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Avanan vs Trellix DLP comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
8.4
Avanan improved email security, reduced phishing, increased user trust, enhanced mobile protection, and boosted ROI and revenue growth.
Sentiment score
8.0
Trellix DLP offers enhanced security, significant cost savings, 20% ROI, and increased popularity due to its McAfee transition.
The benefits our customers see from using Trellix DLP include cost reduction, given its competitive pricing in India.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.1
Avanan's customer service is highly responsive, professional, and proactive, with excellent communication and extensive support staff knowledge.
Sentiment score
6.5
Trellix DLP support is generally satisfactory but affected by rebranding issues, regional variations, and delays, especially during night hours.
The support from both the vendor and Trellix is excellent.
When trying to call the Trellix support number, it takes around one hour for someone to pick up the call.
Trellix's technical support deserves a perfect rating, and I would rate it ten out of ten compared to other solutions.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Avanan integrates with Office 365 and Google, praised for scalability, admin capabilities, and efficient email protection across diverse organizations.
Sentiment score
7.7
Trellix DLP is scalable and adaptable, favored in cloud and on-premises setups for growing infrastructure needs.
Trellix DLP is very scalable, especially with the cloud version as everything is managed in the cloud.
I would rate the scalability of Trellix DLP between eight to nine out of ten.
It's a bit of a fallback, and I know they are working on improving scalability.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
Avanan is highly praised for its stability, efficiency, security, minimal maintenance, seamless Microsoft 365 integration, and reliable AI-based scanning.
Sentiment score
8.0
Trellix DLP is stable on Windows but faces inconsistencies on Mac OS; cloud provisioning minimizes concerns.
With the move to cloud provisioning, that is not a big problem anymore due to scalability on Trellix's side.
Product stability is not a major concern; I would rate it 99% stable.
The agents are the main issue as they can behave inconsistently across different versions of operating systems.
 

Room For Improvement

Users feel Avanan needs improvements in Active Directory dependency, email quarantining, AI logic, training, UI, performance, pricing, mobile app, and integrations.
Trellix DLP requires better support, enhanced UI, compatibility, cloud integration, machine learning, and efficient policy application.
Having someone within a region who understands the countries and how they approach data and information security is sometimes where the problem lies.
Improved compatibility with Mac OS is needed due to ineffective policy applications.
Azure does not have LDAP, and we cannot integrate with the on-premises solution.
 

Setup Cost

Avanan provides flexible pricing for Office 365, with straightforward setup and costs between $4 to $8 per user.
Trellix DLP pricing is user-dependent, device-based, and considered reasonable, but can be high due to currency conversion.
It used to be in the middle, tending towards the high end, especially in South Africa, where we need to convert from dollars to rands, making things very expensive quickly.
The solution is currently affordable and not considered expensive.
 

Valuable Features

Avanan provides advanced malware and phishing detection, 24/7 cloud protection, easy integration with Microsoft 365, and ensures secure communications.
Trellix DLP offers advanced data protection with templates, centralized management, comprehensive security features, and compliance tools, enhancing system management.
Additionally, it supports integration with third-party solutions and agents, providing a versatile and user-friendly management experience.
These features are very useful for protecting company confidential data from being copied to another remote location or other sites.
Trellix products are manageable through a centralized control center, meeting requirements from frameworks like PCI DSS.
 

Categories and Ranking

Avanan
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
21st
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (16th)
Trellix DLP
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) category, the mindshare of Avanan is 1.2%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trellix DLP is 5.2%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
 

Featured Reviews

Robert Melendez - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhances email security and has a very simple and easy-to-use UI
Spam protection is the most valuable feature. We have implemented the tool to enhance our email security. It helps prevent phishing attacks. The anomaly detection capabilities are baked into the security platform. The product integrates wonderfully with Microsoft 365. It's built right on a cloud platform and works almost natively. The solution has a very simple and easy-to-use UI. The tool appears extremely powerful and has a good solid feature set. It catches things that are bad for my environment. The user interface is good the way it is. If the solution continues down that path, I see no problems with the way it is going. It feels like a mature product.
GANESAN K - PeerSpot reviewer
Distributors highly benefit from advanced data monitoring and seamless integration features
The Machine Learning capability could be improved, particularly in data discovery. When given sensitive data expressions, the system retrieves files that are not always related. The system should adhere strictly to the given expression rather than just focusing on keywords within the expression. In endpoint features, while the detection rate is good, there could be improvements in remediation and rollback solutions during attacks. Other solutions now include such options since providing 100% security is impossible. The flexibility varies across environments. Enterprise customers find the product performs well without affecting their data, with scans running as scheduled. However, SMB customers experience some performance issues during scanning. Since EDR is integrated, users must access the EDR console to check endpoint detections. It would be beneficial if this functionality were incorporated within the EPO console, as the current threat graphs link doesn't display endpoint threat graphs.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Educational Organization
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Avanan?
Spam protection is the most valuable feature.
What needs improvement with Avanan?
Avanan doesn't cover certain tool segments. Barracuda provides backup and retention of emails and Microsoft 365’s backup and retention services. I've brought this up with the vendor. They told me t...
What do you like most about Trellix?
Trellix can transfer the data through the cloud. The storage device control is an important feature.
What needs improvement with Trellix?
Technical support for Trellix DLP could be better as we are using multiple types of DLP solutions, such as Forcepoint, Proofpoint, and Trellix. Currently, we don't have any knowledge of the advance...
What advice do you have for others considering Trellix?
I have no knowledge about what improvements could be made in Trellix DLP. There is nothing connected with AI at this time. I rate this product as ten points.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Bethel School District, ServiceSource, Capital Caring
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