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We performed a comparison between Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud and Microsoft Defender XDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud vs. Microsoft Defender XDR Report (Updated: March 2024).
770,924 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros
"It is stable and scalable.""Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great.""The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure.""The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls.""he solution is an anti-malware product that integrates well with other vendor products such as firewalls, SIEM, etc. It captures threat intelligence and gives you better visibility. The product also has sandboxing features.""It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward.""Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration.""Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."

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"The most valuable component of the solution is the malware detection feature.""The product works perfectly to prevent malware in our organization.""The standout features of Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud include its cloud-based console and the simplicity of managing endpoints.""We had the cloud suite of KasperskyEndpoint Security Cloud, and its monitoring was fine.""In terms of software performance, it has been effective in providing good security.""In Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud, anti-phishing and anti-malware are two very powerful aspects.""It is a powerful tool for zero-day attack prevention."

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"The ability to integrate and observe a more cohesive narrative across the products is crucial.""I like that it's stable. It's been stable for a long time, and Microsoft Defender has done a good job there.""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.""Defender is easy to use. It has a nice console, and everything is all in one place.""Email protection is the most valuable feature of Microsoft Defender XDR.""My clients like Defender's file integrity monitoring. They're monitoring Windows and Linux system files.""The visibility into threats is also very impressive because Microsoft helps you predict things and provides analytics to help you really improve your security. And all of this technology works across the domain, so it is pretty helpful in terms of threat analytics.""Advanced hunting is good. I like that. We can drill down to lots of details."

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Cons
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments.""The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location.""The support needs improvement.""FortiEDR could add a separate scanning dashboard. In incident management, we prefer to remove the endpoint system from the environment and scan the system. We typically use Symantec for that, but if we want to use FortiEDR for that, then we need a scanning tab to clarify things.""FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting.""They can include the automation for the realtime updates. We have a network infrastructure with remote sites. Whenever they send updates, they are not automated. We have to go into the console and push those updates. I wish it was more automated. The update file is currently around 31 MB. It could be smaller.""Detections could be improved.""The SIEM could be improved."

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"The tool's update management can be better. In future releases, the addition of a DLP module would be valuable.""Sometimes, the tool consumes a lot of resources from the endpoints, making it an area of concern where improvements are required since it currently consumes a little bit of RAM.""The solution’s stability could be improved because we earlier faced an issue where the solution was not detecting file-less malware.""Certain shortcomings in the anti-ransomware part of the solution need improvement. XDR and MDR, along with threat hunting, a big step in cybersecurity today, need improvement.""One area where the product could be improved is in its delivery and installation process.""Kaspersky's global ranking has been on the decline.""It requires specific expertise or certified professionals to deploy the product. There is a need to expand the offerings to various industries covering different-sized businesses."

