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 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."
"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 advantage of Microsoft Defender XDR has over other XDRs in the market is that it's easy to use. You can quickly differentiate between alerts, incidents, devices, software, etc. It's easier to investigate an incident, and you have so many options. You can automate investigations and use playbooks. There's also the live response session, which is something you can't find in any other XDR."
"Microsoft 365 Defender is a stable solution."
"The integration between all the Defender products is the most valuable feature."
"Its most significant advantage lies in its affordability."
"Setting up Microsoft 365 Defender is easy. It's a user-friendly solution that provides threat protection. It has good stability and scalability."
"The most valuable aspect is undoubtedly the exploration capability"
"When Intel acquired McAfee they worked on the protocol so that all vendors can work on the same platform. It's a very big improvement in McAfee. All McAfee products talk to each other. Other vendor's products can join this platform as well so it makes it more powerful on the enterprise side for McAfee."
"Trellix Endpoint Security's dashboard is very flexible, and I can create my own user-specific dashboard depending on user privilege or preference."
"We receive good protection with this solution."
"The initial setup of Trellix Endpoint Security was straightforward."
"It has been protecting us for many years, and we hope it will continue to do so for many years to come."
"Would benefit with the addition of DLP features."
"Some of McAfee Endpoint Security's main features are it has benefits over normal conventional antivirus solutions because it works much faster."
"The performance is good."
"The abundance of sub-dashboards and sub-areas within the main dashboard can be confusing, even if it all technically makes sense."
"One of the biggest downsides of Microsoft products, in general, is that the menus are often difficult to find, as they tend to move from place to place between versions."
"There are still some components, such as vulnerability management within the vendor product, where improved integration would be beneficial."
"A simple dashboard without having to use MS Sentinel would be a welcome improvement."
"The web filtering solution needs to be improved because currently, it is very simple."
"The tool gives inconsistent answers and crashes a lot."
"From an integration standpoint, it is always improving overall. With Security Copilot coming out, as partners, we are waiting for the GDAP support so that we can actually see Security Copilot on behalf of customers if they subscribe to it."
"The advanced threat-hunting capabilities are phenomenal, and the security copilot enhances that, but some data elements could be better or have more context inside of the advanced tables themselves. The schemas feel a little limited to what they're building into the product. It's probably just a maturity thing. I imagine we'll see the features I want in the next year."
"McAfee GW Security and McAfee Child Safety need some improvement as they are relatively new."
"The security of this solution needs improvement."
"There is room to improve with scalability."
"It can be quite complicated to learn McAfee Endpoint Security and to feel comfortable with the environment."
"The interface is complex."
"Tech support is not as helpful as they were in the past."
"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."
"The price of the solution is high in Asia."
Microsoft Defender XDR is ranked 6th in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with 76 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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