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."
"The solution is excellent for protecting users from data being exploited. It's also great for preventing data leakage."
"Reporting and encryption are its most valuable features."
"In addition, it is easy to use, and you can define rules that protect the database beyond the built-in rules of the product. I found another purpose for the product besides the basic things that it does, protecting the database: privileged use, weak authentication, SQL injection and and database platform vulnerability."
"The server software console is exquisitely designed and organized for handy access and manipulation by the administrator."
"Complete Data Protection lets us define roles in our data products. It helps us identify something suspicious on the client's device."
"I have found the USB part most valuable."
"With McAfee Complete Data Protection, you can managed all your security solutions from one single server and one interface. This might be the most powerful advantage of McAfee's solution."
"Microsoft BitLocker's most valuable feature is endpoint encryption, and it's quite easy to manage."
"It is free and native to the OS. We don't have to worry about upgrades or maintaining the product. You encrypt the disk, and you save the recovery key. That's it. The person puts their password in, and after that, it is up to them. If they forget their password, they have to bring it in to get it unlocked."
"It maintains security on my computer. Since I travel a lot, it gives me confidence that if, for some reason, my computer is lost, my data won't be compromised."
"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."
"The platform provides good performance."
"The manageability of it is a valuable feature."
"It's my understanding that the initial setup is straightforward."
"The ease of administering and integrating the solution is great."
"The UI could be improved a bit."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"They need to segregate McAfee Complete Data Protection for endpoints and servers."
"I want simplicity. A new user opening the dashboard will be confused. It needs to be more user-friendly."
"This solution does not do as well at protecting the end-user against unknown viruses."
"There are compatibility issues with the Chrome browser."
"In terms of where the solution could improve, it could integrate with network solutions for ADTs, email web gateways and discovery."
"The solution needs more advanced features."
"We recently found some stability issues with Microsoft BitLocker."
"The reporting in Microsoft is very minimal."
"If the encryption was faster then it would make the experience more pleasant."
"The encryption takes a long time to complete, and our system runs very slowly while it is encrypting."
"The only thing that could be slightly improved is the occasional stability issue."
"The solution should offer encryption for other items such as shared folders, removable media, etc."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"I would recommend BitLocker only because of the economic side, not the technical side. If the features were included in the already existing licenses I would use it. If not, I would recommend other products."
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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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