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 console allows us to manage not only endpoint protection, but DLP, and also integration with MVISION Cloud."
"In the configuration, you can restrict a user from accessing a removable drive."
"The solution has a good interface."
"It works seamlessly as long as it's well configured and the policies have been put properly."
"I don't need to have any interaction with this product, which means that it is very, very good, and it is doing its job."
"Reporting and encryption are its most valuable features."
"The interface is user-friendly and it provides a large number of options."
"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."
"The solution works the way it's supposed to - stability and scalability are fine."
"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."
"The solution is included in Windows 11."
"The manageability of it is a valuable feature."
"It is easy to use and administer."
"The most valuable feature is the authentication process which is very fast."
"One significant aspect is that without the BitLocker key, you can't log in to the user's laptop. I appreciate the capability to encrypt the user's hard drive, ensuring access only with the recovery key. In an enterprise setup, we store all BitLocker keys on our server. So, whenever a user attempts to log in, the architecture authenticates with the key. This ensures that our data is secure. Even if the user's laptop is lost, we have confidence that the data remains inaccessible. So far, our user data is well-protected."
"The product is stable."
"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's pricing could be better."
"I want simplicity. A new user opening the dashboard will be confused. It needs to be more user-friendly."
"There are compatibility issues with the Chrome browser."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"The dashboard is not user-friendly"
"They could be better in terms of Complete Data Protection."
"The price could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in stability."
"It's possible that the time it takes to pull items in to BitLocker could be reduced a bit."
"The deployment process regarding prerequisites and automation could be easy to understand."
"The solution should offer encryption for other items such as shared folders, removable media, etc."
"The migration itself is a nightmare."
"At the end of it all, we are looking for something that can be easier to manage."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
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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 "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, Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption, Check Point Full Disk Encryption Software Blade 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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