Vijilan vs Todyl. Powered-by vs. white-label.
Todyl deserves genuine respect: it is channel-only like Vijilan, it never sells direct, and its single-agent platform — SASE, EDR, SIEM, MXDR, SOAR and GRC in one deployment — is the strongest consolidation story in the MSP market. The fork is what kind of security practice you're building. Todyl makes you a Todyl shop: their agent replaces your stack, and the service is 'powered by Todyl' with custom-branded marketing materials. Vijilan makes the SOC yours: white-label at every tier, operating whatever EDR your clients already run, with containment owned by the SOC rather than configured into playbooks.
Todyl is one of the most credible MSP-first platforms in the market: channel-only, a dedicated DRAM (Detection and Response Account Manager) per partner, bundled 24/7 MXDR across all three packages since September 2025, real SASE infrastructure with 40+ points of presence, and momentum to match — number 89 on the 2025 Deloitte Fast 500. Its model simply answers a different question than Vijilan's. Todyl's MXDR runs on Todyl's agent and platform (adopting it effectively replaces your EDR, SIEM and network layer), the official response language is 'supports containment' and 'works alongside you' with deeper automation delegated to SOAR playbooks you configure, no response SLAs are published, DFIR is not included, coverage stops short of OT/IoT, and there is no documented white-label of the platform or SOC. Vijilan is a managed SOC rather than a platform: it wraps the tools your clients already run, the SOC owns containment with a 15-minute response SLA, SIEM is included with no per-GB charges, and every tier ships white-label. Choose Todyl to consolidate your whole stack onto one channel-only platform. Choose Vijilan to put your brand on a SOC that acts, without replacing anything.
Side by side. Feature by feature.
| Capability | Vijilan | Todyl |
|---|---|---|
| Response model | SOC owns containment: ThreatContain isolates hosts, disables accounts, blocks IPs, kills processes, 15-minute response SLA | 24/7 MXDR that 'triages, investigates, supports containment and helps remediate'; automated containment via TARA SOAR playbooks the partner configures; no published response SLAs |
| Works with your existing stack | Vendor-agnostic: ThreatRespond wraps the EDR each client already runs — no rip-and-replace | The Todyl agent is the platform: adopting MXDR means adopting Todyl's EDR, SIEM and SASE; third-party tools feed the SIEM as telemetry, not as the response plane |
| White-label | Full white-label at every tier: portal, reports, notifications under your brand | Channel-only 'powered by Todyl' delivery with custom-branded marketing materials; no documented white-label of the platform or SOC |
| Network security / SASE | Network detection and response within the SOC service; no SASE product | Genuine SASE with its own Secure Global Network: 40+ PoPs, ZTNA, static IPs — capability Vijilan does not sell |
| Consolidation economics | One managed service over your existing tools | One agent replacing three to five products (EDR, VPN/SASE, SIEM, MDR, GRC) — the strongest single-vendor consolidation pitch in the MSP space |
| Coverage domains | Six domains — endpoint, network, identity, cloud, SaaS/app, data — plus email and IoT/OT | Five attack surfaces (endpoint, network, identity, cloud, SaaS); no OT/IoT coverage |
| SIEM and data economics | ThreatLog SIEM included at every tier, no per-GB charges | SIEM bundled in all packages with configurable retention up to 5 years searchable; data pricing model not published |
| DFIR | SOC-driven investigation and active remediation inside the service | Full incident response / DFIR not included with MXDR per third-party directories |
| Channel commitment | Channel-exclusive: sells only through partners, routes end customers back to you | Also genuinely channel-only, with per-partner pods, Deal Desk and lead pass-through — credit where due |
| Best fit | MSPs building a branded SOC service over mixed or established client stacks | MSPs consolidating greenfield or refresh-ready SMB clients onto one agent, one portal, one vendor |
// last updated 2026 · comparisons reflect public product information at time of writing
Pick Vijilan when…
- Your clients have EDR investments you won't rip out — ThreatRespond makes the existing stack the response plane
- You want the SOC to own containment with a published response SLA, not 'supports containment' plus playbooks you have to configure and maintain
- You want the service under your brand at every tier, not 'powered by' someone else's
- You need DFIR-grade investigation inside the service and coverage that extends to email and IoT/OT
- You want a growth path to managed CrowdStrike Falcon (ThreatDefend) and managed Falcon Next-Gen SIEM (NextDefend) under the same partner
- You've seen single-agent lock-in before: leaving a platform that is your EDR, SIEM and network at once is a forklift, not a switch
