Endpoint Security, EDR, XDR, ePO, Data Loss Prevention, and Network Detection. Our benchmark database covers 160+ Trellix enterprise contracts since the McAfee Enterprise and FireEye merger. Here is what pricing actually looks like under STG ownership — and where migration economics now favor buyers.
Per endpoint per year for endpoint/EDR/XDR; per user for DLP and email; appliance + subscription for network detection
1–3 year subscription; ePO managed module-by-module in legacy McAfee estate; consolidation opportunity at renewal
25–45% off list; 40–55% with credible migration evaluation visible to STG-owned sales leadership
120 days recommended; legacy McAfee contracts often require module-by-module renewal alignment
Trellix is a privately held cybersecurity company formed in 2022 by Symphony Technology Group from the merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye (excluding FireEye's Mandiant consulting business, which was acquired by Google). The product portfolio combines McAfee Enterprise's endpoint, data protection, ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO), and cloud security products with FireEye's network detection, email security, helix SIEM, and detection-on-demand threat intelligence. Commercially, Trellix is positioning itself as an integrated XDR platform and is investing in modernizing the legacy McAfee endpoint agent and ePO-centric management architecture. For the broader competitive landscape, see our enterprise cybersecurity pricing guide.
Trellix's endpoint portfolio is structured as follows. Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS) is the traditional McAfee NGAV replacement with behavioral analysis and anti-exploit — the direct successor to McAfee Endpoint Security. Trellix EDR adds full EDR investigation capability, threat hunting queries, and response actions. Trellix XDR extends across endpoint, email, network, and helix SIEM telemetry with cross-source detection correlation. All three tiers share the underlying endpoint agent but differ in management capabilities, investigation surface, and retention.
Beyond endpoint, Trellix sells a substantial portfolio: Trellix Data Loss Prevention (the former McAfee DLP product, endpoint and network variants), Trellix Network Detection (the former FireEye NX appliance platform), Trellix Email Security (formerly FireEye EX), Trellix Helix (the FireEye-derived SIEM platform), Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) (the McAfee management platform retained under Trellix), and Trellix Insights (threat intelligence).
The commercial reality for most Trellix enterprise customers is that their current contract is a legacy McAfee Enterprise contract with 5–15 separate SKU lines accumulated over many years — often reflecting acquisitions, regional variations, and module upgrades that have been layered on over time. Consolidating this legacy structure into a clean XDR platform commitment is typically the single largest negotiation opportunity at renewal.
Our benchmark data across 160+ Trellix enterprise contracts shows significant variance between clean XDR-platform buyers and legacy ePO-managed module-by-module customers. The table below reflects 2026 median negotiated pricing for both patterns.
| Product | List Price | Enterprise Benchmark | Achievable Discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS, endpoint/yr) | $26–$38 | $17–$28 | 26–36% |
| Trellix EDR (endpoint/yr) | $42–$58 | $26–$40 | 28–40% |
| Trellix XDR (endpoint/yr) | $52–$68 | $32–$48 | 30–42% |
| Trellix Data Loss Prevention (per user/yr) | $35–$55 | $22–$38 | 30–40% |
| Trellix Email Security (per user/yr) | $28–$48 | $18–$32 | 30–38% |
| Trellix Network Detection (per appliance) | $35K–$180K | $22K–$120K | 30–40% |
| Trellix Helix SIEM (per GB/day) | $75–$145 | $48–$100 | 30–40% |
A 10,000-endpoint enterprise running Trellix XDR with Data Loss Prevention and Email Security benchmarks at $580K–$780K annually at competitive pricing. Legacy McAfee customers with module-by-module accumulated SKUs often pay $900K–$1.3M for roughly comparable scope — the difference is almost entirely consolidation opportunity, not price list change.
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Submit Your Contract →Trellix's privately held STG ownership produces deal-by-deal pricing flexibility similar to Sophos and more than Broadcom-owned Carbon Black. The commercial dynamics are heavily influenced by two pressures: defending the significant legacy McAfee Enterprise installed base, and rebuilding competitive credibility against CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, and Microsoft Defender. Both pressures create discount opportunity for buyers who apply appropriate leverage.
