We performed a comparison between MetaDefender Email Security Solutions and Trend Micro Email Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Email Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The good part is that you don't have to configure it, which is very convenient."
"Defender for Office 365 has helped eliminate having to look at multiple dashboards and that is the aspect I like most about it. It is simpler, effective, and convenient. The users like the process efficiency."
"Defender is a SaaS platform, so it offers more flexibility. Managing the permissions is easier. The solution's automated detection and response features are scalable."
"The solution is very easy to use. All you have to do is to assign the license to the end-user and it's done. The customer will only have the feature activated, and the solution will monitor the emails to determine if they are a threat or not."
"The product's scalability is good."
"The technical support is good and quick to resolve issues."
"The basic features are okay and I'm satisfied with the Defender."
"Our customers are satisfied with Defender for 365 because Microsoft products are easy to use and customize to meet the client's needs. Everything is in one place, so we can adjust policies as needed for phishing, DLP, ATP, or any other security features that our clients want to apply."
"The most valuable feature is called summary reconstruction which is used to deliver encrypted files to users."
"The most valuable feature of MetaDefender Email Security is the CDR. Customers purchase this solution specifically for data communication, as the other features can be obtained through other technologies that most customers already possess. Therefore, data communication serves as the foundation for the platform."
"The sanitization is very good."
"Trend Micro Email Security’s most valuable feature is spam filtering."
"Trend Micro constantly releases new versions and patches based on evolving needs."
"Trend Micro Email Security scans all email attachments because, nowadays, ransomware or malware files are sent through email attachments."
"It is mostly stable."
"The technical support is good."
"The most valuable features of the solution are spam protection and email continuity."
"The solution's initial setup process was easy since it was deployed on the cloud."
"Trend Micro has inter-domain security features that solutions from other vendors like Forcepoint lack."
"One area for improvement is support, in terms of being able to reach them and, especially, technical support for configuration."
"Microsoft should provide more documentation for users so they can self-educate. I would like to see more documentation for advanced security features."
"There's room for improvement regarding the time frame for retrieving emails."
"One area for improvement is integration. For example, when it comes to external SaaS platforms, we were not able to get a lot of information on integrations with such apps for security and authentication."
"It would be better if it were more scalable. It depends on the architecture, but we would like to make it more scalable for both data centers."
"Microsoft wants its well-paying customers to finish testing some of its half-baked products, find bugs, and report bugs back to Microsoft's team, which is a little frustrating for those who have to manage it and roll it up to thousands of people across the organization."
"The custom alerts have to improve a lot."
"The GUI is sometimes slow to fetch the device report and could be improved."
"Although the number of AV engines is good, it could be better."
"They offer a feature called SmartLink neutralization. I have tried it before. It seemed to work most of the time; however, I had a few users for whom it just wouldn't work. Whenever they click on a link, it stays on the MetaDefender page, saying that it's scanning it and never moves forward."
"The DLP should be upgraded and has room for improvement."
"I rate Trend Micro support four out of 10. The support in our region isn't very good. They do not respond quickly when we open up a case."
"In our company, we found out that the solution wasn't well-tested by Trend Micro, resulting in a performance and bandwidth problem."
"There needs to be more documentation for the product."
"They need to adjust the spam filtering and make it stronger."
"The send box needs improvement to match other products."
"The capacity handling and the scalability of the solution need to be improved since I feel Trend Micro lacks in such areas."
"The patch management could improve in Trend Micro Email Security."
"In terms of improvement, reducing false positives would improve the system."
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MetaDefender Email Security Solutions is ranked 24th in Email Security with 3 reviews while Trend Micro Email Security is ranked 8th in Email Security with 24 reviews. MetaDefender Email Security Solutions is rated 8.4, while Trend Micro Email Security is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of MetaDefender Email Security Solutions writes "Helpful support, and useful dashboards". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trend Micro Email Security writes "The solution blocks spam emails from reaching the user’s mailbox but should introduce new features, improvements, and updates". MetaDefender Email Security Solutions is most compared with Proofpoint Email Protection and Barracuda Email Security Gateway, whereas Trend Micro Email Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Email, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail, Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security and Barracuda Email Security Gateway. See our MetaDefender Email Security Solutions vs. Trend Micro Email Security report.
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