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Bitdefender Security for AWS vs ESET Endpoint Protection Platform comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Bitdefender Security for AWS
Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools
28th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ESET Endpoint Protection Pl...
Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
103
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (16th), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (19th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Anti-Malware Tools category, the mindshare of Bitdefender Security for AWS is 1.1%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is 2.3%, down from 4.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Anti-Malware Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
ESET Endpoint Protection Platform2.3%
Bitdefender Security for AWS1.1%
Other96.6%
Anti-Malware Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Abhimanyu Das - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Associate at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Policy tuning has improved cloud threat detection while rule creation still needs simplification
Bitdefender Security for AWS provides an agent-based solution that combines antivirus, endpoint detection and response and behavioral detection to reduce the risk of compromised production servers. One of the best features of Bitdefender Security for AWS is its protection for EC2 workloads. It offers centralized management from a single console, allowing users to manage policies, deployments, and visibility across all AWS platforms. This centralized approach simplifies administration and improves efficiency. The anti-malware and behavioral detection features are robust. For both Windows and Linux EC2 instances, Bitdefender provides strong detection capabilities against both known and unknown threats, helping to minimize false positives and accurately identify true positives. It also supports offloading scans to optimize performance. Bitdefender Security for AWS helps secure servers running in AWS while reducing CPU and I/O consumption. Managing physical servers is often more complex since it may require additional hardware, such as memory expansions or system extensions, to maintain performance. In contrast, AWS environments benefit from Bitdefender’s optimized performance, resulting in lower CPU and memory usage, as well as better handling of I/O loads. From a security standpoint, this solution allows for easier management even under high resource consumption. Because it operates within AWS, performance remains stable, making it a reliable and efficient choice for cloud-based security operations.
MS
Owner at Online IT
Cloud-based protection has simplified daily client support and keeps threats under control
The problems that we are facing with policy adoption include slow adoption, as it takes more than five minutes to adopt policy on client computers. ESET Network Attack Protection sometimes helps in reducing network-level intrusions, but sometimes it prevents local devices on the network, which are well-known and good devices, from being recognized, treating them as a threat. So it requires more administration than usual. ESET could implement a good solution for remote support in ESET Endpoint Protection Platform for improvement in the future. Since you have the cloud console, ESET could have something similar to AnyDesk or TeamViewer, but from ESET.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best features of Bitdefender Security for AWS are its EC2 workloads, called elastic compute cloud, which provide a solution from a single console to manage policy, deployment, and visibility across all platforms and across all AWS, so it was easy that way and it was good."
"The protection that it provides is valuable because the biggest problem that people and companies have been seeing in the last two or three years is scams and everything like that."
"ESET Endpoint Security's best feature is that it's invisible until it detects a problem."
"ESET provides good protection."
"What is great about ESET is the ERA Web Console through which we can pull various reports, monitor and administer all clients and servers, and the console is easy to use."
"We use ESET, which is pretty much perfect for us. It is also absolutely simple and automatic once setup."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"Installing and integrating ESET Endpoint Antivirus was easy. It prevents worms, malware, and Trojans."
"ESET Endpoint Security’s most valuable feature is the management console."
"Easy to use security solution, helps to secure connected devices against viruses in the digital world."
 

Cons

"I remember when they first pushed it to the DBM server, my backup server at the time, it caused a lot of issues because they were supposed to exclude all the folders that they were backing up to and had the storage. I got hold of the security group and asked them to uninstall it. We uninstalled it, ran a script, and then it fixed the problem."
"For a small industry, it will be fine, but when you are initiating Bitdefender Security for AWS in a large-scale environment, you need careful planning and tuning with policy tuning, and in a large scale, it will be difficult."
"Sometimes, ESET sends alerts within my own network that cause confusion. That is, it might warn about contamination, or that the VM has crashed, but it doesn't go further than that. It just shows me the alert and sometimes I am not sure what to do about it."
"I would like them to use AI features to do preventative virus protection."
"The interface is good. However, it could always be better. It could be more user-friendly."
"I think that ESET is a little too heavy on the CPU."
"ESET Endpoint Antivirus can improve by having better EDR intelligence and automation. The EDR still needs lots of human interpretation. It can be better if add more intelligence to the EDR part of the endpoint protection."
"ESET Endpoint Antivirus could improve the mobile device experience by having more coverage."
"On the solution's website, it is sometimes difficult to figure out how to download the exact product associated with your purchased license."
"I'm unsure as to if they could actually support a large enterprise."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It was included in the account that we had. We didn't have to pay for it."
"I rate the product's price as seven or eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"The cost is a very reasonable. When compared with other products, the price is low (though not very low)."
"It is not expensive, but it is also not inexpensive."
"The price could be lower, but it's comparable, as other solutions have a similar price for the same effect."
"For 200 or so users, it might cost around $10,000 or so. That is for a first-time purchase. A renewal may come in at $7,000 to $8,000, or around 20% to 30% less. This is a rough estimate of what to expect."
"Currently, we are running on a three-year license. The pricing might be around $20,000. There aren't any costs above the standard licensing fee."
"Its price is fair. If we compare it with any other retail product, it is a little harder to compete with."
"As is the general rule with anything, the solution could be cheaper."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Comms Service Provider
16%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business68
Midsize Enterprise18
Large Enterprise21
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bitdefender Security for AWS?
Pricing was pretty straightforward and wallet friendly. We went with the pay-as-you-go model through AWS Marketplace, basically charged per EC2 instance per hour, no big upfront fees or anything. F...
What needs improvement with Bitdefender Security for AWS?
For a small industry, it may work fine. However, when implementing Bitdefender Security for AWS in a large-scale environment, you need to handle things very carefully. Proper planning and policy tu...
What advice do you have for others considering Bitdefender Security for AWS?
When I joined the project, it was already in place. I didn’t review what had been implemented previously or what was new. However, what I observed is that, from a policy perspective, the process of...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ESET LiveGuard Advanced?
I would rate ESET Endpoint Protection Platform a five for pricing on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is cheap and 10 is expensive.
What needs improvement with ESET LiveGuard Advanced?
The problems that we are facing with policy adoption include slow adoption, as it takes more than five minutes to adopt policy on client computers. ESET Network Attack Protection sometimes helps in...
What is your primary use case for ESET LiveGuard Advanced?
We are a company that provides IT support to clients, so we use ESET Endpoint Protection Platform every day. Currently, we are not partners because we have great local support from the company that...
 

Also Known As

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Smart Security, ESET PROTECT Advanced, ESET LiveGuard Advanced, ESET PROTECT Platform
 

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Sample Customers

Archdiocese, Northstar, SeSa, W&W Informatik, Yamaha Motor Europe
ERSTE Group Bank, Miller Solutions, Wesleyan University, The Hospital Center of Luxembourg, Deer Valley USD, SPAR, Industrial Federal Credit Union, Honda, City Hall of Palmela, Hays CISD, Lester B Pearson School Board
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