SentinelOne vs
Kaspersky

As the cyber threat landscape continues to evolve, legacy antivirus vendors fall even further behind in their ability to adapt. Not only do antivirus tools still leverage archaic prevention and detection methodologies, but their reactive, delayed approach to modernization often translates to disjointed solutions and inconsistent coverage across operating systems.

SentinelOne, in contrast, is purpose-built to protect you 24/7 against today and tomorrow’s threats. Our autonomous, AI-driven platform leads the market in preventing, detecting, and remediating modern attacks across Windows, macOS, and Linux—without the overhead and manual workflows of traditional AV. Customers see an average of 353% ROI when they switch from legacy AV providers, according to Forrester’s Total Economic Impact report.

The shortcomings of legacy AV become evident when put to the test against modern threats and security benchmarks. While Kaspersky has not participated in recent MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK evaluations, SentinelOne’s performance has led the pack 2 years running. In 2021, SentinelOne was the only vendor to achieve 100% visibility across all 174 sub-steps with zero misses, zero delayed detections, and zero-configuration changes. SentinelOne also produced the most context-rich Analytic Detections out of all vendors.

SentinelOne, a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms, also scored highest across all 3 customer types in the Critical Capabilities Report: prevention-focused, blended approach, and lean forward organizations. Meanwhile, Kaspersky’s position has steadily receded in recent years.

With most SOC teams overstretched and resource-limited, every second counts. Those that still rely on legacy AV tools, however, spend significantly more time operationalizing their technology just to meet other vendors at the starting line. This often requires juggling multiple products and interfaces, constantly updating agents & consoles with new file signatures, manually correlating and contextualizing alerts, and tediously writing scripts for remediation.

With SentinelOne, you can perform easy and directed investigations on an auto-generated attack Storyline™ that comes with pre-built context, trigger automatic or 1-click remediation & rollback of threats, and even graduate to advanced EDR capabilities—all from a single console. Agent upgrades are easily scheduled on your terms, and no infrastructure changes are needed.