Malwarebytes Teams vs Trellix Endpoint Security Platform comparison

Malwarebytes and Trellix are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. Malwarebytes is ranked #26 with an average rating of 8.5, while Trellix is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.9. Malwarebytes holds a 1.7% mindshare in EPP, compared to Trellix’s 3.4% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Malwarebytes users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Trellix users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 15, 2026

Trellix Endpoint Security Platform and Malwarebytes Teams both compete in the endpoint security category, offering unique advantages suited for different organizational needs. Trellix seems to have the upper hand due to its exhaustive central management capabilities, attractive to large enterprises.

Features: Trellix Endpoint Security Platform is recognized for its comprehensive central management, ease of scaling, and seamless integration of security measures, designed for diverse organizations. It features advanced threat detection, firewall capabilities, and data loss prevention (DLP) functionalities. Malwarebytes Teams is known for its straightforward usability and malware detection, featuring a rollback capability and efficient scanning processes, providing solid protection with less complexity.

Room for Improvement: Trellix Endpoint Security could improve by optimizing resource consumption, enhancing integration capabilities, and refining its dashboard for a better user experience. It could also streamline its complex configuration procedures. Malwarebytes Teams could enhance its detailed event logging, and reduce false positives. Improvements in deployment and feature updates would benefit both; however, Trellix’s complex setup could be simplified.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Trellix Endpoint Security offers versatile deployment options including on-premises, hybrid, and cloud, appealing to enterprises with specific infrastructure demands, yet may require technical expertise for complex setups. Premium customer service enhances support quality. Malwarebytes Teams, primarily cloud-based, is easier and quicker to deploy, with highly responsive customer service, ideal for smaller businesses or those with limited IT resources.

Pricing and ROI: Trellix Endpoint Security is higher-priced, believed to offer good return on investment for larger businesses due to its customization and management capabilities. Malwarebytes Teams offers competitive pricing, appealing to smaller organizations or those with tighter budgets, still providing robust ROI with its cost-effective security features. Both solutions contribute to cost savings via enhanced security and reduced recovery expenses, though Trellix’s additional capabilities may justify its higher price for enterprises.

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Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.8%, up from 3.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Malwarebytes Teams is 1.7%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trellix Endpoint Security Platform is 3.4%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.8%
Trellix Endpoint Security Platform	3.4%
Malwarebytes Teams	1.7%
Other	91.1%

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Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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reviewer2594097

Chief Executive Officer at a wholesaler/distributor with 11-50 employees

Exceptional malware protection with regular updates and behavior-based detection

There are no built-in backups or integrated backup options, which could be an opportunity. The free version is effective, however, the paid version is pricey compared to it. Other customers have mentioned issues with false positives. It lacks enterprise-level management and more enterprise functionality. CrowdStrike and SentinelOne are much more enterprise-grade solutions. Malwarebytes has limited integration with cybersecurity tools and lacks enterprise integrations because it is not an enterprise product.

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PankajKumar24

IT Manager at Gigabit Technologies Pvt Ltd

Advanced threat prevention has strengthened incident response and customized security workflows

The biggest advantage of Trellix Endpoint Security Platform is the ATP solution, which provides advanced threat prevention. Machine learning algorithms are available in the product as part of the threat anti-malware, including predictive machine learning and behavioral analysis, which are integral to the anti-malware module of EPP. In terms of my experience with the machine learning algorithms for analysis and threat detection, we are analyzing logs provided by Trellix, but we are not able to conduct specific machine learning analysis on those logs. The automated response mechanisms in the products help with incident management because we have to create playbooks in Trellix console for automation, which we need to enable. The customizable dashboard of Trellix Endpoint Security Platform definitely contributes to the decision-making process, as we customize the dashboard according to customer requirements. When it comes to integration aspects, we are able to integrate Trellix Endpoint Security Platform with SIEM or SOAR solutions using the ePO console, which enhances threat detection capabilities. Reporting and analytics aspects have an impact on security posture assessment, as we are able to fetch reports in the ePO console customized according to customer requirements for downloading and sending via email.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"Palo Alto is the core of the security infrastructure in the environment."

"The solution allows control over the user and his machine through Cortex XDR security policies."

"It has absolutely improved the way our organization functions, we are more secure, it is giving us more peace of mind, and it has found malicious activity happening on our endpoints that probably would not have been detected if we didn't have it."

"Cortex XDR features advanced threat detection capabilities."

"The most valuable aspect of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks for me is its integration with AI detection, where we get to know the behavioral detection based on users, traffic patterns, and different services that we consume."

"We can visualize and control the activities in the environment from anywhere."

"It can automatically correlate events and logs, which is very helpful for an IT administrator. It can correlate different kinds of malware activities over a network, agent, or host system. You do not need to do it manually. It is a good feature. It is also a user-friendly solution. We have deployed it on the cloud because our space does not provide any flexibility for on-premises deployment, but Palo Alto has added some flexibility to install it on-premises. It must be like the same Cortex XDR agent for all the VPN services, web filtering services, and everything else."

