We performed a comparison between McAfee Web Protection [EOL] and Trend Micro Web Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Zscaler, TitanHQ and others in Internet Security."The most valuable is the blocking of blacklisted sites, a URL that is, either by intelligence or by McAfee, detected as a malicious site."
"The most valuable features of McAfee Web Protection are the reporter, and you have the option to have an agent installed in the notebooks or on the mobiles. You are able to have the same policies inside and outside of your organization which is a benefit."
"It's a solution that permits making a granular configuration and it is easier to deploy the same configuration on a lot of devices using the central console. It is the master of the product."
"The solution does what it's meant to do."
"The most valuable feature is the ease in the configuration for security roles."
"The product is quite an effective firewall."
"The solution is not too expensive. It's affordable."
"It doesn't seem to take too much system bandwidth, and I also like its reporting. Once a month, it gives me a reminder of the activity. It reminds me that the protection is on, and if there are any issues, it summarizes those minor issues. During the month, it only notifies when there is something special."
"The most valuable feature is machine learning, which automatically monitors the activity on the machine."
"The solution is stable."
"It's a very stable solution."
"It's secure and useful from an administrative point of view, with controllable login monitoring and so on."
"Threat protection solution with good stability and scalability. Installation is straightforward. Support for this product is good."
"The solution's scalability is good and we have more than 90 users for it."
"The solution's technical support team is responsive."
"The product's installation phase was easy."
"The configuration could be simplified because it is more complex to make the configuration on McAfee. What can be improved is the support of the agent on smartphones, IOS or Android. That still now is not available yet."
"The initial setup could be simplified, there is a learning curve during the implementation."
"There is a real need to make sure all the updates and improvements are in order to keep the security at top performance to continue defeating threats that come daily."
"The solution should be more proactive in regards to sending you updates."
"Lacking filter for spam."
"The manufacturerers should have more transparancy about exactly what is getting filtered when you use the product and why."
"In McAfee Web Protection there are gaps in the security design, in the overall architecture, the gaps need to be fixed."
"Endpoints are lightweight agents, eating too much of the host resources."
"This solution has a lot of restrictions on what non-administrator users can do, including generating comparative code. We would like to see this changed as the product is developed."
"The installation is a little bit complex."
"The product should be more secure and stable. It is also not flexible."
"There are multiple ways Web Security could improve, such as usability and web access to several programming modes."
"The price of Trend Micro Web Security is the only area of concern where improvements are required. From an improvement perspective, the product should be made available to users at a cheaper rate."
"The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The costs are a bit high in terms of licensing."
"I would like to see better scalability and better performance."
McAfee Web Protection [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Internet Security with 16 reviews while Trend Micro Web Security is ranked 6th in Internet Security with 13 reviews. McAfee Web Protection [EOL] is rated 8.2, while Trend Micro Web Security is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of McAfee Web Protection [EOL] writes "Secure, reasonably priced, and performs well". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trend Micro Web Security writes "Though a tool suitable for medium-sized businesses, it needs to work on its price model". McAfee Web Protection [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Trend Micro Web Security is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Symantec Proxy, Cisco Umbrella, Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway and Fortinet FortiProxy.
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