We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Intune based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Microsoft Security Suite solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Having a single pane of glass for all Microsoft security services makes everything much easier. A security analyst can go to a single portal and see everything in one view. The integration of everything into one portal is a huge benefit."
"In Microsoft 365 vendor products, monitoring and connectivity across all Microsoft and third-party connectors enable viewing of all activity within those environments."
"The best feature is probably the alert generation. When I do a security reset, the other session triggers instantly from the Defender console, and I can work on it. The policies are three times, but they are also ready to install it."
"The summarization of emails is a valuable feature."
"It has been great for us. Previously, we didn't have a solution to protect us, especially from malware, whereas now, we are getting protection up front, especially from the malware attacks coming through emails or endpoints."
"There is also one dashboard that shows us the status of many controls at once and the details I can get... It gives a great overview of many areas, such as files, emails, chats, and links. Even with the apps, it gives you a great overview. In one place you can see where you should look into things more deeply..."
"The solution is well integrated with applications. It is easy to maintain and administer."
"All of the security components are valuable including, antiphishing, antispam, and stage three antivirus."
"The ability to switch between Affinity and non-Affinity enrollment is great."
"Autopilot is the most valuable feature."
"It has improve our organization through the remote management of non-domain joined devices."
"It's very informative when there is an error. It allows us to backtrace where the error is and resolve that ourselves. It's a bit of a Swiss Army penknife. We find that it fixes most issues."
"The synchronization of Intune with other Microsoft solutions is a valuable feature."
"We have found the solution is capable of scaling."
"We have a BYOD policy, and this solution helps us manage our devices."
"It works pretty well for us."
"Microsoft 365 Defender does not have a unique package with emerging endpoint security technologies, such as EDR and XDR."
"The solution could improve by having better machine learning and AI. Additionally, the interface, documentation, and integration could be better."
"Just like in any solution, the price can always be cheaper."
"Support is hit or miss. Microsoft wants you to buy premium support contracts. Though they call themselves professional support, it's almost like throwing questions into a black hole. You get an answer, but it's never helpful."
"The cost can be high if you want to build custom license packages. Another area for improvement is the policies. In Azure, we need to implement policies in JSON format, but in 365 Defender 365, it would be helpful to use a different format so we can customize the platform."
"There is definitely scope for improvement in the automation area. Because the solution is a SaaS platform, we don't have the overall ability to automate stuff.... There is no direct way to go ahead because it's a SaaS platform."
"Intrusion detection and prevention would be great to have with 365 Defender."
"Since all of our databases are updated and located in the cloud, I would like additional support for this."
"Sometimes, updating a client policy is very difficult. This needs to be improved."
"Technical support is not that great."
"Areas for improvement in Intune include expanding support beyond Samsung devices to accommodate other Android manufacturers like Redmi and Motorola."
"The scalability could be improved, and like most other MDM products, Intune is good but not 100% there yet."
"We need the capabilities of the Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) to be enhanced through Intune instead of Azure."
"Its configuration is fairly complicated. You have to do quite a bit of discovery to be able to deploy it for a customer. You have to ask them a lot of questions. So, its initial deployment is the biggest challenge. They should make it easier to deploy with the use of Wizards or something else. During the deployment stage, there could be profiles for the customers who are particularly wanting to use certain feature sets of Intune."
"The solution could be improved by the opportunity to connect third-party application databases, such as Chocolatey or another setup store, to Intune."
"There is still a gap between SCCM and Intune, especially in the reporting, inventory, and software deployment areas."
Microsoft Defender XDR is ranked 1st in Microsoft Security Suite with 80 reviews while Microsoft Intune is ranked 3rd in Microsoft Security Suite with 166 reviews. Microsoft Defender XDR is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Intune is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender XDR writes "Includes four services and four products, which can help organizations a lot". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Intune writes "We can manage all aspects of our devices from a single console, easy to scale, and quick to deploy". Microsoft Defender XDR is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager, Wazuh and Microsoft Purview Information Protection, whereas Microsoft Intune is most compared with Jamf Pro, VMware Workspace ONE, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Entra ID and SOTI MobiControl. See our Microsoft Defender XDR vs. Microsoft Intune report.
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