McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator vs Vulcan Cyber comparison

The compared McAfee and Vulcan Cyber, a Tenable Company solutions aren't in the same category. McAfee is ranked #12 in SOAR , with an average rating of 8.7, and holds a 0.7% mindshare in the category. Vulcan Cyber, a Tenable Company is ranked #21 in VM , with an average rating of 7.4, and holds a 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 82% of McAfee users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Vulcan Cyber, a Tenable Company users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and Vulcan Cyber are key players in the cybersecurity arena. McAfee takes the lead in pricing and customer support, while Vulcan Cyber has the upper hand in feature-set and risk management efficiency.

Features: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator provides centralized management, compliance checks, and reporting features. Vulcan Cyber focuses on assessing vulnerabilities, prioritizing risk, and offering remediation approaches. McAfee emphasizes policy management and dashboards, whereas Vulcan Cyber integrates with third-party tools and provides advanced analytics.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator requires resource-intensive deployment with detailed documentation, but Vulcan Cyber offers a streamlined, cloud-based deployment with responsive customer service, making it simpler for tech teams.

Pricing and ROI: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator presents a cost-effective solution with strong ROI through thorough threat management and lower support expenses. Vulcan Cyber's pricing aligns with its enhanced vulnerability management capabilities, ensuring value through significant long-term security improvements.

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Categories and Ranking

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (12th)

Vulcan Cyber

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (21st), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (7th), Cloud Security Remediation (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is designed for Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) and holds a mindshare of 0.7%, up 0.7% compared to last year.
Vulcan Cyber, on the other hand, focuses on Vulnerability Management, holds 0.6% mindshare, up 0.5% since last year.

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator	0.7%
Microsoft Sentinel	15.9%
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR	9.6%
Other	73.8%

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

Vulnerability Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Vulcan Cyber	0.6%
Wiz	10.5%
Tenable Nessus	7.3%
Other	81.6%

Vulnerability Management

Featured Reviews

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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Shreevinayak Deshpande

Senior Analyst at Deloitte

Makes vulnerability management efficient with a single pane of glass and daily report generation

There are areas for improvement. Initially, when onboarding Vulcan Cyber, the setup and configuration was more complex than expected with a user-friendly approach. This aspect can be enhanced. An important area is performance and speed, as Vulcan Cyber often lacks speed when exporting reports. The team might have to work on scaling up servers. When we click on a vulnerability, it takes ten seconds to pop up a window and show the entire content. Instead of that, they can put a down arrow, and all the details should be shown on clicking the arrow. This will prevent that ten-second delay. Another area for improvement is providing support and documentation for their tool. Users should have access to easy-to-understand trial documentation for reference.

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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

"The initial setup is very easy."

"We implemented data transfer protection, which allows transfer in one direction only. Users can copy from the PC to the USB but not from the USB to the PC. That way, if someone is carrying a virus on a USB, it will not be transferred to the PC."

"The DLP feature in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is good."

"I really like the auditing component because it really looks at exactly what has happened on the network."

"What I like the most is the ability to manage centrally, to manage the various devices, the platform, and the endpoint, all from one console."

"The most valuable features of this solution are the antivirus and the DLP."

"The best part is management in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator."

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

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"They recently upgraded their UI, which is great. It is user-friendly."

"There is a lot of flexibility in exporting, making it a really good feature. The exporting flexibility based on application type is commendable and provides significant value."

"Out of the three solutions I've used, Vulcan Cyber is the superior option."

"Vulcan Cyber gives the remediation team the focus points."

"I was part of the initial deployment. It was pretty easy. To fully deploy, it took about three or four weeks."

"One of the features that I find valuable is the ability to bifurcate the report according to the many options available."

"Now that the solution is onboarded, we are saving a lot of time. We're saving roughly four to ten hours a week."

"It is very good when it comes to ingesting information from different sources and then displaying this information in an easy-to-use platform."

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Cons

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

"The rollout to cover the online resources, such as SharePoint, One Drive, and Office 365 doesn't seem to have a very clear path."

