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Red Canary vs Trellix Advanced Threat Defense comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Red Canary
Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
23rd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (38th), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (11th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (15th)
Trellix Advanced Threat Def...
Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
22nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) category, the mindshare of Red Canary is 1.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trellix Advanced Threat Defense is 1.9%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Trellix Advanced Threat Defense1.9%
Red Canary1.9%
Other96.2%
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
 

Featured Reviews

Timothy Kugonza - PeerSpot reviewer
Api Integration Engineer at Stanbic Bank Uganda
Automated monitoring has reduced alert fatigue and provides rapid context for endpoint threats
The best features that Red Canary offers is the attack timeline. For example, if a suspicious file is opened, we can follow what happened after that, what process started it, and what other activity followed, and whether the machine made unusual connections. We can see those events, which makes investigations much easier. I also appreciate the 24/7 monitoring. We don't have to depend completely on our team or me being available. If something suspicious happens outside our working hours, Red Canary can investigate it and escalate it to us when action is needed. The feature I had forgotten to mention, and we use it mostly, is the threat detection. When Red Canary sees something unusual, it doesn't give us just an alert. It gives us more information about what happened and activity around it. The biggest impact that Red Canary has had for us positively is reducing the amount of time I and our team spend investigating security alerts. When we were using traditional antivirus tools, we could spend a lot of time collecting logs and checking different tools just to understand whether an alert was actually malicious or not serious. With Red Canary, we can get the investigation context and timeline much earlier. For example, for a normal endpoint alert that could take us sixty minutes or one hour to investigate, it can be understood within less than five minutes.
PP
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.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I am satisfied with this solution and it is very competitive with other similar EDR or MDR solutions because it provides very impressive information about the root cause of the threat, such as malware."
"The valuable features of this solution are it integrates well with different EDR software, such CrowdStrike, and Carbon Black, and the information it provides is helpful."
"The biggest impact that Red Canary has had for us positively is reducing the amount of time I and our team spend investigating security alerts."
"Red Canary has impacted my organization positively because we treat any ticket triggered by them as high priority due to the fact that 99 percent of the time it is a true positive."
"I recommended Red Canary to my friends who work in other organizations."
"Red Canary has positively impacted my organization because I don't have to spend and hire resources to look at logs, which has enabled us to do much more in terms of improving security across the organization."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its automation part."
"The solution works well for what we use it for and the support and protection are good."
"It is very scalable."
"I see ROI, as it stops in excess of twenty-five malware events per month, all of which could be critical to the business."
"It is stable and reliable."
"It was easy to set up initially."
"The most valuable features are the administration console and its detection and response module."
"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."
"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 product is expensive, but it is better than the rest of them in the industry."
 

Cons

"To improve Red Canary, I think we should improve the alerts."
"Red Canary can be improved by continuing to add new features and capabilities to what they are looking at, including the types of data they're looking at and the types of systems that they're integrating with."
"The price could always be better."
"I would like there to be an on-premise version of this solution for our data centers because of the proliferation of online threats."
"Red Canary's pricing spectrum may not be ideal for smaller financial institutions."
"The most valuable feature of Red Canary MDR is the overall threat protection it provides."
"In general, the solution currently fails to provide a summary to its users."
"I wish Red Canary could have a graph that shows the endpoint, user, and how it spreads, providing a visual representation to easily identify what happened."
"Lacks remote capabilities not dependent on the internet."
"The support on their side is not readily available. It takes a while."
"There could be a tool that automatically updates all-new Microsoft IPs, which are available for free to connect to the client."
"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."
"The initial setup was industry standard complex. It takes awhile and has a lot of planning involved. It could be simplified with product redesign."
"This solution needs to be made "cloud ready"."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution could vary in price depending on how many endpoints a company has."
"I have not compared Red Canary to other solutions to know if the price is high or low. However, I have found the price of this solution fair and reasonable, it cost approximately $100 per year, per device. If they could provide the solution for $50 per year, per device, it would be better."
"Red Canary MDR I use is an open-source tool."
"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
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Construction Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Red Canary MDR?
I wish Red Canary could have a graph that shows the endpoint, user, and how it spreads, providing a visual representation to easily identify what happened.
What is your primary use case for Red Canary MDR?
My main use case for Red Canary is that a Red Canary analyst monitors our logs, and if they see any abnormality, they create a ticket that we use to analyze the situation. We assign that ticket and...
What needs improvement with McAfee Advanced Threat Defense?
I would like to see an API interface for internal email and control of outgoing email to make it closer to 10. It's necessary; today we have an MX interface, and it would be interesting to have an ...
What is your primary use case for McAfee Advanced Threat Defense?
We are working with Palo Alto products, specifically firewalls. We are only using Palo Alto Firewalls and not Cortex. With FireEye and Trellix, we only work with ETP now because the NDR function wh...
What advice do you have for others considering McAfee Advanced Threat Defense?
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'...
 

Also Known As

Red Canary Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
McAfee Advanced Threat Defense
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

DuPont, Quanta Services, Microchip Technology, Hopkins Public Schools, Henny Penny, Schumacher Homes
The Radicati Group, Florida International University, MGM Resorts International, County Durham andDarlington NHS Foundation Trust
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