We use it for protecting our endpoints. Both Apex One and Worry-Free Services are cloud-based services.
Solutions Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Good protection, good ability to detect ransomware and malware, and competitive pricing
Pros and Cons
- "Its ability to detect ransomware and malware is the most valuable. Its protection is also good."
- "We had a ransomware attack, and Trend Micro was there to stop the attack, and we are still in business."
- "The portal is a little bit slow in loading. The cloud portal or management control should be a little faster. There seems to be a lot of load on their servers over there. Maybe they are using one server for multiple customers. It would be great if they can increase server performance in the cloud. Its technical support and reporting can be improved. There is no proper reporting, and there is no PDF or things like that. They should include detailed reporting. An attack happened at a client's site, but we couldn't get the report on the same day. We were unable to provide a detailed report to our client. We approached the technical support, and even they didn't give proper answers. They need to improve the reporting capabilities, or the technical team should support us in providing these reports. They should include reporting in the solution. They should also insert sandbox analysis in Apex One."
- "Technical support should be improved. It is not as good as the other products."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
It has been detecting the management activities and quarantining them so that the continuity of our business is maintained. We had a ransomware attack, and Trend Micro was there to stop the attack, and we are still in business.
What is most valuable?
Its ability to detect ransomware and malware is the most valuable. Its protection is also good.
What needs improvement?
The portal is a little bit slow in loading. The cloud portal or management control should be a little faster. There seems to be a lot of load on their servers over there. Maybe they are using one server for multiple customers. It would be great if they can increase server performance in the cloud.
Its technical support and reporting can be improved. There is no proper reporting, and there is no PDF or things like that. They should include detailed reporting. An attack happened at a client's site, but we couldn't get the report on the same day. We were unable to provide a detailed report to our client. We approached the technical support, and even they didn't give proper answers. They need to improve the reporting capabilities, or the technical team should support us in providing these reports. They should include reporting in the solution.
They should also insert sandbox analysis in Apex One.
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For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for more than a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It has good stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Its scalability is good. We can scale it. We just need the licenses. In my company, we have 20 users, but we have also deployed it for our clients. We have plans to sell it more to our clients.
It is scalable for on-premises versions, but we need to do a few things to our database. For on-premises versions, we need to improve server performance as well.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support should be improved. It is not as good as the other products. We had to generate a report on one of the attacks that happened, and they weren't much responsive.
How was the initial setup?
The cloud services are straightforward, but the on-premises version of Apex One is not straightforward. It is a complex installation of Apex One.
The deployment duration varies. We have to first prepare all the prerequisites, which takes a lot of time. Overall, the installation takes up to two days. For a large enterprise, the deployment would take one to two days.
What about the implementation team?
We are an integrator, so we implemented it ourselves.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Its pricing was good. It is very competitive with all the other vendors.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend to install and implement this solution. It is a good solution. For every solution, there'll be pros and cons.
I would rate Trend Micro Apex One an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. partner
Presales & Implementation Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
User-friendly with good predictive features and great for endpoint security
Pros and Cons
- "There's excellent data loss prevention to help prevent purposeful or accidental loss of data."
- "Apex One is the best solution for endpoint security due to its many wonderful features, and fast data protection."
- "Occasionally, the system may be a bit slow."
- "Occasionally, the system may be a bit slow."
What is our primary use case?
We basically use the solution for endpoint security.
What is most valuable?
The solution is a good product for endpoint security.
The product has so many wonderful features.
It is a user-friendly product for customers.
The solution has good smart protection capabilities.
The solution protects against any network security issues a client may encounter.
The predictive features are great. There are great predictive behavior analysis and monitoring.
Any unusual and unauthorized actions will be detected easily.
There's excellent data loss prevention to help prevent purposeful or accidental loss of data.
What needs improvement?
Occasionally, the system may be a bit slow.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for about two years at this point. It hasn't been too long.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is good. We never had any issues with it. It's not buggy and I don't recall dealing with glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is quite scalable. It's easy for a company to expand it out if they need to.
How was the initial setup?
Due to the solution's general user-friendliness, the initial setup is not too complex. It's pretty straightforward.
What other advice do I have?
We're just a customer. We don't have any professional relationship with the company.
We're using the latest version of the solution.
Apex One is the best solution for endpoint security due to its many wonderful features, and fast data protection.
