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Expel vs. BlueVoyant

BlueVoyant is focused on Microsoft. Expel works with whatever you already own.

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Why orgs choose Expel over BlueVoyant

		BlueVoyant
Fast and Flexible Does it work with your tech stack, or replace it?
SIEM requirement	Direct bi-directional API connections to the tools you already own. No proprietary agents, and no SIEM swap.	Focused on Microsoft and Splunk environments, and recommends deploying Microsoft Sentinel or Splunk to collect telemetry.¹
Time to value	Customers are up and running in hours.	Uses the first 14–30 days after installation to baseline the environment and tune detections.²
Coverage Are all your attack surfaces protected?
Total coverage areas	160+ coverage areas across endpoint, cloud, identity, SaaS, and network, with 2,450 proprietary detections	Coverage built around the Microsoft security stack.¹
Kubernetes and cloud security platforms	API connections to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Wiz, and more. No agents or sensors.	Supports Azure Kubernetes Service, with no documented support for Kubernetes in AWS or Google Cloud.³
Transparency Can you see what your MDR is doing, in real time?
What the clock measures	Full visibility into every alert, investigation, and response action in Expel Workbench^™.	Notifies customers through its Insight Portal and email, and only when action is required.²
Humans + AI Does your MDR cut noise, or just pass it along?
What the clock measures	Expel averages an MTTT of 5 minutes, with remediation (MTTR) in 14 minutes, and differentiates itself with a quantifiable promise: a guaranteed 15-minute SLA for critical events and 30 minutes for high-severity events.	Standard service requests get an acknowledgment within four hours.²
Where the AI works	Ruxie^™ surfaces what matters with context-based recommendations, and analysts make the call.	BlueVoyant AI is an agentic platform for BlueVoyant's own SOC operations.⁶
Expertise & Partnership Does your MDR partner make you better over time?
Who talks to you during an incident	Direct 24x7 access to the analysts working your environment via Slack or Teams, included.	Communications are sent only when action is required.²
AI security: project, or operation?	24x7 monitoring of AI signals across Amazon Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, and Google Vertex AI.	Its Microsoft Agent 365 security service is a deployment engagement. The client owns the configuration when it ends.⁴

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Questions to ask BlueVoyant

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Do I need to deploy or migrate to Microsoft Sentinel or Splunk before you can monitor my environment?

How long until you’re actively detecting and responding in my environment, and who’s covering me during the baseline and tuning period?

What’s your committed response time for a critical alert, measured to containment rather than acknowledgement?

Can I talk directly to the analyst working my incident, and see what they’re doing as it happens?

How do you cover Kubernetes running in AWS or Google Cloud, and cloud security platforms like Wiz or Orca?

If you deploy Microsoft’s AI security controls for me, who investigates those alerts after the engagement ends?

No compromises

The Expel difference

Fast & flexible

Agentless onboarding with 160+ integrations across endpoint, cloud, identity, SaaS, and network. No proprietary agents or extra vendor tooling required.

Transparency

Full real-time visibility into every detection, investigation, and response via Expel Workbench™—with direct 24×7 SOC analyst access through Slack or Teams, included.

Humans + AI

Ruxie™ AI surfaces only what matters with context-based recommendations, driving a 14-minute mean time to remediate with automated response across 8 attack surfaces.

Expertise

Direct SOC access via Slack or Teams around the clock—not a ticketing queue—backed by a Forrester Wave™ 5/5 rating for Managed Investigations in Q1 2025.

"When evaluating MDR providers, I wanted one that would slot in on top of our existing best-of-breed stack. I also craved transparency, because I hate trying to navigate a black box to know whether we're protected. We found this partner in Expel. They expose their detection logic, integrate cleanly with our tools, and can trigger automated responses when needed."

Jason Waits

Chief Information Security Officer

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need Microsoft Sentinel or Splunk to work with Expel or BlueVoyant?

Not with Expel. Expel connects directly to your existing tools through bi-directional APIs, across 160+ coverage areas, so you keep the stack you’ve already paid for. BlueVoyant’s MDR is built around Microsoft and Splunk, and it recommends deploying Sentinel or Splunk to collect telemetry. If you run a different SIEM, or no SIEM at all, ask how much of your stack has to change before coverage starts.

How fast can I get coverage with Expel vs. BlueVoyant?

Expel customers are up and running in hours because the API connections go straight to the tools you already have. BlueVoyant uses the first 14–30 days after installation to baseline your environment and tune its detections, and that clock starts after the SIEM is deployed and configured. Attackers don’t wait for a tuning period. Ask each vendor what’s actively monitored on day one.

How do Expel and BlueVoyant compare on response time?

Expel’s mean time to remediate (MTTR) on high and critical incidents is 14 minutes when the response is fully automated, with a median time to detect of 2.41 minutes. BlueVoyant’s public service terms commit to acknowledging standard service requests within four hours. Those numbers measure different things, so pin down which milestone each vendor’s clock stops at. Acknowledgment, investigation, and containment are three different moments, and only containment ends the attack.

Can I see what the SOC is doing, and talk to analysts directly?

With Expel, yes. Every alert, investigation, and response action shows up in Expel Workbench™ in real time, and you can reach the analysts working your environment 24×7 through Slack or Teams. BlueVoyant notifies customers through its Insight Portal and email, and only when action is required. If your team wants to follow an investigation as it happens, ask how that works before you sign.

How does cloud and Kubernetes coverage compare?

Expel connects to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, and cloud security platforms like Wiz, Orca, and Lacework through APIs, with no agents or sensors. BlueVoyant’s documented Kubernetes support covers Azure Kubernetes Service, with no documented support for Kubernetes running in AWS or Google Cloud. If your workloads live in more than one cloud, check that every cluster is covered.