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We performed a comparison between Azure DDoS Protection and Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Microsoft Security Suite solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Azure DDoS Protection vs. Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"Azure DDoS Protection offers superior protection against denial-of-service attacks.""The most valuable feature of Azure DDoS Protection is that it performs well.""This solution is the best option for us because we use a lot of Microsoft products. So, it is easy for us to deploy or integrate any features or products.""DDoS Protection is simple to deploy and integrates seamlessly with the Azure environment. Ease of deployment is a crucial feature for us.""The most important feature is that the solution continuously monitors traffic by inbuilt rules to identify preconfigured attacks.""I like the user interface, documentation, and support. Azure DDoS Protection is one of the most valuable solutions for any endpoint that is publicly reachable through the internet. It will automatically secure all your endpoints from third-party attacks, cyber attacks, or phishing attacks."

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"The product’s most valuable features are compliance, recommendations, and inventories.""The solution is up-to-date and helps prevent zero-day attacks.""One valuable feature is the Microsoft Security Scorecard.""The product's stability is very high...The scalability of the product is amazing.""The solution helps identify threats and vulnerabilities."

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Cons
"The UI needs to be improved.""The reporting aspect and dashboard management monitoring need improvement.""Sometimes, it is hard for our staff to keep track of changes (in the GUI) between different projects, because there are constant changes. As a result, it is hard to manage, recall, and see all the features because they have been moved from one place to another.""The implementation of Azure DDoS Protection results in a decrease in our bandwidth capacity and should be optimized to reduce resource consumption.""Azure DDoS Protection could improve on the reporting.""The visibility could be better. We would like to have better metrics, so we could see all the information in a central place."

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"Integration can be improved.""It is challenging to extract and customize reports from the system.""The technical support takes too much time to resolve tickets.""The setup phase of the product is not that easy and needs a person to have a certain level of expertise.""The general support could be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "You can test it for a certain period of time free of charge. You can have a free account. You can test it to compare its pros and cons with other products that you are testing."
  • "The pricing is quite high. It is a monthly subscription that costs about $2,000 per month, depending on the user sizes."
  • "The pricing is good but is not the best. It could be improved so that middle-sized organizations, such as startups, can benefit from it."
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  • "The product’s pricing is medium."
  • "The licensing model follows a per-user per-month structure."
  • "I rate the product's price a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."
  • "The tool is a bit costly."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Azure DDoS Protection offers superior protection against denial-of-service attacks.
    Top Answer:The pricing is straightforward. We enable DDoS Protection for our entire subscription. Anything with a public IP that is exposed is protected, and we don't have to do anything else.
    Top Answer:The implementation of Azure DDoS Protection results in a decrease in our bandwidth capacity and should be optimized to reduce resource consumption. I would like to have an analytic dashboard for… more »
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    Overview

    Azure DDoS Protection, combined with application design best practices, provides defense against DDoS attacks.

    To learn more about our solution, ask questions, and share feedback, join our Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Community.

    Defender Vulnerability Management delivers asset visibility, intelligent assessments, and built-in remediation tools for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and network devices. Leveraging Microsoft threat intelligence, breach likelihood predictions, business contexts, and devices assessments, Defender Vulnerability Management rapidly and continuously prioritizes the biggest vulnerabilities on your most critical assets and provides security recommendations to mitigate risk.

    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Government8%
    Comms Service Provider7%
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government10%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise60%
    Buyer's Guide
    Azure DDoS Protection vs. Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Azure DDoS Protection vs. Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Azure DDoS Protection is ranked 18th in Microsoft Security Suite with 6 reviews while Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management is ranked 27th in Microsoft Security Suite with 5 reviews. Azure DDoS Protection is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Azure DDoS Protection writes "It's simple to deploy and integrates seamlessly with the Azure environment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management writes "The vulnerability assessment is very accurate because it runs directly into the vulnerability database". Azure DDoS Protection is most compared with Azure Firewall, Azure Front Door, AWS Shield, Cloudflare and Arbor DDoS, whereas Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Tenable Nessus, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management and Microsoft Sentinel. See our Azure DDoS Protection vs. Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management report.

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