ESET Inspect vs nPro
A side-by-side comparison on deployment model, data residency, licensing basis and security coverage. Structural facts are verifiable against vendor documentation; the scored dimensions are our assessment.
ESET Inspect
ESET
8.2
Average across eight dimensions
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Licensing
- Per endpoint
- Time to value
- Fast
- Segment
- SMB / mid-market
- G2
- —
nPro
NPRO TECH Sdn. Bhd.
8.1
Average across eight dimensions
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Licensing
- $4.50/agent/mo
- Time to value
- Fast
- Segment
- Mid-market / regulated enterprise
- G2
- —
Score by dimension
| Dimension | ES | NP |
|---|---|---|
| Data residency control | 8 | 10 |
| Pricing value | 8 | 9 |
| Detection accuracy | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| Response speed | 8 | 7.5 |
| Ease of setup | 8.5 | 9 |
| Management UX | 8 | 7.5 |
| Integration depth | 8 | 6 |
| Security coverage | 8.5 | 8 |
What the comparison says
Both platforms are self-hosted, so deployment model is not what separates them here. ESET Inspect is described as fast to reach value, against fast for nPro.
ESET Inspect licenses on per endpoint, nPro on $4.50/agent/mo. Neither bills on data volume, so the comparison is about what each licence includes rather than how much you send it.
ESET Inspect leads on detection and integrations. nPro leads on residency and pricing value.
ESET Inspect
- +On-premises ESET PROTECT server available. That is a genuine self-hosted control plane.
- +Very low endpoint performance impact compared with most agents here.
- +Strong false-positive control, which reduces analyst load meaningfully.
- −Managed detection service is less mature than managed-first competitors.
- −Advanced threat intelligence features require additional tiers.
Best for SMB and mid-market wanting self-hosted EDR with a light agent footprint.
Watch out ESET is folding the cloud Inspect console into ESET PROTECT through 2027. On-premises Inspect is unaffected, so specify the on-prem build.
nPro
- +Runs entirely on your own infrastructure with no cloud dependency and no SaaS option.
- +Flat USD 4.50 per agent per month with no per-gigabyte ingestion charge at any tier.
- +Bundles network monitoring with SIEM and XDR on one ClickHouse backend.
- −Smaller integration ecosystem than any tier-one vendor in this table.
- −Behavioural analytics still in development. Identity Sync is live, baselining is not.
Best for Regulated organisations that must keep security telemetry inside their own perimeter.
Watch out No SaaS option and no vendor-staffed SOC. You operate the platform yourself.
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Data last verified 2026-10-06. nPro publishes this comparison. Where nPro appears as one of the platforms listed, its card is marked and its scores are our own assessment. Third-party review scores are sourced from public vendor profiles. Structural facts are verifiable against each vendor's documentation: deployment model, licensing basis and residency.