We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender XDR and Symantec XDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about SentinelOne, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks and others in Extended Detection and Response (XDR)."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."
"My clients like Defender's file integrity monitoring. They're monitoring Windows and Linux system files."
"The 'Incidents and Alerts' tab is a valuable feature where we can find triggered alerts."
"We also use Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Cloud, Defender for Identity, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps. They are all integrated and it was very easy to integrate them. In my experience with the integrations, it was just a click of a button and things were integrated. It's just a button."
"The solution is well integrated with applications. It is easy to maintain and administer."
"The integration between all the Defender products is the most valuable feature."
"The integration with other Microsoft solutions is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the DLP because that's where we can have an added data protection layer and extend it not just to emails but to the documents that users are working on. We can make sure that sensitive data is tagged and flagged if unauthorized parties are using it."
"You can advise the solution and protect your environment."
"The support team is not competent or responsive."
"The solution could improve by having better machine learning and AI. Additionally, the interface, documentation, and integration could be better."
"Since all of our databases are updated and located in the cloud, I would like additional support for this."
"Microsoft tends to provide too many features, which makes the solution prone to bugs."
"The management features could be improved, particularly in terms of better integration with Intune, Microsoft's cloud-based management solution."
"At times, there may be delays in the execution of certain actions and their effects."
"Microsoft frequently changes the names of its products, sometimes even renaming entire portals or features."
"I personally have not seen much evidence of how Defender can enhance the story of zero trust for enterprises."
"The solution should have better reporting."
Microsoft Defender XDR is ranked 6th in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with 76 reviews while Symantec XDR is ranked 26th in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with 1 review. Microsoft Defender XDR is rated 8.4, while Symantec XDR 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 Symantec XDR writes "A scalable and stable solution with straightforward deployment". Microsoft Defender XDR is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager, Wazuh and Trend Vision One, whereas Symantec XDR is most compared with Wazuh.
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