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McAfee MVISION Mobile vs Microsoft BitLocker comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

McAfee MVISION Mobile
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Threat Defense (9th)
Microsoft BitLocker
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Encryption (1st), Mobile Data Protection (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

McAfee MVISION Mobile and Microsoft BitLocker aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. McAfee MVISION Mobile is designed for Mobile Threat Defense and holds a mindshare of 4.8%, up 4.0% compared to last year.
Microsoft BitLocker, on the other hand, focuses on Endpoint Encryption, holds 14.9% mindshare, down 37.5% since last year.
Mobile Threat Defense Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
McAfee MVISION Mobile4.8%
Zimperium24.6%
Lookout18.3%
Other52.3%
Mobile Threat Defense
Endpoint Encryption Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft BitLocker14.9%
Sophos SafeGuard7.9%
Symantec Endpoint Encryption7.8%
Other69.4%
Endpoint Encryption
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1066482 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
A market leader that integrates nicely with other McAfee security products and is quite stable
We are just customers and end-users. We are using the most up-to-date version available at this time. I'd advise potential new users that the key thing is to clearly understand what your requirements are and what your use cases are, and both your business requirements, your technical requirements, and your regulatory requirements. It's important to understand all of those. A company needs to clearly understand all the use cases it needs to manage and make sure they do the appropriate due diligence to find a product that can achieve all those requirements and handle all those use cases. It was an extensive process for us. We did about four to six months of paper-based due diligence - not even a field trial - to make that we were picking the right product. We leveraged a lot of outside vendor-neutral sources like Gartner. So far, I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten.
MK
Engineer Ii - Design at Tektekies
Integration streamlines security management and supports both cloud and on-premises environments
Microsoft BitLocker implementation requires careful consideration. When any BIOS change occurs, Microsoft BitLocker activates because it detects a potential vulnerability, which is its intended function. Since BIOS updates are necessary periodically, it is crucial that whoever implements Microsoft BitLocker knows how to recover the key, especially when dealing with important devices such as a CEO's laptop. The implementation process is straightforward, and it operates in the background. Once initiated, it continues to function even if the computer is turned off. It proceeds without user notification, which is beneficial. The progress can be monitored along with other relevant information.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Due to the fact that we bought a number of McAfee security products, one of the significant benefits for our company was the integration across multiple security controls, giving us a single pane of glass to monitor, administer, and manage multiple security controls."
"The product is one of the market leaders, according to Gartner, on mobile protection."
"I could advise any company to then deploy Microsoft BitLocker, first of all, because the product is free and the end user's computer performance is not affected."
"The transition to Microsoft BitLocker has proven worthwhile due to cost savings."
"The solution's most valuable feature is that it is simple to deploy and manage."
"The most important aspect of this solution is that if your laptop gets stolen, the information is encrypted."
"The disk encryption is the most valuable aspect of the solution for our organization."
"They observed cost savings after implementing Microsoft BitLocker because they requested BitLocker with System Center."
"It is easy to use and has multiple options for many uses."
"The tool has improved the starting up of our notebooks and end-user devices."
 

Cons

"The one thing that I know that they're working on, that's not quite there in the product, is the artificial intelligence aspect."
"At the end of it all, we are looking for something that can be easier to manage."
"The solution could be improved if it was more user friendly."
"The implementation of BitLocker is not simple. There are many prerequisites and hours of study and testing."
"It takes a very long time to encrypt a disk, so I think that speed is something that can be improved."
"Although drive encryption could be running in the background, it took a long time to encrypt a drive."
"The migration itself is a nightmare."
"The management of the product could be made a little easier."
"Instead of integrating with a third party, Microsoft BitLocker should have its own mechanism to safeguard the systems when they are not accessible for a long time."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It operates on a subscription model on an annual basis."
"It is a totally free solution."
"This solution is included with Microsoft Server and my clients did not have to pay for anything extra."
"I think it's reasonably priced because I've never heard any complaints from my company about its costs."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
"The solution is expensive."
"The cost of this solution is bundled in with part of the subscription for the Microsoft Cloud. We have users subscribed to Enterprise E5 and it comes with E5"
"BitLocker is already in Windows 10 and its price has already been "paid"."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
9%
Government
9%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business35
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise25
 

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What should one take into account when replacing PGP with Microsoft BitLocker?
Beware to make backup of useful data, then use reverse decryption policy from Symantec panel/McAfee ePO to decrypt the DE partitions while it is sometimes more straightforward and faster to reinsta...
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....
How does Microsoft BitLocker compare with Symantec Endpoint Encryption?
Microsoft BitLocker is very intuitive and easy to maintain. It is basically the global standard solution for drive encryption and it successfully fulfills regulatory needs in terms of data protecti...
 

Also Known As

McAfee MDP, MVISION Mobile
BitLocker, MS BitLocker
 

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Sample Customers

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ACV, Proaxis Therapy, Choice Hotels International, adnymics GmbH, Intermedia, NMBS/SNCB
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