If you're running CrowdStrike Falcon Complete alongside Microsoft E5/E7, there's a good chance you're paying twice for endpoint security: and leaving identity, cloud, and SaaS gaps wide open. Ascent's complimentary Cost-Benefit Analysis shows you exactly what that costs.
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The Problem
Most organizations don't realize the overlap until they see the numbers side by side. Here's what's driving the redundant spend.
Microsoft E5/E7 includes enterprise-grade EDR: the same category of protection Falcon Complete charges a separate license for. Most organizations never activate it. The meter keeps running on both.
Falcon Complete is endpoint MDR. Identity, email, cloud, and SaaS require separate add-ons or separate vendors. Your E5/E7 covers all of it natively. You're just not using it.
CrowdStrike has no native SIEM. Most Falcon Complete customers run a third-party SIEM alongside it. Microsoft Sentinel is included in E5/E7 and purpose-built to unify everything.
CrowdStrike renewal costs are rising. Meanwhile, the E5/E7 investment your organization already made sits partially unused. Ascent's Cost-Benefit Analysis shows you the exact delta before you sign the next contract.
The Process
Ascent maps your current security spend: CrowdStrike, SIEM, identity tools, and Microsoft licensing.
We identify where your E5/E7 investment is underutilized and where coverage gaps exist across your attack surface.
We build a side-by-side TCO comparison: current state versus fully consolidated Microsoft with Ascent managed.
You receive a business case summary with specific savings figures, coverage improvements, and a recommended path forward.
The Deliverable
Every Cost-Benefit Analysis produces a complete business case summary.
A complete map of what you're currently paying across your entire security stack.
A clear view of what you own in Microsoft E5/E7 versus what's actually turned on and working.
CrowdStrike vs. Microsoft + Ascent - total cost of ownership, apples to apples.
An honest assessment of where your current stack leaves identity, cloud, email, and SaaS exposed.
Projected savings figures and ROI framing your CFO and board can act on with confidence.
A recommended path from your current state to a fully managed, consolidated Microsoft Security platform.
When Ascent helped us run the numbers, we realized we were paying CrowdStrike to do what Microsoft already does natively.
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The Cost-Benefit Analysis is complimentary. It takes two weeks, and it gives you everything you need to make a confident platform decision.
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