Morphisec vs Trellix Advanced Threat Defense comparison

Morphisec and Trellix are both solutions in the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) category. Morphisec is ranked #31, while Trellix is ranked #23 with an average rating of 9.0. Morphisec holds a 2.1% mindshare in ATP, compared to Trellix’s 2.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Morphisec users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 76% of Trellix users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

Morphisec and Trellix Advanced Threat Defense are competing cybersecurity solutions. Morphisec often garners customer satisfaction with pricing, while Trellix is favored for its comprehensive features, making it a choice for those seeking value.

Features: Morphisec distinguishes itself with proactive prevention using Moving Target Defense, blocking threats before they cause damage. It’s lightweight and operates without performance hindrance. Trellix Advanced Threat Defense excels with a multi-layered malware detection approach using static, dynamic, and machine learning analysis. It offers deep threat intelligence, making it robust in features. Their comprehensive integration capabilities also add value to Trellix's offerings.

Room for Improvement: Morphisec could enhance its visibility and analysis capabilities for better detection and reporting. It might also benefit from expanding its integration with existing enterprise systems. Adding more detailed analytics could offer competitive advantages. Trellix Advanced Threat Defense could work on simplifying its deployment process to ensure easier integration into diverse environments. Reducing complexity in its analysis features without losing depth could improve user experience. Increasing cost-effectiveness by addressing high upfront investment could also be advantageous.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Morphisec is praised for its simple deployment and swift integration, requiring minimal configuration and maintenance. Customer support is responsive and helpful. Trellix Advanced Threat Defense, though more complex, benefits from extensive documentation and support channels, offering thorough guidance during deployment. Trellix provides detailed resources to assist users, which can be helpful for more complex systems.

Pricing and ROI: Morphisec provides a cost-effective solution, with quick ROI due to its streamlined deployment and low maintenance needs. It remains attractive for budget-conscious users seeking efficient cybersecurity. Trellix Advanced Threat Defense, while involving higher initial costs, offers significant returns through its extensive threat detection capabilities, preventing potentially large-scale incidents. Its higher price is justified by a superior feature set, appealing to those prioritizing comprehensive protection.

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Categories and Ranking

Morphisec

Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

31st

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (59th), Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (48th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (59th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (36th), Threat Deception Platforms (16th)

Trellix Advanced Threat Def...

Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

23rd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) category, the mindshare of Morphisec is 2.1%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trellix Advanced Threat Defense is 2.1%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Trellix Advanced Threat Defense	2.1%
Morphisec	2.1%
Other	95.8%

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

Featured Reviews

Rick Schibler

VP of Information Technology at Kentucky Trailer

Offers in-memory protection at a lower price than competitors

Morphisec's in-memory protection is probably the most valuable feature because it stops malicious activity from occurring. If something tries to install or act as a sleeper agent, Morphisec will detect and stop it. Morphisec's Moving Target Defense is critical to hardening our attack surface. If it detects something, it indicates whether it's valid. That means you've got a breach requiring investigation. It detects anomalies but doesn't necessarily point to what caused them. You still need to do that work. The solution is reasonably easy to administer. They made some changes last year, adding a cloud-based monitoring solution that makes deploying and monitoring our endpoints easy.

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Philippe Panardie

RSSI at SDIS49

Ensuring long-term reliability while seeking internal email management enhancements

Prisma is a commercial name of the firewall now, but we don't work with the cloud product. Only our company is using it and we do not recommend it to customers. For us, it's transparent because it's a cloud product, so we don't really know the version as it's always updated. We have not had any problem, but it's difficult to report on what's going on because some days they can wash out perhaps 100 mails, and then it's difficult to say how many attacks you have reached. The right email has been washed out and then nobody has complained. We do not use the Threat Visualization feature; as we are in MX, the mail is washed out before it is in the mail inbox of the user, thus avoiding any problem requiring a reservation. In fact, there is no integration with existing security frameworks. The only problem we can have is that as we have no API interface, there is no inspection of internal mail. I rate Trellix Advanced Threat Defense a nine out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"Morphisec stops attacks without needing to know what type of threat it is, just that it is foreign. It is based on injections, so it would know when a software launches. If a software launches and something else also launches, then it would count that as anomalous and block it. Because the software looks at the code, and if it executes something else that is not related, then Morphisec would block it. That is how it works."

"Morphisec makes use of deterministic attack prevention that doesn’t require investigation of security alerts. It changes the memory locations of where certain applications run. If you think of Excel, opening a PDF, running an Excel macro, or opening a webpage and clicking on a link, all of those actions run in a certain area of memory. Morphisec changes the memory locations of where those run."

"The simplicity of the solution, how easy it is to deploy and how small it is when deployed as an agent on a device, is probably the biggest aspect, given what it can do."

"All the alerts are on the dashboard, which is quite simple and useful for us. You can easily check all the alerts that are being blocked or allowed, or whatever the action is. You can easily see that and you can take the necessary actions. You can add a PowerShell extension or any activities for blocking at your network level or for endpoints."

