How does Huntress compare with other EDR options for 150 seats?

Huntress looks like a reasonable fit if your team needs help investigating alerts, not just another console. Its managed service includes human analysis, which may be more useful to a small team than a stream of behavioral alerts that someone still has to investigate.

Check what response work stays with your team, though. You may still need to handle alerts, investigate further, and reboot machines. Readable incident reports can also make it easier to explain an issue to leadership.

I wouldn't treat Huntress and SentinelOne as necessarily either-or. They can be deployed together for different purposes, though that means paying for and managing both. Ask each vendor to show where their detection and response capabilities overlap before deciding whether the extra coverage is worth it.

For the SIEM, look closely at how you expect to use the logs. Huntress has been described as useful for straightforward log searches, but the dashboard alone may not be the reason to buy it. Try a few searches against the sources you actually need and check what the managed service covers.

CrowdStrike and SentinelOne are also worth evaluating if advanced threat coverage is a priority. There are differing views on detection quality, so I wouldn't assume any one product catches everything. Compare coverage and response support against the threats and staffing you actually have.

Todyl is another option to put on the shortlist. It offers EDR and SIEM alongside managed extended detection and response. Compare the service scope and pricing for your 150 endpoints rather than assuming the bundles are equivalent.