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McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs Microsoft BitLocker comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Cloudflare
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Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
77
Ranking in other categories
CDN (1st), Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection (1st), Managed DNS (1st), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (12th)
McAfee Total Protection for...
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (25th)
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

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention1.0%
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention12.6%
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention8.5%
Other77.9%
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Endpoint Encryption Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft BitLocker34.6%
ESET Endpoint Encryption16.5%
Symantec Endpoint Encryption9.4%
Other39.5%
Endpoint Encryption
 

Featured Reviews

Carlos Alam Hernandez Baruch - PeerSpot reviewer
Fast and secure deployments simplify operations for government and fintech clients
It is a fast and secure DNS. It is very easy to deploy, and my customers are happy with this tool. Additionally, the CDN performance in Mexico is excellent, providing fast service and tools. It offers reliability during high-traffic periods, ensuring no impact on the environment. It helps my clients avoid using on-premise boxes, simplifying operations as they only use the prices on Cloudflare.
Kamal Abdelrahman - PeerSpot reviewer
Has provided strong data protection capabilities while offering valuable policy customization options
I find unique value in McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention specifically in controlling the application from a DLP perspective; when a computer downloads a package, you can understand where it downloaded this package from, and you can create a policy regarding the source of the download. This is actually an important and valuable feature, specifically in enterprises where they download, upload, and export critical reports from their business applications. I appreciate the customized policy features in McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention because we didn't find these features in other competing applications. This may be a requirement from business customers who have important or critical applications; they expect to understand that these are critical files because this is a critical application. This cannot be done although we are with Trellix or McAfee solution.
Ibrahin Gamal - PeerSpot reviewer
Data protection improves while users adapt to user access complexities
Recovery options are useful with Microsoft BitLocker. When we get the recovery key from Microsoft, people who we show how BitLocker works did not know the facts about BitLocker. When we tell them about recovery keys, it is very difficult for them to get to the users who have issues in their PCs and do not have the knowledge. When IT asked about the scenario, it was difficult for them. They needed something where they could go to the administration portal to unlock the PC for the user, but we tell them that when a user asks for a recovery key, it consists of 32 numbers to unlock their PC. They observed cost savings after implementing Microsoft BitLocker because they requested BitLocker with System Center. They found that it did not have a high cost, as it is a built-in feature in Windows. When they asked about other solutions, it was very expensive for large numbers in other corporates or organizations. They were very satisfied with Microsoft BitLocker with System Center Configuration Manager.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Even when there is a high load on our servers, Cloudflare is able to cache the data and serve it to users, ensuring they can still access the website."
"The DDoS protection is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"I rate its stability a ten out of ten."
"The UI is good."
"The most valuable feature of Cloudflare DNS is its global reach and it is always evolving."
"Cloudflare makes it easier for me to handle and set up DNS for multiple users and multiple clients, and basically go in and access their account, make the changes they need, and it's a one-stop shop."
"Smaller businesses have seen great ROI due to the low investment and strong performance."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is external DNS. It is also very secure. They have their own main server and once you configure it, the product takes care of everything. There are no issues in resolving IPs and low latency is also present."
"Enables customization of file types and for different scenarios."
"This solution has a rich set of policies."
"The most valuable feature is strong data leak prevention for data protection."
"The most valuable feature of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is data loss prevention."
"Everything in this DLP is great. It"
"The most valuable feature right now is the user control."
"The product is largely stable."
"The administrative capabilities and the interface make this product accessible and easy to use."
"There's a lot of manageability within the solution. This is very helpful."
"It is free and native to the OS. We don't have to worry about upgrades or maintaining the product. You encrypt the disk, and you save the recovery key. That's it. The person puts their password in, and after that, it is up to them. If they forget their password, they have to bring it in to get it unlocked."
"Technical support is excellent."
"It holds significant value as it reduces the need for extensive IT management to handle security across networks and environments"
"It's a straightforward solution for encryption."
"The tool has improved the starting up of our notebooks and end-user devices."
"The best thing about it is the encryption type and the way it requires TPM when someone tries to access the drive."
"It comes bundled with other Microsoft solutions."
 