Pick Todyl when…
honest answer: they're a better fit in these cases
- You want to consolidate EDR, SASE/ZTNA, SIEM, MDR and GRC into one agent and one bill — Todyl's core strength and genuinely rare at SMB price points
- Your clients need network transformation (ZTNA, static IPs, secure remote access) as much as they need a SOC
- The GRC module and cyber-insurance alignment (one-click compliance reports, the Spectra insurance program) map to your compliance-led sales motion
- You value a named DRAM with monthly touchpoints and direct Teams/Slack access to the SOC
- Your book is greenfield SMBs with no incumbent EDR worth preserving, so platform adoption costs you nothing
The 2 AM test, playbook edition
A client's bookkeeper trips a credential-compromise detection at 1:47 AM. On Todyl, what happens next depends on preparation: if you configured and tested the relevant TARA playbook (simulation mode exists for exactly this reason), the account gets disabled automatically; otherwise the MXDR team investigates and 'works alongside you' — which at 1:47 AM means alongside whoever is on call. Todyl's official language is precise: the SOC supports containment and helps remediate. Vijilan's mandate is different in kind: ThreatContain acts first — disable the account, kill the session, isolate the host — inside a 15-minute response SLA, and your on-call tech wakes up to a summary, not a decision. Playbooks are excellent insurance. A SOC that owns the outcome is a different product.
Two channel-only vendors, one real difference
Both companies refuse to sell direct, and both mean it — Todyl passes end-user leads to partners and staffs a three-person pod per partner. So the channel-safety question is a wash, and we'd rather say so than manufacture a contrast. The durable difference is brand depth. Todyl's model is 'MSP delivers services powered by Todyl': custom-branded marketing materials, Todyl platform, Todyl portal. Vijilan's model is white-label as the product: your logo on the portal, the reports, the alert notifications and the SLA document, on every tier including the entry one. If your strategy is to build equity in your own security brand — the thing an acquirer eventually pays for — powered-by and white-label are not the same asset.
The single-agent trade, both directions
Todyl's one-agent consolidation is real and the economics can be compelling: one deployment replaces an EDR, a VPN, a SIEM and an MDR contract, with a rearchitected SIEM backend (December 2025) and agentic AI investigation (Janus, February 2026) landing fast. Price the exit before you price the entry. Because the agent is simultaneously your endpoint security, your network layer and your log pipeline, leaving means replacing all three at once — and practitioner reviews already flag the agent's memory footprint and MXDR pricing above budget-MDR alternatives. Vijilan's architecture cuts the other way: the SOC attaches to what exists, tenants onboard in about an hour, and if you ever leave, your clients' tooling stays put. Commitment should be earned by service quality, not enforced by architecture.
Vijilan vs Todyl FAQ.
Is Vijilan cheaper than Todyl?+
Hard to compare on stickers: Todyl doesn't publish pricing (quotes are consultation-based, modular by package), and practitioner reviews describe the MXDR layer as premium-priced against budget MDR. What we can say precisely: Vijilan prices per user or per endpoint with SIEM, containment and white-label included and no data-volume billing — and if Todyl replaces your VPN and SIEM line-items, its consolidation math can still win for greenfield clients. Verified partners see exact Vijilan rates in the partner portal.
Doesn't Todyl also never sell direct?+
Correct, and we credit it: Todyl is genuinely channel-only, passes leads to partners, and never competes with MSPs for the end customer. The differences are elsewhere — white-label depth, whether the SOC or your playbooks own containment, DFIR inclusion, OT/IoT coverage, and whether the platform requires replacing your clients' existing stack.
Can Vijilan run alongside Todyl?+
Partially. If a client keeps Todyl for SASE/ZTNA, Vijilan's SOC can operate the security estate around it — identity, M365, email, and any conventional EDR. What doesn't combine well is two managed detection services over the same endpoints; if Todyl MXDR holds the response role, that's the piece Vijilan replaces.
How painful is a Todyl-to-Vijilan migration?+
The SOC piece is light — ThreatRespond wraps whatever EDR you land on, about an hour per tenant. The real planning is architectural: because Todyl's agent bundles EDR, SIEM and network access, you need a destination for each (for example, Defender or SentinelOne for endpoint, and a dedicated ZTNA product if clients relied on the SGN). Sequence network cutover first, export any SIEM data you need within your retention window, then flip detection and response to Vijilan.
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