Vijilan vs RocketCyber. Bundle line-item vs. containment.
RocketCyber was retired in April 2026 and replaced by Kaseya MDR, so this comparison covers both. Kaseya's pitch is platform economics: a SOC line-item bundled into Kaseya 365 at an aggressively low per-endpoint rate. Vijilan's pitch is what happens after detection: ThreatRespond's SOC isolates the host, disables the account, and blocks the IP through your client's existing EDR — active containment via ThreatContain, not a ticket in your queue. If your clients all run Datto EDR and M365, the bundle math is real. If they don't, the containment gap is realer.
RocketCyber earned its place as one of the cheapest ways for an SMB-focused MSP to stand up 24/7 monitoring, and Kaseya MDR — its April 2026 successor — adds genuine response actions and 400-day retention. But the model remains triage-plus-ticket at heart, containment depth is tied to Kaseya/Datto agents, core coverage is roughly three domains (endpoint, firewall logs, M365/Entra ID), and there is still no SIEM inside the SOC service. Vijilan's ThreatRespond operates your clients' existing EDR — Defender, SentinelOne, Carbon Black — as the response plane, contains threats actively via ThreatContain, covers six domains, and includes ThreatLog SIEM at every tier with no per-GB charges. Choose Kaseya if you're all-in on their stack and price is the deciding factor. Choose Vijilan if you want a channel-only partner whose SOC takes the action itself, over whatever tools your clients already run.
Side by side. Feature by feature.
| Capability | Vijilan | RocketCyber (now Kaseya MDR) |
|---|---|---|
| Response model | Act-first mandate: ThreatContain isolates hosts, disables accounts, blocks IPs, and kills processes before escalating to you | Triage-and-ticket heritage: SOC verdicts flow to your PSA with remediation 'taken or recommended'; Kaseya MDR adds isolation, account lock, and process kill behind configurable approval gates |
| Works with the client's existing EDR | Vendor-agnostic: Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne, Carbon Black and others operated as the response plane — no rip-and-replace | Full containment depth (isolation, process kill) is documented against RocketCyber/Datto EDR agents; Kaseya MDR advertises third-party tool integrations, but these are publicly documented as alert-in rather than response-through |
| Underlying technology | Praxis AI SOC engine plus ThreatLog SIEM at every tier; ThreatDefend runs on full CrowdStrike Falcon with OverWatch hunting | Explicitly 'SIEMless' platform, rebuilt as Kaseya MDR (April 2026) with an AI-enhanced SOC and Datto EDR telemetry |
| SIEM and log retention | ThreatLog SIEM included at every tier, no per-GB data charges | 400-day log retention in Kaseya MDR; a real SIEM (Kaseya SIEM, GA April 2026) is a separate per-user SKU outside the SOC service |
| Coverage domains | Six domains — endpoint, network, identity, cloud, SaaS/app, data — plus email and IoT/OT | Roughly three in core: endpoint, firewall/edge logs, and M365/Entra ID; SaaS beyond M365 requires the separate SaaS Alerts / Kaseya 365 User SKU |
| Pricing model | Predictable per-user/per-endpoint subscription, no data-volume billing; rates gated behind partner verification | Quote-based standalone, but publicly positioned around Kaseya 365 bundle economics with aggressively low per-endpoint pricing — typically the cheaper entry point (50-license minimums apply) |
| RMM/PSA platform integration | White-label delivery with tickets into your existing PSA workflow | Native, deep integration with VSA, Autotask, Datto backup/EDR and the wider IT Complete stack — one vendor, one bill, one console family |
| Onboarding speed | About one hour per tenant for ThreatRespond/ThreatDefend | Hardware-free cloud agent that deploys in minutes; the 2026 RocketCyber-to-MDR migration required no agent reinstall |
| Channel commitment | Channel-exclusive: sells only through MSPs/MSSPs/VARs, never direct to end customers; white-label at every tier | Genuinely white-label and MSP-native since inception, though Kaseya also sells to internal IT teams |
| Best fit | MSPs with mixed-EDR client bases who want the SOC to contain first and a growth path to CrowdStrike-based ThreatDefend and NextDefend | Kaseya-committed MSPs serving Windows + M365 SMBs who want the lowest-cost bundled SOC line-item |
// last updated 2026 · comparisons reflect public product information at time of writing
Pick Vijilan when…
- Your clients run a mix of EDRs — Defender for Endpoint, SentinelOne, Carbon Black — and you refuse to rip-and-replace to Datto EDR just to get containment
- You want the SOC to isolate the host and disable the account at 2 AM, not open a PSA ticket for your on-call tech to action
- You need coverage past endpoint and M365 — identity, SaaS, data, email, IoT/OT — without stacking add-on SKUs
- You want a SIEM included at every tier with no per-GB data charges, not a separate product that only reached GA in April 2026
- You want a channel-only security partner whose entire business is the SOC, not one product line inside an RMM/PSA/backup portfolio
- You have larger clients coming and want a path to fully managed CrowdStrike Falcon (ThreatDefend) or managed Falcon Next-Gen SIEM (NextDefend) under one partner
