Sophos MDR vs Mnemonic MDR

SMSophos MDR9.0Visit Mnemonic MDR8.8Visit

Higher score SM Sophos MDR #5 in Managed Detection and Response Services 9.0/10 Pricing on request ✓ 2 of 2 features Visit Sophos

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Mnemonic MDR #7 in Managed Detection and Response Services 8.8/10 Pricing on request ✓ 2 of 2 features Visit Mnemonic

• Sophos MDR fits best

  Established businesses needing MDR and retention

• Mnemonic MDR fits best

  Teams wanting customizable SOC operations

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Side by side

Feature	SMSophos MDR 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Mnemonic MDR 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.8
Ranking	#5 in Managed Detection and Response Services	#7 in Managed Detection and Response Services
Best for	Established businesses needing MDR and retention	Teams wanting customizable SOC operations
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	—
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs · 24/7	Email, Phone · 24/7
Integrations	500+ integrations	5 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Sophos MDR 2/2 · Mnemonic MDR 2/2
Threat hunting	✓	✓
Incident response	✓	✓
Specs
Monitoring coverage	24_7	24_7
Response model	Coordinated	Coordinated
Log retention	90 days	Not checked yet
Coverage areas	All_three	All_three
Our review
Pros	24/7 monitoring with proactive threat hunting and AI-assisted prioritization Coverage across endpoint, network, cloud, identity and email environments Coordinated response, critical incident response and third-party integrations	24/7 SOC analyst support with attack disruption IOC sweeps and hypothesis-based threat hunting Custom detection engineering and endpoint isolation
Cons	Pricing is quote-based rather than publicly listed Standard data storage is limited to 90 days MDR Plus is required for fuller neutralization capabilities	Pricing requires a sales conversation Platform API access starts on the Advanced tier 24/7 guaranteed incident response is limited to Enterprise
Our verdict	Sophos MDR is a fully managed cybersecurity service for organizations that need continuous monitoring, investigation and response without managing those functions alone. Sophos security analysts and AI systems analyze activity across… Read the review →	Mnemonic MDR is a managed detection and response service for organisations that need continuous security monitoring, threat hunting, detection engineering and incident response. It covers cloud environments, data centres, networks,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Sophos MDR — where it wins

  • 24/7 monitoring with proactive threat hunting and AI-assisted prioritization
  • Coverage across endpoint, network, cloud, identity and email environments
  • Coordinated response, critical incident response and third-party integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is quote-based rather than publicly listed
  • Standard data storage is limited to 90 days
  • MDR Plus is required for fuller neutralization capabilities

• Mnemonic MDR — where it wins

  • 24/7 SOC analyst support with attack disruption
  • IOC sweeps and hypothesis-based threat hunting
  • Custom detection engineering and endpoint isolation

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales conversation
  • Platform API access starts on the Advanced tier
  • 24/7 guaranteed incident response is limited to Enterprise

• SMSophos MDR9.0/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad, managed MDR service for organizations that need continuous monitoring and response.

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• Mnemonic MDR8.8/10 · Pricing on request

  A tiered MDR service combining continuous monitoring, threat hunting and coordinated response.

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