We compared Tanium and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Overall, Tanium is praised for its comprehensive visibility into endpoints, security measures, efficient endpoint management, and powerful analytics capabilities. Users appreciate the top-notch customer service but mention high pricing, complex licensing, and system performance improvements needed. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint stands out for its threat protection, real-time monitoring, and user-friendly interface. Customers also commend customer service and competitive pricing, with positive ROI noted. Areas for enhancement include faster response times and improved documentation for both products.
Features: Tanium's valuable features include comprehensive visibility, effective security measures, efficient endpoint management, and powerful analytics capabilities. On the other hand, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint offers comprehensive threat protection, real-time monitoring and detection, efficient system management and reporting, user-friendly interface, seamless integration with other Microsoft products, and effective incident response capabilities.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for Tanium is higher compared to other similar products in the market, requiring additional resources and time. On the other hand, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has a more positive experience, with a straightforward setup process that doesn't require much effort., Based on user feedback, Tanium has shown positive ROI with improved efficiency, cost savings, enhanced security, and centralized IT management, while Microsoft Defender for Endpoint excels in threat protection, ease of use, and real-time insights.
Room for Improvement: There is room for improvement in both Tanium and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Tanium users have requested better system performance, improved documentation and training resources, and more customization options. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint users have provided feedback on areas that could be enhanced.
Deployment and customer support: Based on user reviews, there is variation in the duration required to establish a new tech solution for both Tanium and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Some users of Tanium reported spending 3 months on deployment and an additional week on setup, while others needed a week for both. As for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, some users mentioned the same timeframes for deployment and setup., Users highly praise the customer service of Tanium, citing helpful and responsive assistance from knowledgeable and professional support staff. Customers commend Tanium for their efficient and effective customer service. On the other hand, customers express satisfaction with the customer service of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, appreciating the support team's ability to address concerns and provide effective solutions. The quality of customer service provided by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is highly regarded.
The summary above is based on 96 interviews we conducted recently with Tanium and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The setup is pretty simple."
"Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great."
"Fortinet FortiEDR made our clients feel secure and more at ease, knowing that they had an EDR solution that would close the gap in their security posture."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"It is very easy to set up. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, with ten being very easy to set up."
"The console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"It's stable."
"The most valuable features are the Windows Firewall and the regular virus definition updates. These features are very helpful and have helped to improve our security."
"The visibility into threats that the solution provides is pretty awesome... This is something that makes me think, "Wow, okay. If I had my own organization, I would probably get this too." It stops the threat before an employee gets phished or something gets downloaded to their computer."
"The technical support from Microsoft is very good. We are part of the Microsoft Suite, and from being part of this we have consistent news regarding Microsoft Defender for Endpoint."
"The performance of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has been a valuable feature."
"It is already integrated with Windows 10, so you don't need to worry about that."
"This is not an inventory solution, but it helps you take count of how many workstations you have, as well as what software is installed on each of them."
"It's a very complete application. I have all the controls in one site. I can track emails, attacks, and threats, and I can research information. I really like this configuration because I have all the information in place."
"I like the fact that you can create patching campaigns depending on the area of your network that you want to address first. I like the ability it has to make several campaigns that work in parallel."
"I'm not so familiar with the tool but I like the interaction of the console to the picture. Patching is the primary model I have been focusing on for the last couple of weeks. So I have created a proof of concept environment and have been checking the available features."
"The interrogation piece was the most valuable feature because it was very detailed."
"I like the tool's incident response and security patching."
"For incident response tasks, all these tasks can get done in minutes with minimal disruption to the end-user."
"The product is granular and can build complex roles compared to other EDR vendors."
"Tanium's most valuable feature is its instant discovery aspect."
"The security features are very valuable."
"Integration with Azure and SaaS provisioning tools could improve Fortinet FortiEDR."
"The dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"It would be helpful if they included XDR features, on top of the EDR functionality."
"Phishing and Malware detection could be better."
"In terms of improvement, they update the platform it seems quite a bit. Every month something is in a new spot or something changed somewhere. There should be less of that."
"Lacks some additional integration."
"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can use more advertising to promote their features."
"Localization is always a challenge, especially with new products you typically want. Solutions are designed to be deployed where the most licenses are being consumed, such as in the United States. They focus on US products, devices, and networks. Specialized deployments for other countries would allow for a smoother experience in transition."
"It's not easy to create special allowances for certain groups of users. It can be a little heavy-handed in some areas where Microsoft has decided to lock a feature out, meaning they make it hard to make an exception... One company we work with needed to use about 20 different thumb drives for about 20 users. To make that exception for them was very difficult. In fact, you can't really make an exception. But what you can do is allow them to use it and, while it will still alert, you can actually suppress those alerts."
"The pricing could be a bit better."
"They could improve the UI."
"The solution needs to improve the reporting and tracking capabilities."
"Tanium’s scalability could be improved."
"We had some issues with the solution's OS upgrade."
"Tanium's limitations should be improved because although it is a great tool, it is limited to only a few classes during a session."
"Most of the time, agent-relative issues have to be more equipped with self-healing features. At times, the agent is there, but for some reason, it doesn't report a status. It gives certain problems that are obviously agent-based."
"The solution lacks mobility."
"The performance could improve in future releases. We have had performance issues in specialized web environments, but overall I think the problems are less than 2% of the computer systems being used."
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is ranked 1st in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 182 reviews while Tanium is ranked 26th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 15 reviews. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is rated 8.0, while Tanium is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint writes "Eliminates the need to look at multiple dashboards by automatically providing one XDR dashboard to show the security score of each subscription". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tanium writes "Useful tool for vulnerability management and deploying applications, needing improvement in its OS upgrade". Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is most compared with Symantec Endpoint Security, Intercept X Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and CrowdStrike Falcon, whereas Tanium is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Qualys VMDR, ServiceNow Discovery and BigFix. See our Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs. Tanium report.
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