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"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 dashboard should be easier to use. There is also improvement needed in the reporting when it comes to exporting or scheduling reports.""Microsoft frequently changes the names of its products, sometimes even renaming entire portals or features.""There are other SIEM solutions that are easier to use, mainly based on the creation of rules, use cases, and groups.""There should be better information for experts on features in the solution. What I see when reading about features in Microsoft 365 Defender is that it is always general information. If Microsoft could go deeper into details for the experts about how to use the tools, usage of it would be more familiar and it would be easier to use.""The tool gives inconsistent answers and crashes a lot.""From an integration standpoint, it is always improving overall. With Security Copilot coming out, as partners, we are waiting for the GDAP support so that we can actually see Security Copilot on behalf of customers if they subscribe to it.""Microsoft tends to provide too many features, which makes the solution prone to bugs."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I know it is tough to get big budget additions up front, but I highly recommend deploying environment wide and adding the forensic service."
  • "There are no issues with the pricing."
  • "The price is comprable to other endpoint security solutions."
  • "The pricing is typical for enterprises and fairly priced."
  • "I'm not familiar with pricing, but it looks a bit costly compared to other vendors I think."
  • "The pricing is good."
  • "I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
  • "The hardware costs about €100,000 and about €20,000 annually for access."
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  • "We had to pay an annual licensing fee for KasperskyEndpoint Security Cloud."
  • "The solution is moderately priced and cannot be considered an expensive or cheap tool."
  • "The pricing is favorable, and there are no additional expenses associated with using the product."
  • "The product’s price is flexible."
  • "I find Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud more accessible in terms of pricing."
  • "The product is averagely priced."
  • "The platform is expensive."
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  • "The solutions price is fair for what they offer."
  • "The price could be better. Normally, the costs depend on the country you're located in for the license. When we were in the initial stage, we went with the E5 license they call premium standard. It cost us around $5.20 per month for four users."
  • "The price of the solution is high compared to others and we have lost some customers because of it."
  • "Microsoft is not competitive with the pricing of the solution. The competitors are able to offer lower discounts. The price of the solution is higher."
  • "We have a lot of problems in Latin America regarding the price of Microsoft 365 Defender, because the relationship between dollars and the money of the different countries, it's is a lot. Many customers that have small businesses say that they would like the solution but it is too expensive. However, large companies do not find the cost an issue."
  • "The most valuable licensing option is expensive, so pricing could be improved. Licensing options for this solution also need to be consolidated, because they frequently change."
  • "Microsoft should provide lower-level licensing options. They should do it in such a way that even an individual could purchase a license, and it should be entirely flexible."
  • "They have moved from a licensing model to pay-per-use... The question is: What happens if, for any reason, there's not enough budget to accept this model? That could be a great problem."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I suggest Fortinet’s FortiEDR over FortiClient for several reasons. For starters, FortiEDR guarantees solid protection… more »
    Top Answer:We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats.
    Top Answer:We license it per employee, so as long as the employee count remains the same, the licensing won't change. We have it… more »
    Top Answer:The product works perfectly to prevent malware in our organization.
    Top Answer:The platform is expensive. Additional fees may be involved, and there is potential for negotiation to achieve… more »
    Top Answer:One area where the product could be improved is in its delivery and installation process. There was a delay in receiving… more »
    Top Answer:The integration, visibility, vulnerability management, and device identification are valuable.
    Top Answer:There is the cost of the license, and there is the cost of implementation services. Only by enabling a license for your… more »
    Top Answer:The web filtering solution needs to be improved because currently, it is very simple. It is very important. Integrations… more »
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    Also Known As
    enSilo, FortiEDR
    Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Threat Protection, MS 365 Defender
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    Overview

    Fortinet FortiEDR is a real-time endpoint protection, detection, and automated response solution. Its primary purpose is to detect advanced threats to stop breaches and ransomware damage. It is designed to do so in real time, even on an already compromised device, allowing you to respond and remediate incidents automatically so your data can remain protected.

    Fortinet FortiEDR Features

    Fortinet FortiEDR has many valuable key features, including:

    • Easily customizable
    • Real-time proactive risk mitigation & IoT security
    • Pre-infection protection
    • Post-infection protection
    • Track applications and ratings
    • Reduce the attack surface with risk-based proactive policies
    • Achieve analysis of entire log history
    • Optional managed detection and response (MDR) service

    Fortinet FortiEDR Benefits

    Some of the key benefits of using Fortinet FortiEDR include:

    • Protection: Fortinet FortiEDR provides proactive, real-time, automated endpoint protection with the orchestrated incident response across platforms. It stops the breach with real-time postinfection blocking to protect data from exfiltration and ransomware encryption.

    • Single unified console: Fortinet FortiEDR has a single unified console with an intuitive interface, which makes management easier. The solution automates mundane endpoint security tasks so your employees don’t need to do it.

    • Cost savings: With Fortinet FortiEDR you can eliminate post-breach operational expenses and breach damage costs.

    • Flexibility: Fortinet FortiEDR can be deployed on premises or on a secure cloud instance. With Fortinet FortiEDR, endpoints are protected both on- and off-line.

    • Scalability: Because Fortinet can be deployed quickly and has a small footprint, it is easy to scale up to protect hundreds of thousand endpoints.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by Fortinet FortiEDR users.