Competitive migration threats: A documented migration evaluation involving CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, or Sophos Intercept X, surfaced to Trellix executive sales leadership 150+ days before renewal, consistently unlocks 40–55% off list on legacy module-structured contracts. Trellix's net retention is a strategic metric under STG ownership, which creates strong vendor motivation to preserve accounts.
Legacy consolidation: Customers with 8+ year McAfee Enterprise contracts typically carry 8–15 separate SKU lines — often with overlapping or redundant licensing accumulated through acquisitions, reorgs, and module upgrades. Consolidating this structure into a single XDR platform commitment typically reduces effective spend 15–25% before any competitive discount, purely by eliminating redundancy. Combined with competitive-threat discounting, total savings of 30–45% are achievable without any product scope reduction.
Fiscal year-end (December 31): Trellix's fiscal year aligns with calendar year end. October through December consistently produces the deepest discount authorization. Our benchmark data shows deals closed in Q4 achieving 8–12 points better pricing than equivalent scope closed earlier in the fiscal year.
Three-year commitments: Three-year term commitments add 8–12% discount. For Trellix, 3-year commits carry elevated strategic risk relative to larger competitors — STG's investment pace and long-term product roadmap continuity is less certain than publicly listed vendors. A 2-year term with strong termination-for-convenience language often produces the best risk-adjusted outcome for Trellix customers. Our benchmark recommendation: avoid 3-year commits unless the product portfolio is deeply embedded and migration economics clearly unfavorable.
Trellix-specific leverage — Network Detection: Trellix Network Detection (the former FireEye NX product) has few competitive alternatives at the same capability tier — Darktrace, Vectra, and ExtraHop are meaningful alternatives but each has different architectural profiles. Organizations with deep FireEye NX investment should push aggressively on refresh-cycle pricing, where Trellix faces genuine substitution risk and has authorized deeper discounts to defend the install base.
Because Trellix combines the McAfee and FireEye portfolios, each product line has distinct pricing dynamics and competitive context. Understanding these module-level dynamics enables efficient bundle construction.
Endpoint Security vs. EDR vs. XDR: The jump from ENS to EDR adds $15–$20 per endpoint per year. The jump from EDR to XDR adds another $10–$15. For organizations with SOC maturity to leverage cross-source XDR correlation (Trellix Email, Network, Helix telemetry), the XDR upgrade is economically reasonable. For organizations primarily needing behavioral endpoint protection, ENS or EDR alone is more economic. Do not buy XDR without actually deploying the correlated data sources.
Data Loss Prevention legacy complexity: Trellix DLP (former McAfee DLP) contains separately licensed endpoint, network, email, and cloud DLP modules. Organizations frequently pay for capability they do not use. Audit DLP deployment against current licensing before renewal — many organizations can eliminate 20–35% of DLP spend purely through scope normalization.
Network Detection appliance refresh: Trellix NX appliances (the former FireEye NX) require hardware refresh every 5–7 years. A large enterprise with 8 NX appliances at $80K each faces $640K in refresh capex every cycle. Plan the refresh budget alongside subscription renewal — bundling refresh and subscription into a single commercial event typically unlocks better pricing than handling separately.
Helix SIEM economics: Trellix Helix (the former FireEye Helix SIEM) is priced per GB per day of ingest. Organizations evaluating Helix should compare directly against Splunk ES, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM QRadar, and Google Chronicle on cost-per-GB economics. Helix is competitive in some comparisons but materially more expensive in others. Do not accept Helix as a default component of a Trellix XDR bundle without SIEM-category comparison.
ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) legacy: ePO continues to be supported under Trellix and is the management console for legacy McAfee endpoint deployments. Trellix is gradually migrating customers off ePO to the Trellix Central cloud console. Negotiate the migration timeline and ensure ePO-managed modules can be consolidated without capability gaps. ePO-to-Trellix Central migration services are sometimes included in XDR platform commitments; do not pay for this as a separate services engagement.
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Submit Your Contract →Legacy module accumulation: The single most common issue in Trellix renewals is inherited McAfee Enterprise module structures with 8–15 separately licensed SKUs, overlapping capabilities, and product lines no longer used. Audit every line item and eliminate redundancy before negotiating renewal pricing.
