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F-Secure Total vs MetaDefender Drive comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

F-Secure Total
Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools
19th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Office 365 Protection (9th)
MetaDefender Drive
Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools
63rd
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Anti-Malware Tools category, the mindshare of F-Secure Total is 2.9%, down from 5.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MetaDefender Drive is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Anti-Malware Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
F-Secure Total2.9%
MetaDefender Drive0.5%
Other96.6%
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Featured Reviews

MS
Computer Scientist at Comune di Eraclea
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…
Jasmit Singh Juneja - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO & Technology Specialist at Karman Infotech Private Limited
Advanced threat scanning has strengthened endpoint security but reporting and hardware reliability still need improvement
The multi-scanning engines feature helps to manage threats effectively.MetaDefender Drive has the same multi-scanning platform as the Opswat endpoint and MFP. The difference is that you will not get as many antimalware engines compared to other solutions, but the main functionality of MetaDefender Drive is to detect threats from your endpoint.Content Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR) works on endpoints, but people typically do not use it for data at rest since the data is not in transit and remains on the asset. It is difficult to define a policy or determine what to sanitize and what not to sanitize. Overall, MetaDefender Drive is widely used for threat prevention with multi-scanning and vulnerability scanning.

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."
"MetaDefender Drive is beneficial for organizations where vendors need to be prevented from supply chain attacks."
 

Cons

"I would like to see in the future is EDR protection and a lower price for F-Secure Total."
"MetaDefender Drive is not particularly stable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We can easily scale and improve security, but the cost is high for us."
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Top Industries

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Comms Service Provider
26%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Healthcare Company
5%
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What needs improvement with MetaDefender Drive?
MetaDefender Drive needs to be more flexible for reporting and administrative purposes. While the operation is straightforward, MetaDefender Drive is not flexible enough in meeting organizational n...
What is your primary use case for MetaDefender Drive?
MetaDefender Drive's main use case is to scan endpoints for threats with multi-scanning and vulnerability detection across Linux, Mac, or Windows operating systems.MetaDefender Drive is beneficial ...
What advice do you have for others considering MetaDefender Drive?
MetaDefender Drive is a hardware device designed for scanning laptops and assets at rest for threats, not for file transfer purposes. I am not working on forensic analysis on storage devices. The o...
 

Also Known As

F-Secure Elements for Microsoft 365
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Sample Customers

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Sophos, IBM, American express, bmc, DISA
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