We compared Microsoft Exchange Online Protection and VirusTotal based on our users' reviews in six categories. We reviewed all of the data, and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Microsoft Exchange Online Protection offers seamless integration with Windows, a central alert console, and real-time monitoring of suspicious URLs. VirusTotal is highly praised for its extensive global malware information database.
Room for Improvement: 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. VirusTotal users want more automation capabilities and improvements in the solution’s look and feel.
Ease of Deployment: Users had varied experiences setting up Microsoft Exchange Online Protection, ranging from easy to difficult. It may necessitate dedicated personnel for maintenance. The setup process for VirusTotal was relatively easy and can be completed in a few days.
Service and Support: While some users found Microsoft support to be helpful and responsive, others experienced slower response times. Users say that VirusTotal’s technical support is satisfactory, but customers would like faster case resolution.
Pricing: Some users said Microsoft Exchange Online Protection is expensive, but others considered it reasonable. VirusTotal is generally considered to be a cost-effective solution.
ROI: Microsoft Exchange Online Protection has proven to be a profitable investment. VirusTotal has a positive ROI.
Comparison Results: 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. VirusTotal is considered a cost-effective solution that's easy to set up. However, some users complained about slow response times from technical support.
"The threat management feature includes policies and alerts that are valuable."
"In general, my company is happy with Microsoft support...My company hasn't faced any stability issues with the solution."
"What I like most about Microsoft Exchange Online Protection is its integration with Windows, so we have one central view for all alerts and incidents."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of administration. Other solutions require complex administration, but Microsoft Exchange Online Protection is easier."
"It is scalable."
"It's all running in the backend, so it doesn't affect the app functionality."
"The product's most valuable feature is third-party integrations."
"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."
"It can scan the dark web and find if an email ID has been compromised. This is another area that we have not explored yet."
"The most valuable feature is the worldwide malware information database."
"With VirusTotal, I can check for any hash, malware, file, domain, IP URL, or malicious URL, and Kaspersky stays clean."
"I would like to get reports about vulnerable connections from our clients with information about domains, public IPs, etc. That would be highly useful."
"Performance and speed should continue to be improved."
"Our company faces difficulty with Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) because it's too big, clunky, and difficult for a small client to implement quickly and easily."
"It wasn't easy or intuitive enough for me to start using it. So, the reason was that the solution changed."
"The biggest issue that I experience is that Microsoft keeps moving things around, and it's very inconsistent as to where you find the information when you're trying to work on different pieces."
"Microsoft has some training portals, but more could be developed."
"When you're using a Microsoft product solution, you can scale it, but if you're not, there are limitations."
"Not all settings can be configured automatically and most still require manual configuration. However, there is an automation tool available that can be used to input all the configurations either as a script or a tool it would be helpful."
"VirusTotal has predefined reports, but there is a lot of manual effort involved."
"I would like to see an improved user interface and some automation."
"VirusTotal is hard to understand because you need to know Google Docs to create queries, and it doesn't have documentation for that."
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Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is ranked 11th in Anti-Malware Tools with 34 reviews while VirusTotal is ranked 8th in Anti-Malware Tools with 3 reviews. Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is rated 8.2, while VirusTotal is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) writes "An effective email security solution that provides DLP, Safe Attachment, and Safe Links". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VirusTotal writes " Helps businesses collect threat data while keeping privacy in mind and apable of detecting, blocking, and removing viruses and malware". Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection, Cisco Secure Email, Mimecast Email Security and Fortinet FortiMail, whereas VirusTotal is most compared with Cuckoo Sandbox, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, MetaDefender, ANY.RUN and Recorded Future. See our Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) vs. VirusTotal report.
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