Trend Micro Apex One Reviews

We utilize Trend Micro Apex One as our antivirus protection.

Trend Micro Apex One has assisted us in safeguarding our data.

Trend Micro Apex One has helped improve our organization's performance by preventing attacks. We noticed the benefits during the testing phase.

The number of accessories included is the most valuable feature.

The EDR feature is difficult to use and could be made more user-friendly.

I would appreciate the inclusion of malware and zero-day attack features in a future release of the solution.

I have been using Trend Micro Apex One for five years.

Trend Micro Apex One is stable.

Trend Micro Apex One is scalable. We have 50 people in our organization that are protected by the solution.

The technical support is quick to resolve our issues.

Positive

We used to employ McAfee, but we transitioned our systems and subsequently switched to Trend Micro Apex One.

The implementation was completed in-house by our system integrator.

Currently, Trend Micro Apex One's price is good and there are no extra costs attached.

We evaluated both Kaspersky and Avira, both of which are good solutions. However, we did not use them for our system. Trend Micro Apex One received a higher rating in our evaluations.

I rate Trend Micro Apex One nine out of ten.

We employ four engineers to maintain the solution. Trend Micro Apex One is deployed in one central location.

I recommend Trend Micro Apex One to others.

We primarily use the solution for endpoint protection. We have only used the solution for six months, however, it has already improved the security posture of our organization. 

The solution is good for monitoring endpoints and providing or removing access.

The automatic source updates are quite useful. The agent is installed on the machine and can provide updates to the clients. 

It's an extremely convenient product.

It's great for defending endpoints against threats like malware, ransomware, and malicious scripts. The product provides good protection overall. It helps protect our endpoints against even unknown or stealthy threats. It adapts well against various threats.

Apex One detects ransomware with runtime machine-learning capabilities. This is very important for us. It's protected us well against ransomware.

The product provides a single console for cross-layer detection, threat hunting, and investigation. Having a single layer of control makes things easy. It provides complete end-to-end visibility to the entire IT security environment.

Using it makes the management of threat detection smoother. It's reduced our response times by 60% to 70%.

It has provided us with virtual patching to protect us against vulnerabilities even before a patch is available for the source of the issue. This is very useful. It's a pretty significant aspect of the product.

We've seen a reduction in viruses since moving to ApexOne. We've seen a 50% to 60% reduction in events. 

Using the product as a service on the cloud has helped reduce employee workloads. It's also reduced administrative overhead. 

We'd like to have access to more learning materials to help us understand the solution better. It would be great if the company offered some core courses. 

It would be better if it was easier to administer Apex One. Right now, it is moderate. 

I've been using the solution for the last six months. 

The solution is stable and has met our needs. 

We can increase capacity based on our needs. It is a scalable product.

I haven't had any issues with technical support. 

Neutral

We have used Symantec, among other solutions, in the past. We read about this product and found it was better at endpoint protection. 

The initial setup process was not easy or difficult. It was moderate. You do need to have some knowledge of the solution in order to deploy it effectively.

I don't have any insights in terms of pricing.

We did not evaluate other options before choosing this solution. 

I'm a customer and end-user.

We do not use the solution to integrate with other security products. We don't use any other products.

We have tried to use Trend Micro's managed XDR services in conjunction with Apex One, however, we weren't able to install an agent, so we're looking into it.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. I'd recommend it as a security solution.

We use Trend Micro Apex One for endpoint security on our devices.

Trend Micro Apex One has been doing a good job protecting our endpoints against malware and malicious scripts. We have not had to deal with any threats.

Apex One boasts advanced protection capabilities that continuously adapt to safeguard against previously unknown and deceptive new threats. The ability to adapt to evolving threats is crucial, especially considering the surge in new variants, including zero-day attacks.

It detects ransomware using machine learning. This capability is important to defend against ransomware attacks.

The solution provides a single console for cross-layer detection for threat hunting and investigations. This is particularly helpful for gaining visibility across multiple platforms.

Apex One is integrated with our other security products.

It is easy to learn. Updating the solution is also easy.

I have experience with previous versions of Trend Micro so for me administering Apex One is easy.

Apex One has protected our organization from threats.

Apex One provides virtual patching before patches are available for the source of the issue. The virtual patching helps minimize risk until the patch is ready.

