Security Tools, Specs, and Pricing
Compare practical security tools with plan-level pricing, implementation specs, and dated product research. Some links earn a commission. Confirm the selected plan before buying; recently reviewed records are marked below.
Tool Cards
Proton Pass Essentials
Teams prioritizing encrypted credential sharing
Starting Price
$1.99/user/month
Billed annually
Pass Essentials is $1.99 per user/month billed annually (monthly list price $4.99). Pass Professional is $4.49 billed annually (monthly $6.99). SSO, team policies, required 2FA and the activity log are Professional features; SIEM export is Professional on request. A three-user minimum applies. Workspace Standard bundles Pass with Proton Mail, Drive, VPN and more at $12.99 per user/month billed annually. Prices read from the vendor sign-up page October 27, 2026; confirm renewal terms at checkout.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
1-2 hours
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
NordPass Business
Teams comparing centrally managed business password storage
Starting Price
$3.99/user/month
Billed annually
Business is $3.99 per user/month on a 1-year term, $3.59 on a 2-year term and $5.99 billed monthly, with a five-user minimum and prices shown before VAT. Teams (up to 10 users, sold as a 10-user pack) and Enterprise are separate plans. The vendor page rendered euro amounts in our region with the same figures; US dollar amounts match independent price trackers that captured the US page on October 10, 2026. Confirm USD, renewal and any promotion at checkout. Entra ID and Okta SSO and automatic provisioning are Enterprise features. A business trial of 14 days is advertised.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
1-2 hours
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Related Resources
1Password Business
Teams needing shared vaults and identity-provider integrations
Starting Price
$8.99/user/month
Billed annually
US annual billing, before tax. Business is $8.99 per user/month ($107.88 per user/year). Teams Starter Pack is a separate plan at $24.95 per month billed annually ($299.40/year) for 10 members, expandable to 20 members at $4.99 per added seat per month; guest accounts are 5 on Starter and 20 on Business. A 14-day Business trial is offered. Price re-read October 27, 2026.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
2-4 hours
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Bitwarden Teams
Teams needing shared credentials, event logs and provisioning
Starting Price
$4.00/user/month
Billed annually
Teams is $4 per user/month billed annually or $5 billed monthly, before taxes. Enterprise is $6 annually or $7 monthly. Teams includes shared credentials, event logs, directory sync and SCIM; SSO, enterprise policies, account recovery and the self-host option require Enterprise. New paid organizations include a 14-day trial. Pricing page and help center re-read October 27, 2026.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
1-3 hours
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Proton VPN for Business Essentials
Teams of at least two needing centrally managed VPN access through shared servers
Starting Price
$6.99/user/month
Proton's business-plan support page lists $6.99 per user per month for Essentials. Its live pricing selector did not expose a reliable USD amount in every view; verify billing term, checkout total and renewal. Essentials uses shared servers and excludes SSO, SCIM, private gateways and dedicated IPs. Professional is a separate $9.99/user/month plan that requires at least one $39.99/month dedicated server. Prices exclude tax and implementation. The previous Proton VPN affiliate destination returned 404; the active purchase link is official and not assumed commission-earning.
Implementation
Medium
Setup Time
Varies
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Related Resources
NordVPN consumer VPN
Individual online privacy on a device outside a company remote-access program
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Consumer plan prices and renewal terms change by offer and location. Verify the current US checkout before buying. Do not substitute this listing for NordLayer or another centrally managed business access product.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
15-30 minutes
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Related Resources
Private Internet Access consumer VPN
Personal VPN privacy or individually purchased access with a clearly separate IT policy
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
PIA offers consumer subscriptions and bulk purchase of multiple accounts. Promotional and renewal terms differ; confirm US checkout and device entitlements. Do not treat bulk billing as team identity, private gateway or admin offboarding.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
10-20 minutes
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Related Resources
CrowdStrike Falcon Go
Teams seeking centrally managed prevention and device control with an assigned administrator
Starting Price
$59.99/device/year
Billed annually
Direct US annual pricing, before tax. Monthly billing is separately listed at $7.99/device. Direct purchases are capped at 100 devices; confirm checkout minimums and renewal terms. Amazon member benefits have separate eligibility and limits.
