We performed a comparison between CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."You can use it to strip users of their local admin rights and, at the same time, elevate applications for them."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its performance."
"I am impressed with the product's seamless integration. The PAM wallet and enterprise password wallet are good also good."
"The password rotation and the session recording are the most valuable features."
"The solution is scalable."
"The product is very flexible"
"What sets CyberArk apart is its continuous innovation, staying ahead of the competition."
"We were able to reduce the number of privileged accounts by 50%, which helped to simplify our privileged access management environment."
"The technical support from Microsoft is very good. We are part of the Microsoft Suite, and from being part of this we have consistent news regarding Microsoft Defender for Endpoint."
"Defender for Endpoint provides good visibility into threats and has favorable threat intelligence."
"Easy to understand and easy to set up endpoint security solution. It's a multifeatured product with web content filtering and automated investigation features. It also has a fantastic vulnerability management dashboard."
"The solution has an easy-to-use interface, is always updated, and is user-friendly."
"In terms of the installation, ease of use, and user interface, Defender has been great so far."
"It's not really visible for the user - which is a benefit."
"Defender is stable enough and is competitive with the other products in the market."
"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is free and part of the licensing stack of other Microsoft products."
"CyberArk is a pretty heavy solution."
"The tool should be more user-friendly."
"It's an old product and has many areas that can be improved."
"The solution's pricing could be better."
"CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is not suitable for the current situation because when you compare it to OTP, OTP is the strongest password solution. You can use it as a one-time password, but you have to log into the password manager itself and if you don't change your password, it will be the weakest link in the security. In OTP, you don't have that weakest link."
"The solution can be complex to use at times."
"CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is a perfect solution, but CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager for Linux has many issues. Another area for improvement in CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager, specifically for Windows, is that there's no way for you to check credential theft from a text file, such as a notepad file."
"CyberArk meets clients' need very spot-on. It covers everything customers ask for. As for improvements, honestly, the feedback's been really positive. I haven't heard any specific areas that need work."
"The central console needs improvement. Both McAfee and Symantec antivirus have dashboards. These integrate with a server and work on my antivirus or some other product. However, with Microsoft Defender, you use Microsoft Group Policy Object. Defender does not provide a central console. Therefore, if you implement Defender, then maybe use another tool for the central view."
"The reporting in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint should improve. The solution has limited features."
"The product development team makes frequent changes that affect the stability of the solution."
"Alerts need to be sent immediately because as it is now, you see some of them without delay and others arrive perhaps 30 minutes later, and it leaves important gaps in terms of information gathering."
"There is room to improve the security of the solution."
"The system can always be simplified and have a better integration check. More detailed reports would be good. When it does the integrated check, it just shows if the system is okay but I want to know what happened."
"The pricing could be a bit better."
"There are likely some technical improvements or features that could be added, however, I cannot say, off the top of my head, what they would be."
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CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is ranked 6th in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 28 reviews while Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is ranked 1st in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 182 reviews. CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager writes "Offers integrated solutions and expands its capabilities through strategic acquisitions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint writes "Eliminates the need to look at multiple dashboards by automatically providing one XDR dashboard to show the security score of each subscription". CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is most compared with BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management, CrowdStrike Falcon, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Tanium and SentinelOne Singularity Complete, whereas Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is most compared with Symantec Endpoint Security, Intercept X Endpoint, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, CrowdStrike Falcon and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. See our CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager vs. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint report.
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