Since using Apex One, we have seen a reduction in viruses and malware by 50 percent.

We use Apex One as a service and this has helped save our staff five percent of their time.

Apex One has reduced our administrative overhead by five percent.

The antivirus is the most valuable aspect of Trend Micro Apex One.

While the single console offers partial end-to-end visibility into our IT security environment, we leverage additional solutions to achieve comprehensive coverage, so this area can be improved by Apex One.

I have been using Trend Micro Apex One for two years. 

Trend Micro Apex One is stable. We have not encountered any issues.

Trend Micro Apex One is scalable. We have not had any limitations on our environment.

We have a dedicated account manager that helps us with the support.

Positive

We previously used McAfee, but it was not protecting our endpoints as well as we liked. So, we switched to Trend Micro Apex One.

Trend Micro Apex One is priced well.

I would rate Trend Micro Apex One nine out of ten.

We have a team of six people who are responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of Trend Micro Apex One.

Trend Micro Apex One is deployed globally and we have 8,000 endpoints connected to it.

I recommend Trend Micro Apex One. It is a good solution with proper backend support.

To avoid any challenges, users need to consider hardware compatibility before implementing Trend Micro Apex One. 

We were using it for our endpoints. We had more than 1,000 points. 

We were using it for anti-malware, DLP, and device control. We also used encryption, which did not work well, but the anti-malware, DLP, and device control capabilities worked very well.

By implementing Apex One, we wanted malware protection for our endpoints. We also had a requirement for a data loss prevention solution. It was integrated into the Trend Micro suite, so we got three capabilities: malware protection, DLP, and device control. The Trend Micro suite worked for these three use cases for us.

Device control worked as expected. We tried other solutions too, but they did not work the way we configured them, whereas with Trend Micro, it was not difficult.

Apex One was good at defending endpoints against threats such as malware, ransomware, and malicious scripts. In the five to six years that I used it, I did not have a single issue. All the endpoints were protected. I did not have any outbreak or anything else. It was effective.

Apex One had advanced protection capabilities that adapted to protect against unknown and stealthy new threats. It was pretty good. In the reports, we could see the outbreaks mitigated by Trend Micro. It automatically provided an alert.

Apex One provided us with a single console for cross-layer detection and investigation, but I am not sure about threat hunting. As I understand, threat hunting is something that comes under the SIEM solution. I am not sure whether it has threat-hunting capabilities or not. I did not deal with that.

Apex One integrated well with other security products. It was good. We integrated it with our SIEM solution. It was seamless. When a threat was detected, it deployed rapid updates to endpoints. It was very critical. I could see that every two hours, definitions were getting updated.

Apex One has consistently been a good product. It consistently performed well for me. It kept getting updated for any new evolving threats and ransomware. I did not have any issues.

Apex One provides virtual patching to protect against vulnerabilities even before a patch is available for the source of the issue. Because we did not have any issues, we were not very concerned about that, but the feature was there.

Device control works well, and the anti-malware updates are also pretty good. Every two or three weeks, you get updates. The frequency of the release of new definitions is quite good. We had peace of mind.

It was easy to administer. It was easy and user-friendly. When new technicians joined, we just provided access to them. They could efficiently manage it. It was not very difficult to train them.

Trend Micro's encryption is not up to the mark. We tried their encryption product, but we did not like it. Encryption was difficult to manage.

Other than that, I do not have any input. We did not go into XDR. We were planning, but then we moved to another solution. The product is stable, and they should keep working on handling new threats.

I used it for five to six years. I stopped using it three months ago.

It was pretty stable. We never had any problem related to stability, where it was not performing or not updating. 

It is easily scalable. If an organization has 500 endpoints and they are expanding to 1,500 endpoints, the migration is not very difficult. It is easy.

We had a support partner to support us. Whenever there was a technical issue, they helped to resolve it. I never went very deep into it because our partner used to handle the technical support service.

We were using McAfee. We switched because the pricing of Trend Micro was competitive at the time. 

We were happy with McAfee, and we were happy with Trend Micro. We did not have any issues with either product. We did not see any reduction in viruses and malware after moving to Apex One.

It was an on-premises solution. My team and I were involved in its deployment.