    An Owner at a security firm says, "The features that I have found most valuable are the ability to customize it and to reduce its size. It lets you run in a very small window in terms of memory and resources on legacy cash registers. The customer has literally about 800 cash registers. That was the use case for Fortinet FortiEDR - to get that down into a tiny space. The only way to do that was to use this product because it had that ability to unbundle services that were a surplus.”

    Chandan M., Chief Technical Officer at Provision Technologies LLP, mentions, “The ease of deployment and configuration is valuable. It's very easy compared to other vendors like Sophos. Sophos' configuration is complex. Fortinet is a lot easier to understand. You don't need a lot of admin knowledge to do the configuration.” He also adds, “The security is also very good and the firewall response is good.”

    Harpreet S., Information Technology Support Specialist at Chemtrade Logistics, explains, "It notifies us if there's any suspicious file on any PC. If any execution or similar kind of thing is happening, it just alerts us. It doesn't only alert. It also blocks the execution until we allow it. We check whether the execution is legitimate or not, and then approve it or keep it blocked. This gives us a little bit of control over this mechanism. Fortinet FortiEDR is also very straightforward and easy to maintain."

    DeAndre V., Senior Network Administrator at a financial services firm, states, “The dashboard is easy to follow and use. The deployment and uninstalling were easy. I like the detailed information about the path of a file that might be suspicious. Being able to check that out was easy to follow. Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance.

    All you need to protect Windows desktops and file servers, Mac OS devices, iOS and Android mobiles and even Microsoft Office 365.

    Just sign up for an account instead of getting tied up in hardware and software provisioning.

    Pre-defined policies are automatically applied to each newly connected device, delivering immediate protection.

    Be anywhere and protect anywhere using a cloud-based console.

    Secure geographically separated offices, home or field-based workers, at their desks or on the go regardless of device type.

    Enable remote encryption to make sure your corporate data is safe, even if a device gets lost or stolen.

    Shadow IT discovery manages uncontrolled sharing of corporate data in the cloud and reveals users wasting time on social media and messengers.

    Ensure compliance readiness with a Data Discovery audit of your personal and financial data in the cloud.

    Enable safe collaboration and communication in Microsoft Office 365 - protection for all its major apps is already included in the Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud Plus and Pro tiers.

    Root Cause Analysis provides an attack visualization so you can see the cause and path of an attack.

    Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) provides simple investigation tools an effortless response to evasive threats.

    Advance your skills with online cybersecurity training included in Kaspersky Endpoint Security Pro.

    Microsoft Defender XDR is a comprehensive security solution designed to protect against threats in the Microsoft 365 environment. 

    It offers robust security measures, comprehensive threat detection capabilities, and an efficient incident response system. With seamless integration with other Microsoft products and a user-friendly interface, it simplifies security management tasks. 

    Users have found it effective in detecting and preventing various types of attacks, such as phishing attempts, malware infections, and data breaches.

    Watch the Microsoft demo video here: Microsoft Defender XDR demo video.

    Sample Customers
    Financial, Healthcare, Legal, Technology, Enterprise, Manufacturing ... 
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    Accenture, Deloitte, ExxonMobil, General Electric, IBM, Johnson & Johnson and many others.
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Pharma/Biotech Company5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Financial Services Firm8%
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    REVIEWERS
    Manufacturing Company18%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Government10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise34%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise50%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business75%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business42%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise36%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise57%
    Buyer's Guide
    Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud vs. Microsoft Defender XDR
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud vs. Microsoft Defender XDR and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud is ranked 31st in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 7 reviews while Microsoft Defender XDR is ranked 7th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 78 reviews. Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Defender XDR is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud writes "Has a straightforward setup process and good technical support services ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Defender XDR writes "Includes four services and four products, which can help organizations a lot". Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud is most compared with Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, whereas Microsoft Defender XDR is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager, Wazuh and Microsoft Entra ID. See our Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud vs. Microsoft Defender XDR report.

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    We monitor all Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.