Implementation
Medium
Setup Time
4-6 hours
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Enterprise
Key Specs
Related Resources
ThreatDown Advanced EDR
Teams comparing endpoint investigation and ransomware recovery with an administrator to act on alerts
Starting Price
$79/device/year
Billed annually
Per-device annual list prices reported by an independent tracker from ThreatDown's store in October 2026: Core $69, Advanced EDR $79, Elite MDR $99, Ultimate MDR Plus $149, with a 5-device minimum and a store limit of 20 devices. ThreatDown's own pricing page did not render prices in our source view, so confirm in the cart. Larger fleets need a sales quote. Server, mobile, email and DNS filtering are add-ons.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
2-4 hours
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Related Resources
Microsoft Defender for Business
SMBs, especially existing Microsoft 365 Business Premium customers
Starting Price
$3.00/user/month
Billed annually
$3 per user per month paid yearly (annual subscription, auto-renews), before tax. Included in Microsoft 365 Business Premium ($22; $18.79 without Teams). The servers add-on is $3 per server instance per month, up to 60 licenses. One-month trial then converts to paid unless canceled.
Implementation
Medium
Setup Time
Varies
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Related Resources
NordLayer Lite
Teams of at least five needing centrally managed VPN access and SSO
Starting Price
$8.00/user/month
Billed annually
US annual-billing list price before tax. Core is a separate $11/user/month plan with a required $40/month dedicated-IP server. Premium is $14/user/month plus the required server. Lite does not include a private gateway, dedicated IP or category-based DNS filtering. Affiliate-account approval and payout eligibility remain unverified.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
Varies by network and identity setup
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra
A small office with an operator for gateway policy and a network refresh that fits this model
Starting Price
$129/device one-time
One-time purchase
The US store listed the UCG-Ultra at $129.00 ($142.00 with the surcharge shown at checkout) and showed it sold out on October 25 with an expected restock of November 3, 2026. The store describes support for 30+ UniFi devices and 300+ clients with 1 Gbps IPS routing. Optional enhanced CyberSecure was $99 per unit billed annually in the September check and was not re-verified. This is one gateway, not a complete network: add switching, Wi-Fi, installation and support. UniFi's traffic-flow table (October 27, 2026) lists UCG-Ultra as logging only blocked flows; system logs can be exported to a SIEM in CEF, while traffic flows export as CSV or NetFlow (IPFIX). A reseller listed CyberSecure Enhanced at $99 per year; confirm on UniFi's store.
Implementation
Medium
Setup Time
4-8 hours (professional installation recommended)
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Acronis Cyber Protect Standard
Businesses evaluating backup and protection together
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Workload-based licensing: request a quote specifying edition, workstation/server/virtual-host counts and storage. Confirm supported platforms and included security controls. Partner-delivered Cyber Protect Cloud is a separate offer. Independent trackers read Acronis's calculator at $85 per workstation and $595 per server per year for Standard (not verified on the vendor page).
Implementation
Medium
Setup Time
3-5 hours
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Box Business
Teams that need managed file collaboration with controlled external access beyond an existing productivity suite
Starting Price
$15.00/user/month
Billed annually
US list price is $15 per user per month with annual billing, before tax, minimum three users. Monthly billing is listed at $20 per user per month. Business includes unlimited overall storage but a 5 GB file upload limit. External collaborators may consume paid seats. Shield, Governance and regulated-workload suitability require separate plan and entitlement checks. Box sync and version history are not a standalone point-in-time backup.
Implementation
Medium
Setup Time
Varies
Team Size
Medium, Enterprise
Tier
Enterprise
Key Specs
Related Resources
Synology Active Backup for Business
Businesses with a compatible Synology NAS and an owner for backup monitoring and restore tests
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Hardware-based deployment: price the compatible NAS, drives, capacity, power protection and off-site copy separately. ABB carries no software license fee per Synology; ActiveProtect needs a term license pack beyond three backup servers. No universal per-employee price or hardware configuration is asserted.
Implementation
Medium
Setup Time
3-6 hours
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus
A team seeking a four-bay NAS with a 10GbE port and capacity to operate its own storage and backup process
Starting Price
$656.99/device one-time
One-time purchase
The official UGREEN US storefront listed the DXP4800 Plus at $656.99 (compare-at $729.99) on October 27, 2026. It is a diskless four-bay enclosure with 8GB DDR5 (expandable to 64GB), two M.2 NVMe slots, one 10GbE and one 2.5GbE port, RAID JBOD/0/1/5/6/10, a 2-year warranty and a 144TB maximum. Promotions change; request current enclosure, drive, network, off-site copy and support prices. Vendor transfer speeds are not Valydex measurements.
