Sentinel vs. The Alternatives

You don't need another app.
You need someone watching.

What DIY tools, your assistant, and your firm's IT guy actually cover — vs. what Sentinel covers.

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The comparison

12 things your security actually requires

Task DIY
1Password + iCloud + Ring
Personal Assistant Firm IT /
Family Office Tech
Sentinel
Password vault setup & rotation 1Password handles this well ✓ partial Knows it exists, not your exposure Only covers work accounts
Breach monitoring 24/7 ✓ partial You must remember to check Not their domain No home breach coverage
2FA hardening across all accounts ✓ partial Tools exist; compliance is on you Training issue, not their lane Work accounts only
Dark-web exposure checks ✓ partial HIBP available; no remediation plan
Smart home network segmentation ✓ partial UniFi/Eero setup is DIY; gaps compound Doesn't cover home IoT
Kids' device parental controls ✓ partial Screen Time / Bark exist; setup is on you Out of scope
Family photo backup off Big Tech ✓ partial Backblaze + NAS; no governance Not their function
Crypto wallet seed storage ✓ partial Ledger works; no recovery plan Too high-stakes for delegation
Hardware key provisioning ✓ partial You buy them; nobody provisions or audits
Digital estate inventory + beneficiary docs No tool handles succession Needs tech + legal translation ✓ partial Handles work accounts; not family tech
24/7 incident response You're on your own at 2am
Quarterly security review Nobody reviews their own setup No household accountability
Why the others fall short
The DIY Stack

Built for individuals, not households. When a breach hits at 2am, 1Password sends an alert — but no one's watching. You get a notification; you're on your own to figure out what to do next.

Your Personal Assistant

Trained to manage your calendar, not your attack surface. One phishing click on your behalf and the family is exposed. Their value is in execution, not in knowing what's actually at risk.

Firm IT / Family Office

Covers your work email. Not your spouse's iCloud, your kid's iPad, your Coinbase, or the Sonos hub leaking your home network. The scope is the office; the exposure is at home.

The real math

What this costs in your time

DIY stack — hours per year
~80h
Setup, maintenance, breach checks, firmware updates, password rotations, device hardening, router logs. At $500/hr opportunity cost that's $40,000/year.
Sentinel — hours per year
0h
One onboarding call. Then the concierge handles it. Passwords, monitoring, firmware, incident response, quarterly review — zero hours from you, ever.

Stop being your family's IT guy.

There's a version of this where someone else is awake at 2am when something's wrong.