Fully Outsourced SOC Cost 2026: True 24x7 Per-Endpoint
Fully outsourced SOC means the vendor owns the entire SOC function: monitoring, triage, validation, hunting, response. The customer carries zero SOC headcount. Most commonly chosen by 300 to 2,500-endpoint mid-market orgs without an in-house security team.
$ 14 to $ 35
What this tier is
Vendor-owned 24x7 SOC with delegated response authority. The customer's security responsibility narrows to vendor management, policy approval, and exception handling.
What this tier is not
Not free of contract complexity. Vendor lock-in, escalation matrices, and incident-response retainer scope are the negotiation pressure points.
Best-fit vendors at this tier
- Arctic Wolf. Concierge Security Team is the fully-outsourced delivery model; named contact for mid-market buyers.
- Falcon Complete. EDR-vendor-led fully outsourced; 200-endpoint minimum, multi-year typical.
- Sophos MDR. Channel-delivered fully outsourced; $ 1M Breach Protection Warranty bundled.