We performed a comparison between Forescout Platform and Trend Micro XDR based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Forescout Platform stands out for its agentless visibility and advanced features like device fingerprinting. Forescout users say the product could be better at resolving connectivity and license issues. Trend Micro XDR is commended for its holistic approach to threat prevention, real-time visualization, and ability to prioritize network-based detection and response. Forescout users say the product could be better at resolving connectivity and license issues. Users want better device compatibility and troubleshooting tools. Trend Micro XDR should improve integration, overhaul its web interface, and strengthen its business relationships.
Service and Support: Some users reported positive experiences with Forescout support, but others requested better responsiveness and training. Some customers have found Trend Micro’s customer service to be helpful and responsive, while others have encountered challenges with technical support in complex situations.
Ease of Deployment: Some users found Forescout’s setup to be simple and adaptable, while others perceived it as more complex and time-intensive. The initial setup of Trend Micro XDR is straightforward and fast, but it may require the involvement of several technical professionals.
Pricing: The total cost of Forescout Platform can be high depending on the level of customization and integration required. Some reviews noted that Trend Micro XDR might be too costly for small organizations, but others found the price reasonable.
ROI: Forescout Platform yields a solid ROI by improving network access control and overall security. Trend Micro XDR delivers value through automation. Its efficient alerts ensure timely threat detection and prevention.
Comparison Results: Our users prefer Forescout Platform over Trend Micro XDR. It offers superior agentless visibility and thorough device fingerprinting. The platform stands out with its excellent orchestration features, discovery capabilities, and flexible policies. It is highly customizable, provides exceptional support, and seamlessly integrates with multiple vendors without requiring upgrades. Trend Micro XDR falls short in terms of integration, user-friendliness, and technical support in complex environments.
"The EDR and the way it automatically responds to ransomware and other attacks are valuable features."
"The Endpoint Manager is incredible; it has a very straightforward interface and is exceedingly easy to use. Pulling out and deploying different tags or resources is a simple task across various departments with different levels of security. The notifications are also simple and satisfying; it's great to see the bubble informing us which devices are compliant and which are waiting to update."
"The portal is quite user-friendly. There is integration with Office, Intune, and other products from the same portal. From there, we can see which policies are installed on a particular machine. We also can manage devices, groups, and tagging."
"It gives a lot of flexibility in terms of configuration and customization as per the business requirements."
"Its most significant advantage lies in its affordability."
"I like the easy integration and advanced possibilities. We can implement it at customer sites in a few clicks, but we can also dive deep and drill down to extended features. There's a very good starting point to get into this product and all the features from Defender."
"Microsoft 365 Defender's most valuable feature is the ability to control the shadow IP."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that Microsoft Defender XDR is easy to integrate with other Microsoft platforms or products."
"The standout strength of this solution lies in its unique capability to effectively manage unmanaged switches."
"Emergency response, risk assessment information to get a view of the of the vulnerability."
"Ease of deployment There's a great support team that becomes actively engaged whenever we encounter issues. Their technical support is amazing. Good documentation is available. The product is stable. The solution is highly scalable. I recommend using the solution because it gives verified control over the environment. It has a great visibility feature."
"Forescout Platform has granular features and one of the most impressive features is the agentless feature."
"I have noticed that in the last year the license model has changed from licensing the whole appliance to licensing the number of devices. It's more simple for a large installation, or a user to have CounterACT as their peripheral site in the company. It's a good choice to have changed the license policy."
"The plugins are very robust -- the ability scanner, patch management system, and SQL integrator."
"The most valuable feature of the Forescout Platform is the large capacity it can handle. Additionally, the interface of the platform is good."
"The most valuable feature of the Forescout Platform it's highly customizable and flexible."
"The most important thing for us as a customer is that we can spend more time in other places as it's simpler to have that overview. We have much more time for other tasks."
"It has good vulnerability protection."
