We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence and VirusTotal based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Threat Intelligence Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I value how Threat Intelligence integrates with the different platforms in Microsoft."
"The global review and remediation of malicious code is probably the most valuable feature."
"You can use it to monitor third parties and ensure they are not under threat attacks. It is beneficial in the GRC model."
"It just runs in the background. I don't have to worry about, making sure it's Intelligence. So, you know, this kind of makes it very easy, have to worry about installing. It is easy to use."
"It is very scalable. There are approximately 2,000 endpoints and up to 200 servers in our company."
"Microsoft collects trillions of signals from all over the world, which is incredibly valuable. It helps us identify zero-day vulnerabilities and global threats."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"Offers easy integration with a cloud-based infrastructure"
"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."
"The product is easy to use with coding, such as Python or Java, via its API."
"With VirusTotal, I can check for any hash, malware, file, domain, IP URL, or malicious URL, and Kaspersky stays clean."
"The product's dashboard and incident reports functionality needs enhancement."
"One area that can be improved is reducing false positives."
"We encounter problems connecting the product deployed on the user endpoints with the servers."
"It would be beneficial to enhance the pricing structure and make it more affordable."
"I would like to see more integration with other solutions. For example, integration well with Microsoft but not with other solutions."
"It takes time for the support team to understand the issue, and they then respond with a delay at times, which causes a lot of trouble."
"I would like to see more AI features and capabilities."
"I would like for there to be extra confirmation that there aren't viruses. Even if the virus detection software is always running there could be hidden applications that are using the computer."
"VirusTotal is hard to understand because you need to know Google Docs to create queries, and it doesn't have documentation for that."
"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."
"The platform could improve in the areas of endpoints and networks."
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Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is ranked 3rd in Threat Intelligence Platforms with 27 reviews while VirusTotal is ranked 6th in Threat Intelligence Platforms with 4 reviews. Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is rated 8.4, while VirusTotal is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence writes "A tool that offers endpoint protection with low maintenance costs". 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 Defender Threat Intelligence is most compared with Microsoft Sentinel, STAXX, Cisco Threat Grid, ThreatConnect Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) and Splunk Mission Control, whereas VirusTotal is most compared with Cuckoo Sandbox, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, MetaDefender, ANY.RUN and Recorded Future. See our Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence vs. VirusTotal report.
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