"The fact that Morphisec uses deterministic attack prevention that does not require human intervention has affected our security team's operations by making things much simpler. We don't have to really track down various alerts anymore, they've just stopped. At that point, we can go in and we can clean up whatever needs to be cleaned up. There are some things that Morphisec detects that we can't really remove, it's parts of Internet Explorer, but it's being blocked anyway. So we're happy with that."

"Morphisec Guard enables us to see at a glance whether our users have device control and disk encryption enabled properly. This is important because we are a global company operating with multiple entities. Previously, we didn't have that visibility. Now, we have visibility so we can pinpoint some locations where there are machines that are not really protected, offline, etc. It gives us visibility, which is good."

"What's valuable is really the whole kit and caboodle of the Morphisec agent. What it does is genius, in a way, until the bad guys get wise to it. You set it up and then you watch the dashboard. There isn't really much tinkering."

"Morphisec provides full visibility into security events from Microsoft Defender and Morphisec in one dashboard. Defender and Morphisec are integrated. It's important because it lowers the total cost of maintenance on the engineer's time, more or less. So the administrative time is dramatically reduced in maintaining the product. This saves an engineer around four to five hours a week."

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"If a system admin can put in the patience to read and constantly update the ePO system in terms of rules, enforcing them at regular intervals, you can safely go to sleep every night."

"The fact that in 10 years, we have had no problem is the most valuable feature for us; it's really a washing machine, but the only problem we face is that it's difficult to report on this product."

"It was easy to set up initially."

"It is very scalable."

"It stops in excess of twenty-five malware events per month, all of which could be critical to the business."

"I see ROI, as it stops in excess of twenty-five malware events per month, all of which could be critical to the business."

"Its greatest strength is the DXL client which can rapidly disseminate attack information to all clients via the McAfee Agent instead of going through the ePO server."

"The features I find most valuable are: the management, the ability for automatic remediation of threats and it can successfully detect a threat, and to act upon it."

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Cons

"Right now, it's just their auto-update feature. I know they are currently working on that."

"It would be useful for them if they had some kind of network discovery."

"It would be useful for them if they had some kind of network discovery. That kind of functionality I think would give IT administrators a little bit more confidence that they have 100 percent coverage, and it gives them something to audit against. Network discovery would be one area I would definitely suggest that they put some effort into."

"It might be a bit much to ask, but we are now beginning to use Morphisec Scout, which provides vulnerability information. At this time, it's recognizing vulnerabilities and reporting them to us, but it's not necessarily resolving them. There's still a separate manual process to resolve those vulnerabilities, primarily through upgrades. We have to do that outside of Morphisec. If Morphisec could somehow have that capability built into it, that would be very effective."

"We wanted to have multi-tenants in their cloud platform, so every entity can look into their own systems and not see other systems in other entities. I have a beta version on that now. I would like them to incorporate that in the cloud solution."

"I haven't been able to get the cloud deployment to work."

"Morphisec is a venture startup. They are still early in their growth stage. They need to get mature on their customer support and on how they interface with system tools."

"We sometimes have to depend on the support team to know what action we should take."

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"I would like to see future versions of the solution incorporate artificial intelligence technology."

"The only problem we can have is that as we have no API interface, there is no inspection of internal mail."

"I would like to see future versions of the solution incorporate artificial intelligence technology."

"There could be a tool that automatically updates all-new Microsoft IPs, which are available for free to connect to the client."

"This solution needs to be made "cloud ready"."

"It was not complex, but there are things to look out for, because it's an intense product. It scans intensely and there are major obstacles to overcome if it scans while users are using a network, then it is not a good thing."

"Make the ATD system a part of the whole product and take the whole thing onto the cloud. While it is there already, it is not to the same level as the on-premise version."

"Make the ATD appliance a part of the whole product offering and take the whole thing onto the cloud."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a little bit more expensive than other security products that we use, but it does provide us good protection. So, it is a trade-off."

"Licenses are per endpoint, and that's true for the cloud version as well. The only difference is that there is a little extra charge for the cloud version."

"Compared to their competitors, the price of Morphisec is not that high. You can easily deploy it on a large-scale or small-scale network."

"Price-wise, it's on the higher side. A traditional antivirus solution is cheaper, but in terms of security and manageability, its ROI is better than a traditional antivirus. I would recommend it to anybody evaluating or considering an antivirus solution. If your system gets compromised, the cost of ransom would be a lot more. This way, it saves a lot of cost."

"We are still using a separate tool. I know for our 600 or I think we're actually licensed for up to 700 users, it runs me 23 or $24,000 a year. When you're talking to that many users plus servers being protected, that's well worth the investment for that dollar amount."

