Trend Micro ServerProtect [EOL] vs VIPRE Endpoint Security comparison

TrendAI and VIPRE Security are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. TrendAI is ranked #37 with an average rating of 8.3, while VIPRE Security is ranked #57. TrendAI holds a 0.8% mindshare in EPP, compared to VIPRE Security’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of TrendAI users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of VIPRE Security users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 26, 2026

VIPRE Endpoint Security and Trend Micro ServerProtect [EOL] are both contenders in the realm of security solutions. VIPRE has the advantage due to its comprehensive service offerings, enhancing customer satisfaction over Trend Micro's focus on advanced malware protection.

Features: VIPRE Endpoint Security features updated threat intelligence, real-time monitoring, and comprehensive service offerings. Trend Micro ServerProtect [EOL] is known for robust malware detection, response capabilities, and a strong focus on malware protection.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: VIPRE Endpoint Security offers straightforward deployment with strong customer support. Trend Micro ServerProtect [EOL] has a streamlined deployment process but less comprehensive support services compared to VIPRE.

Pricing and ROI: VIPRE Endpoint Security provides a cost-effective setup with positive ROI. Trend Micro ServerProtect [EOL] is initially more expensive yet brings long-term value due to its security capabilities. VIPRE offers immediate financial benefits, while Trend Micro provides long-term value.

To learn more, read our detailed Trend Micro ServerProtect [EOL] vs. VIPRE Endpoint Security Report (Updated: February 2026).

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Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.4%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trend Micro ServerProtect [EOL] is 0.8%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VIPRE Endpoint Security is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.4%
Trend Micro ServerProtect	0.8%
VIPRE Endpoint Security	0.5%
Other	95.3%

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Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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Emmanuel Okoroji

Head, Threat Intelligence & Incident Management at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Advanced server defenses have strengthened threat detection and protected critical infrastructure

From my perspective, predictive analysis is an area for improvement. The rules are very rigid. The way protection works for Trend Micro ServerProtect is that you have to specifically apply specific rules to achieve particular actions or use cases. We have had instances where a malware is dropped and that malware executes, it is detected, but because the malware has been altered a little bit, either in naming or slight behavior changes, the system is not able to stop it. This is unless you harden the rule to say block anything that appears out of place. My thinking as a security expert is that malware will typically behave outside of the normal operation of the organization. Instead of saying malware behavior based on malware behavior, I would say use analytics to identify anything that is outside the normal behavior of files and systems in the course of business operation, then flag it so it can go for further evaluation to identify if it is a malicious file execution or otherwise. Today, there are some instances where legitimate operations occur because of the static rule definition, the agent would flag a normal activity as malicious and then sometimes flag malicious activities as normal. They need to work on that area. There is a lot of competition today. When Trend Micro ServerProtect initially came out, they were premium, so there was not a lot of competition. Competition is dropping their price. Trend Micro ServerProtect should also come down on the pricing to meet competition. Though it is a great solution and an integrated solution, I think they should also meet the market competition. CrowdStrike is there, Palo Alto is there. There are many other competitors, but they need to also look at what is happening. They need to work on it. I would not say that they are overly priced, but I think they can be more competitive, especially with their new credit allocation process.

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Shawn S

IT Security Analyst at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees

Easy to upgrade and manage but needs better reporting

There just was a lot about it that I didn't like. For blocking certain items, such as USBs, we felt like it was slowing down the network too much. Therefore we utilized a GPO for blocking things like that instead. Our environment was big and I didn't feel like the console did a good enough job. We outgrew the product. I've been asking for a change for a couple of years now, and it finally got approved. In terms of the console, I had over 2000 endpoints in there and there wasn't even a search feature for me to look through them. If I had to find where a policy was I had to sort in alphabetical order to find an endpoint that I wanted. They need to offer a search function within the console - maybe something that shows a "last connected" notice. That way, it's easier to manage obsolete machines that you don't need anymore. They had a very vague setting, like after so many days, when do you want us to remove these, you'd see them. I just wish the console was a little more responsive when I would do commands. The reports could have been better. The product would show a lot of endpoints as not communicating. That was another pain point. We constantly had to run an SQL query to clean up the database as I would know immediately when I was in the console, that it just wasn't being responsive. I could tell I was being given bad data and that we had to clean up the database. As soon as I would clean up that database, it was like a purging of the SQL database and it would become a lot more responsive. The problem was that our environment was too big. We're going through a growth spurt right now. In the end, the solution is small and much better suited for a small business. We would get a lot of false positives and instead of them fixing the false positive, they would just want us to put in an exception, which I didn't care for. The product is based on an older model of signature files. It doesn't use any artificial intelligence or anything. It was slow to refresh the policies and computer scans. The larger we got, the more it became an issue. If a company stayed small, I'm not sure if they would have noticed.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is its machine-learning capabilities. Additionally, there is full integration with other solutions."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is easy to use and does not consume a lot of hardware resources."

"Cortex XDR is stable, offering high quality and reliable performance."

"Based on my experience, I would recommend Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks to other people."

"The tool's use cases are relevant to security."

"The integrations are out-of-the-box, as are the playbooks."

"The product has an intuitive dashboard."

"It's a nice product that's stable and scalable."

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"Allows us to protect OneDrive and SharePoint, and emails too."

"I use this solution for data blocking, software protection, and frame protection."

"Able to quarantine any malware."

"Technical support is top-notch; even in cases where we require additional capabilities, we pass that as a recommendation and they have been able to work with us."

"The most beneficial aspects of Trend Micro ServerProtect are its user-friendly console, allowing anyone to configure policies easily, and the excellent support provided."

"Virtual Batching and the intelligent anti-malware components are valuable security tools."

