We compared Avanan and Microsoft Exchange Online Protection across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Features: Avanan is highly praised for its customizability as well as its consistent advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Microsoft Exchange Online Protection offers seamless integration with Windows, a central alert console, and real-time monitoring of suspicious URLs.
Room for Improvement: Avanan can enhance its alert clearance speed, decrease false positives, and improve scanning and backup options. 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.
Service and Support: Avanan's customer service is consistently commended for its exceptional quality, efficiency, and expertise. While some users found Microsoft support to be helpful and responsive, others experienced slower response times.
Ease of Deployment: Users like Avanan's trouble-free setup and easy updates. Users had varied experiences setting up Microsoft Exchange Online Protection, ranging from easy to difficult. It may necessitate dedicated personnel for maintenance.
Pricing: Avanan offers affordable, transparent SaaS-based pricing. Users find it cost-effective, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises. Some users said Microsoft Exchange Online Protection is expensive, but others considered it reasonable.
ROI: Avanan has consistently provided positive results by enhancing email network security and contributing to revenue growth. Microsoft Exchange Online Protection has proven to be a profitable investment.
Comparison Results: Avanan is praised for its ease of implementation, adaptability, and cost-effectiveness. Users say Avanan could improve by reducing false positives and providing better documentation. 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.
"Defender enables us to secure all 365-related activity from a single place. It gives us visibility into everything happening in Outlook, protecting us against phishing and other email-based threats. Defender helps us detect any suspicious behaviors."
"Defender for Office 365 has helped eliminate having to look at multiple dashboards and that is the aspect I like most about it. It is simpler, effective, and convenient. The users like the process efficiency."
"The product's scalability is good."
"Since we have started using the solution, there have been fewer compromises."
"The technical support is good and quick to resolve issues."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 helps people to work remotely. It is a secure solution. We don't need to use our company's computers or get VPN connections to the networks. I can control how they share screens and what they send to the devices. It keeps our organizations confidential and sensitive information safe."
"It also gives me good visibility because, with Defender, I'm using a Microsoft product to defend Microsoft products. The integration was really seamless and I have wide visibility because it picks up almost everything. Literally, I can see almost every activity that happens, from the e-mail to the workstation itself."
"At the moment we are satisfied with this product. It's a stable, scalable, and resilient solution for us."
"I like Avanan's SmartDLP module. It's seamless, and the administrative overhead is low. We aren't a very sophisticated operation. We just want to reduce our exposure, so we find ThreatCloud helpful. Avanan's acquisition by Check Point was beneficial for them."
"The integration with all our existing and new applications is great."
"Email Attachment Protection detects any insecure files and quickly blocks them to prevent the spread of viruses to other secure documents."
"It can detect corrupted files and filters out documents with viruses."
"Easy to use for non-technical users."
"The program has reduced the dangers related to phishing, malware, ransomware, and other vulnerabilities."
"The customizable rules allow you to change aspects."
"Spam protection is the most valuable feature."
"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."
"We like the holding facility that is available for potentially suspicious URL's. This allows a real-time review to be performed before the email reaches a users inbox."
"The initial setup was easy. The configuration process is very straightforward."
"The threat management feature includes policies and alerts that are valuable."
"Microsoft EOP's most valuable feature is a shared mailbox."
"In general, my company is happy with Microsoft support...My company hasn't faced any stability issues with the solution."
"The scalability is pretty good; it does what it is supposed to do."
"It provides security to both on-premises and Azure infrastructures."
"The phishing and spam filters could use some improvement."
"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."
"The custom alerts have to improve a lot."
"The XDR dashboard has room for improvement."
"We noticed that from time to time, Microsoft's stability does have problems. Sometimes the service goes up and down. Sometimes they change without prior notice."
"There is room for improvement with the UI."
"Microsoft wants its well-paying customers to finish testing some of its half-baked products, find bugs, and report bugs back to Microsoft's team, which is a little frustrating for those who have to manage it and roll it up to thousands of people across the organization."
"They should come up with a mobile application so that it can be more flexible."
"The unified dashboard that it displays needs some improvements in terms of the KPIs that they have."
"There are times when we have false positives."
"It should also offer a quick backup in case any email is wrongly quarantined or deleted to ensure no data loss."
"Familiarization with performance for new teams may take a long time."
"When sending bulky emails, the system slows down and takes a long time before it responds effectively to our requests."
"The cost can be reviewed to enable SMEs to acquire it and enjoy great security features."
"The user experience must be improved."
"The security features could be better."
"They should specify the difference between Defender for Office 365 and Exchange Online Protection."
"I think the implementation could be more streamlined."
"The management interface of Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) could be intuitive."
"The reporting needs a little bit of improvement."
"Microsoft has some training portals, but more could be developed."
"We would like the solution to have more in-built intelligence in the way that it reviews potential security risks, rather than our team constantly having to update the policies."
"The solution must improve the user experience."
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Avanan is ranked 6th in Email Security with 21 reviews while Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is ranked 3rd in Email Security with 34 reviews. Avanan is rated 9.2, while Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Avanan writes "We've noticed a significant decline from people accidentally or intentionally clicking on things". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) writes "An effective email security solution that provides DLP, Safe Attachment, and Safe Links". Avanan is most compared with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALES, Perception Point Advanced Email Security, Abnormal Security and Barracuda Email Security Gateway, whereas Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is most compared with Proofpoint Email Protection, Cisco Secure Email, Mimecast Email Security, Fortinet FortiMail and Barracuda Email Security Gateway. See our Avanan vs. Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) report.
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