"Our licensing is tied into our contract. Because we have a long-term contract, our pricing is a little bit lower. It is per year, so we don't get charged per endpoint, but we do have a cap. Our cap is 80 endpoints. If we were to go over 80, when we renewed our contract, which is not until three years are over. Then, they would reevaluate, and say, "Well, you have more than 80 devices active right now. This is going to be the price change." They know that we are installing and replacing computers, so the numbers will be all over the place depending on whether you archive or don't archive, which is the reason why we just have to keep up on that stuff."

"Morphisec is reasonably priced because our parent company's other subsidiaries use different products like CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike is four or five times more expensive than Morphisec. The competitive pricing saves us money in our overall security stack."

"It does not have multi-tenants. If South Africa wants to show only the machines that they have, they need their own cloud incidence. It is not possible to have that in a single cloud incidence with multiple tenants in it, instead you need to have multiple cloud incidences. Then, if you have that, it will be more expensive. However, they are going to change that, which is good."

More Morphisec pricing and cost advice

"Our licensing fees for this solution are approximately one million dollars per year."

"The product is expensive, but it is better than the rest of them in the industry."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

16%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

16%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Outsourcing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	8

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	5

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Also Known As

Morphisec, Morphisec Moving Target Defense

McAfee Advanced Threat Defense

Overview

Morphisec enhances security with its signatureless attack prevention, integrating smoothly with Microsoft Defender. Users benefit from real-time threat detection and seamless system integration, protecting against zero-day threats and ransomware across networks.

Morphisec's security solution focuses on preventing cyber threats without requiring threat signatures or user action. Its integration with Microsoft Defender offers simplified visibility and management while delivering quick responses. Lightweight in nature, Morphisec ensures zero performance degradation and employs in-memory protection along with Moving Target Defense. This approach effectively counters zero-day threats and ransomware, maintaining a user-centric dashboard that eases administrative workloads. Morphisec's easy deployment also enables small teams to manage risks and uphold robust security measures efficiently.

What are Morphisec's key features?

Signatureless Threat Prevention: Stops attacks without threat signatures or user interaction.
Microsoft Defender Integration: Provides unified management and quick response capabilities.
In-Memory Protection: Shields against zero-day and ransomware threats efficiently.
Moving Target Defense: Minimizes exposure to in-memory attacks.
User-Friendly Dashboard: Simplifies administration by reducing burdens.
Easy Deployment: Facilitates straightforward setup for small teams.

What benefits and ROI should be considered in user reviews?

Real-Time Detection: Immediate identification of threats enhances proactive threat management.
Seamless Integration: Compatible with existing systems, reducing delay risks.
Cloud-Based Updates: Ensures current protection with minimal manual input.
Multi-Layered Security: Adds a solid last defense layer, supplementing other antivirus solutions.

Morphisec is widely used across industries like financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing to bolster defenses against malware and ransomware. Its deployment spans workstations and servers, integrating efficiently into existing infrastructures. Industries value real-time threat detection, ease of deployment, and cloud-based updates, noting its ability to identify threats missed by other antivirus solutions.

Morphisec

Trellix Advanced Threat Defense offers efficient threat detection and automatic threat remediation, featuring seamless management and integration with operating systems and extensions.

Providing robust malware defense, Trellix Advanced Threat Defense is easy to set up and use. Its components work collaboratively, with standout features like behavioral analysis, retro-inspection, and ePolicy Orchestration. Despite its strengths, users suggest improvements in Active Directory integration, cloud readiness, artificial intelligence, and faster sandboxing. The API interface and scalability need enhancement, while better compatibility with platforms like Cisco could elevate its function. Effective for server and endpoint security, it effectively blocks threats like WannaCry and disperses attack data through the DXL client quickly.

What are the notable features of Trellix Advanced Threat Defense?

Management and Automatic Threat Remediation: Facilitates seamless management and handling of threats.
Effective Threat Detection and Response: Delivers efficient and reliable threat detection capabilities.
Behavioral Analysis and Retro-Inspection: Offers advanced analysis for comprehensive threat identification.
ePolicy Orchestration: Streamlines processes for enhanced threat management.
Scalability and Price: Provides a stable and scalable solution at a competitive price point.

What key benefits can be identified from reviews?

Ease of Use and Setup: Known for its straightforward implementation and user-friendly interface.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with different operating systems and technologies like Palo Alto firewalls.
Threat Protection Efficiency: Proven effectiveness in stopping threats such as WannaCry.
Rapid Attack Information Dissemination: Utilizes the DXL client for quick data sharing.

Trellix Advanced Threat Defense is widely used across numerous industries for server and desktop protection, ensuring endpoint security and halting attacks without failure. Its integration with diverse technologies enhances protection in varied environments, making it a valuable tool in enterprise security management.

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Lenovo/Motorola, TruGreen, Covenant Health, Citizens Medical Center

The Radicati Group, Florida International University, MGM Resorts International, County Durham andDarlington NHS Foundation Trust

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