Bitdefender GravityZone EDR Valuable Features
It's a very comprehensive product. I like the fact that Bitdefender is used by about 38% or more, of other security vendors is another type of tick box that lends credibility.
The reporting function allows you to put block sites on blocked content sites, after which you can go and see what was blocked. It tells you what was blocked, why it was blocked, and how you can fix it. So, like, what we do is we actually block all the streaming services, such as certain YouTube labels and certain videos like Disney Plus, which involves a lot of content control. So we can see what stuff is embedded, open it up, see what got blocked because of an embedded video, and then open that video backup to allow them to see it. It also gets you right to where you need to go and how to fix it to allow users to work.
Sandbox Analyzer, HyperDetect, and EDR are valuable to our customers. As far as security is concerned, Bitdefender is one of the best solutions available in the market right now.
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Bitdefender GravityZone EDR
April 2024
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The solution can analyze the endpoint's security problems if a cluster of compromised machines exists. Also, the Sandbox was very useful for trying to verify if some of the files received by our colleagues had viruses or malware. The different features are useful for the day-to-day analysis of the security infrastructure.
View full review »One strong point is that it doesn't have many background services running on the Windows system or server operating system. This minimizes impact because it's a lighter version.
For instance, when comparing Bitdefender GravityZone to Sophos, I noticed Sophos has 19 background services, which is quite excessive. This creates issues for our in-house developed applications, especially with database services, causing CPU usage spikes to as high as 95 to 98 percent.
So, Bitdefender significantly reduces CPU load compared to Sophos.
GravityZone is lightweight and efficient for us. When comparing antivirus solutions in the market, Bitdefender often ranks in the top one or two. We previously used Sophos for around three years, but it wasn't compatible with our systems. Bitdefender offers fewer background services, which suits our needs better. More features, more background services. Fewer features, fewer background services
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Saranjit Kainth
Head of IT at RD Tech
I just love the whole product altogether. Firstly, we know Bitdefender GravityZone EDR is a market leader in security, and that gives us confidence. The second thing is that it's very, very easy to manage. The solution's deployment is very easy and flexible. You can do on-prem systems and on-prem relays. You can also have systems in the cloud.
The solution gives us a very, very quick modification. If I want to change how a whole bunch of client machines are set up, I can do that, and I know it's reliably going to get to it.
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reviewer93945
Director, Information Technology at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
What I have found to be valuable is after every new release of the solution there are more features. At the time that we bought Bitdefender GravityZone, it was their top solution. We went from their Enterprise version to Elite, Elite HD, Ultra, and now there is an Ultra Plus available.
Overall the solution is working well, it can be a little intense and thorough at times, but I would rather have it be a little bit more thorough than not detect what it is supposed to. We have been running the solution for a long time through various versions and we have not had any viruses or malware breaches.
When comparing this solution to others it performs just as well as the majority of the top-level alternatives.
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Manny Singh Lubana
Manager, Information Security at Hyundai Capital America
The feature I find the most valuable the heuristic for malicious scripts and the component is called HyperDetect. This solution actually prevents file-less and script-based attacks at pre-execution where other solution such as Crowdstrike detects but not prevent. An example would be base 64 encoded Powershell script or command line . With Bitdefender gravity zone ultra scripts are run into agent buffer before it execute to detect and block malicious script weather it is Powershell ,vbs , etc.
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Simon Otieno
General Manager at Kristel
The most valuable features are the solution's thorough detection and ease of use.
View full review »The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to investigate the security incident, including the sequence of events and its initial trigger point.
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reviewer2282946
IT Compliance Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees
What we appreciate is that Microsoft Defender is positioned as an intermediary. However, one area where we're considering a different approach is in terms of the insurance it provides. We have mobile device management in place, but we encounter challenges when adding licenses to desktops without active users. Some of our machines remain idle, running certain jobs with Bitdefender protection. However, I face a dilemma when it comes to applying Microsoft Defender to these machines because there's no user logging in with a 365 license to enable Defender.
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Maria João Teixeira
Commercial Manager at Ingecom
It protects almost everything the client needs. It depends on the client how they use it, however, the security is very good.
It's easy to sell. If we speak about the parts, the product is easy to sell.
Compared to other products, it's more complete. It has a lot of features.
It's easy to deploy.