Cons

"In the last two years, there has been a certain amount of downtime when using the VDM."
"If they improve on the placement of their data centers, it would be better. I'm living in a remote area. I would like to connect to them without any kind of lag."
"I would like Cloudflare to offer a dedicated account manager for large enterprise clients like us."
"There might be helpful if there was some web application firewall feature."
"The pricing could be improved."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"Cloudflare could be improved by introducing a mid-tier pricing option."
"We're facing challenges due to an upgrade in the machine learning model. The problem arises from some users abusing the APIs, resulting in an influx of suspicious traffic. Cloudflare's learning model mistakenly identifies this traffic as human. Consequently, it assigns it a higher trust score, akin to legitimate human traffic, causing complications in our architecture. Previously, such traffic would have been categorized as suspicious, enabling us to apply appropriate blocking rules. However, we encounter difficulties distinguishing between genuine and suspicious traffic with the new categorization. Despite these challenges, overall, Cloudflare remains the preferred solution compared to Azure, AWS CloudFront, and Google Cloud Armor."
"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention needs to improve the resources it uses for CPU and RAM."
"The solution takes up too much CPU and memory."
"Technical support doesn't really offer fast response times."
"We have a shortage in integration capabilities with DRM solutions, such as Seclore, while it had been working before."
"The product uses a lot of resources and because of this it is not always a good solution for every situation."
"In my experience, it's not really user-friendly for me, in terms of how I navigate with the ePolicy Orchestrator. They need to upgrade their management console."
"The UI needs to be simplified."
"The interface can be improved, it's too cluttered."
"Microsoft BitLocker needs to be an all-inclusive solution. For example, a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) cryptoprocessor is required to use Bitlocker with your computer which keeps Bitlocker from adoption beyond Windows."
"The people at the first level of support refer you to articles that do not pertain to the problem at hand."
"It's possible that the time it takes to pull items in to BitLocker could be reduced a bit."
"It needs a management console."
"It is not good for cross-compatibility, so our Mac users are not able to use it."
"The solution needs to have better protection and improve its pricing."
"There are options which could be implemented to make it a little more like PGP Whole Disk Encryption."
"The console GUI could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is reasonable."
"So far I use free tier and happy with it. You can subscribe to business package if needed."
"It's a premium model. You can start at zero and work your way up to the enterprise model, which has a very high pricing level."
"In terms of licensing costs, we don't pay for licensing for Cloudflare. We only establish communication, then for peering, Cloudflare takes care of the cross-connection in different data centers."
"I give the price a five out of ten."
"The tool is a premium product, so it is very expensive."
"We are using the free version."
"The price of the solution is expensive."
"If the client purchases the entire suite of McAfee Endpoint, the license is included."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"The pricing seems expensive both for the license and the support."
"The price of the solution could improve, it is expensive. We typically sell one and three-year licenses."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"The price is high for this type of product."
"I would rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten."
"McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is expensive."
"We already use Microsoft products, and Microsoft BitLocker is an add-on product that is free of cost for us."
"We didn't pay for additional licenses since the solution is built into Windows."
"For reasons unknown, Microsoft products seem to be getting more expensive."
"The tool is cheap compared to the products offered by competitors. If one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the tool's price as one."
"The solution is cost efficient."
"It's not about pricing, because we are working with Enterprise companies that already have Windows Enterprise, so BitLocker comes already included as a Windows feature. It's free for Enterprise users. The price is only for deployment. The customer will pay for McAfee, however."
"Microsoft BitLocker's pricing is fair; I rate it a four out of ten."
"BitLocker is included in our license and doesn't cost us anything extra."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Retailer
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Government
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business46
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise25
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business35
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise25
 

Questions from the Community

Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?
Cloudflare. We are moving from Akamai prolexic to Cloudflare. Cloudflare anycast network outperforms Akamai static GR...
Which would you choose - Cloudflare DNS or Quad9?
Cloudflare DNS is a very fast, very reliable public DNS resolver. It is an enterprise-grade authoritative DNS service...
What do you like most about Cloudflare?
Cloudflare offers CDN and DDoS protection. We have the front end, API, and database in how you structure applications.
What do you like most about McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention?
The tool focuses on endpoints rather than networks. Endpoints cover everything. It wouldn't be possible to steal conf...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention?
I rate the pricing for McAfee as competitive compared to other companies; they are in the same range, not a cheap pro...
What needs improvement with McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention?
I see enhancement in reporting for McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention as a potential area of improvemen...
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 th...
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 en...
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 en...
 

Also Known As

Cloudflare DNS
McAfee Total Protection for Data, McAfee Total Protection for DLP, Total Protection for Data, Intel Security Total Protection for Data
BitLocker, MS BitLocker
 

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