Bitdefender GravityZone Enterprise Security vs Microsoft Defender for Endpoint comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiEDR
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Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (12th)
Bitdefender GravityZone Ent...
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (28th), Virtualization Security (4th)
Microsoft Defender for Endp...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
182
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (1st), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (2nd), Anti-Malware Tools (1st), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (6th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the market share of Fortinet FortiEDR is 5.0% and it increased by 36.2% compared to the previous year. The market share of Bitdefender GravityZone Enterprise Security is 0.8% and it decreased by 14.5% compared to the previous year. The market share of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is 12.6% and it decreased by 23.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
Unique Categories:
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
7.4%
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
4.1%
Anti-Malware Tools
23.2%
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2166780 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 10, 2024
Offers behavior analysis, improved our endpoint security posture but a lot of false positives where things are incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow
I would like to improve the integration process because a big selling point was the ease of integration within the Fortinet ecosystem. I would expect more built-in collaboration to allow for easier threat mitigation across Fortinet systems. The strength of FortiEDR lies in its overall ability to protect us from new threats. We have encountered issues with it as well. We've had a lot of false positives; things incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow. Even worse, after we allow a legitimate program, it sometimes gets flagged again after an update. This has caused a lot of extra work for my team. I would like to see improved heuristics so the system better understands what's legitimate and doesn't keep blocking it after minor updates.
PE
Apr 4, 2023
Highly stable, easy to configure and deploy solution
We use Bitdefender GravityZone Enterprise Security as our complete suite for endpoint protection. It is very easy to configure and deploy The solution has helped us control access to Internet sites and complete tasks efficiently. The most valuable feature of GravityZone for us is its ease of…
AP
Nov 28, 2023
Works very well with the Microsoft ecosystem and helps to stop threats at the source
The product itself does not necessarily need improvement, but the support and implementation of the product are the disaster cases. Instead of being able to go back to Microsoft and ask how to do something, we have to work with a vendor who does not exactly know how to do that and has to go to Microsoft to say, "How do we do this?" so that they can answer our questions. There are a lot of things in relation to various compliance standards such as CIS. The primary levels of support of Microsoft do not know or cannot implement that. Working through vendors is time-consuming. It is a painful process to get back to them to get the answers.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"Forensics is a valuable feature of Fortinet FortiEDR."
"We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"I get alerts when scripts are detected in the environment."
"This is stable and scalable."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great."
"Fortinet FortiEDR made our clients feel secure and more at ease, knowing that they had an EDR solution that would close the gap in their security posture."
"The solution is very scalable."
"The installation is easy and it takes approximately a few hours. We are deploying it from a Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) tool. All you need to do is click on it and the installation is complete."
"I like its unified interface, which also helps you scan Outlook email, for example. Multiple products can be standardized across endpoints or the EDR solution, and the integrations with SIEMs."
"Virus scan and the ability to remotely install are valuable features. Being able to manage everything in one place and set different policies and rules for different computer types are very useful features. It also has ransomware protection. It is very simple to use, and it is very effective."
"Protection is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the IDS."
"What I appreciate most about Bitdefender are its web content filtering, blocking malicious sites, and its ability to thwart brute force attacks on open ports."
"You will always have a backup copy of any policy the Bitdefender user defines."
"The most valuable feature is ransomware protection, which can detect malicious activity from IPs or a malicious payload in DLLs, or other things that can corrupt the system."
"The intelligence mechanisms are good."
"The virus scanning capability is excellent, and it feeds all the logs into the Microsoft 365 Defender portal, making them easy to search for."
"This software is easy to use."
"It is stable and easy to use. Everything is okay, and there are no performance issues."
"The solution's latest features for threat analysis are updated to provide us with future protection against the latest threats worldwide."
"I like the fact that it has the ransomware solution in there. I'm glad that the ransomware solution is built into it. That's probably the biggest thing that I see in Microsoft Defender."
"It is already integrated with Windows 10, so you don't need to worry about that."
 

