The company combines world-class security practitioners with its AI-driven platform, Expel Workbench™, to ingest billions of events monthly and achieve a 17-minute critical alert MTTR. In Q1 2025, Expel was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Managed Detection and Response Services, receiving five-out-of-five scores in 15 of 21 criteria including extended detection, cloud, and identity detection surfaces.
Cyborg Score Rationale
Expel demonstrates strong market positioning as a unicorn-backed MDR leader with substantial funding, proven platform capabilities, industry recognition from Forrester, and a growing team. Recent leadership additions and partner awards signal operational maturity and market momentum, though private status and undisclosed revenue limit complete visibility.
Top Insights
Expel is included in CB Insights' Unicorns collection as a billion-dollar private startup.
The company has raised $288.8M across multiple funding rounds including Series E-II.
Expel employs 484 people as of 2026.
Expel Workbench automates detection, response and remediation across cloud infrastructure, endpoints, networks, Kubernetes and SaaS applications.
Named Competitors
Secureworks — Enterprise MDR and threat intelligence services
Managed Detection and Response — Endpoint security and MDR platform
Trustwave Managed Security — Managed security services and consulting
Managed Detection and Response — Identity access management and threat detection
Managed Detection and Response — Cloud-native security and MDR platform
Recent Developments
(February 2026) Expel announced its second annual Partner of the Year Awards, honoring technology and service leaders in security operations.
(Q1 2025) Named a Leader in Forrester Wave™: Managed Detection and Response Services with superior scores across 15 of 21 evaluation criteria.
(April 2025) Appointed Scott Fuselier as Chief Revenue Officer to accelerate business momentum and drive next-stage revenue growth.
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