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Field Effect

Field Effect MDR

Composite Score

9.5 /10

CX Score

9.6 /10

122 Reviews Write a Review

What is Field Effect MDR?

Built from the ground-up to detect and respond to abnormal behaviour on endpoints, cloud services, and networks, Field Effect MDR (formerly Field Effect Covalence) is a holistic cyber security solution that delivers visibility into the threats and risks facing your business—giving you the advantages of automated cyber security, backed by human intelligence. No matter the size of your team or where they work, Field Effect MDR extends across your entire IT infrastructure. It pinpoints the cyber threats and vulnerabilities targeting your business and delivers the information you need to respond—all from one user-friendly platform.

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Awards & Recognition

Field Effect MDR won the following awards in the Managed Detection & Response category

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2026 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2026

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2026

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

11 Top Rated Capabilities

14 Top Rated Features

2025

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

10 Top Rated Capabilities

14 Top Rated Features

2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

10 Top Rated Capabilities

13 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

9 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2022

Field Effect MDR Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

97 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+98 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Field Effect MDR?

1% Negative

2% Neutral

97% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Effective Service
Respectful
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 92

24/7/365 Security Monitoring

Incident Management

Use of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Real-Time Threat and Anomaly Detection

Proactive Threat Hunting

Prevention

Vulnerability Management

Threat Intelligence

Automated Threat Hunting

Technology Management

IOC Focus and Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 88

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Field Effect MDR Screenshots

Field Effect MDR Downloads

FieldEffectMDR-for-MSPs

Field Effect - Foundational Cybersecurity Assessment

Field Effect - Network

Field Effect - Potential Vendor Questions

Field Effect MDR Videos

Field Effect MDR Reviews

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted May 2023

Easy to use and implement. Support is responsive.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Jeremy E.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2023

Worry-free MDR

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Field Effect MDR from other similar products?

Holistic approach to security. Covalence is an MDR that has both humans and AI acting on your behalf to protect your clients.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The Field Effect team is a pleasure to work with, and genuinely tries to understand your unique needs. Knowing that there's a real person to have your back makes all the difference.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I wish there were more integrations.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Talk to the Field Effect team. It's clear they know their stuff, and will do their best to make their product the right fit for you.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Jeff F.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Hands down the best MDR/XDR on the market.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Field Effect MDR from other similar products?

Never been ransomed.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Everything

What do you dislike most about this product?

Can't think of anything.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Don't think too hard, just try it.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2026 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

Field Effect MDR Ratings

97 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+98 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Field Effect MDR?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

24/7/365 Security Monitoring MDR provider should include a team of experienced security analysts monitoring the network 24/7 to identify abnormal activity and mitigate against threats.

Incident Management Includes incident diagnosis, escalation, investigation, resolution and recovery, and closure.

Use of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework Threat modeling capabilities and allows for mapping use cases to established TTPs, in order to facilitate rapid incident response.

Real-Time Threat and Anomaly Detection Real-time or near real time threat detection of attacks and anomalous behavior.

Proactive Threat Hunting Leverages TTPs, threat Intelligence, and IOCs, to create hypotheses in order to investigate and identify abnormal activity that may be malicious.

Prevention Offers capable next-gen AV (NGAV) and host protection.

Vulnerability Management Discover and fix vulnerabilities in the system.

Threat Intelligence Security threat intelligence feed integration with ability to update multiple uses and control updating behaviors.

Automated Threat Hunting Continuous detection and notification of of anomalous or suspicious events and behaviors

Technology Management Continuously manages and monitors systems and technology. Integrates with existing technology.

IOC Focus and Management Should include a wide variety of IOCs, but is more focused on behaviors and behavioral detection; IOCs are not as simple to manage.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Field Effect MDR Screenshots

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Service Profile - Public IPs

Field Effect MDR Downloads

FieldEffectMDR-for-MSPs

Field Effect - Foundational Cybersecurity Assessment

Field Effect - Network

Field Effect - Potential Vendor Questions

Field Effect MDR Videos

Touring the MDR Portal

Sneak Peek: Field Effect's Dark Web Monitoring

How to eliminate cybersecurity risks with Field Effect MDR

How a free Field Effect MDR trial stopped an in-progress cyberattack

Field Effect's AIDR: AI Detection & Response

Field Effect MDR Reviews

Easy to use and implement. Support is responsive.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jeremy E.

Worry-free MDR

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jeff F.

Hands down the best MDR/XDR on the market.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

24/7/365 Security Monitoring

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Real-Time Threat and Anomaly Detection

Proactive Threat Hunting

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Vulnerability Management

Threat Intelligence

Automated Threat Hunting

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