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Mohamed Hekal
IT Manager at Esnad
You can control everything, including monitoring of all websites and blocked devices, from one place. If you detect a virus, you can isolate the PC from the network and prevent access to the internet, network and routers. Once fixed, you can give access back to the client. We have not had this functionality using other solutions.
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David Alfonso
Cybersecurity Analyst & System Engineer at Compucare Systems Inc
The best feature for our customers is the ransomware feature. It is very fresh and powerful. Bitdefender also has a feature called Ransomware Vaccine. With this feature, when a file from the ransomware is encrypted Bitdefender can revert it back to the original file. It automatically decrypts the file and puts the ransom in quarantine. This is like SentinelOne. This is a very impressive feature.
The second Bitdefender feature that I consider very important is its anti-phishing filter. The workstations get a straight content filter to protect from web pages. I like Bitdefender's anti-phishing so much because it doesn't need to install to any browser. It's captured directly from the network traffic in the computer, and it stopped a lot of phishing or phishing pages. It a very powerful anti-phisher. It sends email reports in real-time. I'm very happy with that.
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Cynthia Mtsweni
Microsoft Sales Specialist at Mustek Limited
The most valuable feature of Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra is the ETX and ETM endpoint protection.
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Den Kozlov
BDM at Vision IT
The solution is easy to use and has complex features leading to excellent work efficiency.
View full review »The tool alerts about lateral internet movements.
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MahmoodAbdollahi
Senior Network Engineer at Dejpaad
The value is good. It's worth the cost. The pricing is reasonable.
It offers good performance.
The solution is very simple to set up.
It's stable.
Technical support is good.
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Troy Ferraris
Managing Director at TEPSA (Pty) Ltd
The valuable features are, of course, the protection against malware, ransomware, and any other forms of malicious software, but the solution also provides application and device control which stops people copying things onto a memory stick, for example. In addition, it provides web filtering and blocking of inappropriate websites. The product covers pretty much every aspect of cyber security, but the primary function that everybody gets it for is the antimalware or antivirus protection.
The product is solid, it's why we chose to distribute it, we're very particular about the products we distribute and only take the best, so we don't distribute Symantec or any other AV solutions. It's value for money. There are some competing antiviruses out there which are at least as powerful. Products like Sophos, but they're about three times the price. The cheaper products, such as ESET NOD32, for instance, are more suitable for individual use. Bitdefender is a user friendly and intuitive solution but we also have a team that provides support for our customers.
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BenWiesner
Senior Network Manager at Denis Enterprises
- Unified malware threat detection
- Sandboxing
- Firewall
These are all built into the product.
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reviewer1686495
Managed IT Services Provider at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The solution is scalable, stable, robust and very flexible and intuitive. It's probably one of the top five, best security solutions on the market at the moment.
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reviewer1508355
Telecommunications and Infrastructure Manager at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The advantage of the solution is that it has a console on the cloud and you can update the clients. You don't need to put it on the server on your company or on-premise. You can manage the clients through the console on the cloud and you can send policies and updates and other things without the need to put a client into your own network.
Bitdefender has a EDR solution in the client. It offers protection for the exchange and can check services. It has a patch management feature, which is quite useful for us.
We're able to implement a sandbox solution, to try to detect any malware on devices. It helps keep us safe.
So far, the solution has been problem-free. We have never had to reach out to technical support to troubleshoot as it just seems to work very well.
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Robert Nevans
CEO at CSToday
The solution has better UI and better UX tools.
The standard policies are pretty good, right out of the box. We seldom have to tweak them. We have never had to make, and I'm speaking across probably 14 law firms in 2020, we've never had to attenuate for a specific device case like a scanner or a particular piece of software. On three occasions it did block some software paralegals were trying to install, which turned out to be malicious.
We like the dashboard, the console, the reporting. It's very easy to deploy.
We're pretty strong on GravityZone. We have had zero penetrations across our entire client base.
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Zoltan Vajda
Managing Director at Zolitron Technology
It's hard to pick just one valuable feature as almost all of the main features are very useful. However, the ability to manage it centrally and have detailed control over settings, exceptions and other configurations is extremely beneficial.
View full review »The best thing I have found is that we have a centralized dashboard.
The feature which I like is the anti-phishing feature. We get notified directly if someone might click on a phishing link.
The initial setup is easy.
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ManegeiT677
IT Manager at voluntis
The features that are most useful are the simplicity of deploying the package and the cryptosystem for managing all the situations on the computer.