"There should be more insights and completeness into the cyber kill chain, similar to CrowdStrike and SentinelOne. It just seems a little outdated in being 100% signature-based without all of the insights and protections that come with CrowdStrike and SentinelOne. Overall, they've got some catching up to do if they plan to compete in the comprehensive EDR space."

"The Virtual Patching feature needs to be improved."

"McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator could improve by supporting container microservices, such as Docker and Kubernetes."

"We need to consolidate multiple features into one console. It would be beneficial to have all the important features on a single platform."

"There is a problem when it comes to agent communication and duplicate records, where the rebooting of a machine leads to the installation of a new agent and you get a lot of duplicate records that ultimately affect your compliance monitoring."

"The solution could improve the EDR component in many areas, such as the zero-day and persistent threats. The implementation is also complex for this feature."

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"I would rate the tool between six and seven because there have been instances when the tool was down, and I couldn't access Cyber reports. Additionally, the Vulcan Cyber team made changes to the tool and did not notify us."

"An important area is performance and speed, as Vulcan Cyber often lacks speed when exporting reports."

"Monitoring of the evolution of campaigns and perhaps having more customized options for monitoring them would be great."

"Improvements are needed in providing more concise details on how to apply remedies for particular vulnerabilities. I would like to have more information about the remedies for particular vulnerabilities so that we do not have to go through the CVE numbers and relevant pages to check for a particular vulnerability and its remedy."

"Mainly, what I would like from them is more maintenance of the different connectors they have in the platform."

"Their support is good, but there are some flaws as well."

"We wish we had more insights into how they weigh the risks associated with the threat intel."

"Improvements are needed in providing more concise details on how to apply remedies for particular vulnerabilities."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"It is attractively priced. It is a fraction of what we're going to pay for CrowdStrike or SentinelOne, but it only has a fraction of the capabilities as well."

"McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is not an expensive solution."

"This solution is priced in the mid-range."

"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."

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

"$The price of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is expensive, it is approximately $6,000 to $9,000 per license annually."

"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."

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"Our leadership knows better about the pricing. As per my knowledge, which might not be accurate, its price can come down."

"Its pricing is quite fair compared to what is out there in the market, especially compared to the tool from Microsoft. It is a SaaS platform that has an annual cost, so it is something that is already used by many companies. It is quite affordable."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

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Financial Services Firm

University

Computer Software Company

28%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	19

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Large Enterprise	10

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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vulcan Cyber?

I don't deal with the pricing of the solution. I'm not a part of that department.

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What needs improvement with Vulcan Cyber?

One area for improvement is clarity in the results column of vulnerability reports. Currently, the path where the vulnerability lies is not clear, so Vulcan needs to work on specifying the correct ...

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What is your primary use case for Vulcan Cyber?

I have been using the solution for more than six months. Essentially, any reporting I do for our internal Internet assets involves using Vulcan. The primary use of Vulcan is extracting the reports,...

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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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Vulcan Cyber is used by leading cyber security organizations to manage exposure risk created by unmitigated infrastructure, application, code and cloud vulnerabilities.

The Vulcan Cyber ExposureOS starts by correlating and normalizing risk and asset data aggregated from hundreds of vulnerability scanners, asset repositories and threat intelligence feeds. These signals are then used to create a singular view of your organization's attack surfaces to make exposure risk and vulnerability prioritization accurate and actionable.

Vulcan Cyber ExposureOS reduces mean time to remediation by fostering efficient collaboration among security teams, asset and remediation owners through orchestrated workflows and automated remediation tasks.

Use Vulcan Cyber to measure security posture improvement, efficacy of vulnerability risk mitigation campaigns, and compliance with SLAs and regulatory frameworks such as PCI DSS, DORA, NIS2 and HIPPA.

Vulcan Cyber is the only vulnerability risk management solution provider to be named a "Leader" in both the Forrester Wave and Omdia Universe evaluations in 2023.

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Sample Customers

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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