McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator vs Swimlane comparison

McAfee and Swimlane are both solutions in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category. McAfee is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.7, while Swimlane is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.7. McAfee holds a 0.7% mindshare in SOAR, compared to Swimlane’s 3.1% mindshare. Additionally, 81% of McAfee users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 87% of Swimlane users who would recommend it.

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

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87% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and Swimlane are competing products in the domain of security management and automation. Swimlane often has an edge due to advanced automation, while McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is recognized for comprehensive security management.

Features: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator provides centralized security management, extensive integration with various McAfee products, and established security protocols. Swimlane offers advanced automation, customizable workflows, and high adaptability in threat response. Swimlane's advanced automation stands out compared to McAfee's more traditional approach.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Swimlane's deployment is flexible and scalable, with quick implementation through cloud-based solutions. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator's deployment involves on-premises installation, supported by strong technical assistance. Swimlane gains an advantage in flexibility, while McAfee offers reliable support for complex infrastructures.

Pricing and ROI: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator requires a higher initial investment, reflecting its extensive features and integration capabilities. Swimlane, also an investment, presents value in automation leading to efficient ROI. McAfee has a higher upfront cost, but Swimlane's automated processes can result in quicker returns, benefiting organizations prioritizing automation.

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Categories and Ranking

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

13th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Swimlane

Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

9th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

AI-Powered Security Automation (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category, the mindshare of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is 0.7%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Swimlane is 3.1%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Binu Haneef

System Administrator at Sky News Arabia

Comprehensive security management enabled through efficient integration and automation

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator helps automate routine security tasks. We created customized automation. For example, when we did not have an EDR or XDR solution, we created tasks exclusively for detection and response automation and automatic segregation of infected PCs. The ability to customize the dashboard in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator helps us significantly. The main feature is automation for auto-segmentation and segregation. As we are in an AI era, McAfee can focus on AI tools. Instead of putting manual effort into each security-related task, it can implement more advanced automation using AI. This enhancement could improve cybersecurity significantly. Regarding the reporting area in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, we are satisfied with what we currently have. Our cybersecurity team needs customized reports beyond the default ones. We have more than 20 separate reports for identifying threats, managing, and understanding the security posture of our company and assets.

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Srikanth Nuthalapati

Software Engineering Manager at Deloitte

Great support, scalable, and easier to code

The stability of the solution has room for improvement. I would like Swimlane to provide a single space where we can go to code, build, and automate. Where we have a provision to create tables, playbooks, and tables to produce results, connect all the dots, and make the flow automated. This would make it much easier to navigate than having to jump to different places. I would like to have a single button to click that would start me on the journey of creating my own code from the ground up, from the workflow algorithm to the automation process. This would be simpler than what I had with Splunk Phantom, where I had to piece things together and connect the dots to get the full picture. With this new feature, I could create the full picture with just one button click.

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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

"McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator has a built-in advanced pattern, which is very useful because it can detect any pattern."

"Their support is really good. I would rate it a nine out of ten. I have never any issues with their support. They always reply and follow our queries on time."

"The general endpoint protection is valuable, and it is easy to manage."

"The central management console is the solution's most valuable aspect."

"McAfee is helping us to clean all of the viruses from the machines, protecting our desktops from the latest threats."

"The advantages of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator include being a centralized management console, which we possess when managing multiple solutions in Trellix DLP and EPP through the EPO solution."

"The feature that I have found most valuable is its general purpose of protecting our endpoints from infections, malicious files, and all those kinds of things. The fact that there are organized policies and policy inheritance. The general management."

"From a single dashboard, I can take a look at several things including the endpoint protection, the file integrity section, the data activity monitor, and more."

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"Swimlane saves us 80 to 90 percent of our time by quickly helping us design the journey and efficiently passing information to various components."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the support."

"Our primary goal was to reduce analyst time, and we have been successful in that."

"On a scale of one to ten, this solution deserves a rating of nine."

"Swimlane enables two SOC analysts to work efficiently as much as ten analysts would without Swimlane, which translates to significant manpower savings."

"The technical support from Swimlane is very good."

"It provides us with a single portal for our logs from different solutions."

"Swimlane is a very effective way to represent workflows involving multiple users."

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Cons

"There are some issues relating to the automation of reports. That's why I wanted the DLP reports. There are some problems in this area. Sometimes it does not work even though all the configuration words are right. There are also some problems with automatic updates."

