Looking at GravityZone for a new deployment. The datasheets are full of marketing fluff.
From a security controls perspective, is the jump from 'Advanced' to 'Ultimate' just more dashboards, or are there actual material differences in prevention and hardening? I need to justify the cost.
Key areas I'm assessing:
* **EDR vs XDR**: Ultimate includes "XDR Full". Is this just a label, or does it add substantial new data sources/analytics over Advanced's "EDR"?
* **Risk Analytics**: Ultimate lists "Attack Risk Manager" and "Risk Analytics". Are these actionable, or just another vulnerability scan?
* **Sandboxing**: Both claim "HyperDetect". Is the sandbox identical, or does Ultimate get deeper inspection or more integration points?
Pricing isn't transparent. If the main difference is a bundled cloud workload protection (which we don't need), then Advanced is the obvious choice.
Has anyone done a technical tear-down? Specifically:
* A comparison of the actual API endpoints or policy controls enabled per tier.
* Whether critical Zero Trust components (like device trust for network access) are gated behind Ultimate.
Example of the detail I need:
```json
// Hypothetical policy setting availability
"policy_capabilities": {
"Advanced": ["edr_telemetry", "basic_quarantine"],
"Ultimate": ["edr_telemetry", "memory_analysis", "lateral_movement_block"]
}
```
Least privilege is not a suggestion.