We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence and Microsoft Defender XDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Microsoft Security Suite solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The tool is managed from the cloud, because of which the maintenance is very low."
"The product's anti-spam and malware-scanning features are useful. We scan email attachments, documents, and malicious codes."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."
"The product provides efficient email security for sending links and file attachments."
"You can use it to monitor third parties and ensure they are not under threat attacks. It is beneficial in the GRC model."
"They have a very transparent roadmap for the product."
"It is very scalable. There are approximately 2,000 endpoints and up to 200 servers in our company."
"Microsoft collects trillions of signals from all over the world, which is incredibly valuable. It helps us identify zero-day vulnerabilities and global threats."
"Microsoft Defender's most critical component is its CASB solution. It has many built-in policies that can improve your organization's cloud security posture. It's effective regardless of where your users are, which is critical because most users are working from home. It's cloud-based, so nothing is on-premise."
"The most valuable feature is probably the aggregation and correlation of the different telemetry points with Defender for Identity, Defender for Endpoint, and Defender for Cloud Apps. All of these various things are part of that portal. We've wanted that single pane of glass for years."
"Microsoft 365 Defender is a stable solution."
"Microsoft 365 Defender's most valuable feature is the ability to control the shadow IP."
"Its most significant advantage lies in its affordability."
"The unified view of the threat landscape on a central dashboard is the most valuable feature."
"It provides a single pane of glass within the 365 admin interface, streamlining our experience by consolidating information in one place and eliminating the need to navigate through multiple interfaces."
"Advanced hunting is good. I like that. We can drill down to lots of details."
"There could be AI functionality included for features like reporting and dashboard preparation."
"One area that can be improved is reducing false positives."
"The price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required. In general, the solution's price needs to be reduced."
"Having up-to-date documentation and real-time reflections in all portals would be beneficial to keep users informed about any changes. Additionally, the frequent changes in Microsoft's UI and the movement of features between different products in the set pose difficulties."
"The solution could be more stable and precise because, at times, the threats detected are not legitimate."
"I would like to see more AI features and capabilities."
"Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is evolving and needs to fix and enhance numerous issues like stability and licensing. The continuous rebranding and licensing changes are confusing."
"The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Microsoft Defender XDR is not a full-fledged EDR or XDR."
"The support could be more knowledgable to improve their offering."
"Sometimes, configurations take much longer than expected."
"Microsoft frequently changes the names of its products, sometimes even renaming entire portals or features."
"The patching capability should be there. Patching is something that you cannot do even though you see the vulnerabilities present in your environment. For patching, you have to depend on another solution."
"The logs could be better."
"When discussing the secure score, which includes overviews and recommended actions, some of these recommended actions are not applicable to us, particularly those related to Microsoft Internet Explorer, which we do not use in any of our environments."
"At times, there may be delays in the execution of certain actions and their effects."
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Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is ranked 16th in Microsoft Security Suite with 23 reviews while Microsoft Defender XDR is ranked 1st in Microsoft Security Suite with 79 reviews. Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Defender XDR is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence writes "A tool that offers endpoint protection with low maintenance costs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Defender XDR writes "Includes four services and four products, which can help organizations a lot". Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is most compared with Microsoft Sentinel, Cisco Threat Grid, STAXX, ThreatConnect Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) and VirusTotal, whereas Microsoft Defender XDR is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager, Wazuh and Trend Vision One. See our Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence vs. Microsoft Defender XDR report.
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