How Much Does
MDR Cost?
MDR pricing in the UK starts from £900 per month, scaling with endpoints, log sources, and service tier. A typical mid-sized organisation pays £1,800 to £3,500 per month, roughly £11 to £22 per user. Building an equivalent in-house SOC costs £500,000 to £1,000,000 or more per year.
Resilien MDR starts from £900 per month, with fixed monthly pricing based on your endpoints, log sources and response scope. Explore indicative pricing, a worked example and the coverage to confirm before you commit.
MDR costs from £900/month.
Managed detection and response pricing is billed as a fixed monthly subscription, scaling with the number of endpoints, the volume of log sources, and the service tier. Resilien by Precursor confirms your response scope, tooling and optional services in the quote. The pricing bands below are planning examples, not a fixed list of package entitlements.
First MDR engagement?
The Essential tier (from £900/month) is the most common starting point for small and mid-size organisations. It gives you 24/7 human-led monitoring with response actions agreed in the scope, with coverage confirmed against your own operational and insurance requirements. Prefer to compare against a full outsourced SOC first? See the managed SOC cost guide.
How MDR pricing models work
Across the market, MDR is typically billed one of three ways: per-endpoint (a flat fee for every device monitored, scaling linearly with estate size), per-user (a flat fee per employee, common for identity and email-heavy coverage), or tiered (fixed monthly bands defined by endpoint count, log source volume, and level of human coverage, such as basic monitoring versus proactive threat hunting).
Most providers in the UK market will not publish a price. Every environment is genuinely different, so a scoping call is a reasonable part of the process. But an entry price still tells you whether a provider is even in your budget range before you spend an hour on a call, and its absence is often used to obscure how the quote is actually built.
Resilien MDR pricing depends on endpoint count, log sources and response scope. The indicative bands below help you plan a budget. A free scoping call confirms the exact figure, but the starting point and the bands either side of it are visible up front.
MDR cost by tier
These indicative bands show how requirements can grow with your environment. Resilien starts from £900/month, equivalent to £10,800/year before any separately scoped services. Your quote confirms the final price, coverage and response permissions.
Essential MDR
50-100 endpoints | Core log sources
- 24/7/365 monitoring
- EDR + SIEM integration
- Alert triage by human analysts
- Agreed response actions
- Monthly reporting
Best for: First MDR engagement, small teams, adding continuous monitoring to existing security controls.
Standard MDR
100-500 endpoints | EDR + cloud logs
- Everything in Essential
- Proactive threat hunting
- Dedicated analyst support
- MITRE ATT&CK-mapped reporting
- Quarterly strategic reviews
Best for: Growing mid-market organisations that need active hunting, not just alert forwarding.
Enterprise MDR
500+ endpoints | Multi-cloud estates
- Everything in Standard
- Dedicated analyst teams
- Custom detection rules
- Advanced threat intelligence
- Board-level reporting
Best for: Large or complex environments needing dedicated resource and bespoke detection engineering.
What does this cover?
MDR is usually priced on endpoints, log sources, and service tier rather than strictly per user, but a per-user figure is a useful planning guide. For a typical 160-user organisation, total monthly cost commonly lands between £1,800 and £3,500, depending on how many servers and cloud log sources are in scope and the depth of threat hunting required. That works out to roughly £11 to £22 per user per month for fully managed 24/7 detection and response with response actions agreed in the scope.
What should be included in the price
Not every provider bundles the same things into a headline figure. Before comparing quotes on price alone, confirm what is actually included.
Your Resilien quote confirms investigation, authorised containment actions and remediation guidance. Threat hunting depth, specialist forensics and an incident response retainer are scoped according to your requirements. Ask what action the team can take immediately, when your approval is needed, and which services carry a separate cost.
What drives MDR cost
Four factors set where your price lands. We confirm all four on a free scoping call before quoting.
MDR vs in-house SOC cost
The reason most UK organisations outsource: an in-house Security Operations Centre costs six figures a year before it detects a single threat.
| Option | Typical cost |
|---|---|
| Resilien MDR | From £900/month (£10,800/year before separately scoped services) |
| In-house SOC (3-5 analysts) | £500,000-£1,000,000+ per year |
An in-house build also carries threat intelligence feeds, training, and management overhead on top of salaries and licensing, and typically takes months to reach full operational maturity. MDR folds the equivalent capability into one fixed monthly fee, with CREST-accredited analysts already in place. For a broader outsourced security operations comparison, see the managed SOC cost guide.
Why is most MDR pricing quote-only?
Scoping variables are genuinely real. Endpoint count, log source variety, existing tooling, and required response depth all change the final number, and no provider can price that precisely without a conversation. That is a legitimate reason a final figure needs a scoping call.
Questions worth asking before you scope
Resilien publishes a starting price and indicative budget bands to help you plan before scoping. A free scoping call confirms your exact figure in writing, typically within 48 hours. For background on what MDR includes and how it differs from adjacent services, see what a managed SOC is and our guide to choosing an MDR provider.
Compare across the closed loop
Most UK mid-market organisations pair MDR with an annual penetration test, feeding findings straight into detection rules. See the closed-loop security model and related pricing.
Get your fixed monthly MDR price
A free scoping call establishes your endpoints, log sources, and coverage needs. You get a fixed monthly Resilien quote with tooling costs, response permissions and optional services clearly identified.
Get Your Resilien QuoteMDR pricing questions
MDR pricing in the UK starts from £900 per month, scaling with the number of endpoints, log sources, and service tier. Resilien by Precursor is billed at a fixed monthly price after a free scoping call, with response actions, tooling and optional services confirmed in your quote.
The main drivers are the number of endpoints and users covered, the volume and variety of log sources (endpoint, network, cloud, identity, email), the service tier (basic monitoring versus proactive threat hunting and dedicated analyst support), and whether incident response is bundled or billed as a separate retainer. Onboarding complexity, such as whether you already run EDR or SIEM tooling, also affects the final price.
For most organisations under 1,000 employees, yes. Building an equivalent in-house Security Operations Centre typically costs £500,000 to £1,000,000 or more per year once you account for 3 to 5 analysts on a 24/7 rota (£40,000 to £70,000 each), SIEM and EDR licensing (£50,000 to £200,000), threat intelligence, training, and management overhead. Resilien starts from £900 per month, equivalent to £10,800 per year before any separately scoped services, without recruiting your own analyst team. Your environment and agreed coverage determine the final quote.
Resilien MDR includes investigation and agreed response actions for confirmed threats. Containment permissions, remediation guidance and escalation responsibilities are established during onboarding. Specialist forensics, extended incident response and retained emergency support are scoped separately where required. Your quote confirms the boundaries before you commit.
MDR is usually priced on endpoints, log sources, and service tier rather than strictly per user, but a per-user figure is a useful planning guide. For a typical 160-user organisation, total monthly cost commonly lands between £1,800 and £3,500 depending on how many servers and cloud log sources are in scope, which works out to roughly £11 to £22 per user per month for fully managed 24/7 detection and response with response actions agreed in the scope.