Data Loss Prevention user definition: DLP pricing per user typically uses a broad user definition that can include contractors, service accounts, and inactive accounts. Negotiate clear active-user definition language that excludes service accounts and provides a flexible mechanism for contractor licensing at reduced rates.
Network Detection appliance refresh: Every 5–7 years, organizations face $35K–$180K per appliance in refresh capex. Include projected refresh in 5-year TCO models and negotiate appliance refresh credits into subscription renewals.
ePO transition timeline: Trellix is transitioning customers off the legacy ePO platform to Trellix Central cloud management. Clarify timeline commitments and ensure the migration includes capability continuity — some ePO-managed policy sets have not yet been fully supported in Trellix Central.
Helix SIEM ingest overage pricing: Trellix Helix is priced per GB per day of ingest with overage rates that escalate quickly. Right-size the committed ingest volume against actual telemetry load with a safety margin, and negotiate ingest overage rates at the same discount as committed volume.
True-up at list: Standard Trellix true-up provisions default to list pricing for endpoint or user count growth. Negotiate expansion rates at contracted discount with a reasonable annual true-up cap.
Automatic renewal provisions: McAfee Enterprise contracts often contained automatic renewal with 90-day opt-out requirements that carried into Trellix. Convert to manual renewal or reduce the opt-out window at every renewal opportunity.
Trellix renewal dynamics reflect STG's strategic balance — defending the legacy McAfee Enterprise installed base while rebuilding competitive credibility. Renewals open with modest list-rate increases (3–8%) accompanied by XDR upsell opportunities. Well-prepared buyers negotiate these increases to zero or below, particularly by pairing the renewal with legacy module consolidation.
What remains negotiable: Legacy structure consolidation, per-endpoint or per-user discount percentages, XDR platform pricing, and long-tail module eliminations. Trellix's account teams are motivated to consolidate legacy contracts because simplified customer relationships reduce operational cost and improve renewal predictability. Buyers can typically achieve 20–30% effective savings purely through consolidation before any competitive pressure.
What rarely changes: Network Detection appliance refresh economics, Helix SIEM ingest rates, and DLP per-user rates. These product lines have relatively tight underlying cost economics — meaningful discount requires competitive substitution threat, not general negotiation pressure.
What the market signals: Trellix's position in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms has declined relative to CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, and Microsoft. This is reflected in our renewal data — 35% of Trellix renewals in 2024–2026 resulted in partial or full migration. Migration is a genuine strategic option, and Trellix's willingness to discount defensively reflects that reality.
Trellix is the cybersecurity company formed in 2022 from the merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye (excluding Mandiant). It is privately held by Symphony Technology Group. The portfolio combines McAfee endpoint, DLP, and ePO products with FireEye network detection, email security, and Helix SIEM — positioned as an integrated XDR platform.
Endpoint Security (ENS) runs $26–$38/endpoint/year list. EDR runs $42–$58. XDR runs $52–$68. Data Loss Prevention $35–$55/user/year. Network Detection appliances $35K–$180K. Helix SIEM $75–$145/GB/day. Enterprise discounts reach 25–45%, and competitive-threat renewals reach 40–55%.
35% of Trellix renewals in 2024–2026 resulted in partial or full migration. Migration drivers: STG's slower product investment pace, ePO-centric legacy complexity, competitive pricing from modern EDR alternatives. Migration breaks even in 16–24 months for contracts above $300K annually. Stay is more defensible where ePO, DLP, or Network Detection investments are deeply embedded.
25–45% off list for standard enterprise deals. Competitive migration threats reach 40–55% on renewals where CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, or Defender evaluations are documented. Three-year commitments add 8–12%. Q4 (October–December) produces deepest authorization. Legacy consolidation alone typically delivers 15–25% savings before competitive pressure.
Legacy McAfee module accumulation with 8–15 separately licensed SKUs and overlapping capabilities. Network Detection appliance refresh cycles at $35K–$180K per appliance often omitted from TCO. DLP per-user definitions that sweep contractors and service accounts at full rate. Helix ingest overage rates that escalate quickly.
Our benchmark database covers 160+ Trellix enterprise contracts — including legacy McAfee Enterprise consolidations and FireEye NX refresh cycles. Submit your renewal and receive a full analysis within 24 hours.