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.
"With this solution, the device control is more reliable and more stable."
"With respect to data loss prevention, I think it is helpful to the customer."
"In the configuration, you can restrict a user from accessing a removable drive."
"I am satisfied with the customer service/technical support."
"It provides encryption, data protection, and DLP, all under one roof. The deployment, scalability, and reporting is too good. My clients are satisfied with the stability of the product. The solution is highly scalable. The technical support's response time and turnaround time as the solution provider are excellent. The availability of great back-end support and process support makes the product great. The initial setup is straightforward, with simple configurations. I recommend the solution."
"Technical support is very helpful."
"The most important feature of McAfee Complete Data Protection to my customers is the ePO or the management console. It's easy to use and it's scalable. You can also generate the reports you want on the console. It's a mature management console. The features that McAfee Complete Data Protection has, for example, anti-spam features and other features can also be found on other solutions, but the most unique feature you can find in the solution is the ePO itself, the management console."
"I have found the USB part most valuable."
"The best thing about it is the encryption type and the way it requires TPM when someone tries to access the drive."
"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."
"As a Microsoft shop, we find this product easy to use."
"Technical support is excellent."
"Whole Disk Encryption is great. BitLocker runs seamlessly during boot up."
"It is easy to implement and has AD integration."
"The hard drive encryption is very good."
"It's very straightforward to recover data. It's safe for us; in case of lost information, it provides multiple options to recover the data."
"We are looking for more granular control over the policies."
"The disk encryption can be improved."
"The product consumes too much RAM and CPU for its processing and this can lead to resource issues on PCs."
"It is difficult to manage."
"The drive side encryption can be confusing to use and needs better documentation."
"A better GUI platform would make it easier to present information to management; I would not need to fix the data before I present it."
"I would like to have an easier and less-hassle upgrade process in future releases of the software, and extra license renewal price discounts too."
"I want simplicity. A new user opening the dashboard will be confused. It needs to be more user-friendly."
"The integration between Active Directory and BitLocker could be better."
"If the encryption was faster then it would make the experience more pleasant."
"For improvement, as it is now, I do not have any support from anyone. There should be a web interface to manage BitLocker. But for now, all I do is just install a new product on the user's machine and create it. I would like to be able to see everything that is happening, even if it is just through a web interface. I would also like to be able to see how many users are provisioned, which users are using BitLocker, and how to disable or enable it. That's what I would like to see."
"The reporting in Microsoft is very minimal."
"It is not good for cross-compatibility, so our Mac users are not able to use it."
"The pricing should be improved."
"Lacks a portal that can be managed rather than just existing."
"In future releases, I would like to see a feature where I can have a view of each device that has BitLocker to see if these machines are encrypted or not. So, I just want a view or a dashboard that can tell us so that I can remediate and add BitLocker to those systems or devices."
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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 "A solution that prevents unauthorized access and goes beyond security measures to provide protection to its users". 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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