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.
"The new feature for online protection does a good job of identifying traits."
"Complete Data Protection lets us define roles in our data products. It helps us identify something suspicious on the client's device."
"All of the Complete Data products are valuable."
"The console allows us to manage not only endpoint protection, but DLP, and also integration with MVISION Cloud."
"I am satisfied with the customer service/technical support."
"The most valuable feature is security."
"I have found the USB part most valuable."
"With this solution, the device control is more reliable and more stable."
"Microsoft BitLocker's most valuable feature is endpoint encryption, and it's quite easy to manage."
"The most valuable feature is the authentication process which is very fast."
"The tool is stable."
"Feature-wise we have the ability to encrypt fast."
"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."
"As a Microsoft shop, we find this product easy to use."
"Integration with System Center Configuration Manager (C: and D: logical drives are encrypted before installing Windows via SCCM)."
"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."
"We are looking for more granular control over the policies."
"As a new technology, it does need to grow."
"They need to segregate McAfee Complete Data Protection for endpoints and servers."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"There are compatibility issues with the Chrome browser."
"There was an option for SQL setup in the older versions of this product and it has been removed, but we would like to see it made available as an add-on."
"Some clients still receive spam and malware in their attachments, so the data protection isn't working correctly. We have configured it and enabled the features in the client's system, but some policies have failed to work once or twice."
"The solution needs to reduce the number of false positives. There are too many of them."
"The integration between Active Directory and BitLocker could be better."
"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."
"At the end of it all, we are looking for something that can be easier to manage."
"The primary aspect for improvement lies in expanding our developer base, which would accelerate the development process and bring these enhancements to fruition"
"The management of the product could be made a little easier."
"The solution could be improved if it was more user friendly."
"I would like to see improvement in the solution's central management of passwords. Currently, we install it separately."
"The solution could improve by having a centralized GUI for management."
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McAfee Complete Data Protection is ranked 2nd in Endpoint Encryption with 30 reviews while Microsoft BitLocker is ranked 1st in Endpoint Encryption with 61 reviews. McAfee Complete Data Protection is rated 8.0, 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, Check Point Full Disk Encryption Software Blade, Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption and Sophos SafeGuard, 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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