Implementation
Medium
Setup Time
4-8 hours
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Related Resources
Backblaze Business Backup
Backing up files on staff Windows and Mac computers
Starting Price
$99/computer/year
Billed annually
Annual price per computer, not per employee. Enterprise Control is separately quoted. Team examples assume one computer per employee.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
1 hour
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Related Resources
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1
Microsoft 365 Business Premium tenants that can configure and monitor their included Plan 1 email protection
Starting Price
Included with Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Billed annually
Plan 1 is included with Microsoft 365 Business Premium. Plan 2 is a different entitlement and adds investigation, hunting and simulation capabilities. Check assigned tenant licenses, policies and alert ownership before buying an add-on. Standalone list prices are $2 per user per month for Plan 1 and $5 for Plan 2, paid yearly with auto-renewal, before tax. Plan 1 is also included in Office 365 E3 and Microsoft 365 E3 from July 1, 2026.
Implementation
Medium
Setup Time
2-4 hours
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Enterprise
Key Specs
Related Resources
KnowBe4 SAT Foundation
Teams of at least 25 with an owner for recurring awareness training and phishing simulations
Starting Price
$2.40/user/month on 36-month term
US MSRP dated May 2026 is $2.40 per seat per month for 25–50 seats on a three-year term. The 51–100-seat band is $2.13; ask for a quote beyond 50 seats. No 10-seat price is published. Monthly amounts are equivalents, not monthly contracts. Confirm payment schedule, taxes, add-ons and renewal. SAT Advanced is $3.75 per seat per month in the 25–50 band on the same term.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
2-4 weeks
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Both
Key Specs
Related Resources
Cisco Duo Essentials
Businesses needing MFA across multiple applications
Starting Price
$3.00/user/month
Duo Free is $0 for 1-10 users. Essentials is $3 per user/month, Advantage $6 and Premier $9. Essentials includes Duo Directory, phishing-resistant MFA, passwordless authentication, single sign-on, Trusted Endpoints and unlimited applications. Self-service licenses are bought in increments of 10 below 100 users and 25 above 100; for 25 staff, budget for 30 seats. A 30-day free trial is offered. The page lists per-user/month rates without stating a billing term, so confirm at checkout.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
1-2 hours
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Related Resources
Wazuh self-hosted
An IT or security team that can operate agents, log ingestion, alert triage and its own infrastructure
Starting Price
No software license fee
Self-hosted Wazuh software is free and open source, but infrastructure and operator time are not. Wazuh Cloud advertised Small starting at $571/month for up to 100 agents when checked; confirm capacity, retention, term and renewal. Network syslog requires a configured relay/agent path. Neither deployment proves compliance.
Implementation
High
Setup Time
1-2 weeks
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Related Resources
LogMeIn Pro Individuals
A small team needing unattended access to up to two defined host computers
Starting Price
$360/year
Billed annually
US product page lists $30/month equivalent on annual billing for access to up to two host computers, or $360/year before tax. Power Users is $70/month equivalent for up to five computers; Small Businesses is $129/month equivalent for up to ten. Pricing is by host computer, not employee. Confirm checkout and renewal. Affiliate-account eligibility is unverified.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
Varies
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Enterprise
Key Specs
Related Resources
Action1 Patch Management
Teams that need to pilot managed patching across supported endpoints before paid expansion
Starting Price
Free for first 200 endpoints
First 200 managed endpoints are free with no functionality limit. Vendor support is not included in Free; community support is available. Above 200 endpoints, request a paid quote. Check exact operating-system and application support; remote desktop currently supports Windows endpoints only.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
1-2 hours
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Related Resources
Tenable Nessus Professional
IT teams that can investigate and remediate vulnerability findings
Starting Price
$4,790/year
Billed annually
One-year Nessus Professional license is $4,790; a two-year license is $9,330.95 and a three-year license $13,637.54. Advanced Support is $400 and on-demand training $275. Professional includes unlimited IT vulnerability assessments, configuration and compliance audits, web application scans (5 FQDNs) and external attack surface scans. It is not a per-user subscription. Confirm taxes, scope and renewal terms. Re-read October 27, 2026.
