. A shared evidence and actions layer makes the service easier to verify. |
🇺🇸 USA | from ~$8,000 / year | Per user / endpoint | 2026-05-08 Vanta | add-ons | no | Mature compliance automation with strong audit workflows. Shielda is the leaner option when remediation and price matter more than GRC depth. |
🌐 USA / OSS | Free (self-hosted) | OSS / self-host | 2026-05-08 Wazuh | engineering time | no | Free is tempting until you count engineering hours. Budget for the workflow, reporting and evidence layer around it. |
🇺🇸 USA / Israel | Quote required | Per user / endpoint | 2026-05-08 Wiz | high | yes | Best-in-class for cloud security, but usually enterprise-priced. SMBs may start with lighter posture checks before graduating to Wiz. |
Independent buyer guide, not legal advice. Vendor prices and public features change frequently — verify directly with each vendor before purchase. Compliance readiness depends on implementation, evidence and ongoing process, not just buying software. Some vendors listed (including Shielda) participate in our affiliate program; rankings are based on the public methodology, not commercial relationships.