Best Webroot Alternatives in 2026
Webroot is a cloud-native endpoint security solution from OpenText Cybersecurity, built for MSPs and SMBs — known for its sub-15MB agent, BrightCloud threat intelligence database, and deep integrations with ConnectWise, Kaseya, Datto, and NinjaOne. Buyers compare alternatives when they want enterprise XDR depth, autonomous AI-driven investigation, or a broader platform beyond endpoint.
IndustryLens is not a Webroot alternative — it is the competitive intelligence platform that tracks the endpoint security / EDR platform market. It monitors Webroot and its rivals — pricing changes, product launches, positioning and hiring — across 350+ sources into one weekly cited briefing, from €59/month.
Where IndustryLens fits
One thing to clear up first: IndustryLens is not a Webroot alternative — it isn’t an endpoint security / EDR platform. The real alternatives to Webroot are below. IndustryLens is the competitive-intelligence layer that tracks this whole market: it monitors Webroot and every rival on this page — pricing changes, product launches, positioning, hiring and reviews — across 350+ sources into one weekly cited briefing, from €59/mo. Use it to decide between them and to watch how the market moves after you buy.
| Webroot | IndustryLens | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Endpoint security / EDR platform | Competitive intelligence (automated) |
| Best for | MSPs and SMBs (5+ seats) that need a lightweight, easy-to-deploy cloud-native endpoint agent with deep RMM/PSA integrations (ConnectWise, Kaseya) and no signature-file overhead. | Teams evaluating or buying in the endpoint security / EDR platform market who need to track every vendor's pricing, launches and positioning |
| Pricing | No published pricing. 30-day free trial for business endpoint protection. Channel/MSP pricing via partners. Contact Webroot/OpenText for current rates. | From €59/mo, published — no demo gate |
| Source coverage | — | 350+ sources in one weekly cited briefing, every claim cited |
The real Webroot alternatives are below. Whichever you pick, IndustryLens tracks the whole field — see the endpoint security intelligence hub for the live market overview, or pricing from €59/mo.
Whichever tool you pick, the competitors won’t sit still
The reason this category exists is that competitor moves are constant, not occasional. Across the B2B SaaS competitors we monitor: we re-diff their public footprint every week, and across 1,491 weekly comparisons (December 2025 – July 2026):
- 95.6% changed their pricing page at least once.
- In any given week, 1 in 2 (52%) had a pricing change and 56.5% changed their messaging.
Competitors whose pricing page we’ve flagged changing in our latest weekly diffs:
Method: a “change” is a detected week-over-week diff on the monitored public page, excluding first-baseline records. Pooled across 135 competitors; computed live from IndustryLens monitoring and refreshed daily.
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How we picked these alternatives
IndustryLens tracks the endpoint security / EDR platform market as a live intelligence hub — see the endpoint security intelligence hub. Vendor positioning, taglines and pricing tiers come directly from each vendor's profile in our database, pulled from the most recent scrape, not from review aggregators. Alternative ordering reflects how often each vendor appears alongside Webroot on real shortlists and in the switching activity we observe.
Pricing rows are omitted (rather than guessed) when a vendor uses sales-led or channel custom quoting only. IndustryLens publishes its own pricing on /pricing. We refresh this page on a 30-day cadence as new scrape data and reports land.
Webroot alternatives: common questions
What is the best Webroot alternative in 2026?
It depends on what you're trying to replace. The strongest alternatives on most Webroot shortlists are IndustryLens, CrowdStrike, ESET. Each solves a different sub-problem — see the comparison table on this page for the key differentiator versus Webroot.
Is IndustryLens a Webroot alternative?
No — and that's the point. IndustryLens is not an endpoint security / EDR platform; it's the competitive-intelligence platform that tracks the market. It monitors Webroot and every alternative on this page — pricing changes, product launches, positioning, hiring and reviews — across 350+ sources into one weekly cited briefing from €59/month. Use it to choose between Webroot and the alternatives above, and to watch how the market moves after you buy.
Why do teams switch from Webroot?
Webroot is best for: MSPs and SMBs (5+ seats) that need a lightweight, easy-to-deploy cloud-native endpoint agent with deep RMM/PSA integrations (ConnectWise, Kaseya) and no signature-file overhead.. Teams shortlist alternatives when the fit moves outside that profile — cost, AI roadmap, data quality, or the desire for a best-of-breed stack rather than a bundled one.
How much does Webroot cost?
No published pricing. 30-day free trial for business endpoint protection. Channel/MSP pricing via partners. Contact Webroot/OpenText for current rates.
Is Webroot a good antivirus in 2026?
Webroot (now part of OpenText Cybersecurity) is a cloud-native endpoint security platform targeting MSPs and SMBs. IndustryLens tracks it as a challenger in the endpoint-security vertical. Its tracked differentiators are a sub-15MB agent (no signature updates), BrightCloud Threat Intelligence (one of the largest URL/IP categorization databases in the industry), and deep RMM/PSA integrations with ConnectWise, Kaseya, Datto, and NinjaOne. It is well-suited for MSP-managed environments; for self-managed enterprise XDR with published pricing, the tracked alternatives in the same vertical include ESET PROTECT (from $190/yr), Bitdefender GravityZone (from $77.99/yr), CrowdStrike Falcon (from $299.95/yr), and Malwarebytes ThreatDown.
Comparing a different vendor? Browse the alternatives hub for the full set of vendor-by-vendor best-alternatives pages.
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