"From a single pane of glass, you can easily manage all of your endpoints."

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"The most valuable features of Malwarebytes are the agents, user experience, efficiency of the findings, and MDR features."

"The solution was successfully deployed and so far has been able to stop all ransomware attacks, which has been extremely beneficial to the organization."

"We have seen a decrease of approximately ninety percent in the number of events."

"It is intuitive and easy to use, and for the most part, it does a good job of catching things and is good at stopping stuff."

"The product provides notifications for suspicious events. We have several public access points. The product helps to prevent unauthorized entry. Its most valuable features are pre-installation procedures and a cloud console. The console's interface is simple and can be viewed easily to take action. It covers everything in terms of security threats."

"The product keeps our company safe."

"It's very versatile and thorough."

"The most valuable features of Malwarebytes are the EDR and the complete feature set provided."

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"The solution provides dashboard control, so we can centrally monitor the entire status of our organization."

"The detection is great and the solution is constantly improving."

"It is easy to use, flexible, and stable. Because it is a cloud-based solution and it integrates all endpoints of the cloud, we can do an IOC-based search. It can search the entire enterprise and tell us the endpoints that are possibly compromised."

"I think McAfee is the best solution; anyone can use it, the protection is good, and they have all of the features."

"The extendability is great."

"The solution is a reliable and mature product. Its reporting function is robust, and the user interface is easy to use. End users can create customized reports with detailed reporting for any computer and export them in PDF or other formats. This reporting capability is very robust."

"The exploit guard and malware protection features are very useful. The logon tracker feature is also very useful. They have also given new modules such as logout backup, process backup. We ordered these modules from the FireEye market place, and we have installed these modules. We are currently exploring these features."

"The solution made it possible for us to have visibility into the amount of malware and threats which were coming into our company, and it has helped to increase staff productivity."

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Cons

"In reporting they should have a customizable dashboard due to the fact that C-level people don't like reporting to the IT department. They prefer to have a real-time dashboard. That kind of dashboard needs to have various customizations."

"The onboarding process could be better."

"Previously, the endpoint would leave the environment, not being on our VPN, essentially unable to interact with the server to upload files. It was unable to retrieve new file verdicts. It was using a thing called "local analysis" to determine if something was a malicious file or not. There was no dynamic analysis."

"When it comes to core analysis, and security analysis, Cortex needs to provide more information."

"Every 30 or 40 days, there's a new version and we need to go and make sure our customer's laptops are upgraded."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks can improve mobile integration to allow access to the console."

"They've been having some issues with updating their endpoint agents, and it has been quite frustrating."

"It would be good to have a better way to search for a file within the UI."

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"Requires increased efficiency in terms of detecting false positives."

"It would be better if updates could be downloaded, and deployed, on-premises to avoid low bandwidth causing issues."

"Malwarebytes can improve its network database. Malwarebytes can scan the files and registry. It can scan the system with a light agent. It will not impact the performance of your PC. You can do the full scan and database scan using the EDR, and the RAM and CPU consumption will not increase."

"There are no built-in backups or integrated backup options, which could be an opportunity."

"The product is a little bit more expensive than the other brands."

"My clients have frequently encountered some tech support scams where when you go to a particular website, it throws up a fake warning to you and states that you need to call this number."

"If they want to compete with bigger players, they should consider adding items like threat detection and website warnings."

"The free version is effective, however, the paid version is pricey compared to it."

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"The solution needs to offer better local technical support."

"They can improve its resource consumption, such as memory, and maybe provide better or smaller updates. It always takes a lot of resources, but it has been getting better. I have been using McAfee products for the last 20 years or so, and I know it is getting better."

"The price of the solution is high in Asia."

"With McAfee, if there is a zero-day vulnerability, you have to download the patch for it from the McAfee website, then apply it to your endpoint."

"I would like to see simple processing and reporting online."

"I've encountered minor challenges related to encryption."

"The customization capabilities of the solution are an area where it lacks, so it would be great if our company could customize the solution to meet the demands of our customers."

"The software download features could stand improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The return on investment is from the user side because we have seen the performance of it increase the delivery time of the product if we are using too many web-based and on-premise applications. In indirect ways, we saw the return of investment in terms of performance and user satisfaction increase."

"It has a yearly renewal."

"It has reasonable pricing for the use cases it provides to the company."

"The tool's price is moderate."

"We didn't have to pay any additional fee for the cloud instance. It just came with the renewal, which was nice."

"Cortex XDR’s pricing is very reasonable."

"The pricing is a little high. It is per user per year."

"Our license will require renewal in August, after which the maintenance will continue as usual."

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"The platform pricing is competitive with other antivirus products."

