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SOCaaS Providers
Providers listing SOCaaS. Compare monitoring scope, response ownership, and what your team still owns.
9 providers
Huntress
Managed endpoint, identity, and SIEM monitoring with human SOC investigation, incident reports, and supported containment actions inside the Huntress platform.
SMB / MSP/MSSP · Endpoints
Service MDR
Handles Contain threats
Price Quote-based pricing tied to endpoints, identities, data sources, and learners
Blackpoint Cyber
24/7 managed detection and response through Blackpoint's CompassOne platform, with SOC investigation, endpoint and cloud coverage, active containment, MSP workflow integrations and optional posture, logging and application-control modules.
MSP/MSSP / SMB · Endpoints
Service MDR
Handles Contain threats
Price Quote-based MSP/channel pricing
Blumira
Managed detections, cloud SIEM visibility, guided findings and edition-based containment actions in Blumira's own platform
SMB / Mid-Market · Endpoints
Service XDR
Handles Contain threats
Price Public pricing from $12-$21/employee/month
Bridewell Security Operations Center
Hybrid or fully outsourced SOC operation with 24/7 monitoring, alert investigation, threat hunting, threat intelligence, SIEM and SOAR enhancement, incident response leadership and detection improvement across agreed environments.
Mid-Market / Enterprise · Endpoints
Service SOCaaS
Handles Run the SOC
Price Public G-Cloud references by user, server and scope
Datadog Cloud SIEM
Cloud SIEM detection rules, security signals, notifications, cases, dashboards, threat intelligence context and workflow hooks inside Datadog
Enterprise / Mid-Market · Cloud Workloads
Service SOCaaS
Handles Monitor and notify
Price Published from $5 per 1M analyzed events/month
Expel MDR
24/7 SOC monitoring, analyst investigation, Workbench visibility, cross-product correlation, remediation recommendations and pre-approved auto-remediation through supported tools.
Mid-Market / Enterprise · Endpoints
Service MDR
Handles Contain threats
Price Quote-based Starter, Select and Premium MDR packages
Pondurance
Outsourced SOC coverage with managed SIEM, MDR, threat hunting, triage and scoped containment across existing tools
Mid-Market / SMB · Endpoints
Service SOCaaS
Handles Run the SOC
Price Quote-based, scoped MDR/SOC quote
Proficio ProSOC MDR
24/7 SOC monitoring, analyst investigation, hosted or customer-owned SIEM operations, threat hunting, case management, guided remediation and optional Active Defense containment across supported tools.
Mid-Market / Enterprise · Endpoints
Service Co-managed SOC
Handles Co-manage the SOC
Price Quote-based direct, partner or marketplace private offer
SecurityHQ Managed SOC
24/7 managed SOC coverage with monitoring, triage, investigation, threat hunting, containment playbooks, reporting, SHQ Response collaboration and optional managed protection or risk services
Mid-Market / Enterprise · Endpoints
Service SOCaaS
Handles Run the SOC
Price G-Cloud examples from £30,664.70 to £297,154 per year*
How to use this list
Do not assume
The label is not enough. Two providers can both sell MDR while handling alert triage, containment, tooling, and reporting very differently.
Ask before shortlisting
- Compare the actual work performed, not only the service label.
- Check whether the provider uses your existing tools or requires its own platform.
- Confirm how pricing changes with endpoints, users, log volume, and response scope.
Category background
SOC-as-a-Service (SOCaaS) represents the full outsourcing of Security Operations Center capabilities. Rather than piecing together individual managed security services, SOCaaS providers deliver a unified, turnkey SOC — complete with analysts, technology, playbooks, and processes — as a single subscription service. This model has gained significant traction as the cybersecurity talent shortage makes it increasingly difficult and expensive to staff an in-house SOC.
What SOCaaS Includes
A true SOCaaS offering goes beyond basic monitoring. Providers deliver continuous threat detection and triage, incident investigation and response, threat intelligence integration, compliance reporting, and regular security posture assessments. The best SOCaaS providers assign dedicated analysts who learn your environment and business context, rather than relying solely on a shared analyst pool handling alerts from hundreds of customers.
Choosing a SOCaaS Provider
Key differentiators among SOCaaS providers include the analyst-to-customer ratio, the depth of onboarding and environment tuning, the underlying technology platform, and the transparency of operations. Look for providers that offer a portal or dashboard where you can see real-time activity, review investigations, and track metrics like mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR).
The SOCaaS Advantage
For many organizations, SOCaaS offers the best balance of security outcomes and cost efficiency. Building an in-house SOC requires hiring 8-12 analysts for true 24/7 coverage, investing in SIEM and SOAR platforms, and maintaining ongoing training — a commitment that can exceed $2 million annually. SOCaaS delivers comparable or superior outcomes at a fraction of that cost, with the added benefit of immediate deployment and elastic scaling.
Questions
What is SOC-as-a-Service (SOCaaS)?
SOC-as-a-Service (SOCaaS) is a subscription-based model that provides organizations with a fully outsourced Security Operations Center. The provider supplies the analysts, technology, processes, and 24/7 coverage — effectively replacing or augmenting an in-house SOC without the capital expenditure of building one.
How is SOCaaS different from an MSSP?
While MSSPs typically focus on monitoring specific security tools and forwarding alerts, SOCaaS providers usually take more ownership of the SOC workflow. SOCaaS generally includes deeper investigation, threat hunting, and a unified platform approach rather than tool-by-tool monitoring. Think of SOCaaS as a turnkey SOC, while an MSSP is more of a monitoring overlay.
What size company benefits most from SOCaaS?
SOCaaS is particularly valuable for mid-market organizations (500-5,000 employees) that have meaningful security requirements but lack the budget or talent pipeline to staff a 24/7 SOC internally. However, enterprise companies also use SOCaaS to supplement internal teams, and SMBs increasingly adopt scaled-down SOCaaS offerings.