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F-Secure Total vs Malwarebytes comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

F-Secure Total
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Anti-Malware Tools (12th), Office 365 Protection (8th)
Malwarebytes
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (15th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Endpoint Security solutions, they serve different purposes. F-Secure Total is designed for Anti-Malware Tools and holds a mindshare of 6.8%, up 2.0% compared to last year.
Malwarebytes, on the other hand, focuses on Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP), holds 1.9% mindshare, up 1.6% since last year.
Anti-Malware Tools
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

MS
Easy to setup and stable solution
It's a good product for us. The reports and notifications are very good for us.  There is room for improvement in pricing.  In future releases, I would like to see improvements in EDR protection.  So, the only thing that I would like to see in the future is EDR protection and a lower price for…
George Tsepelis - PeerSpot reviewer
A highly stable and easy-to-deploy product that keeps organizations safe
The product keeps our company safe Recently, a user tried to open an unsafe link, and Malwarebytes stopped them. They kept trying and trying, but they could not open it. Later, it turned out to be a fake Microsoft account. So far, we have faced no issues with the product. It is doing what it…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's a good product for us. The reports and notifications are very good for us."
"The installation process is very easy, especially since it is on the cloud."
"The behavior-based detection is very nice, and it combats zero-day threats by looking for anomalous behaviors."
"It comprehensively finds and removes malicious software."
"When it comes to frontend protections, it has some of the best definitions. In addition, they do traditional signature and heuristic detection a lot better than Microsoft and some other players in that space."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to customize for different groups."
"The technical support services are good."
"I was very satisfied with Malwarebytes in terms of its antivirus abilities."
"Malwarebytes is a comprehensive solution for keeping endpoints safe and secure from intruders, viruses, malware and so on."
 

Cons

"I would like to see in the future is EDR protection and a lower price for F-Secure Total."
"Requires increased efficiency in terms of detecting false positives."
"The interface could be improved. Currently, you need to really dig around to find the elements you need."
"The free version is effective, however, the paid version is pricey compared to it."
"They should make it faster, less taxing on the processor."
"Malwarebytes is not there in the reports from Gartner or IDC...If we look at the market trends and the industry, most customers look at Gartner's reports to identify whether a product is a leader, challenger, or a big product, depending on which they choose."
"Notifications are lacking."
"The product could be improved in blocking malicious traffic, such as communication with known malicious IP addresses."
"The product has major problems in almost every facet of setup and use including setup, configuration, lack of functionality, lack of stability, false positives, questionable reporting, inability to protect from randsomeware and poor technical support and development."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We can easily scale and improve security, but the cost is high for us."
"The licensing is per seat, with clients being a little less expensive than servers. If we need more licenses, we can accomplish that within a day. As Malwarebytes adds new features to their product, such as DNS filtering and a patching module, they want to charge us more even though we're a premium user, which isn't ideal."
"It is really expensive. We've got between 30 and 40 licenses every year, and for the number of licenses that we have, we're finding that Malwarebytes on average costs between $900 and $1,000 more per year than comparable options. We're paying about $3,300 per year for these licenses. There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the product's pricing a seven."
"I would say that it's affordable. It costs much less than Sentinel One, CrowdStrike, or anything of that nature. But, at the same time, you are getting what you pay for. So I would say it's one of the best when you're comparing traditional NextGen AVs like Webroot that aren't the best in the bunch."
"I rate the tool's pricing a five out of ten."
"Malwarebytes is a cost-effective product."
"The price of Malwarebytes is in the middle range compared to other vendors."
"The cost may be something in the ballpark of $20-25 a year per computer."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
29%
Computer Software Company
20%
Non Profit
6%
Media Company
5%
Computer Software Company
14%
University
12%
Government
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about F-Secure Total?
It's a good product for us. The reports and notifications are very good for us.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F-Secure Total?
The product is expensive for us. We pay a little fee for the vendor data systems in some cases.
What needs improvement with F-Secure Total?
There is room for improvement in pricing. In future releases, I would like to see improvements in EDR protection. So, the only thing that I would like to see in the future is EDR protection and a l...
What do you like most about Malwarebytes?
Ten times a day, improved signatures will be downloaded, so it is very up-to-date in terms of malware experience.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Malwarebytes?
I really hate the automatic rebilling without officially confirming it with me. It's an annoyance and they should at least confirm with me, like a month before they bill me.
What needs improvement with Malwarebytes?
It takes up too much space when it's trying to run in the background.
 

Also Known As

F-Secure Elements for Microsoft 365
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