2021-02-26T19:10:55Z

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft 365 Defender?

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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AkashGupta2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Microsoft Security Solution Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Reseller
Top 10
2023-03-24T20:13:00Z
Mar 24, 2023

The price of 365 Defender is reasonable.

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Lukasz Rutkowski - PeerSpot reviewer
Microsoft 365 Consultant at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
2022-10-26T20:22:00Z
Oct 26, 2022

I don't deal much with the pricing aspect, but the companies I am supporting use an E5 license for Microsoft 365 because they want to include all the features and it's cheaper for them to use E5 than SE3. Maybe the solution should be cheaper because I have heard that the licensing is pretty expensive. I can imagine why: The knowledge is expensive and the tests and infrastructure are expensive as well.

Florian Stamer - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional Director, Cloud Lead Architect at Cloudeteer GmbH
Real User
Top 10
2022-09-13T22:50:00Z
Sep 13, 2022

I would like to have more security features in the lower licenses because not every customer is able to buy E5 licenses. The bundling isn't always easy for our customers to understand. Compared to other tools, it's a good price.

HB
Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
2022-08-23T07:23:00Z
Aug 23, 2022

Its licensing and pricing are handled by someone else. My role is limited to incidents or issues with the portal, but you get what you pay for. It is worth the cost.

Tochukwu Josiah Okafor - PeerSpot reviewer
Security and Compliance Engineer - Data Protection at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
2022-07-28T15:30:00Z
Jul 28, 2022

Microsoft should provide lower-level licensing options. They should do it in such a way that even an individual could purchase a license, and it should be entirely flexible. An individual should be able to access the solution at a very affordable rate.

Hande Tarhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Consultant at PeakUp
Consultant
Top 10
2022-03-31T19:16:55Z
Mar 31, 2022

The most valuable licensing option is expensive, so pricing could be improved. Licensing options for this solution also need to be consolidated, because they frequently change.

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Alejandro Bartolomeo - PeerSpot reviewer
Country Manager at Arkano Software
Real User
Top 5
2022-03-29T19:54:44Z
Mar 29, 2022

We have a lot of problems in Latin America regarding the price of Microsoft 365 Defender, because the relationship between dollars and the money of the different countries, it's is a lot. Many customers that have small businesses say that they would like the solution but it is too expensive. However, large companies do not find the cost an issue.

NP
Security Solutions Architect at Tata Consultancy
Real User
Top 20
2021-11-17T18:11:00Z
Nov 17, 2021

We have E3 and E5 licenses for our users and there is the default. Depending on the user role, the senior people and critical positions have been allocated the E5 licenses and the intermediate users have been allocated E3 licenses. Whether it is inexpensive or not is not a very straightforward question as, when you compare the total cost, you have to consider the total cost of ownership. It's not only a comparison between two products. You have to see the other dependencies when you deploy any other solution. That said, I would say it is more or less cost-effective.

DS
Cloud Sales Specialist at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Consultant
Top 20
2021-11-15T19:38:57Z
Nov 15, 2021

Microsoft is not competitive with the pricing of the solution. The competitors are able to offer lower discounts. The price of the solution is higher.

PD
Senior Cloud Architects at Metro Systems Corporation Public Company Limited
Real User
Top 10
2021-08-17T15:34:57Z
Aug 17, 2021

The price of the solution is high compared to others and we have lost some customers because of it.

GV
Senior IT Executive and Operation at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2021-04-08T21:04:51Z
Apr 8, 2021

The price could be better. Normally, the costs depend on the country you're located in for the license. When we were in the initial stage, we went with the E5 license they call premium standard. It cost us around $5.20 per month for four users.

Ramprasad Yalavarthi - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager System Engineer / Lead Solution Architect at DXC Technology
Real User
Top 10
2021-03-15T17:58:21Z
Mar 15, 2021

The solutions price is fair for what they offer.

PT
Product Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Reseller
2021-02-26T19:10:55Z
Feb 26, 2021

We are using the higher-level package which we have to pay a licensing fee for. There are different tiers. Ours includes extended detection with Advanced Threat Protection. It's the most powerful endpoint protection Microsoft offers.

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