On a scale from one to ten, I'd rate the solution at a ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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CIO at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
Good antivirus support and reasonably-priced, but the reporting should be improved
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is the antivirus."
- "The price is reasonable."
- "I would like to see better reporting."
- "From what I can tell, the technical support is non-existent."
What is our primary use case?
We use this product as our antivirus solution.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is the antivirus. We don't use any of the other features.
What needs improvement?
For Trend Micro in general, I would like to see better technical responses.
We had a few issues with the former product (Office Scan - this is not an EDR product). We did not get any useful answer from technical support. As a conesquence, there is room for improvement as it comes to our future use of Apex One - let's see how this will evolve.
For how long have I used the solution?
We are currently testing Apex One, formerly known as OfficeScan which we had been using during the last 6 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Apex One is scalable.
How are customer service and technical support?
From what I can tell, the technical support is non-existent. I sent questions about search behavior a couple of times and didn't get any answer.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have worked with Kaspersky in the past. The setup is very different from what we have now and it is difficult to compare, but I think that Kaspersky is a better product.
In the Kaspersky deployment, the company had a lot of sites and edge-caching was needed to distribute videos.
How was the initial setup?
The deployment took place before I joined the company.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price is reasonable.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution a six out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Executive at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
Mature, easy to use, and the behavior monitoring is helpful
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is the behavior monitoring."
- "Our customers are very satisfied with the stability and the product overall."
- "When I was setting this up for one of my clients, I was not able to deploy the DLP."
- "When I was setting this up for one of my clients, I was not able to deploy the DLP."
What is our primary use case?
We are a solution provider and Apex One is one of the products that we provide to our customers. It is used as part of a security and antivirus solution.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is the behavior monitoring.
The interface is user-friendly. Even people without IT experience can easily make use of machine learning or predictive analytics.
What needs improvement?
When I was setting this up for one of my clients, I was not able to deploy the DLP. It was not working and I think that this area is in need of improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
Our team has been working with Apex One for almost two and a half years, although I have been working with it myself for between six and seven months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Our customers are very satisfied with the stability and the product overall.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have 20 to 30 clients who use this product.
How are customer service and technical support?
The technical support is very good, although it takes some time to get connected to them. Once they are available then the support is fine.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have been using Apex One since it was the OfficeScan product. We are currently in the process of upgrading and we are having some issues with the process. We would like a better solution but they are not providing one for us.
How was the initial setup?
The deployment takes between two and two and a half hours.
What about the implementation team?
We handle the deployment for our customers.
What other advice do I have?
This is a mature product that is nice to use.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Technical Lead Specialist at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
Stable and easy to set up with good flexibility
Pros and Cons
- "The solution is very simple to use and easy to deploy."
- "With Apex One, it gives one single solution, with just one agent and most of your problems are resolved."
- "The integration capabilities of the solution could be improved."
- "The integration capabilities of the solution could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the solution a SaaS-based service to streamline the setup, as it only requires one agent and not multiple licenses.
What is most valuable?
We're an integrator. We have a business relationship with the company.
Apex One is a single agent that covers most needs and has a SaaS-based model, so we do not need any in-house set up to host this application. There will be no additional charges for those types of needs in that area.
Product-wise it is perfectly fine. If you compare similar kinds of services from other competitors, you'll find you need to go for multiple licenses and multiple agents with other products. However, with Apex One, it gives one single solution, with just one agent and most of your problems are resolved. It's like a silver bullet.
The solution offers very good machine learning.
The solution is very simple to use and easy to deploy.
The solution is very flexible and works on multiple platforms as well as on servers.
What needs improvement?
The integration capabilities of the solution could be improved.
In a DLT context, the solution needs more features. The DLT needs to be more fully fleshed out. Trend Micro claims that they are security provider, not the compliance provider, and the DLT is a completely compliance-based solution.
For how long have I used the solution?
We're an integrator and have been using the solution for a while now.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is very stable. There aren't bugs or glitches. It's reliable. It doesn't crash or freeze on us.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
In terms of scalability, it depends on what you mean. Add-on licenses are easy to implement. You can add them at any point in time and if it supports your endpoint machine, it supports other machines as well. It supports your ATM machines and it works on various platforms, including Mac and iOS. You can install it on servers as well. There's quite a lot of flexibility within the product.
Trend Micros has a pretty large customer base. I'm not sure how many people are on the solution currently. I know that a decent number of organizations are using it.
How are customer service and technical support?