"I would like to see McAfee reduce the amount of manual work required."

"The detection aspect should be improved so that signatures are updated more quickly."

"The solution sometimes has some false positives on IP addresses, from the web control aspect of the product. This needs to be improved."

"The issues with the integration capabilities of the product, specifically the ones that are deployed on an on-premises model, need to be improved."

"Lacks a single plug-in for multiple uses."

"We would like to see more integration with different platforms and extend this to other platforms. We are migrating to the cloud and want to extend it from our on-premises setup to the cloud."

"The areas of concern where improvements are needed are related to the product's assignment policy and tag assignment, where users can assign the policies with the help of tags and sort out the systems."

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"Swimlane's search bar is not working effectively, and there is no option to differentiate between two cases at the same time."

"We faced a lot of issues with the product’s stability."

"The stability of the solution has room for improvement."

"Swimlane is not scalable because it is not exposed. Currently, it's a manual component that requires configuration through coding."

"I would prefer to have more colors added to represent different risks or notations, which can be used for the prioritization of risks and the significance of information."

"There is a need for enhanced version control in Swimlane. Currently, our version does not support it, making it tough to move changes between environments during significant updates."

"I would like to see improvements in the minor bugs that occur with each update, as some features might have issues."

"The initial setup and deployment are complex."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a license required to use this solution. If we use the additional components, such as DLP encryption, there is an additional cost. However, it is similar to a separate product altogether. If you want to use that or not, it is optional, but when you use it, it will cost you additional pricing."

"McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is a cheaply priced product, meaning it is not expensive since McAfee provides a free version of ePO, which includes phone support as well."

"McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is not an expensive solution."

"Compared to other Antivirus products, the cost of this solution is a bit high."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."

"McAfee tries to package different things into different products, then sell them as different products with different licenses. They just split everything up into multiple things. That's just their sales pitch and how they do it."

"For large enterprise companies, the price should be alright, but for small businesses, the uptake might be slow because, for these clients, the price doesn't look very attractive."

"It's an expensive solution"

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Energy/Utilities Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Questions from the Community

Which is better - Mcafee's MVision ePO or ePolicy Orchestrator?

Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Mcafee's MVision ePO or ePolicy Orchestrator network security software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Mcafee's ePolicy O...

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What do you like most about McAfee MVISION ePO?

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator's performance is good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for McAfee MVISION ePO?

It's an expensive solution.

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What needs improvement with Swimlane?

Swimlane should enhance its integration features beyond the current task assignment, reaction, and persistence capabilities. It should support integrations with multiple signals or queues. Addition...

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What is your primary use case for Swimlane?

Swimlane is used for tasks that need multiple task owners. For instance, with bank applications, if you're opening a new account or need KYC, the application might undergo several stages - from sub...

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What advice do you have for others considering Swimlane?

The best part of Swimlane is the persistent notifications and its ease of integration, requiring minimal coding. While it lacks response features, it can be integrated with messaging or queue servi...

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Also Known As

McAfee ePO, ePolicy Orchestrator, Intel Security ePolicy Orchestrator, McAfee MVISION ePO

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Overview

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (McAfee ePO) is the most advanced, extensible, and scalable centralized security management software in the industry. Unifying security management through an open platform, McAfee ePO makes risk and compliance management simpler and more successful for organizations of all sizes.

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Swimlane is a leader in security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR). By automating time-intensive, manual processes and operational workflows and delivering powerful, consolidated analytics, real time dashboards and reporting from across your security infrastructure, Swimlane maximizes the incident response capabilities of over-burdened and understaffed security operations.

Swimlane was founded to deliver scalable innovative and flexible security solutions to organizations struggling with alert fatigue, vendor proliferation and chronic staffing shortages. Swimlane is at the forefront of the growing market for security automation and orchestration solutions that automate and organize security processes in repeatable ways to get the most out of available resources and accelerate incident response.

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Brelje & Race, Cognizant, Sutherland Global Services, Eagle Rock Energy, Arab National Bank, Bank Central Asia, Kleberg Bank, Leading Mexican Bank, SF Police Credit Union, Macquarie Telecom, Seagate Technology, Blackburn & Darwen Council, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation, IRCEP, Major U.S. State Government, State of Alaska, State of Colorado, Cemex, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke

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