Cons

"The solution is not user-friendly."
"The amount of usage, the number of details we get, or the number of options that can be tweaked is limited in comparison to that with other EDR solutions"
"We've had a lot of false positives; things incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow. Even worse, after we allow a legitimate program, it sometimes gets flagged again after an update. This has caused a lot of extra work for my team."
"We'd like to see more one-to-one product presentations for the distribution channels."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"There are compatibility concerns as Bitdefender does not support Windows 7."
"Sometimes the response from Technical Support takes more time than usual because level three support is not in Brazil."
"The price has increased marginally recently and I would prefer if they didn't raise rates."
"Bitdefender GravityZone Enterprise Security could improve the RDP, I have problems sometimes."
"My main concern is that it's a bit heavy for some devices. Like Kaspersky or McAfee, it uses more RAM or memory. Similar to that, it causes issues for users and their own resources, similar to that. If you deploy on old legacy devices with only 1GB of RAM, then it could be a problem."
"We had experienced a crash and had to reinstall it."
"Potential areas for improvement could be more accessible and immediate support for critical situations, especially considering the regulatory challenges in healthcare."
"The live monitoring service from Bitdefender's center is expensive and has room for improvement."
"The solution could be even more secure and provide an even higher level of security."
"It could be easier when it comes to managing exceptions."
"At times, the other antivirus products are now doing AI, in terms of understanding the behavior of the system and determining when there's an anomaly. This is something that Defender can improve on."
"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint could improve by providing more user-friendly dashboards. They may be complicated for some."
"There are alternative solutions that offer a greater range of dashboard insights when compared to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint."
"We would like to see more tools for managing on-premises security... Sometimes, we have the tools, like Defender, to manage security in the cloud, but because we are so focused on the cloud, we forget the fact that we need to be sure about the security of the on-premises environment, specifically Active Directory."
"Some integration components for Mac should be added. We use both Windows 10 desktops and Mac desktops, but presently, the Mac component is still lagging a bit behind."
"On the Mac OS platform, there is no parity between Windows and Mac OS. The solution is very feature-rich and very well-integrated into Windows, and I guess baked into Windows 10 and Windows 11. Whereas, on the Mac OS platform, there is still some work there to give it a more feature-reach platform."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are no issues with the pricing."
"The hardware costs about €100,000 and about €20,000 annually for access."
"Offered at a high price"
"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
"It's not cheap, but it's not expensive either."
"I'm not familiar with pricing, but it looks a bit costly compared to other vendors I think."
"It is expensive and I would rate it 8 on the scale."
"The price is comprable to other endpoint security solutions."
"In India, licensing is based on annual contracts. It's not extremely expensive, but not the cheapest either. I'd rate it somewhere around seven or eight out of ten."
"We pay for an annual license which is affordable."
"Its price has gone up since our last renewal. My renewal fee has gone from $517.99 in 2018 for 3 years to $739.99 when it renews this year in July. I love the product, but a price increase of over 40% is a bit exorbitant."
"The solution is reasonable and is nominally priced in accordance with the features that offer to the market."
"We purchase the solution for three or five-year intervals. We paid approximately $150 for 10 to 15 users."
"The general basic price is roughly $1.20 for a license with Bitdefender."
"The license is yearly."
"The licensing costs can vary."
"When compared with other vendors, the pricing is very high."
"Licenses depend upon what you are looking for and what kind of security do you want to implement. There are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees. When we used to buy Symantec, we used to spend on 100 licenses. We used to spend approximately $2,700 for those many licenses, and they came in packs. To add one more license, I had to buy a pack with a minimum of 10 licenses. I had to spend on nine extra licenses because I can't get a single license, whereas when we go for Microsoft, we can get as many licenses as we want. If I have 100 users today, and tomorrow, I have 90 users, I can release my 10 licenses next month. With any other software vendor, you buy licenses for one year, and you have to stick with that. If today you have 100 licenses, and tomorrow, you have 50, you have already paid for one year's license. You can't go back and tell them that I don't require these 50 licenses because I have lost my 50 users, but with Microsoft Defender, licensing is on a monthly basis. It gives you both options. You can go yearly and save on it, or you can go monthly. You will, again, save on it. It is very fair everywhere."
"You don't need to worry about the renewal and purchase of antivirus products. It is bundled with Windows 10, so you don't need to worry about separately purchasing any antiviruses."
"The cost is high for E5 licenses, but if we go with the E3 license, most of the features are not covered."
"There are different licenses, such as E3 and E5."
"The solutions price could be cheaper."
"For me, the pricing is very good, but for management it's very expensive. Other solutions are less expensive. But when I present all the information and all the reports they say, "Well, it's expensive, but the cost-benefit is very good.""
"It is so expensive. It isn't cheaper than McAfee or other solutions."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Educational Organization
22%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What's the difference between Fortinet's FortiEDR and FortiClient?
I suggest Fortinet’s FortiEDR over FortiClient for several reasons. For starters, FortiEDR guarantees solid protectio...
What do you like most about Fortinet FortiEDR?
We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiEDR?
We license it per employee, so as long as the employee count remains the same, the licensing won't change. We have it...
What do you like most about Bitdefender GravityZone Enterprise Security?
It is perfectly stable. We haven't received any complaints from customers regarding stability or performance. It's be...
How is Cortex XDR compared with Microsoft Defender?
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-delivered endpoint security solution. The tool reduces the attack surface,...
Which offers better endpoint security - Symantec or Microsoft Defender?
We use Symantec because we do not use MS Enterprise products, but in my opinion, Microsoft Defender is a superior sol...
How does Microsoft Defender for Endpoint compare with Crowdstrike Falcon?
The CrowdStrike solution delivers a lot of information about incidents. It has a very light sensor that will never pu...
 

Also Known As

enSilo, FortiEDR
Bitdefender GravityZone Security for Virtualized Environments, GravityZone Security for Virtualized Environments
Microsoft Defender ATP, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, MS Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender Antivirus
 

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Sample Customers

Financial, Healthcare, Legal, Technology, Enterprise, Manufacturing ... 
SambaSafety, Morefield Communications, Northstar Ltd., Citrix, Greenman-Pedersen
Petrofrac, Metro CSG, Christus Health
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