It took us about three to four months to completely implement it. We took our time. We first implemented it on some of the machines and saw the results. We then implemented it on other machines. Within one year of implementing it, we could realize its benefits.

We work with a consultant. He supported us with any technical issues. The initial configuration and installation on a certain number of machines was done by the consultants, and later on, my team handled it. Overall, we had seven to eight people who were involved in its deployment.

For managing it, I had two resources for managing servers and different applications. They could manage Trend Micro along with them. I did not have to have a separate resource for it. The same two people could handle it along with their other responsibilities. They were responsible for monitoring, updating clients, and checking the client status. They checked how many clients were updated and troubleshooted the ones that were not updated. They looked at the compliance reports and alerts.

Its price is competitive.

We did not evaluate other options because Apex One was already being used in other groups in my company. They were satisfied with it, and it also had better pricing, so we just went for it. We did not evaluate other products.

It is pretty good. We did not have any surprises. We did not have any kind of attack. Trend Micro provided good protection. It gave us confidence.

It has a lightweight agent. The installation is not very difficult, but the partner should be competitive enough. The product is good. It does not require much maintenance, but you should have a good partner to support you. 

Overall, I would rate Apex One a nine out of ten.

We normally use it as an antivirus and antispam solution. We use it to block USB ports on PCs and do other things like that.

By implementing Apex One, we wanted to block all the USB ports on the computers. That was our first target. We also wanted a centralized system where we could track and see all the computers at the same time.

It is a tool that is required for our company's security. There were some cases when the software brought it to our attention that we received some documents with malware that we should not open. It blocked the threat. It is very important for us.

Apex One has advanced protection capabilities that adapt to protect against unknown and stealthy new threats. The ability to adapt to protect against unknown and stealthy new threats is very helpful. We do not need to be concerned with some threats because it is blocking them. It is easy for us to track all the changes. We cannot install some of the applications by ourselves. We need to get approval from the top company.

Apex One can detect ransomware with runtime machine-learning capabilities. We do not need to be very concerned about attacks because the software is blocking them and protecting our machines internally. It also automatically sends reports.

It provides us with a single console for cross-layer detection, threat hunting, and investigation. We can have just one console and one system to track all the attacks and threats we have. For us, it is a matter of opening just one system and not navigating through a lot of systems to check what is happening. Everything is consolidated in one console. It saves time.

This single console does not provide end-to-end visibility into the entire IT security environment because we have another one for web filtering. Apex One is there as an antivirus and anti-malware solution for protection from threats.

We have integrated Apex One with Active Directory. It saves a lot of time for us. It is a worldwide solution. It saves a lot of time and a lot of work, especially for IT.

Apex One gives us the track for the attacks, and we can prepare our end users to be alert about the threats. We can also give them training.

Apex One is easy to learn, but when it comes to administration, it is not the easiest tool. It requires some adaptation to the system. Especially, if we do not use it every day, we tend to forget how to go to the system and obtain all the results that we need. It is average in terms of working with the system. It is not the easiest one.

It does not take much time to realize the benefits of Apex One. After we install the software, all the information automatically pops up on the console, and we can track everything from there. Because it is integrated with Active Directory, it is an easier way of managing the work.

It provides us with virtual patching to protect against vulnerabilities even before a patch is available for the source of the issue. This virtual patching is important.

It gives us safety. In spite of the training, users can forget and click on something they should not. We need the security that Apex One provides.

There has been a reduction in the alerts that we see. We still get some alerts, but not as many as we used to have before moving to Apex One. There is about a 75% reduction in alerts.

Apex One reduced the workload. It is integrated with Active Directory. It is much easier to manage and be aware of any threats. It has reduced about 85% of the workload.

Apex One saves a lot of time in configuration and management.

It is updated automatically without much intervention from our side. We can also get some reports easily.

The menus can be more user-friendly or easier. For example, if we want to enable access to the USB ports, it should be more user-friendly. It is not easy. We need to navigate through several menus to be able to give access.

I have been using Apex One for the last 5 years.

It is very stable. I do not remember any issues with Apex One over the last year. For us, it is very stable.

It is good. Most of the time, we do not notice any changes or upgrades. For us, it is straightforward. 

We do not have plans to increase its usage by a lot.