"Scalable security solution with virtualization and virtual patching functions, able to provide full security that's specific to the service, e.g. it handles virtual machines better."

"The initial setup is very straightforward."

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"It has low overhead as far as machine resources are concerned. Everything runs faster with VIPRE installed versus some of the competitors. It has also been pretty easy to use. It just runs and gives us reports. It also sends us alerts when there is something that we need to look at. It does its job, and you just look at the reports. In other ways, you just forget that it is there."

"In general, it was pretty easy to manage."

Cons

"Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR does not detect malicious activity like in other anti-virus solutions like Trend Micro and Windows with Cisco."

"The server sometimes stops continuously to check things so it would be helpful to receive access updates or technical reasons."

"It is a complex solution to implement."

"While using Cortex, I noticed some aspects that could be improved, such as increasing the synchronization speed between XDR and Xnor."

"It is not a suitable solution if you are looking for a single product with multiple features such as DLP, encryption, rollback, etc."

"The solution can never really be an on-premises solution based simply on the way it is set up. It needs metadata to run and improve. Having an on-premises solution would cut it off from making improvements."

"If he is using a smaller company, he can depend on some other tools because Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is a bit expensive."

"Data privacy is a matter of concern. You have to be careful with data privacy, it can be sensitive and Cortex can have most of your access."

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"We found that when we push Trend Micro from the console to our client's PCs, we need to manually restart the PC. I have 500 users and the manual input is time-consuming."

"There are a few areas of improvement. Despite its high performance, there are certain aspects related to the operating system that could be improved. Specifically, I find that the protection for certain actions requires more effort compared to other actions."

"It's more about awareness and maintaining competitive pricing because competition is growing."

"From my perspective, predictive analysis is an area for improvement. Today, there are some instances where legitimate operations occur because of the static rule definition, the agent would flag a normal activity as malicious and then sometimes flag malicious activities as normal."

"Sometimes I try to find the real source of why there is a message, but I cannot determine if it is beneficial because I am missing deeper information."

"Lacking analytics and a machine learning technique."

"Notifications are not very good with Trend Micro."

"The solution should provide features to block devices, specific IPs or URLs"

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"We would get a lot of false positives and instead of them fixing the false positive, they would just want us to put in an exception, which I didn't care for."

"Their management interface is a little buggy. It requires a few system resources on the management interface. Its reporting can also be better. Overall, the reports are pretty good. They patch some third-party software, but if they can expand what they do for reporting and patch enterprise software, it would be handy."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"When we first bought it, it was a bit expensive, but it was worth it. The licensing was straightforward."

"Cortex XDR’s pricing is very reasonable."

"I am using the Community edition."

"I don't have any issues with the pricing. We are satisfied with the price."

"The cost depends on your chosen license type, like Pro or other licenses."

"The price was fine."

"I did PoCs on products called Cylance and CrowdStrike. Although, I consider these products and they were also good, when it come to cost and budgetary factors, Traps has been proven to be better than the other two products. It is quite cost-effective and delivers all the entire solution which we require."

"It has reasonable pricing for the use cases it provides to the company."

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"The product is available at a reasonable price"

"Pricewise, this product is okay."

"Pricing is based on the components you choose from the suite to run in your installation. Costs vary by the number of features and the number of servers."

"In terms of price, the solution is in the middle; it's neither the cheapest nor the most expensive. I rate it three out of five for cost."

"This product has an annual subscription, but also offers MSP options."

"Its price point has been phenomenal. Our previous solution from Trend Micro was triple the cost of it."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Manufacturing Company

10%

Performing Arts

Computer Software Company

Retailer

Comms Service Provider

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

University

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	42
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	47

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	4

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

Trend Micro ServerProtect for Storage, ServerProtect, ServerProtect for Storage

VIPRE Cloud, VIPRE Endpoint Security Cloud Edition, VIPRE Endpoint Security Server Edition

Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

Palo Alto Networks

Trend Micro ServerProtect [EOL] offers robust server and endpoint protection with antivirus and malware detection. It's designed for seamless integration with existing infrastructure, focusing on data loss prevention and real-time threat insights.

Trend Micro ServerProtect [EOL] provides centralized management through the cloud, ensuring comprehensive security without the need for separate agents on virtualization nodes. While it boasts features like virtual patching and a straightforward interface, there's a call for improved integration and more intuitive console features. Users appreciate its competitive pricing and minimal maintenance but express a need for enhancements in deployment, analytics, and notification options.

What are the key features of Trend Micro ServerProtect [EOL]?

Virtual Batching: Offers timely updates without needing to install separate agents for each VM.
Data Loss Prevention: Protects sensitive data from unauthorized access and breaches.
Centralized Management: Streamlines security operations via the cloud for ease of control.
Real-Time Insights: Provides immediate intelligence into threats to ensure proactive defense.
User-Friendly Interface: Simplifies policy configuration and reduces the learning curve.

What ROI should users expect from Trend Micro ServerProtect [EOL]?

Enhanced Security: Strong detection capabilities reduce the risk of threats.
Reduced False Alarms: Accurate threat detection respects normal operations.
Lower Maintenance: Minimal upkeep requirements free up internal resources.
Competitive Pricing: Offers cost-effective protection solutions compared to alternatives.

In industries like finance and healthcare, Trend Micro ServerProtect [EOL] is deployed to secure data and applications such as SharePoint and OneDrive. It's used in hybrid environments where protecting against ransomware and ensuring endpoint security are critical. While the platform supports important security operations, users seek improved policy setup processes and additional features like vulnerability management and device blocking.

TrendAI

VIPRE Endpoint Security provides fast, powerful and easy-to-manage endpoint protection for businesses of all sizes, with a small footprint that won't slow you down.

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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

Siemens

College Station ISD, Mid-West Companies, Guardian Network Solutions

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