FileAudit vs Trellix ESM comparison

IS Decisions and Trellix are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. IS Decisions is ranked #61, while Trellix is ranked #28 with an average rating of 8.0. IS Decisions holds a 0.6% mindshare in SIEM, compared to Trellix’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IS Decisions users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 76% of Trellix users who would recommend it.

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Trellix ESM

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76% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Trellix ESM and FileAudit are both solid options for enterprise security management. FileAudit seems to have the upper hand in feature richness and cost-efficiency, despite Trellix ESM's strong customer support.

Features: Trellix ESM offers comprehensive threat detection, robust incident response capabilities, and a strong support system. FileAudit provides detailed file auditing, easy-to-navigate reporting, and higher feature granularity valued by users.

Room for Improvement:Trellix ESM could enhance its integration capabilities with other security tools. Also, users find the alert system and advanced settings of FileAudit requiring improvement. Both can focus on their respective areas to upgrade user experience.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Trellix ESM is noted for its straightforward deployment process and exceptional customer service. FileAudit also offers an easy deployment but has mixed reviews regarding customer support responsiveness.

Pricing and ROI: Users state that Trellix ESM has a higher initial setup cost but provides significant ROI through enhanced security measures. FileAudit has a lower setup cost and offers compelling ROI through comprehensive auditing capabilities, making it more cost-efficient.

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Categories and Ranking

FileAudit

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

61st

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (55th)

Trellix ESM

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

28th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of FileAudit is 0.6%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trellix ESM is 1.2%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Trellix ESM	1.2%
FileAudit	0.6%
Other	98.2%

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AntoSebastin

Cyber Security Consultant - APAC at Logon Software

A scalable SIEM solution for monitoring a user's activity in the file server

The most valuable features of the solution are its quick and simple features related to advanced permissions for files, allowing for what permission needs to be granted to the users when it comes to the monitoring folder in the solution. If someone who has been denied permission to use a particular folder tries to go to that folder, then the administrator gets a notification. In general, the administrator can easily gather and maintain records if a person who has been denied permission to a particular confidential folder tries to access it.

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Mohit Dhingra

Senior Vice President IT at AS IT Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Offers comprehensive report generation while maintaining ease of integration

We need to improve Trellix ESM by making sure that most of the logging devices available in the global market should be covered, and if there is any device which is not covered, there should not be any additional charges for writing the custom parsers on that. We can add some new features regarding AI in the future for Trellix ESM, but the maturity will take a longer time. There are many false positives that happen in an environment during the first couple of months, or around six months, so the system analyst is not able to identify whether the event which has occurred is a true positive or a false positive.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"FileAudit has helped our client to bring order to the day-to-day management of these folders, through the use of information triggers that inform department managers of both file obsolescence and changes made by employees."

"Our customer acquires the complete report which is kept for future auditing purposes."

"It is a good and stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"Alerting upon file changes is the most valuable aspect of the product."

"Our customer acquires the complete report which is kept for future auditing purposes."

"McAfee is the right choice for a low-budget solution."

"It enables us to detect malicious threats, issues, or vulnerabilities in our network."

"VirusScan Enterprise provides protection against real-time malware attacks."

"The most valuable feature in ESM is its search and reporting feature. It's really nice."

"It blocks the things which are not to be allowed. It has an adaptive mode where it learns for itself."

"The most valuable features of McAfee ESM are intrusion detection, malware protection, and the device controller."

"The most valuable feature for us is that it comes with many correlations, reports, and dashboards already available, and it's also very easy to use."

"The most valuable feature is the correlation rules."

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Cons

"The updates management and central management console could be improved."

"Whenever someone cuts and paste, it shows as "file is deleted"."

"The DLP function, including installation of the agent on the workstation and controlling the DLP restrictions, are areas where the product lacks."

"Whenever someone cuts and paste, it shows as "file is deleted"."

"The updates management and central management console could be improved."

"It cannot integrate with our Next-Generation Firewall and few applications such as Cisco ACI."

"McAfee will fall back a little in this scenario because the cloud integrations aren't extensively available."

"Technical support for this product could be improved."

"The user interface could be more user-friendly."

"Product currently requires Flash."

"When it came to using the solution for a larger organization, we were faced with some troubles attempting to manage the GUI functionality."

"We acquired the IBM product because McAfee is slightly confusing to use, and it's broader."

"We are having trouble migrating our data sources from version 10 to version 11.2. We cannot add new data sources to the most recent version."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"FileAudit provides a trial license for 30 days, and after that, customers can choose between perpetual licensing or the annual-based licensing option offered by FileAudit."

"It is an inexpensive product. We purchase its yearly license."

"The price is good. It's moderate. We follow a pay-as-you-go model. There are different models available, and they can also be monthly. You can choose monthly or yearly. It's very flexible. If our existing customers exceed the current plan, you can just call McAfee and get it extended."

"The cost is all included. The finance department handles the financial part, and we mostly don't get involved in it."

"The cost is dependent on the customer's environment and requirements."

"Regarding pricing, Trellix ESM is not that expensive. It's less than half the cost of IBM QRadar."

"The price of McAfee ESM is higher than some of the other solutions. There are additional features that can be added at an additional fee."

"You should buy the distributed option instead of the all-in-one for environments with more than 1000 end points."

"When compared to IBM Security QRadar and other similar platforms, the pricing of McAfee ESM is reasonable and comparatively less expensive."

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Manager, Enterprise Risk Consulting at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Feb 26, 2015

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for McAfee ESM?

When discussing Trellix ESM pricing and licensing, if you consider some premium product, the pricing also has to be premium, however, enterprise customers who look for a premium product, alongside ...

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What needs improvement with McAfee ESM?

Areas of Trellix ESM that could be improved or enhanced include checking on the clients who are still on-prem, especially banks, as most are not moving everything to the cloud due to confidentialit...

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What is your primary use case for McAfee ESM?

My customer's usual use case for Trellix ESM involves one client, as most of the users have moved to ESM. Nowadays, they don't use IPS only, since McAfee IPS is standalone; they incorporate firewal...

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McAfee ESM, NitroSecurity, McAfee Enterprise Security Manager

Overview

Agentless, remote and non-intrusive, FileAudit offers a simple more user-friendly way to safeguard and secure file access in a Windows environment. FileAudit provides real-time monitoring and alerting on all access (or access attempts). FileAudit also implements contextual functions such as mass access and alteration alerts, tracking source IP address information for remote data access, and providing granular time and date alerting parameters to monitor folder and file access at unusual or unexpected times.

IS Decisions

Make your organization more resilient and confident with Trellix Security Operations. Filter out the noise and cut complexity to deliver faster, more effective SecOps. Integrate your existing security tools and connect with over 650 Trellix solutions and third-party products.

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Sample Customers

CommuniCare Health Centre, DP World, BAE Systems, Moet Hennessy, Ernst & Young, Honda, Volswagon, VTech, GlakoSmithKline, Lockheed Martin, US Navy, University of Alabama, Ministry of Interior Saudi Arabia, Total

San Francisco Police Credit Union, Wªstenrot Gruppe, Volusion, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation, Government of New Brunswick, State of Colorado, Macquarie Telecom, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Cologne Bonn Airport

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