We performed a comparison between Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Trend Micro Apex One based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is commended for its extensive cross-platform protection, user-friendly interface, and compatibility with third-party software. Trend Micro Apex One stands out for its centralized reporting, efficient policy implementation, and a diverse array of features including DLP, encryption, and patch management. Kaspersky users requested improvements in security and stability. They also want better documentation, faster malware scanning, enhanced encryption, and improved remote management. Trend Micro users say the platform should improve its compatibility with different operating systems and address performance issues. Users also say the reporting, forensic analysis, and ransomware features could use some work.
Service and Support: Users say that Kaspersky’s support is helpful and responsive, whether it comes from resellers, partners, or the vendor. Trend Micro support generally earned positive reviews, but some said that support could be more proactive and respond faster.
Ease of Deployment: Some reported that Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is straightforward to set up, while others find it more complex and time-consuming. Most users thought Trend Micro Apex One was easy to set up, but a few said that it’s more complex than competing solutions.
Pricing: Users gave mixed feedback on the price of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business. Some found it reasonable while others thought it was expensive. Some considered the of Trend Micro Apex One to be fair, while others found it expensive.
ROI: Our reviewers said that Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business has proven to be a solid investment. Trend Micro Apex One provides extra cost-effective advantages and safeguards vital information.
Comparison Results: Our users prefer Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business over Trend Micro Apex One. Kaspersky provides extensive protection across various platforms and systems, offering features like web filtering, email filtering, and anomaly control. Users find it simple to deploy and use, with high detection rates and minimal impact on system resources. Trend Micro Apex One requires improvements in pricing, user interface, and technical support.
"he solution is an anti-malware product that integrates well with other vendor products such as firewalls, SIEM, etc. It captures threat intelligence and gives you better visibility. The product also has sandboxing features."
"Fortinet has helped free up around 20 percent of our staff's time to help us out."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"This is stable and scalable."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"The product is quite scalable."
"The advice I would give someone implementing this solution is that the management of the solution is very easy. You don't need a lot of people to manage the solution."
"Kaspersky Enterprise solution's combined protections have helped to block a lot of malware which would have caused a lot of interruptions in our operations."
"It has many features, like deploying a package to many clients, an MDM solution, etc."
"Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business's most valuable feature is the ease of management."
"Ability to specify the level of protection on devices,"
"Antivirus, including anti-spam, trojan, and worm detection and prevention. Kaspersky has a comprehensive virus definition update which is very helpful for threat prevention."
"There is plenty of features that make the solution work very well."
"I would emphasize the ease of use and the quality of operations. Trend Micro is quite stable."
"There's excellent data loss prevention to help prevent purposeful or accidental loss of data."
"The product has proven to be very flexible over the years that we have had it."
"Its threat-hunting capabilities and the information about the known threats are the most available features. It can easily catch any threat in our environment."
"This is a very stable product and we plan to continue using it."
"I believe that optimization is a really good feature on the front side."
"The ease of deployment is one of its most valuable features."
"It is available on our OS platform and will automatically scan our machines daily or weekly."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"Everything with Fortinet having to do with their cloud services. They need to invest more in their internal infrastructure that they are running in the cloud. One of the things I find with their cloud environment compared to others' is that they go cheap on the equipment. So it causes some performance degradation."
"Integration with Azure and SaaS provisioning tools could improve Fortinet FortiEDR."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"FortiEDR could add a separate scanning dashboard. In incident management, we prefer to remove the endpoint system from the environment and scan the system. We typically use Symantec for that, but if we want to use FortiEDR for that, then we need a scanning tab to clarify things."
"The solution could use better reporting."
"Kaspersky could be improved by better malware protection. They have to take advantage of Malwarebytes and integrate the same engine inside Kaspersky. I use Malwarebytes as well because Kaspersky doesn't always detect malware."
"From time to time, some users loose connection via the Network Agent."
"I would like to see better-enhanced features, such as protection against ransomware and different types of malicious malware."
"I would like for Kaspersky to generate reports when it detects issues such as malware."
"It would be nice if it was less expensive."
"There are some features built into Kaspersky that do not work at all, so we have to use other products instead."
"The licensing fees could be reduced."
"I would like to see the initial setup simplified to make it less complicated, and the price reduced."
"The reporting can be improved. We'd like to have had broader insights as to what was happening on a machine."
"Some of the updates still require a complete reboot of the system."
"They need to integrate the DLP with the EDR."
"It has good signature-based capabilities, but features like “shape detection” can be improved upon."
"The menus can be more user-friendly or easier. For example, if we want to enable access to the USB ports, it should be more user-friendly. It is not easy. We need to navigate through several menus to be able to give access."
"I'd like to see the different interface components combined into one, or be allowed to get to the agent management portion without having to log into the main console."
"This software could affect the performance of your device negatively, particularly causing slow performance after installation."
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Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is ranked 11th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 110 reviews while Trend Micro Apex One is ranked 6th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 124 reviews. Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is rated 8.0, while Trend Micro Apex One is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business writes "Easy to setup, stable and good security use cases". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trend Micro Apex One writes "Good monitoring and server protection with helpful machine learning". Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Fortinet FortiClient and ESET Endpoint Protection Platform, whereas Trend Micro Apex One is most compared with Trend Micro Deep Security, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, Trend Micro Smart Protection and Check Point Harmony Endpoint. See our Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business vs. Trend Micro Apex One report.
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