We assist our clients in technical support as needed.
The product's technical support is also fine, as they have a completely channel-based model. In that context, you can buy from your solution provider or reseller. They, like us, will have tech support available. In our case, we have our own engineers who are trained on Trend Micro products. They are good and they're free to use for our clients.
How was the initial setup?
The solution's initial implementation is not difficult or complex. It's easy to deploy and quite straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
We're a system integrator. We implement the solution for our clients.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It is a completely SaaS-based model.
Licensing costs depend completely on the number of users or licenses. They have a specific pricing structure. For example, if you are looking for 100 users to be on the product, in the Indian market (we're based in India), the cost is nearly $2,500 to $3,000 maximum for one three-year license. We'll usually get a three-year subscription.
What other advice do I have?
We're quite familiar and regularly work with Trend Micro products.
The solution is endpoint protection bundled with a couple of more features, with basically a lot of DLT application filtering, et cetera.
We are a system integrator. We offer tech support and help our customers. We sell Trend Micro licenses to companies.
I'd recommend the solution. It's very nice. We've supplied it to many clients with very good results. We haven't received any complaints at all and our agents are satisfied with the solution.
Overall, I'd rank it nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Integrator
Technology and Information Systems Manager at a construction company with 501-1,000 employees
No down time for updates because of the cloud; work stations can be updated externally
Pros and Cons
- "No down time in terms of the backend having to be updated because it's on cloud."
- "The nice thing about this product is that there is no down time in terms of the backend having to be updated because of the cloud, so it's basically real time and the work stations can be updated externally as well."
- "Some of the updates still require a complete reboot of the system."
- "From the client perspective, there are situations where some of the updates still require a complete reboot of the system and the problem there is from an end user perspective."
What is our primary use case?
We have been a Trend client for some time and we looked at this product as the next evolution. We had servers on-prem to manage our Trend install and we went with the Apex One real-time monitoring solution. Being cloud-based meant we didn't have to worry about upgrading the backend servers. We could also be sure that the regular disk came down to the components and that they will update properly on each one of our devices. We are customers of Trend and I'm the manager of our company.
What is most valuable?
The nice thing about this product is that there is no down time in terms of the backend having to be updated because of the cloud, so it's basically real time and the work stations can be updated externally as well. It doesn't require people being connected to the net, like our nomadic users. The client goes out and pulls the necessary updates directly from the cloud.
What needs improvement?
From the client perspective, there are situations where some of the updates still require a complete reboot of the system and the problem there is from an end user perspective. We have to make sure, particularly with people who work remotely, that they actually are rebooting their machines and not just putting them to sleep. If the updates didn't require rebooting that would make a big difference.
I'd like to see a single back pane between the end points as well as on the service side of things. I know they're working on that at the present time and it will be great when it's done.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using this solution for some time.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is good and there's a better capture rate in terms of reporting as well, because now you get to see all your machines in and out of your network.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's a very scalable solultion, more so now that it's not dependent on my back end.
How are customer service and technical support?
We use the support and find them quite good. I have someone who deals with the tickets that arise out of Apex One. We have set up a system where anytime there's an issue, virus or whatever, the back end will let us know what was done on a particular machine and it can be validated once the process is complete. We get notifications into our ticketing system if any work has been done. The support for implementation is also good, and they're very responsive. If you have an issue with any kind of malware, they help with that too.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution an eight out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The management is really good, you can see everything on the dashboard
Pros and Cons
- "The management console is pretty good. We have a dashboard that shows us what stuff to log, different malicious links that people are trying to access and also if somebody was trying to connect something to the computer, to a USB port or something like that, and if this person is on the under control management. It shows that he tried and he got blocked."
- "As a current user of Trend Micro, I would recommend it, it does the job, it works fine and usually stops different virus attempts."
- "We're not sure if we're going to continue with those products or their products or we're going to switch to something else. That's why we stopped the immigration process. If we were going to replace another product, it's not really efficient to waste time on it moving patients and other clients."
- "We're not sure if we're going to continue with those products or their products or we're going to switch to something else."
What is most valuable?
The management console is pretty good. We have a dashboard that shows us what stuff to log, different malicious links that people are trying to access and also if somebody was trying to connect something to the computer, to a USB port or something like that, and if this person is on the under control management. It shows that he tried and he got blocked. Also, the virus and malware attempts that were trying to attack the computer storage and stuff like that so the console is pretty intuitive, it's pretty user friendly.