"We expect to pay $1,000 USD a month, depending on the number of users."

"Its licensing is annual. There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."

"The cost may be something in the ballpark of $20-25 a year per computer."

"Its cost is around $60 a machine. The cost of the total solution for 250 people is about $8,500 a year. If we add EDR to it, it will bring that cost up to about $15,000. The cost for Carbon Black is about $25,000, which is $10,000 more, but you get all AI functions with it."

"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."

"Malwarebytes is a cost-effective product."

"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."

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"When comparing the solution to others it is a bit expensive. We are on a monthly license."

"The price of the product is similar to the ones in the market that offer the same features."

"The license costs are very reasonable, around 1,000 to 1,200 rupees per year."

"The solution is not an expensive tool. Compared to other options, it's mostly average-priced. I've deployed it for customers ranging from 100 nodes to over 5,000 nodes. Its renewal prices are very low, and it offers both perpetual and subscription licenses. With a perpetual license, the product will keep working as long as it's not end-of-life, which benefits companies."

"Pricing is reasonable and runs at a cost per user per year."

"I am happy with the pricing."

"Trellix Endpoint Security is neither a cheap nor an expensive solution."

"There is a one-year and a three-year license available for this solution, we are currently on a three-year license."

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Top Industries

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Construction Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

Comms Service Provider

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	46
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	54

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Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	6

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Small Business	68
Midsize Enterprise	39
Large Enterprise	67

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

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McAfee Endpoint Security, McAfee Endpoint Protection, Intel Security Total Protection for Endpoint, McAfee Complete Endpoint Protection, Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS)

Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

Palo Alto Networks

Malwarebytes Teams provides advanced threat protection and efficient detection and removal capabilities, featuring cloud-based management and robust endpoint security. It operates on Windows and Mac, emphasizing threat interception and the cloud-management interface.

Offering comprehensive protection, Malwarebytes Teams is recognized for its customizable and user-friendly interface. The anti-exploit feature effectively intercepts threats in Office applications, while frequent updates maintain security standards. Efficient scanning, threat response, and rollback features are highly valued, as is its ability to integrate seamlessly into diverse environments. Remote accessibility and cloud management enhance its robust endpoint protection.

What are the key features of Malwarebytes Teams?

Comprehensive Threat Protection: Advanced detection and removal for malware.
Cloud-Based Management: Manage security conveniently from the cloud.
Anti-Exploit Feature: Protects against threats in Office applications.
Efficient Scanning: Quick and effective threat detection.
Threat Response and Rollback: Swift response with rollback capabilities.

What benefits and ROI should users look for?

Enhanced Security: Continuous updates and strong endpoint protection.
Integration Flexibility: Works well with existing environments.
Reporting Capabilities: Offers effective reporting and monitoring.
Remote Accessibility: Manage security from any location.

Malwarebytes Teams is widely implemented in cybersecurity across industries for endpoint security. Organizations deploy it for malware detection, intrusion protection, and compliance scanning, relying on its antivirus capabilities and ransomware rollback. It serves as a secondary tool alongside primary systems to enhance security on both Windows and Mac environments, particularly valued for monitoring usage behaviors without controlling endpoints.

Malwarebytes

Trellix Endpoint Security Platform offers essential features like centralized management, threat prevention, and encryption, facilitating seamless scaling and integration with other systems while prioritizing user security.

This comprehensive platform focuses on endpoint protection, antivirus capabilities, and malware defense. It enhances cybersecurity with data loss prevention, advanced threat detection, and AI-driven features for reliable protection without impacting performance. Central management and advanced reporting streamline integration and ease of use. Flexible policy deployment through the management console and its robust security measures, such as DLP and device control, further increase protection. Challenges include high CPU and memory usage affecting performance, a complex interface, and lengthy deployment. Third-party integration and Windows Hello support need improvement. Additional concerns involve improved threat detection and faster technical support responses.

What are the key features of Trellix Endpoint Security Platform?

Centralized Management: Allows seamless integration and scaling with consistent control across environments.
Threat Prevention: Provides comprehensive antivirus and malware protection to secure systems.
Encryption: Ensures data security with robust encryption techniques.
Advanced Reporting: Facilitates detailed insights and analysis for better decision-making.
AI-Driven Detection: Offers reliable threat detection without impacting system performance.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Comprehensive Protection: Offers extensive security measures for protecting digital environments.
Ease of Integration: Simplifies the process of incorporating into current systems and processes.
Flexible Policy Deployment: Supports adaptable policy management to meet diverse requirements.
Scalability: Enables growth while maintaining efficiency and security.
Robust Security Features: Provides advanced security measures like DLP and device control.

Trellix Endpoint Security Platform is widely implemented in industries such as banking and government for securing mobile and desktop devices. Its capabilities cover network security, device control, and remote access protection, catering to diverse environments by offering robust cybersecurity management against advanced threats.

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