We performed a comparison between McAfee Complete Data Protection and Microsoft BitLocker based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: McAfee Complete Data Protection wins out in this comparison. It has impressive security features, is easy to deploy and use, and has superior customer support. One area where Microsoft BitLocker does come out on top is in the pricing category.
"It is capable of acting as Web control, Device Control, or Data Control."
"In the configuration, you can restrict a user from accessing a removable drive."
"Reporting and encryption are its most valuable features."
"It worked for me: it's easy to use and has been very effective."
"Complete Data Protection lets us define roles in our data products. It helps us identify something suspicious on the client's device."
"The most valuable feature is security."
"With this solution, the device control is more reliable and more stable."
"The server software console is exquisitely designed and organized for handy access and manipulation by the administrator."
"It's my understanding that the initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the protection and ease of use."
"It's a straightforward solution for encryption."
"It is free and native to the OS. We don't have to worry about upgrades or maintaining the product. You encrypt the disk, and you save the recovery key. That's it. The person puts their password in, and after that, it is up to them. If they forget their password, they have to bring it in to get it unlocked."
"It is easy to use. It is usually easy to recover someone's privacy. The manageability is much easier than McAfee. I think that Microsoft is a leader in this area. We are in the Microsoft school so our judgment of McAfee will be a little bit unfair as we recommend Microsoft all the time because of the easy manageability and support. I think that McAfee is designed for a different customer and every time we open a ticket with their support, it takes a very, very long time. The main difference is just the manageability and support. In terms of the solution itself or the functionality, I know that McAfee is very strong, but manageability and support, for us, is much more important. It's strengthens the solution for us."
"The platform provides good performance."
"As a Microsoft shop, we find this product easy to use."
"Microsoft BitLocker's most valuable features are stability and simplicity in terms of usage."
"The UI could be improved a bit."
"I want simplicity. A new user opening the dashboard will be confused. It needs to be more user-friendly."
"Though there may be some ransomware detection modules now in McAfee Complete Data Protection, it's a field that McAfee should focus on, particularly having integration with some EDR or other add-ons. This is so McAfee Complete Data Protection would have more accuracy in detecting new ransomware in the market. What I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is for its pricing to be more cost-effective because some competitors have cheaper pricing, so McAfee Complete Data Protection can't compete. Sometimes, some new vendors offer other solutions rather than McAfee Complete Data Protection, to win customers over, and this is a loss for McAfee."
"They could be better in terms of Complete Data Protection."
"The refresh feature needs improvement. You need to refresh it manually yt going to the address bar, clicking on it and pressing enter, or pressing F5. There should be a button you can click on to refresh or have it so every five seconds it's refreshing."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"In terms of where the solution could improve, it could integrate with network solutions for ADTs, email web gateways and discovery."
"The solution needs to reduce the number of false positives. There are too many of them."
"I would like to see improvement in the solution's central management of passwords. Currently, we install it separately."
"The integration between Active Directory and BitLocker could be better."
"It is not good for cross-compatibility, so our Mac users are not able to use it."
"The solution lacks the ability to allow its user to provide limited access to someone."
"I often have to make multiple attempts to log in."
"Microsoft BitLocker needs to be an all-inclusive solution. For example, a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) cryptoprocessor is required to use Bitlocker with your computer which keeps Bitlocker from adoption beyond Windows."
"The customizations could be more flexible."
"Technical support has not been very good."
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McAfee Complete Data Protection is ranked 5th in Endpoint Encryption with 32 reviews while Microsoft BitLocker is ranked 1st in Endpoint Encryption with 61 reviews. McAfee Complete Data Protection is rated 7.8, while Microsoft BitLocker is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of McAfee Complete Data Protection writes "Bandwidth is reduced and online protection does a good job of identifying traits". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft BitLocker writes "User-friendly, easy to set up, and offers real-time machine status updates". McAfee Complete Data Protection is most compared with Symantec Endpoint Encryption, Cisco Secure Endpoint and Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, whereas Microsoft BitLocker is most compared with ESET Endpoint Encryption, Symantec Endpoint Encryption, Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, WinMagic SecureDoc and Sophos SafeGuard. See our McAfee Complete Data Protection vs. Microsoft BitLocker report.
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