Implementation
Medium
Setup Time
1-2 weeks
Team Size
Medium, Enterprise
Tier
Enterprise
Key Specs
Related Resources
Proton Workspace Standard
Teams that want Proton's mail, files, documents, meetings, VPN and password tools in one suite after a workflow pilot
Starting Price
$12.99/user/month
Billed annually
Workspace Standard is $12.99 per user/month billed at $155.88 every 12 months, or $14.99 billed monthly. Workspace Premium is $19.99 annually ($239.88/year) or $24.99 monthly. Standard includes 1 TB storage per user, 15 custom email domains and meetings for 100 participants; Premium adds 3 TB, 20 domains, 250-participant meetings, Lumo AI and data retention policies. A 14-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee are listed. Prices read from the vendor pricing page in USD on October 27, 2026. Mail Essentials and Premium are separate plans.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
2-4 hours
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Related Resources
Built-in Chrome and Edge password managers
A small team checking whether managed browser password saving covers individual accounts before buying another tool
Starting Price
Included with Chrome or Edge browser
This is an existing browser capability, not a separately sold team password-manager plan. Chrome and Edge admins can govern password saving via policy (in Edge, disabling the policy stops new passwords being saved, but previously saved ones can still be used); exact management requires a managed browser or device configuration. Do not assume shared vaults, auditing or business account recovery equivalent to a dedicated product.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
30 minutes
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Related Resources
WatchGuard Endpoint Security 360
A managed endpoint team evaluating application control and EDR after checking existing licensed endpoint protection
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
2-3 hours
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
pCloud Business
A team seeking managed file storage and sharing after verifying its data access and recovery workflow
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
1-2 hours
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Carbonite Safe Pro Core
A business backing up files from up to 25 supported computers within the Core storage allowance
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
1-2 hours
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Proofpoint Core Email Protection
A team with a documented phishing or BEC detection gap after configuring its existing mail controls and an owner for mail alerts
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
High
Setup Time
4-8 hours
Team Size
Medium, Enterprise
Tier
Enterprise
Key Specs
Google Workspace Business Starter email security
A Google Workspace team that can configure Gmail phishing, attachment and spoofing controls already in its edition
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
30 minutes
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Related Resources
Mimecast Email Security Critical
A mail team that needs a quoted layer for BEC, URL and attachment protection and can operate policies and alerts
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
Medium
Setup Time
3-6 hours
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Barracuda Email Protection Advanced
A Microsoft 365 mail team needing gateway-inclusive protection and a responder for reported-message remediation
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
1-3 hours
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
MFA in your existing identity provider
A business enabling MFA already available in its Microsoft or Google identity environment before considering a second identity subscription
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
Under 1 hour (per service)
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Related Resources
Splunk Enterprise Security Essentials
A staffed security operations team with log ingestion, detection engineering and response ownership
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
High
Setup Time
3-6 months
Team Size
Enterprise
Tier
Enterprise
Key Specs
Elastic Security Analytics Essentials (Serverless)
A team with security operations capacity seeking managed SIEM analytics and a plan for log ingestion
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
Medium
Setup Time
1-4 weeks
Team Size
Medium, Enterprise
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
SimpleRisk Core
A business with a named risk owner that can self-host a basic risk register and governance workflow
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
Medium
Setup Time
1-2 weeks
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
MetricStream AI GRC Platform
A larger organization coordinating formal risk, audit and compliance programs across teams
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
High
Setup Time
3-6 months
Team Size
Enterprise
Tier
Enterprise
Key Specs
LogicGate Risk Cloud
A mature risk team coordinating multiple workflows and application owners
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
Medium
Setup Time
1-3 months
Team Size
Medium, Enterprise
Tier
Enterprise
Key Specs
Related Resources
Greenbone OpenVAS Community Edition
A technically capable team willing to operate a community vulnerability-scanning stack and triage its findings
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
High
Setup Time
1-3 days
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Lansweeper Pro asset and vulnerability insights
An IT team that needs owned asset inventory plus vulnerability and lifecycle insights across a meaningful estate
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
Medium
Setup Time
1-2 weeks
Team Size
Small, Medium
Tier
Enterprise
Key Specs
Liquid Web managed VPS hosting
A business that needs an operated website or application server and has a clear hosting support requirement
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
1-4 hours (with free migration)
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
Bitdefender GravityZone Small Business Security
SMBs comparing centrally managed endpoint protection
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
2-4 hours
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs
ESET PROTECT
SMBs comparing managed endpoint protection
Starting Price
Check current vendor pricing
Pricing has not been recently verified. Confirm the current plan, term, minimum seats and renewal price with the vendor.
Implementation
Low
Setup Time
2-3 hours
Team Size
Solo, Small
Tier
Practical
Key Specs