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reviewer2329599
Solutions Specialist at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
I think the most valuable component of the tool is that the EDR capabilities are integrated already with Bitdefender based on the licensing a user opts for when purchasing the product. The tool's graphical user interface is common and very friendly, making it an overall user-friendly product. With the tool's features, you can easily identify how to work with it.
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reviewer1319712
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to use and simple, meaning it's not much complicated. The customer is able to read the results and values easily provided by the solution compared to the products from other vendors. Whatever information I am sharing is based on our company's customer feedback.
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Atea Alinani
IT Specialist at Xpert Systems Shpk
What I like best about Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra is its antivirus feature.
The product has many good reviews, and I like how straightforward it is to implement. It's also easy to access and use.
It is also valuable that Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra has many features, such as VPN, web filtering, and email filtering.
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Rajiv Warrier
Regional Head at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
This product is quite stable. I'm satisfied with the performance.
It's a scalable product.
I find the solution easy to use.
We've had no issues so far.
The installation is straightforward.
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German R.
Chief Information Security Officer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The most valuable feature for me is the ability to whitelist, blacklist, and be very granular as to what I blocked, what apps I blocked, and what websites I block. I think that's probably the most valuable feature.
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OwnChair354
Owner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The feature that I've found most valuable is the ability to configure updates to be hourly. Only very few antiviruses can do that. You can be protected from a wide range of malware because it can do hourly updates. We haven't heard of another solution that can do this.
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Mihail Andries
CISO at BRD-Groupe Societe Generale SA
One of the most valuable features is the signature updating in near real-time. Also, the behavior of the processes - what's happening on the work station, which is not necessarily signature based - gives us a compartmentalized level of analysis.
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Chirosca Alecsandru
Owner and business consultant at networks srl
It provides pretty good insights into threats within the network.
The performance is great.
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Rajat_Gupta
Information Security Officer at GlobalSign
The most valuable features are the anti-malware and firewall policies. The runtime scans and execution have been beneficial to our business.
View full review »The most valuable feature is that it works great with machines.
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reviewer947091
Datacenter Engineer at a university with 501-1,000 employees
They are constantly updating the solution against malware.
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Grvtyz677
Information technologies at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
One feature I found valuable was controlling from the cloud. It was better for me that GravityZone could be controlled from the cloud.
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Grvtyzo677
Security Technician at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
I like the style of it. It's great because I have access to it from anywhere.
View full review »The EDR feature is valuable. It helps us understand what is going on in our infrastructure. It provides a nice dashboard that gives us complete information of the status of the number of incident activities and we can also submit our file for the review.
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reviewer1674288
Internal IT manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
There's really not any issue with it, so far.
I like the firewall part of it.
The advanced direct control on offer is excellent.
The initial setup is very easy.
The solution is stable.
The product is pretty scalable.
I've found the pricing of the product to be reasonable.
View full review »Easy management of the endpoint protection. In simple words, it is awesome, very simple to use, understand, and apply its policies. Another feature is traffic scan, which protects the endpoints of harmful websites. It has direct impact on security, the email traffic scan, which is the last layer of protection in the organization, and based on today's threats, a very good option.
View full review »- Device Control - You can choose what devices will be allowed or blocked, for example, internal storage, external Storage, CD-ROM, Bluetooth, etc.
- Application blacklisting - You can define the specific path of the application and then allow or block. When set to block, users can no longer access the application you define.
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reviewer1319712
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The Ultra is a valuable feature. So are the EDR components, which provide endpoint protection for the use of security operation centers, as they relate to whatever may be happening respecting the endpoints.
The solution is easy to use and implement. It only requires one server and this is in contrast with other products that require more, one for management and another for the database.
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Mohamed Berawy
Technical Team Leader at ValueSYS
The most valuable feature is the security( Hyper detect, Sandbox and EDR ). because I think protection is our main target .
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Konrad Kaleta
Product Leader at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The cloud management is really good. We don't do internal testing, we base our knowledge on the external tests and AV tests.
The cloud management is easy and useful, especially in our case when we have multiple offices in different locations.
The most valuable features are installation and configuration, simple deployment, then the administration of clients.
Installation and configuration are done in less than one hour, if you read the installation guide.
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Ian Skibbe
Channel Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
I like that you can manage, uninstall, and install everything via the web console.
Buyer's Guide
Bitdefender GravityZone EDR
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Bitdefender GravityZone EDR. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
767,847 professionals have used our research since 2012.