"They were one of the companies, early on, that spent a lot of time integrating their toolsets, and I was really impressed with that... the endpoint management system could reach out to the Deep Discovery system on the network and pick up something that it perceived as a suspicious object."
"I'm satisfied with the level of coverage. The policies have been very useful and detailed."
"Trend Micro XDR is stable, scalable, and reasonably priced."
"XDR provided a much more deep view into what is actually happening."
"I can prevent my environment from different types of attacks based on what I see in the Vision One console."
"The solution is stable."
"My client would like the solution to be more customizable without using code. You can only build on the default console, but we're not allowed to change it."
"The message trace feature for investigating mail flow issues should add more detailed information to the summary report... if they could extend the summary report a little bit, make it more descriptive, ordinary administrators could understand what happened and that the emails failed at this or that point. That way they would know the location to go to try to correct it and to prevent it from occurring again."
"The advanced threat-hunting capabilities are phenomenal, and the security copilot enhances that, but some data elements could be better or have more context inside of the advanced tables themselves. The schemas feel a little limited to what they're building into the product. It's probably just a maturity thing. I imagine we'll see the features I want in the next year."
"365 Defender has multiple subsets, including Defender for Cloud Apps. When integrating Defender for Cloud Apps with apps on third-party cloud platforms like AWS or GCP, there are limitations on our ability to control user activities. If Microsoft added more control over third-party products, that would be a game-changer and help us quite a lot."
"The capability to not only thwart attacks but also to adapt to evolving threats is crucial."
"The support could be more knowledgable to improve their offering."
"It would be highly beneficial if CoPilot could identify anomalies within the network and notify the IT team."
"In the beginning, it's difficult to navigate the system because it is quite large. Just trying to find your way and understand how the system works can be hard. After spending quite a lot of time searching it's a lot easier, but I wish it were a bit more user-friendly when you're trying to find things."
"The licensing costs are quite high. With the amount of hardware we have, we need too many licenses to make the product effective and it's ultimately just too costly."
"As a user, if I am using a laptop that is Wi-Fi connected, Forescout identifies my port connectivity as one user license, and if I take that same laptop with the same username to a wired network, which is also the same network that is used for the Wi-Fi connection, Forescout detects it as a separate license."
"Other solutions have TACACS+, but Forescout does not. In the next release, I would like to see Forescout have accounting."
"We experienced some detection issues when checking compliance for the Sophos agent."
"The fact that Forescout Platform doesn't have a presence in the South African region is a weakness because of which you can't ask for help from them if you have any problems."
"It does not support the TACACS+ protocol."
"I believe that the overall user experience has not always been preferable."
"Forescout Platform could improve the integration or compatibility with other solutions, such as Chinese-made solutions. They do not have any integration with S33 which is a switch. They do not have good integration with new solutions in the market. They do integrate well with Rocket, Cisco, Juniper, and quite a few more but they could expand the integration."
"I would like to have more integration with mobile device management."
"Results were delayed."
"The centralized dashboard has room for improvement."
"While the continuous addition of features is commendable, the sheer volume of changes makes it difficult to stay abreast of the latest developments."
"Reporting could be a little bit better. They are working on it, and it is getting better."
"A room for improvement in Trend Micro XDR is more visibility into the alerts. We do get alerts from the solution, but when we are away, we need to have more visibility."
"The solution could always be made to be more secure."
"The integration with third-party tools and with on-premises Active Directory needs improvement."
Forescout Platform is ranked 12th in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with 69 reviews while Trend Vision One is ranked 6th in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with 42 reviews. Forescout Platform is rated 8.4, while Trend Vision One is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Forescout Platform writes "We can go granular on each endpoint, quarantine non-compliant machines, and target vulnerabilities through scripting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trend Vision One writes "The integration of toolsets is key, enabling automation, and vendor has been tremendous partner for us". Forescout Platform is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Nozomi Networks and Armis, whereas Trend Vision One is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Trend Micro Apex One, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Fortinet FortiEDR. See our Forescout Platform vs. Trend Vision One report.
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