I have interacted with them just for updates, etc. My interactions were not a lot on the technical side. I would rate them an eight out of ten.

Positive

We had Trend Micro locally installed, and it was advised by the company to change to the Trend Micro Apex One. We wanted to centralize the corporate office.

Before that, I used Kaspersky. In a different company, I also used a cloud-based and centralized solution where we could track all the machines. Before that, I used to work with McAfee, but it was not centralized. It required individual management.

I was involved in the local deployment of Apex One and not the corporate one. We have several offices, and I was just involved in this one. It was straightforward.

It took five days because we had to go to all the computers and implement it one by one, but we did not spend the whole day just doing that. We were doing it in phases and by departments.

In terms of maintenance, we had to change the version. It took two or three days to perform the change.

We had two people for deployment. We deployed it across multiple locations.

Overall, I would rate Apex One a 9 out of 10. It is one of the best solutions in the market. It gets integrated with Active Directory. It is on the cloud. It provides good protection from threats and viruses.

I create real-life scenarios with products and work with products such as Trend Micro, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Palo Alto, etc. Trend Micro is not my focus item or brand. My focus is more on CrowdStrike, but I am using Trend Micro in my lab environments to check the real-life situation. I am not okay with what vendors share on their websites, so I give my customers and partners real-life scenarios.

I offer Trend Micro Apex One to our customers just because they want a secondary signature-based solution.

Apex One did not work as per my expectations. I am doing zero-day attacks by myself, and for fileless attacks, it does not work at all.

With the current architecture, Apex One does not have advanced protection capabilities that adapt to protect against unknown and stealthy new threats. It might have these capabilities in the future if they change the architecture. For instance, McAfee merged with FireEye and created a new brand Trellix. They changed the overall architecture. If Trend Micro considers shifting its architecture, it can get this kind of protection.

Apex One is okay for detecting ransomware with runtime machine-learning capabilities. It has some signature-based protection against ransomware, but it may miss the ransomware, which has been a huge threat at least for the last seven or eight years. It is the foundation of zero-day protection, and that is why I am looking for a more capable solution besides Trend Micro.

Apex One integrates with other security products. As part of this integration, when a threat is detected in the network sandbox, it deploys rapid updates to endpoints, which has huge importance because if you can respond to events in a short time, you get the least damage from attacks. It is of huge importance.

Apex One provides us with virtual patching to protect against vulnerabilities even before a patch is available for the source of the issue, but it is a problem in itself because it consumes too many resources on an endpoint. It is a good feature, but it is a problematic feature because it consumes lots of the system resources. If you use signature-less architecture, you do not have to deal with virtual patching because all attack types are already addressed with some framework, such as the MITRE ATT&CK framework. You do not have to deal with virtual patching at all.

There has been no reduction in viruses and malware since moving to Apex One because my customers are using it as a secondary solution. They have primary products, and there are not many things left for Apex One. My customers are using it as a secondary solution just because of their habits of using signature-based. Some of my customers could not understand the concept of signature-less protection. Antiviruses have been there for 40 years or so, and their habits are a little bit hard to change. That is the reason why I am offering this product.

I offer this solution only if a customer is looking for a signature-based protection solution. Its database is better than most of the endpoint protection solutions.

It is weak in terms of intelligence. By implementing Trend Micro Apex One, I wanted to see real-life scenarios. I deployed it on 50 clients to check if I could do lateral moments and zero-day exploits. I wanted to check how the zero-day protection works with Trend Micro. It fails with most of them because it is signature-based. They are not looking at the MITRE ATT&CK framework, so with zero-day attacks, it mostly fails. Instead of signature-based, Trend Micro may want to change the architecture to use more behavior analysis. Behavior analysis is included with Trend Micro, but it is not a complete set, so it needs enhancement.

Apex One does not provide a single console for cross-layer detection, threat hunting, and investigation. Managing it is a little bit hard. You have to use different consoles for Apex One, Deep Security, and Trend Micro endpoint protection, so managing it is a little bit tricky.

In terms of the learning curve, Apex One is easy for me, but regular users may have some issues. The management of Trend Micro products is a little bit tricky. Apex One does not include every protection in itself, so you have to use endpoint protection, and you have to use Deep Security. If three of them come together, at some point, it will be competitive with next-generation antiviruses or EPPs such as SentinelOne, Microsoft, CrowdStrike, etc.