Managing the clients themselves, if, for example, I want to have different sites and laws. It's pretty easy to manage the clients and also to move them to different containers. The migration process itself is really easy from office scanning G to Apex One. It's just a few clicks to migrate the clients so the management is pretty good.
What needs improvement?
It works okay. The management console itself looks pretty much like the regular Office Mechanics.
We are looking into different solutions, like SentinelOne and Sophos. We might continue with Apex One, it also depends on budget and pricing.
For how long have I used the solution?
We enabled it a few months ago, but we only moved five to six clients from the office scan from the regular and point protection to Apex One. So far, it has actually resolved as one of the bugs that we had because the regular office scan, a client agent was causing some Windows problems. A lot of Windows systems were crashing, having blue screens. We didn't know what the message share or message said. We tried to analyze it and stuff like that. Eventually, we found out that it was actually because of the OfficeScan agent, the regular agent, and after moving them to Apex One, the blue screens had stopped. This was a good improvement.
We're not sure if we're going to continue with those products or their products or we're going to switch to something else. That's why we stopped the immigration process. If we were going to replace another product, it's not really efficient to waste time on it moving patients and other clients.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We're actually a very small team, currently, we're down to three. IT and infrastructure people deal with all of the network issues and all of the management of the systems for our IT systems and products. One guy does help desk and another person and I were managing the systems. It's actually down to two people to manage all of the other stuff like that.
We use it on a daily basis, Monitoring is part of our daily monitoring and schedule. We're going from our different systems, more critical stuff in the morning, for a few hours and then we get to our later tasks and stuff like that.
How are customer service and technical support?
We offer support to the vendor directly. They were at our site two times already during the negotiation with the management.
Based on the latest experience with technical support which was moving from migrating from the IMSDA to the DDI, it was actually pretty good. There was one support guy that worked with over the phone and everything is remote of course and after about two or three hours, all of it was running in production with the new system.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used Symantec. I was mainly dealing with the end point, installing, and uninstalling it and solving different issues that were involved or problems that were involved due to the Symantec endpoint client, but besides that, I wasn't managing the system.
The main difference between the two is the heaviness that was edited with Symantec on the endpoint client itself and into the client. The agent is pretty heavy on the resources sometimes, the memory specialists and we feel that with Trend, the product is more light on the station, and doesn't consume a lot of resources. That's I think the main issue.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward. We did the migration ourselves.
What other advice do I have?
As a current user of Trend Micro, I would recommend it, it does the job. It works fine and usually stops different virus attempts. The management is really good, you can see everything on the dashboard. If someone downloads some kind of infected file or some malicious file, we can see it and it usually gets blocked automatically.
I would rate Apex One an eight out of ten.
In the next release, I would like to have the ability that if something happens, then we have a record of what exactly has occurred on the station, how it started and how it evolved and eventually, in case something bad happened, something malicious gets through and it wasn't recognized in the signatures and the station got infected so that we can later come and analyze and investigate it and see what exactly happened and learn from it actually for the next time.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
System Engineer at Connex Information Technologies
Easy to set up, good technical support, and the protection is always up to date
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features are the vulnerability protection and virtual patching."
- "This is definitely a product that I recommend."
- "The reports are not eye-catching from the customer's point of view, which is something that should be improved."
- "The reports are not eye-catching from the customer's point of view, which is something that should be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We are a solution provider and Trend Micro Apex One is one of the products that we implement for our customers. It is used for endpoint security.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features are the vulnerability protection and virtual patching.
This solution scans for vulnerabilities that can originate from anywhere around the world.
This is a product that is always up to date.
Integration with third-party products is supported.
What needs improvement?
The reports are not eye-catching from the customer's point of view, which is something that should be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been working with Apex One for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have had no complaints from our customers about stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Our customers are satisfied with the scalability of Apex One.
How are customer service and technical support?
The support provided by Trend Micro is very good. We have had no issues with them.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have worked with Carbon Black and their solutions do not compare with Trend Micro.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward. The length of time required for deployment depends on the customer's environment and what other products they have. The average time to deploy Apex One is about two and a half months, which includes integration, client setup, and other things.
What about the implementation team?
Our clients generally do not have to do any maintenance because everything is updated through the Trend Micro Smart Protection Server.
What other advice do I have?
This is definitely a product that I recommend. That said, there is no product on the market that is 100%.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
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