We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Trend Micro Smart Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two EPP (Endpoint Protection for Business) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Additionally, when it comes to EDR, there are more tools available to assist with client work."
"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."
"The ease of deployment and configuration is valuable. It's very easy compared to other vendors like Sophos. Sophos' configuration is complex. Fortinet is a lot easier to understand. You don't need a lot of admin knowledge to do the configuration."
"This is stable and scalable."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"The stability is very good."
"It is stable and scalable."
"Forensics is a valuable feature of Fortinet FortiEDR."
"It is easy to install and use requiring little maintenance but applying updates."
"User-friendly, offering safety and security."
"The solution can scale as needed."
"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint comes pre-installed in Microsoft Windows."
"We use Microsoft Defender for the antivirus."
"We have liked the fact that it comes with Microsoft Windows 10 and it is constantly updated with all new virus definitions. It is also updated with new security features on a regular basis."
"The solution provides protections and reports about strange behavior and automatically blocks some of it. I love the way that statuses are represented."
"I find the vulnerability management section of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to be very useful for organizations."
"The solution is easy to use, flexible, and secure."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its simplicity."
"The configuration is easy."
"It is their most comprehensive endpoint protection solution. It includes DLP and Office 365. It also includes device control and the rest of the little bells and whistles that the traditional AV vendors have."
"The stability is good and I like the level of performance I can get."
"The solution has multiple modules within a single agent deployment."
"The AI is excellent."
"We do get notifications, which are helpful."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"The security should be strong for the cloud. Some applications are on-prem and some are on the cloud. Fortinet should also have strong security for the cloud. There should be more security for the cloud."
"We've encountered challenges during API deployment, occasionally resulting in unstable environments."
"They can include the automation for the realtime updates. We have a network infrastructure with remote sites. Whenever they send updates, they are not automated. We have to go into the console and push those updates. I wish it was more automated. The update file is currently around 31 MB. It could be smaller."
"We'd like to see more one-to-one product presentations for the distribution channels."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"More integration with different platforms is an area for improvement for this product, and should be included in its next release."
"Microsoft support could be more knowledgeable."
"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can use more advertising to promote their features."
"In the next release, I would like to see better management reporting."
"It needs to improve the cybersecurity for lateral movements. For example, when a hacker tries to enter a machine, they try to get the password by doing a lateral movement."
"Defender's cloud integration could be improved."
"I would like to have additional features such as DNS lookup, which would help for detecting malicious sites."
"In terms of improvements for their technical support, a focus on enhancing response times could be beneficial."
"We were considering switching to SentinalOne because it has pre-detection, and Trend Micro does not offer this; it's something the solution should add."
"It does not provide insights into what is being done."
"The pricing of the solution can be improved."
"Trend Micro Smart Protection could improve the false positive with some integrations with other solutions and automated reporting. The reports should allow the user to set up some customer trigger alerts instead of the user having to look at the report manually. Additionally, the responses from sender detection and response feature could improve."
"Trend Micro Smart Protection needs to improve its compliance features to cover more domains, such as BCIDSS rules. Enhancements in this area would enable quicker and more comprehensive compliance reporting."
"There are no data loss prevention features."
"I've not explored all of the features up to now. I still need to see all of the features implemented first to be able to see if anything is missing. However, as of right now, it's working very well for us."
"This product is not very simple and in fact, kind of hard for some people to understand."
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is ranked 1st in EPP (Endpoint Protection for Business) with 78 reviews while Trend Micro Smart Protection is ranked 31st in EPP (Endpoint Protection for Business) with 14 reviews. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is rated 8.0, while Trend Micro Smart Protection is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint writes "You can access all your security data and telemetry from a single pane of glass". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trend Micro Smart Protection writes "With this solution, we can minimize data leaks that often result from ransomware incidents". Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is most compared with Intercept X Endpoint, Symantec Endpoint Security, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Malwarebytes, whereas Trend Micro Smart Protection is most compared with Trend Micro Apex One, Check Point Harmony Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Symantec Endpoint Security and Trend Micro ServerProtect. See our Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs. Trend Micro Smart Protection report.
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