Pick RocketCyber (now Kaseya MDR) when…
honest answer: they're a better fit in these cases
- You are already all-in on Kaseya — VSA, Autotask, Datto EDR and backup — and one vendor, one bill, one console family is worth more to you than response depth
- Price is the deciding factor: Kaseya 365 Endpoint Pro bundles MDR at publicly reported per-endpoint rates that are typically the lowest-cost route to bundled 24/7 SOC coverage, as publicly positioned
- Your client base is essentially Windows endpoints plus Microsoft 365 — the core coverage envelope matches what Kaseya MDR actually monitors
- You can live with 50-license minimums and one- to three-year term commitments to unlock the bundle economics
- You prefer a co-managed model where your own technicians execute most remediation from PSA tickets
The 2 AM test, Kaseya edition
A client's finance workstation starts encrypting files at 1:47 AM on a Saturday. With RocketCyber's documented model, the SOC triages to a malicious verdict and a ticket lands in your Autotask queue with remediation steps 'taken or recommended' — and host isolation only works if that machine runs a RocketCyber or Datto EDR agent. Kaseya MDR improves this with isolation, account lock, and process termination, but those actions are documented against Kaseya/Datto agents and configurable approval gates. With ThreatRespond, Vijilan's SOC isolates the host, disables the compromised account, blocks the attacker IP, and kills the process through whatever EDR that client already runs — and your queue gets a summary of what was contained, not a to-do list. For an MSP whose tier-1 is asleep on weekends, that is the entire difference between a bad Saturday and a breach notification.
April 2026 forced a re-evaluation anyway
RocketCyber the brand was retired the week of April 27, 2026 and replaced by Kaseya MDR — a genuine rebuild with an AI-enhanced SOC, response automation, and 400-day retention, migrated at no cost with no agent reinstall. Credit where due: that is a real upgrade. But a forced replatform is exactly the moment to re-read your quote. Which platform, retention terms, and response capabilities are you actually contracted for? Does containment cover your non-Datto endpoints? Is the SIEM you assumed was included actually a separate per-user SKU? The MSP community has documented enough friction with Kaseya contract terms — multi-year auto-renewals, no mid-term license reductions, the issues the 2024 Partner First Pledge only partially addressed — and which Kaseya's current leadership has publicly committed to improving — that due diligence here is not paranoia. If the answers disappoint, ThreatRespond onboards in about an hour per tenant over your existing agents, so switching is a project measured in days, not quarters.
The bundle math, all-in
Kaseya's per-endpoint bundle rate is genuinely hard to beat as a line-item, and if your whole book is Kaseya-stack SMBs it may be the rational choice. But price the whole envelope: SaaS coverage beyond M365 means adding SaaS Alerts or Kaseya 365 User; a real SIEM means the separate Kaseya SIEM SKU; press coverage notes implementation fees and advanced modules mean the base rate is rarely the all-in cost; and 50-license minimums plus term commitments lock the structure in. Vijilan's Essential through Elite tiers price predictably per user or endpoint with ThreatLog SIEM included and no data-volume billing — the number you quote a client is the number that shows up. And because Vijilan is channel-exclusive, there is no scenario where your security vendor also sells to your prospect's internal IT team.
Vijilan vs RocketCyber FAQ.
Is Vijilan cheaper than RocketCyber / Kaseya MDR?+
On the headline per-endpoint rate, usually not — Kaseya 365 bundle pricing is publicly positioned as one of the cheapest routes to a managed SOC, and we won't pretend otherwise. The honest comparison is all-in: Vijilan includes SIEM at every tier with no per-GB data charges, covers six domains without add-on SKUs, and prices predictably per user or endpoint. Verified partners see exact subscription rates and terms in the partner portal.
What happened to RocketCyber?+
Kaseya retired the RocketCyber brand the week of April 27, 2026 and replaced it with Kaseya MDR, a rebuilt platform with an AI-enhanced SOC, built-in response actions, and 400-day log retention. Existing partners were migrated at no cost without an agent reinstall. Any comparison you read in 2026 should evaluate Kaseya MDR, not the legacy RocketCyber service.
Can I migrate from RocketCyber / Kaseya MDR to Vijilan?+
Yes, and it's lighter than most MSPs expect: ThreatRespond is vendor-agnostic and operates over each client's existing EDR, so there's no agent rip-and-replace — onboarding runs about an hour per tenant. The main thing to check is your Kaseya contract: term commitments and auto-renewal windows are the norm, so time the switch to your renewal date.
Can Vijilan run alongside my Kaseya stack?+
Yes. Keep VSA for RMM and Autotask for ticketing — Vijilan is white-label and delivers SOC findings into your existing PSA workflow. The difference is sequencing: containment happens first through your client's EDR, and the ticket documents what was done rather than what you need to do.
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