We performed a comparison between Trend Micro XDR and Microsoft Defender for Cloud based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Trend Micro XDR is commended for its holistic approach to preventing, real-time visualization, and ability to prioritize network-based detection and response. Microsoft Defender for Cloud is highly regarded for its automated processes, advanced threat analysis, and extensive security measures, including protection against ransomware and access controls. Trend Micro XDR should improve integration, overhaul its web interface, and strengthen its business relationships. Microsoft Defender for Cloud could use enhancements in automation and ease of use.
Service and Support: Some customers have found Trend Micro’s customer service to be helpful and responsive, while others have encountered challenges with technical support in complex situations. Some Defender for Cloud users reported positive experiences with Microsoft, while others complained that the solution's outsourced support lacked technical knowledge.
Ease of Deployment: The initial setup of Trend Micro XDR is straightforward and fast, but it may require the involvement of several technical professionals. The initial setup of Microsoft Defender for Cloud is described as straightforward, but the deployment time may vary depending on specific requirements.
Pricing: Some reviews noted that Trend Micro XDR might be too costly for small organizations, but others found the price reasonable. Microsoft Defender for Cloud is in the mid-to-high pricing tier. While some users find it expensive, others believe it offers good value.
ROI: Trend Micro XDR delivers value through automation. Its efficient alerts ensure timely threat detection and prevention. Microsoft Defender for Cloud streamlines security tasks and saves users money by consolidating various solutions.
"DSPM is the most valuable feature."
"The solution is very easy to deploy."
"Most importantly, it's an integrated solution. We not only have Defender for Cloud, but we also have Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Office 365, and Defender for Identity. It's an integrated, holistic solution."
"When you have commissioned Defender, you have these things visible already on your dashboard. This gives the efficiency to the people to do their actual work rather than bothering about the email, sorting out the email, or looking at it through an ITSM solution, whey they have to look at the description and use cases. Efficiency increases with this optimized, ready-made solution since you don't need to invest in something externally. You can start using the dashboard and auditing capability provided from day one. Thus, you have fewer costs with a more optimized, easier-to-use solution, providing operational efficiency for your team."
"The entire Defender Suite is tightly coupled, integrated, and collaborative."
"The product has given us more insight into potential avenues for attack paths."
"Using Security Center, you have a full view, at any given time, of what's deployed, and that is something that is very useful."
"It isn't a highly complex solution. It's something that a lot of analysts can use. Defender gives you a broad overview of what's happening in your environment, and it's a great solution if you're a Microsoft shop."
"It has good vulnerability protection."
"It is a stable product. It works very well."
"I'm satisfied with the level of coverage. The policies have been very useful and detailed."
"The telemetric report is the most valuable feature."
"The integration is also nice because there are many external tools that we can connect to the platform, such as configuration management tools. Because the platform is integrated, I can manage almost the whole company across our global organization."
"For scalability, I would give a rating of ten out of ten."
"Scaling is not a problem at all."
"I like that it is a comprehensive security solution with a lot of features. You can say XDR is an end-to-end security solution with endpoint security. It includes all your servers, networks, and other devices. The endpoint security solution does not cover this. Plus, machine learning and features like that are the main things in XDR solutions."
"There is no perfect product in the world and there are always features that can be added."
"Another thing that could be improved was that they could recommend processes on how to react to alerts, or recommend best practices based on how other organizations do things if they receive an alert about XYZ."
"If a customer is already using Okta as an SSO in its entire environment, they will want to continue with it. But Security Center doesn't understand that and keeps making recommendations. It would help if it let us resolve a recommendation, even if it is not implemented."
"The solution could extend its capabilities to other cloud providers. Right now, if you want to monitor a virtual machine on another cloud, you can do that. However, this cannot be done with other cloud platform services. I hope once that is available then Defender for Cloud will be a unified solution for all cloud platform services."
"I would like to have the ability to customize executive reporting."
"Defender is occasionally unreliable. It isn't 100% efficient in terms of antivirus detection, but it isn't an issue most of the time. It's also somewhat difficult to train new security analysts to use Defender."
"The product was a bit complex to set up earlier, however, it is a bit streamlined now."
"We would like to have better transparency as to how the security score is calculated because as it is now, it is difficult to understand."
"I'd like to see alert time reduction so that they show up on the dashboard faster."
"The area for improvement is mobile security. We have just finished a proof of concept for Zero Trust Secure Access. We withdrew from this PoC because it does not have that many points for proxy across Europe. Our organization is across Europe... At this time, they are only located in Germany and the UK."
"Results were delayed."
"While the continuous addition of features is commendable, the sheer volume of changes makes it difficult to stay abreast of the latest developments."
"The automation capabilities on-premises could be improved, as we currently have to manually activate servers and push policies."
"In new versions I would like to see better implementation of the reporting features, especially in regards to EDR visibility."
"I think that continued optimization of the environment towards automation and orchestration, a kind of layer that sits underneath all of the technologies, would be extremely important."
"I would like to have more integration with mobile device management."
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is ranked 2nd in CWPP (Cloud Workload Protection Platforms) with 46 reviews while Trend Vision One is ranked 5th in EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) with 42 reviews. Microsoft Defender for Cloud is rated 8.0, while Trend Vision One is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender for Cloud writes "Provides multi-cloud capability, is plug-and-play, and improves our security posture". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trend Vision One writes "The integration of toolsets is key, enabling automation, and vendor has been tremendous partner for us". Microsoft Defender for Cloud is most compared with AWS GuardDuty, Microsoft Defender XDR, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft Sentinel and Wiz, whereas Trend Vision One is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Fortinet FortiEDR. See our Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs. Trend Vision One report.
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