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Trend Micro Deep Security vs VMware NSX comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 20, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.5
Trend Micro Deep Security users report financial benefits through cost savings, improved security, enhanced efficiency, and significant returns.
Sentiment score
7.4
VMware NSX enhances infrastructure efficiency, saving costs and resources, with returns in 1-2 years despite initial expenses.
If the customer is interested in technical capabilities, we demonstrate the tools, setup, implementation, and their working.
It adds value by providing centralized control over servers and endpoints.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.2
Trend Micro Deep Security support is praised for responsiveness and expertise, but complex cases sometimes experience delays.
Sentiment score
6.7
VMware NSX customer service is praised for expertise and efficiency, but consistency and higher-level support accessibility need improvement.
They have very professional engineers, and they often respond effectively.
Their technical support is top-notch.
Trend Micro's technical support is delayed in responding at times, while at other times, the response is fast.
Our technicians have a good support experience from the company.
The technical support from VMware NSX deserves a rating of seven out of ten.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Trend Micro Deep Security is praised for scalable, flexible licensing, accommodating diverse needs, including cloud options, despite occasional challenges.
Sentiment score
7.7
VMware NSX is highly scalable, integrating easily with infrastructure, despite challenges, and scores 7-10 in diverse deployments.
Trend Micro Deep Security is highly scalable.
In most organizations, they are using a mix of these security solutions.
There is a high level of satisfaction with its ability to scale.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Trend Micro Deep Security is highly stable and reliable, though minor deployment and configuration issues may occasionally occur.
Sentiment score
8.0
VMware NSX is highly regarded for stability, reliability, and performance, despite minor upgrade issues, with strong user recommendations.
Trend Micro Deep Security is very stable and provides protection at all times without issues.
We believe that software works fine until it is patched, managed, or monitored by the IT teams.
 

Room For Improvement

Trend Micro Deep Security needs improved integration, interface, pricing, support, and advanced features like automation and cloud compatibility.
VMware NSX faces challenges with complex setup, integration issues, and costly licensing, despite recent improvements in features and support.
Additionally, the product is overpriced, which makes it difficult to sell to many customers.
Microsoft provides ATP solution in their Defender, that not only filters the emails but also detects spam and malware in attachments, and it provides security for SharePoint solution, Teams, and other products available on the cloud.
The user interface could be more user-friendly, as navigation sometimes requires familiarity with the console.
The initial configuration and integration within our existing environment were not easy.
I would like to improve VMware NSX, particularly on the visualization side, aiming for improved visibility in the environment.
 

Setup Cost

Trend Micro Deep Security offers varied pricing, competitive for some but cited as costly by others compared to competitors.
VMware NSX pricing is seen as high due to licensing complexity, infrastructure needs, and potential costs for unused features.
We give a fair comparison of all the products, and give them clear insights of the products, which makes it helpful for the customer to make a final decision to purchase the license or product.
Trend Micro Deep Security is considered overpriced, which poses a challenge in selling it to many customers.
The pricing is moderate, not expensive or very cheap.
The cost of VMware NSX is considered high.
VMware NSX is a little higher in price compared to the competition.
 

Valuable Features

Trend Micro Deep Security excels with agentless deployment, integrations, and comprehensive security features, earning high user satisfaction.
VMware NSX excels in scalability, compatibility, and security with features like micro-segmentation and seamless network management across clouds.
It provides alerts on suspicious activities, and anti-malware protection helps by detecting and mitigating threats through real-time alerts.
Despite its high cost, the quality of service and security features make it the preferred choice for our clients.
For threat detection, they use heuristic behavior detection, and sometimes, if they think there is a sort of attack which is new, they alert you, and they detect and show where the attack is coming from.
I value the ability to dynamically configure our network on the fly using VMware NSX.
The most powerful feature of VMware NSX is the micro-segmentation that allows us to separate the different protocols our application works with.
The functions of VMware NSX that I find most valuable include configuration management, which helps in optimizing workload and reducing costs.
 

Categories and Ranking

Trend Micro Deep Security
Ranking in Cloud and Data Center Security
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
91
Ranking in other categories
Virtualization Security (1st)
VMware NSX
Ranking in Cloud and Data Center Security
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
103
Ranking in other categories
Network Virtualization (2nd), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (8th), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (9th), Network Automation (6th), Microsegmentation Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Cloud and Data Center Security category, the mindshare of Trend Micro Deep Security is 2.9%, down from 5.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware NSX is 12.6%, down from 20.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud and Data Center Security
 

Featured Reviews

Nadeem Syed - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers sandboxing unit and virtual patch management, stop all the vulnerabilities and exploits
It's a good product. It's taken the majority of the market share in Pakistan from any other product; the major feature of Deep Security is its virtual patching management, which they download on the cloud. They stop all the vulnerabilities and exploits as long as you don't download all the updates and install them physically on the servers. So, in that sense, it is a very good product. And we've been selling it for a long time; it's been four to five years. And we have a lot of customers for it. Trend Micro Deep Security has a sandboxing unit, which is one of the major features that actually gives you a chance to detect any kind of threat in your network or on your servers. Also, if users truly want to secure their network and the servers, they may want to use XDR as well, which has all these features we just discussed.
DanielBass - PeerSpot reviewer
Improves network security with micro-segmentation but setup is complex
I value the ability to dynamically configure our network on the fly using VMware NSX. This flexibility is a huge advantage because it allows us to avoid static configurations that come with traditional hardware setups. Additionally, the micro-segmentation feature is beneficial for adhering to strict security regulations from our security department.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
30%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What's the difference between Trend Micro Deep Security and Trend Micro Apex One?
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There are some very major differences between both the Products and to name a few. -Cisco ACI have physical network gear (9K Switches) where the Code runs in ACI Policy Mode & the UCS server wh...
What are the biggest differences between Cisco ACI and VMware NSX?
Once you know your way around the Cisco ecosystem, using Cisco ACI is not so difficult. It is a global product, so when you change one interface, changes are automatically reflected on every switch...
What do you like most about VMware NSX?
The product has valuable features for security and network extension.
 

Also Known As

Deep Security
VMware Nicira, Lastline Defender
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Rush University Medical Center, Guess? Inc., Mazda Motor Logistics Europe, MEDHOST, KSC Commercial Internet Co., Ricoh Company Ltd., Square Enix, SoftBank Telecom, Telecom Italia, United Way of Greater Atlanta, A&W Food Services of Canada
City of Avondale, Lumeta, Kroll Ontrack, Heartland Payment Systems, Baystate Heallth, Exostar, Tribune Media, iGATE, NTT Communications, Synergent, California Natural Resources Agency, Bloomington Public Schools, Columbia Sportswear, Join Experience S.A, Schuberg Philis
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