We compared Microsoft Exchange Online Protection and VirusTotal based on our users' reviews in six categories. We reviewed all of the data, and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Microsoft Exchange Online Protection offers seamless integration with Windows, a central alert console, and real-time monitoring of suspicious URLs. VirusTotal is highly praised for its extensive global malware information database.
Room for Improvement: Microsoft Exchange Online Protection could offer more training and enhance its security features. Users also requested better encryption, gray email management, and integration with non-Microsoft platforms. VirusTotal users want more automation capabilities and improvements in the solution’s look and feel.
Ease of Deployment: Users had varied experiences setting up Microsoft Exchange Online Protection, ranging from easy to difficult. It may necessitate dedicated personnel for maintenance. The setup process for VirusTotal was relatively easy and can be completed in a few days.
Service and Support: While some users found Microsoft support to be helpful and responsive, others experienced slower response times. Users say that VirusTotal’s technical support is satisfactory, but customers would like faster case resolution.
Pricing: Some users said Microsoft Exchange Online Protection is expensive, but others considered it reasonable. VirusTotal is generally considered to be a cost-effective solution.
ROI: Microsoft Exchange Online Protection has proven to be a profitable investment. VirusTotal has a positive ROI.
Comparison Results: Microsoft Exchange Online Protection is praised for its seamless integration with Windows and useful features like URL holding and threat management. At the same time, users say it could improve in areas such as pricing, documentation, and security features. VirusTotal is considered a cost-effective solution that's easy to set up. However, some users complained about slow response times from technical support.
"With Microsoft Exchange Online Protection, if malware is attached to a mailer, it's very easy to go into the incident alert and find out what's happening with that identity and the mail."
"The solution uses artificial intelligence and machine learning, so you don't need train it to detect something. The detection and response times are short. It's an excellent product."
"It's all running in the backend, so it doesn't affect the app functionality."
"Microsoft Exchange Online Protection has features like DLP (data loss protection), Safe Attachment, and Safe Links."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Exchange Online Protection is the accidental release of information protection capabilities. Additionally, the solution is easy to use."
"We use the solution to receive emails. We do not use the calendar function as our clients are slow adaptors to the latest features."
"What I like most about Microsoft Exchange Online Protection is its integration with Windows, so we have one central view for all alerts and incidents."
"The initial setup is just a standard process."
"With VirusTotal, I can check for any hash, malware, file, domain, IP URL, or malicious URL, and Kaspersky stays clean."
"The product is easy to use with coding, such as Python or Java, via its API."
"The most valuable feature is the worldwide malware information database."
"It can scan the dark web and find if an email ID has been compromised. This is another area that we have not explored yet."
"Microsoft has some training portals, but more could be developed."
"The tool is not 100% stable."
"The solution lacks to elaborate on its spam policies."
"The tool's classification for bulk email is cumbersome."
"We have experienced issues while migrating from on-prem to the cloud. The tool needs to improve its stability."
"The solution can be complex at times. It would be nice to have the on-server version. It needs to improve the stability as well."
"It would be helpful for customers if Plan 1 features were included with EOP."
"Performance and speed should continue to be improved."
"The platform could improve in the areas of endpoints and networks."
"VirusTotal has predefined reports, but there is a lot of manual effort involved."
"VirusTotal is hard to understand because you need to know Google Docs to create queries, and it doesn't have documentation for that."
"I would like to see an improved user interface and some automation."
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Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is ranked 11th in Anti-Malware Tools with 34 reviews while VirusTotal is ranked 7th in Anti-Malware Tools with 4 reviews. Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is rated 8.2, while VirusTotal is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) writes "An effective email security solution that provides DLP, Safe Attachment, and Safe Links". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VirusTotal writes " Helps businesses collect threat data while keeping privacy in mind and apable of detecting, blocking, and removing viruses and malware". Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection, Cisco Secure Email, Fortinet FortiMail and Mimecast Email Security, whereas VirusTotal is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Cuckoo Sandbox, MetaDefender, Recorded Future and ReversingLabs. See our Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) vs. VirusTotal report.
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