Trellix XDR vs Wazuh
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.
Trellix XDR
Trellix
7.4
Average across eight dimensions
- Deployment
- Hybrid
- Licensing
- Per endpoint
- Time to value
- Complex
- Segment
- Enterprise
- G2
- —
Wazuh
Wazuh Inc.
8.0
Average across eight dimensions
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Licensing
- Free; paid support available
- Time to value
- Complex
- Segment
- SMB / mid-market
- G2
- 4.5 (72)
Score by dimension
| Dimension | TX | WZ |
|---|---|---|
| Data residency control | 6.5 | 10 |
| Pricing value | 6 | 9.8 |
| Detection accuracy | 8 | 8 |
| Response speed | 8 | 7 |
| Ease of setup | 6.5 | 6 |
| Management UX | 7 | 6.5 |
| Integration depth | 8.5 | 8 |
| Security coverage | 8.5 | 8.5 |
What the comparison says
Trellix XDR is hybrid and Wazuh is self-hosted. Where your obligations dictate residency, that difference tends to settle the choice before any score is read.
Trellix XDR licenses on per endpoint, Wazuh on free; paid support available. Neither bills on data volume, so the comparison is about what each licence includes rather than how much you send it.
Trellix XDR leads on response speed. Wazuh leads on residency and pricing value.
Trellix XDR
- +Hybrid deployment options including on-premises management.
- +Broad existing install base in government and large enterprise.
- +Strong network detection heritage from the FireEye side of the business.
- −Post-merger product consolidation has made the portfolio harder to navigate.
- −Management experience rated below newer platforms by most reviewers.
Best for Existing McAfee or FireEye estates consolidating onto one platform.
Watch out Clarify which components are current and which are in sunset before buying.
Wazuh
- +Genuinely free and open source with no licence cost at any scale.
- +Mature rule engine, file integrity monitoring and configuration assessment.
- +Fully self-hosted and air-gap capable with a large community rule base.
- −The surrounding stack is where the real cost lands: indexer, dashboards and storage.
- −Operational burden falls entirely on your team unless a support contract is bought.
Best for Teams with platform engineering capacity and a strong preference for open source.
Watch out Budget for the indexing layer and the engineer who maintains it.
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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.