Its implementation takes too much time. With CrowdStrike, I do not have to restart any operating system, but with Trend Micro, I have to.

Its administration is also a little bit tricky. It is easier when you have background knowledge.

I have been using this product for a year.

Its stability is quite good. I cannot complain about the stability.

It sometimes also depends on luck. The product can sometimes conflict with other products, but to this day, I never encountered any issue like that.

It is a little bit hard to scale as compared to CrowdStrike. I am using on-prem solutions most of the time. With on-prem solutions, it is a little bit hard to maintain, deploy, or scale a product, but cloud products are easier to scale.

I have a centralized customer, and I also have customers who have distributed locations all over Turkey, so I have both types of customers.

It takes a little bit of time, and it can be improved. Sometimes, I get a response in two days, and at other times, I get a response in two hours. It depends. More consistency would be great, but I have already gotten used to this kind of issue, so I cannot complain at all. I would rate them a seven out of ten.

Neutral

I am using other server protections and intelligence products. I still have CrowdStrike in my portfolio. I have clients for that, and I am okay with CrowdStrike.

Its deployment takes time. If I have to deploy it in a huge company with over 10,000 clients, it takes a little bit of time. If I am using CrowdStrike, it would take only two or three days, whereas Trend Micro takes more time. I have not measured the exact time difference, but it takes more time compared to other solutions or the next-gen antiviruses. It also depends on the environment because organizational units are not available all the time.

I deployed it on the cloud and on-premises. It depends on the end-user scenarios and topology. In Turkey, customers mostly prefer on-prem solutions, but this is changing day by day. Customers in Turkey tend to have their information on-premises. If a customer wants an on-prem solution, then I offer them the Trend Micro product or Trellix product. It also depends on their budget.

Its deployment is not too complex in my experience, but from the customer perspective, it is a little bit tricky. It takes a little bit of time. They have to have a little bit of background knowledge.

The implementation strategy varies. Sometimes, I use third-party solutions, and sometimes, I am just pushing from the central management console. It depends on the customer's topology.

In terms of maintenance, it does require maintenance. It depends on the company budget because some of my customers have a few locations in Turkey, and sometimes, they have only one IT specialist. They send that one person everywhere in Turkey or to multiple locations. If they have more than one IT guy and if they are also distributed, they do not have to send those guys to other places. It depends on the customer's budget.

If I deploy the product, then one person is enough, but if I have to leave it to my customers, they need two or three people. They are usually IT specialists, but they are not so knowledgeable.

It takes time, but it is better than some of the other products such as Symantec. Symantec takes more time compared to Trend Micro.

It is okay. Compared to Sophos, it is a little bit expensive, but it is a good product and it is better than Sophos, for instance. It is equivalent to Trellix.

Its cost depends on the country. I am in Turkey, and Trend Micro is not so affordable in Turkey. SMB companies are looking for cheaper products. In Turkey, enterprise customers tend to use Trend Micro, and if they have more money, then they use next-generation antivirus or EPP products such as SentinelOne, CrowdStrike, or Microsoft E5 package.

I evaluate most of the popular brands such as Trellix, Sophos, and Kaspersky.

Trend Micro Apex One has some good benefits, and CrowdStrike also has some benefits. I would recommend Apex One depending on the scenario. I have to check it with my customer first. I have to identify their basic needs and what they want to do. Sometimes, it just matches the requirements, and sometimes, it does not, so it depends.

If you are looking for the productivity of employees, go for a signatureless solution.

For an SMB, I would rate it an eight out of ten.

We use Trend Micro Apex One as our primary antivirus solution.

When we use Trend Micro, we can get pop-up messages about who is connecting additional USB hard drives or disks, and about cracked software that may be malware. We can also identify these issues from the client and from the central configuration manager. We can then push patches and behavioral monitoring to protect our custom clients.

With ransomware, malware, and other threats, behavioral monitoring can be a particular benefit because it can catch and quarantine ransomware or malware that is repeatedly using the same methods, even if the malware is new or unknown.

Apex One has advanced protection capabilities that adapt to protect against unknown and stealthy new threats, which is important for our clients, especially those who click on infected web content.

