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McAfee Complete Data Protection vs Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption [EOL] comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 26, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

McAfee Complete Data Protec...
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Encryption (5th)
Trend Micro Endpoint Encryp...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2083461 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Analyst at a real estate/law firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Secures data loss for our law firm but has struggled with outdated, complex management
On a technical level, when I draw a comparison between McAfee Complete Data Protection and CrowdStrike, McAfee Complete Data Protection is a one out of ten, and then CrowdStrike is a ten out of ten. I say that technically McAfee Complete Data Protection is so low because the console and the portal haven't changed in almost ten years. It's had some slight visual improvements, but that's it. It's not really working in a modern portal the way that some of the enterprise apps like CrowdStrike actually work. McAfee Complete Data Protection is also very difficult to use. It takes a lot of time to get my head around how it actually operates. It's not very intuitive. However, in terms of pricing and the specific use cases that I have, it's good.
VL
Senior Technical Solutions Architect at CMS Computers India Pvt Ltd.
Centralized encryption management has strengthened compliance and protects sensitive data daily
When deploying Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, we faced some issues where scanning was not happening properly, and the policies may not have been created properly, which is the reason it was not working. There could be improvements specifically about the scanning part and policy part where we have to deploy what we actually require. I would like to see features that include collaboration of all alerts and applied analytics so we can immediately identify issues. Analytics can provide immediate reporting before issues spread, as sometimes one issue captured at the site level can spread to high-level operations. If identified and communicated to the team immediately, it could prevent issues. Usually, downloading and reviewing the report takes too much time, and many engineers skip it due to the volume of tasks. However, analytics could generate alerts and ticketing if integrated with the EMS application.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"In addition, it is easy to use, and you can define rules that protect the database beyond the built-in rules of the product. I found another purpose for the product besides the basic things that it does, protecting the database: privileged use, weak authentication, SQL injection and and database platform vulnerability."
"With proper policies and configuration, it prevents sending corporate data to both cloud storage or to flash drives and data extraction."
"It works seamlessly as long as it's well configured and the policies have been put properly."
"The solution has a good interface."
"The most valuable feature is security."
"The beauty of McAfee is that they are not looking at encryption from one single standpoint, it is a broader solution."
"McAfee Complete Data Protection provides stability and is a good product."
"I'd recommend the solution."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the antivirus part it offers."
"Offers very good endpoint security solutions."
"We're very satisfied with Trend Micro support."
"Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption has good performance and is secure."
"The interface is a great feature."
"Endpoint can give you the full details about how the attacker moved into and through your system. That description shows you each and every step up to the cabinet-level."
"The disk encryption is great."
"Very good interface."
 

Cons

"The full set of features are enabled only for Windows. There are some features that do not work with Mac."
"They need to segregate McAfee Complete Data Protection for endpoints and servers."
"The UI could be improved a bit."
"What I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is for its pricing to be more cost-effective because some competitors have cheaper pricing, so McAfee Complete Data Protection can't compete."
"The solution's pricing could be better."
"We are looking for more granular control over the policies."
"I want simplicity. A new user opening the dashboard will be confused. It needs to be more user-friendly."
"The solution needs more advanced features."
"Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption currently lacks something similar to a firewall that can detect any vulnerabilities."
"There are scalability limitations. I'd rate scalability five out of ten."
"In terms of what must be improved, I would say the support, the next feature, and the road map. I think all these must be improved, but the important thing to improve is the support."
"I would like to improve the solution's support."
"To improve Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, the user interface could be somewhat more friendly. It is already friendly, but it can not be approached through to the exact issue and just to give you the full detail of each and every port graphically."
"We would like to see a wider, better dashboard for the purposes of monitoring the users of the Trend Micro software."
"There are a couple of bugs in this solution and these are creating a very large transaction log in the database, sometimes reaching 300GB, which is very annoying."
"There are recovery issues that arise."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing is yearly."
"The price of this solution needs to be improved."
"This solution is reasonably priced."
"When it comes to pricing, I've observed an increase recently."
"The price is good, it's a low-cost solution."
"The pricing is quite reasonable compared to other vendors."
"The pricing of the cloud offering seems confusing."
"The pricing is better than that of some competing products."
"You have to pay for the license annually."
"The drive encryption of Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption could improve. Some of my customers have some problems."
"I rate the product price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"The solution's licensing costs are yearly."
"We pay for Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption every six months. The price of the solution is reasonable."
"I rate the product price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is high price, and ten is low price."
"One of the reasons we decided to go with Trend Micro Endpoint Security is because of its cost effectiveness."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Government
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Performing Arts
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

Would you choose Microsoft BitLocker or McAfee Complete Data Protection?
Microsoft BitLocker is very intuitive and easy to maintain. It is basically the global standard solution for drive encryption and successfully fulfills regulatory needs in terms of data protection....
What do you like most about McAfee Complete Data Protection?
It worked for me: it's easy to use and has been very effective.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for McAfee Complete Data Protection?
The huge problem I see is pricing. We understand that DLP is not cheap anywhere in the world, but we constantly lose our protection because of pricing. Sometimes, this is because end users prefer t...
What needs improvement with Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption?
When deploying Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, we faced some issues where scanning was not happening properly, and the policies may not have been created properly, which is the reason it was not w...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Xcel Energy
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