We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Trend Micro Cloud One Workload Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two CWPP (Cloud Workload Protection Platforms) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can use Defender to block and monitor for security purposes without needing multiple other products to do different tasks."
"The Endpoint Manager is incredible; it has a very straightforward interface and is exceedingly easy to use. Pulling out and deploying different tags or resources is a simple task across various departments with different levels of security. The notifications are also simple and satisfying; it's great to see the bubble informing us which devices are compliant and which are waiting to update."
"It has been great for us. Previously, we didn't have a solution to protect us, especially from malware, whereas now, we are getting protection up front, especially from the malware attacks coming through emails or endpoints."
"Within advanced threat hunting, the tables that have already been defined by Microsoft are helpful. In the advanced threat hunting tab, there were different tables, and one of the tables was related to device info, device alert, and device events. That was very helpful. Another feature that I liked but didn't have access to was deep analysis."
"Microsoft 365 Defender is simple to upgrade."
"The EDR features are valuable. By getting the EDR features, we have more control over the device. We have information about events in real-time and more protection against zero-day threats and zero-day vulnerabilities. We can monitor every event or action that a device is going through. We can get an idea if it is something malicious or if we have to take any actions."
"We can automate routine tasks and write scripts to carry out difficult tasks, which makes things easier for us."
"It gives a lot of flexibility in terms of configuration and customization as per the business requirements."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the insights, meaning the remediation suggestions, as well as the incident alerts."
"This is a platform as a service provided by Azure. We don't need to install or maintain Azure Security Center. It is a ready-made service available in Azure. This is one of the main things that we like. If you look at similar tools, we have to install, maintain, and update services. Whereas, Azure Security Center manages what we are using. This is a good feature that has helped us a lot."
"The integration with Logic Apps allows for automated responses to incidents."
"The vulnerability reporting is helpful. When we initially deployed Defender, it reported many more threats than we currently see. It gave us insight into areas we had not previously considered, so we knew where we needed to act."
"Most importantly, it's an integrated solution. We not only have Defender for Cloud, but we also have Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Office 365, and Defender for Identity. It's an integrated, holistic solution."
"Using Security Center, you have a full view, at any given time, of what's deployed, and that is something that is very useful."
"Threat protection is comprehensive and simple."
"It works seamlessly on the Azure platform because it's a Microsoft app. Its setup is similar, so if you already have a Microsoft account, it just flows into it."
"The security is good."
"Cloud One Workload Security's best features are security analysis, remote access security, and driver security."
"There are other SIEM solutions that are easier to use, mainly based on the creation of rules, use cases, and groups."
"The solution could improve by having better machine learning and AI. Additionally, the interface, documentation, and integration could be better."
"The data recovery and backup could be improved."
"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."
"I personally have not seen much evidence of how Defender can enhance the story of zero trust for enterprises."
"The dashboard should be easier to use. There is also improvement needed in the reporting when it comes to exporting or scheduling reports."
"The onboarding and offboarding need improvement. I work with other vendors as well, and they have an option to add a device or remove a device from the portal, whereas with Microsoft 365 Defender, we need to do that manually. However, once you do that, everything can be controlled through the portal, but getting the device onboarded and offboarded is currently manual. If we have an option to simply remove a device from the portal or get a device added from the portal, it would be more convenient. The rest of the features are similar. This is the only area where I found it different from others. I would also like to be able to simply filter with a few of the queries that are already there."
"There should be better information for experts on features in the solution. What I see when reading about features in Microsoft 365 Defender is that it is always general information. If Microsoft could go deeper into details for the experts about how to use the tools, usage of it would be more familiar and it would be easier to use."
"Another thing is that Defender for Cloud uses more resources than CrowdStrike, which my current company uses. Defender for Cloud has two or three processes running simultaneously that consume memory and processor time. I had the chance to compare that with CrowdStrike a few days ago, which was significantly less. It would be nice if Defender were a little lighter. It's a relatively large installation that consumes more resources than competitors do."
"Consistency is the area where the most improvement is needed. For example, there are some areas where the UI is not uniform across the board."
"Microsoft sources most of their threat intelligence internally, but I think they should open themselves up to bodies that provide feel intelligence to build a better engine. There may be threats out there that they don't report because their team is not doing anything on that and they don't have arrangements with another party that is involved in that research."
"Azure is a complex solution. You have so many moving parts."
"I felt that there was disconnection in terms of understanding the UI. The communication for moving from the old UI to the new UI could be improved. It was a bit awkward."
"The overview provides you with good information, but if you want more details, there is a lot more customization to do, which requires knowledge of the other supporting solutions."
"After getting a recommendation, it takes time for the solution to refresh properly to show that the problem has been eliminated."
"There is no perfect product in the world and there are always features that can be added."
"Trend Micro Cloud One Workload Security seems to have a preference for AWS Cloud over Azure and would be improved by focusing equally on both."
"The pricing can get high."
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is ranked 2nd in CWPP (Cloud Workload Protection Platforms) with 32 reviews while Trend Micro Cloud One Workload Security is ranked 18th in CWPP (Cloud Workload Protection Platforms) with 2 reviews. Microsoft Defender for Cloud is rated 8.2, while Trend Micro Cloud One Workload Security is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender for Cloud writes "Provides good recommendations and makes policy administration easy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trend Micro Cloud One Workload Security writes "Great protection, lots of features, and good reliability". Microsoft Defender for Cloud is most compared with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, AWS GuardDuty, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, Wiz and Orca Security, whereas Trend Micro Cloud One Workload Security is most compared with McAfee Cloud Workload Security, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management and Orca Security. See our Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs. Trend Micro Cloud One Workload Security report.
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