Apex One can detect most ransomware variants with real-time machine learning, which helps to detect threats before they spread.

We leveraged the practice sessions and Trend Micro's support to learn how to use Apex One which made it easy.

Administering Apex One is straightforward. We have a helpline available for the software, and the administrator user-level guide is accessible online.

Apex One has helped our organization improve its endpoint detection.

It has reduced the number of viruses and malware by more than 95 percent.

Apex One has reduced our administrative overhead by one hour per day because we can perform all administrative tasks from a single console.

Web reputation and behavior monitoring are valuable features, as they allow us to control which websites users can visit and download from, and to protect against ransomware.

The Apex One endpoint sensor has room for improvement.

I have been using Trend Micro Apex One for three years.

Trend Micro Apex One is stable.

We are managing 2,800 PCs and servers without any issues. With our current setup, Apex One can handle up to 5,000 PCs.

The technical support team is available 24/7 and they are located in Dubai and India.

Positive

Our previous three antivirus solutions were Trend Micro 7, 8, and XP before we upgraded to Apex One.

Our organization is responsible for the deployment of Apex One to all of our client's endpoints. The deployment is straightforward. The deployment took around five days. 

To deploy Apex One, we must first install it on the server. Then, open the firewall ports for all freelance clients. Next, check the availability of the client-server communication port. In the directory, place the login script and the existing agent. The client will then be automatically pushed to the Apex One Control Manager. The agent will be notified that there is new software available that needs to be migrated. The upgrade will take place, and the client will need to be restarted for the agent to be installed. The same process applies to roaming clients.

Eighteen people were involved in the deployment because there were 16 sites, including airports, landports, and seaports.

Trend Micro Apex One is affordable. The licensing fee and support are bundled together.

I would rate Trend Micro Apex One eight out of ten.

Apex One is deployed across multiple locations, connecting endpoint servers, PCs, and laptops to the LAN network through fiber channels of the Ministry of Communication, landlines, and private networks to our centralized data center.

We use two people for maintenance to ensure that updates are automatically pushed through to the servers.

Endgame and SentinelOne provide more protection than Apex One.

We provide Trend Micro Apex One to our customers to protect their endpoints.

The database engine is more efficient than other endpoint solutions and this helps protect against threats.

There is advanced protection capabilities that adapt to protect against threats, and its AI helps detect unknown threats and user attacks.

Trend Micro Apex One detects ransomware using its runtime machine learning capabilities. It can identify suspicious or infected machines and help to remediate them.

It provides a single console for crossfire detection, threat hunting, and investigation. The single console UI provides end-to-end visibility into our IT environment.

Apex One integrates efficiently with other security products. We can connect with the vendor that provides us with the API needed for the integrations.

The learning curve for Apex One is short. The steps required are easy to understand and follow.

Administering it is not difficult.

It has helped our customers by providing many features that help them scan their environments and provide recommendations to improve their security posture. These features include an intrusion prevention system, application control, and a firewall with filtering.

Trend Micro Apex One has helped our customers reduce the number of viruses and malware by 80 percent.

Trend Micro Apex One as a Service has helped reduce staff workload by providing reports that alleviate the headaches of security teams.

The AI and machine learning feature is the most valuable because it helps mitigate threats based on an organization's behavioral patterns.

Some of our customers need to add cache file signatures in Trend Micro Apex One, but it is currently not a supported feature.

Trend Micro Apex One can become the market leader by improving its signature base, patterns, security profiles, engines, and integration with multiple vendors.

I have been using Trend Micro Apex One for three years.

The technical support is slow to respond.

Neutral

The deployment is straightforward. First, we deploy an SQL database to consolidate all of the organization's databases into a single, easy-to-manage database. We then download the Apex One Security Agent to the Apex One portal and install it on the target endpoints. Once the agent is installed, we receive the ports, IP addresses, and IIS names of the endpoints. We then install the Apex One Security Agent on the Trend Micro Apex One site and configure it to scan the agentless operating systems for integration with Active Directory.

Three people are required for the deployment.

From what I understand the pricing is not expensive for Trend Micro Apex One.

I would rate Trend Micro Apex One a ten out of ten.

Our customers in the oil and gas industry deploy Trend Micro Apex One across their environments.