We performed a comparison between McAfee Complete Data Protection and Microsoft BitLocker based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: McAfee Complete Data Protection wins out in this comparison. It has impressive security features, is easy to deploy and use, and has superior customer support. One area where Microsoft BitLocker does come out on top is in the pricing category.
"With this solution, the device control is more reliable and more stable."
"In the configuration, you can restrict a user from accessing a removable drive."
"Reporting and encryption are its most valuable features."
"The solution is excellent for protecting users from data being exploited. It's also great for preventing data leakage."
"It works seamlessly as long as it's well configured and the policies have been put properly."
"The server software console is exquisitely designed and organized for handy access and manipulation by the administrator."
"All of the Complete Data products are valuable."
"Complete Data Protection lets us define roles in our data products. It helps us identify something suspicious on the client's device."
"Microsoft BitLocker's most valuable features are stability and simplicity in terms of usage."
"The most valuable feature is the TPM (Trusted Platform Module), which makes the PC security stronger because somebody who is not from the team cannot access the PC without the decryption PIN."
"You can do a silent remote deployment very fast."
"I like the fact that you can get a BitLocker encryption key out of OneDrive."
"I like BitLocker because it gives us strong encryption to protect our data."
"The solution has a feature that automatically asks the users to upgrade their password once we set up the process."
"The platform provides good performance."
"It's a straightforward solution for encryption."
"As a new technology, it does need to grow."
"The disk encryption can be improved."
"In terms of where the solution could improve, it could integrate with network solutions for ADTs, email web gateways and discovery."
"There are some features that do not work with Mac."
"The solution needs a next generation or AI firewall that doesn't rely on signatures to detect traits."
"There's a limited coverage of operating systems. The marketing strategies need to change drastically."
"The drive side encryption can be confusing to use and needs better documentation."
"The price could be improved."
"If integration with Active Directory are not mandatory for him, I think that there are many other solutions in the market that equal or are much stronger than Microsoft."
"It's possible that the time it takes to pull items in to BitLocker could be reduced a bit."
"The solution should offer encryption for other items such as shared folders, removable media, etc."
"In future releases, I would like to see a feature where I can have a view of each device that has BitLocker to see if these machines are encrypted or not. So, I just want a view or a dashboard that can tell us so that I can remediate and add BitLocker to those systems or devices."
"BitLocker should be available on standard Windows. We need to spend money on a Pro license to get BitLocker because it's essential to protect our customers' data. We don't want that to fall into the wrong hands."
"I would recommend BitLocker only because of the economic side, not the technical side. If the features were included in the already existing licenses I would use it. If not, I would recommend other products."
"The customizations could be more flexible."
"The reporting in Microsoft is very minimal."
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McAfee Complete Data Protection is ranked 5th in Endpoint Encryption with 32 reviews while Microsoft BitLocker is ranked 1st in Endpoint Encryption with 61 reviews. McAfee Complete Data Protection is rated 7.8, while Microsoft BitLocker is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of McAfee Complete Data Protection writes "Bandwidth is reduced and online protection does a good job of identifying traits". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft BitLocker writes "A solution that prevents unauthorized access and goes beyond security measures to provide protection to its users". McAfee Complete Data Protection is most compared with Symantec Endpoint Encryption, Cisco Secure Endpoint and Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, whereas Microsoft BitLocker is most compared with ESET Endpoint Encryption, Symantec Endpoint Encryption, Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, WinMagic SecureDoc and Sophos SafeGuard. See our McAfee Complete Data Protection vs. Microsoft BitLocker report.
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