We performed a comparison between Trellix Endpoint Security and Microsoft 365 based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Trellix Endpoint Security users like the ePolicy Orchestrator, the solution’s robust central management console. Microsoft 365 Defender offers effortless integration with other Microsoft solutions. Users praised its flexibility and comprehensive protection against multiple threat types. Trellix could improve by reducing resource usage, enhancing stability, and making the solution more user-friendly. 365 Defender could upgrade its machine learning and AI capabilities. Some users suggested adopting Zero Trust features.
Service and Support: Some users say Trellix support is helpful and responsive, while others believe there is room for improvement in communication and resolution times. Some of our reviewers were satisfied with Microsoft support, but others complained about slow responses and lackluster problem-solving capabilities.
Ease of Deployment: Setting up Trellix Endpoint Security is simple if the user has some expertise. Setting up Microsoft 365 Defender is potentially complex and may involve integrating with existing policies. Some users reported longer deployment times.
Pricing: Trellix Endpoint Security’s pricing is considered flexible, competitive, and about average compared to other solutions. Some users say that Microsoft 365 Defender is good value, but others perceive it as more expensive than similar competing products.
ROI: Users reported saving time by implementing Trellix Endpoint Security. Microsoft 365 Defender offers savings, attack prevention, consolidation of security measures, and proactive threat detection.
Comparison Results: Our users prefer Microsoft 365 Defender over Trellix Endpoint Security. It is praised for its smooth integration with other Microsoft tools, license consolidation, and user-friendly interface. Users value its threat-response capability and seamless integration with the entire Microsoft 365 line.
"The EDR and the way it automatically responds to ransomware and other attacks are valuable features."
"The product integrates security into one tool instead of having third-party security tools."
"It's a very scalable tool that can be used in a very small environment or in a very large environment. Everything can be managed from a simple dashboard and can be scaled up or down depending on the customer's environment."
"For me, the advanced hunting capabilities have been really great. It allowed querying the dataset with their own language, which is KQL or Kusto Query Language. That has allowed me to get much more insight into the events that have occurred. The whole power of 365 Defender is that you can get the whole story. It allows you to query an email-based activity and then correlate it with an endpoint-based activity."
"The most valuable feature depends on the scenario. For compliance, I like Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Data Loss Prevention. Sentinel is the most helpful feature for security. 365 Defender helps us prioritize threats across an enterprise. It's a crucial feature for the managed services team."
"Another noteworthy feature that I find appealing in Microsoft Defender is the credit-backed simulation. This feature enables organizations to train their users on effectively responding to phishing emails through a simulated training environment."
"Having a single pane of glass for all Microsoft security services makes everything much easier. A security analyst can go to a single portal and see everything in one view. The integration of everything into one portal is a huge benefit."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft 365 Defender are the combination of all the capabilities and centralized management."
"I feel McAfee Endpoint Security to be a good, mature product."
"The DLP and user interface are the most valuable feature."
"The initial setup of Trellix Endpoint Security was straightforward."
"We can manage everything from the central console and it is very easy."
"This product has the capability to check a wide range of vulnerabilities and devices."
"It provides a robust defense against cybersecurity threats while offering user-friendly features like notifications and approval prompts."
"Dynamic Application Containment."
"The endpoint security, antivirus and firewall are the most valuable features of Trellix Endpoint Security."
"At times, when we have an incident email and we click on the link for that incident, it opens a pop-up, but there is nothing. It has happened a couple of times."
"The support could be more knowledgable to improve their offering."
"The documentation on their website is somewhat outdated and doesn't show properly. I wanted to try a query in Microsoft Defender 365. When I opened the related documentation from the security blog on the Microsoft website, the figures were not showing. It was difficult to understand the article without having the figures. The figures were there in the article, but they were not getting loaded, which made the article obsolete."
"The licensing is a nightmare and has room for improvement."
"The only problem I find is that the use cases are built-in. There is no template available that you can modify according to your organization's standards. What they give is very generic, the market standard, but that might not be applicable to every organization."
"The mobile app support for Android and iOS is difficult and needs improvement."
"The logs could be better."
"Microsoft 365 Defender does not have a unique package with emerging endpoint security technologies, such as EDR and XDR."
"There are certain shortcomings in the features concerning DLP in Trellix, where certain additions must be made in the future."
"I would like to see more integration with third-party products."
"We don't like the solution since it requires much memory consumption and consumes much CPU resources."
"They can improve its resource consumption, such as memory, and maybe provide better or smaller updates. It always takes a lot of resources, but it has been getting better. I have been using McAfee products for the last 20 years or so, and I know it is getting better."
"Currently, Trellix Endpoint Security can't find the running mutexes, while other open-source products can do it."
"We have had some of our clients not happy with McAfee Endpoint Security because it blocks some of the applications they are trying to use. They should make it easier to unblock applications."
"On the next release, they should build an easier way to see a repair option within the McAfee icon on your system tray. If there was an issue, you should be able to contact the user or just right-click on "repair". That would be a very good feature to add. That could be a place of improvement, just adding that button, or customizing it."
"The VirusScan needs to improve in order to detect ransomware and other advanced threats."
Microsoft Defender XDR is ranked 6th in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with 75 reviews while Trellix Endpoint Security is ranked 10th in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with 94 reviews. Microsoft Defender XDR is rated 8.4, while Trellix Endpoint Security is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender XDR writes "Includes four services and four products, which can help organizations a lot". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trellix Endpoint Security writes "Good user behavioral analysis and helpful patching but needs better support services". Microsoft Defender XDR is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager and Wazuh, whereas Trellix Endpoint Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS), CrowdStrike Falcon, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Trend Micro Deep Security. See our Microsoft Defender XDR vs. Trellix Endpoint Security report.
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