We performed a comparison between ESET Endpoint Protection Platform and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of ESET Endpoint Antivirus are the search engine, easy firewall setup, and ransomware scans."
"The most valuable feature is the antispam module, which comes in the bundle."
"They do a program where you can renew for three years. It's very reasonable, as far as the cost per year, because you can renew for three years. They will also do multiple computers, so I actually protect all my family computers, as well as my work computers, all under one license. This means I only have to deal with re-upping my license once every three years. That's the big thing for me."
"I like the integration; it lets you see the product installed on a particular computer."
"Primarily used to protect computers from viruses and ransomware."
"The dashboard is useful for management, and its cost for the features is hard to beat."
"This is a product at the top of its game. That is the reason we choose to support and sell it."
"The pricing is good."
"The most valuable feature is protection against malicious links, fishing, and impersonation. You can train people to be aware of these threats, but they're not always careful. When they're using their phones between meetings, they click on a link, and it's game over."
"Since we have started using the solution, there have been fewer compromises."
"The risk level notifications are most valuable. We get to know what kind of intrusion or attack is there, and we can fix a problem on time."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365's most valuable features are safe attachments and safe links."
"Does a thorough job of examining email and URLs for malicious content."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a stable solution."
"It also gives the vulnerability status according to the versions you have selected. Let's say you have Google Chrome. It mentions the versions it has, and it updates. Within two hours of an update, it is reflected in the dashboard. That's really nice to have."
"The deployment capability is a great feature."
"Dual management for the customer, who needs to access the local on-premise console from a remote cloud-based console."
"It would be great to have VIP functions added to the solution in a future release."
"Data Leak Protection is is what we are searching for at the moment. It is not included with ESET."
"There are some complexities if you want to manipulate the software."
"The solution could have a more user-friendly interface."
"I would like for ESET to create a central management solution. This would make it practical to use the internet for medium-sized networks."
"We have experienced some problems with the actualization of some endpoints. We then have to manually reinstall the version on these endpoints."
"I used Avira previously and ESET lacks certain aspects in comparison to Avira."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 could improve by giving customers information on techniques to prevent threats. For example, information about best practices on how to protect their own devices against hackers and scammers, such as educational information or training. This would help others have a better understanding of cyber security. Additionally, there can be more security features added."
"One area for improvement is support, in terms of being able to reach them and, especially, technical support for configuration."
"This product's effectiveness could be improved, in terms of detecting unwanted spam or even malware between the emails, compared to other products."
"The only thing they should improve is the licensing model. They should stop changing it. A year ago, the five features I mentioned were included in one product. Now, three of them are bundled into one product, and you have to pay extra for the other two. I don't mind paying extra, but I don't want them to change it every year or every six months. I need to know what I'm looking at and not worry about it next year."
"About eight months ago, we started to measure the quantity of phishing and spam that we have been receiving, and it has been increasing a lot. That means that protection for our email is not as good as we were expecting."
"The UI needs to be more user-friendly."
"Configuration requires going to a lot of places rather than just accessing one tab."
"The company should focus on adding threats that the solution is currently unable to detect."
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ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 5th in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 97 reviews while Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is ranked 1st in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 41 reviews. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform writes "Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 writes "Allows for easy reporting of problems, valuable anti-phishing, and anti-malware support". ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Fortinet FortiEDR, whereas Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is most compared with Proofpoint Email Protection, Mimecast Email Security, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Cisco Secure Email and Barracuda Email Security Gateway. See our ESET Endpoint Protection Platform vs. Microsoft Defender for Office 365 report.
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