We performed a comparison between Trend Micro XDR and Microsoft 365 Defender 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 365 Defender offers effortless integration with other Microsoft solutions. Users praised its flexibility and comprehensive protection against multiple threat types. Trend Micro XDR should improve integration, overhaul its web interface, and strengthen its business relationships. Microsoft 365 Defender could upgrade its machine learning and AI capabilities. Some users suggested adopting Zero Trust features.
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 of our reviewers were satisfied with Microsoft's support, but others complained about slow responses and lackluster problem-solving capabilities.
Ease of Deployment: The initial setup of Trend Micro XDR is straightforward and fast, but it may require the involvement of several technical professionals. Setting up Microsoft 365 Defender is potentially complex and may involve integrating with existing policies. Some users reported longer deployment times.
Pricing: Some reviews noted that Trend Micro XDR might be too costly for small organizations, but others found the price reasonable. Some users say that Microsoft 365 Defender is good value, but others perceive it as more expensive than similar competing products.
ROI: Trend Micro XDR delivers value through automation. Its efficient alerts ensure timely threat detection and prevention. Microsoft 365 Defender offers savings, attack prevention, consolidation of security measures, and proactive threat detection.
Comparison Results: Our users prefer Trend Micro XDR over Microsoft 365 Defender. Trend Micro XDR offers a comprehensive view of attacks and their origins. Users also appreciate its stability, scalability, reasonable pricing, and user-friendly interface. Users say that Microsoft 365 Defender could improve its machine learning capabilities, interface, and documentation. Trend Micro XDR is also considered more reasonable and well-priced compared to Microsoft 365 Defender.
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of Fortinet FortiEDR was straightforward."
"The stability is very good."
"Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"The incident threat response and its ability to facilitate effective remediation against threats are the standout features."
"The most valuable feature depends on the scenario. For compliance, I like Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Data Loss Prevention. Sentinel is the most helpful feature for security. 365 Defender helps us prioritize threats across an enterprise. It's a crucial feature for the managed services team."
"Defender XDR has a feature called the timeline that lets you track all activities. It helps a lot with investigations."
"The EDR and the way it automatically responds to ransomware and other attacks are valuable features."
"The advantage of Microsoft Defender XDR has over other XDRs in the market is that it's easy to use. You can quickly differentiate between alerts, incidents, devices, software, etc. It's easier to investigate an incident, and you have so many options. You can automate investigations and use playbooks. There's also the live response session, which is something you can't find in any other XDR."
"The integration, visibility, vulnerability management, and device identification are valuable."
"My clients like Defender's file integrity monitoring. They're monitoring Windows and Linux system files."
"For me, the advanced hunting capabilities have been really great. It allowed querying the dataset with their own language, which is KQL or Kusto Query Language. That has allowed me to get much more insight into the events that have occurred. The whole power of 365 Defender is that you can get the whole story. It allows you to query an email-based activity and then correlate it with an endpoint-based activity."
"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."
"VisionOne offers a clear window into the security posture of our endpoints."
"The centralized visibility is good."
"It helps a lot to understand where the threat is coming from, where is it going, how is it being dealt with, et cetera."
"They were one of the companies, early on, that spent a lot of time integrating their toolsets, and I was really impressed with that... the endpoint management system could reach out to the Deep Discovery system on the network and pick up something that it perceived as a suspicious object."
"Drilling down further, we can analyze how our users are utilizing their workstations, including the websites they visit."
"We haven't had any issues with configurations or customizations."
"The proactive approach is the best feature."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs."
"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."
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"The EDR console should have more extensive reporting. You shouldn't need to purchase FortiAnalyzer. It should be included in the EDR part. The security adviser cloud platform could be improved with more options for exclusive or intensive rules for devices."
"The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"It takes about two business days for initial support, which is too slow in urgent situations."
"Sometimes, configurations take much longer than expected."
"Defender also lacks automated detection and response. You need to resolve issues manually. You can manage multiple Microsoft security products from a single portal, and all your security recommendations are in one place. It's easy to understand and manage. However, I wouldn't say Defender is a single pane of glass. You still need to switch between all of the available Microsoft tools. You can see all the alerts in one panel, but you can't automate remediation."
"The advanced threat-hunting capabilities are phenomenal, and the security copilot enhances that, but some data elements could be better or have more context inside of the advanced tables themselves. The schemas feel a little limited to what they're building into the product. It's probably just a maturity thing. I imagine we'll see the features I want in the next year."
"Offboarding latency should be reduced. Even after a device has been successfully offboarded using a particular offboarding script, it still shows up as onboarded."
"Automated playbooks and automated dashboards would be preferable to the way the data is currently being presented."
"There should be better information for experts on features in the solution. What I see when reading about features in Microsoft 365 Defender is that it is always general information. If Microsoft could go deeper into details for the experts about how to use the tools, usage of it would be more familiar and it would be easier to use."
"The price could be better. It'll also help if they can continuously update and upgrade the solution. Every day there's a new virus uploaded into the network, and we have to keep updating it to identify all these things."
"Microsoft Defender XDR is not a full-fledged EDR or XDR."
"We'd like to see a few more integrations."
"While the continuous addition of features is commendable, the sheer volume of changes makes it difficult to stay abreast of the latest developments."
"They have a DLP module in Tredn Moicros and they need to enhance its capabilities."
"A room for improvement in Trend Micro XDR is more visibility into the alerts. We do get alerts from the solution, but when we are away, we need to have more visibility."
"It would be better if it were more user-friendly. It would also be better if the implementation were more straightforward."
"The support should be improved."
"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."
"The deployment process could be more streamlined over the existing infrastructure, as it was not as easy as we thought."
Microsoft Defender XDR is ranked 8th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 76 reviews while Trend Vision One is ranked 5th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 42 reviews. Microsoft Defender XDR is rated 8.4, while Trend Vision One is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender XDR writes "Includes four services and four products, which can help organizations a lot". 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 XDR is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager, Wazuh and Secureworks Taegis XDR, whereas Trend Vision One is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Trend Micro Apex One and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. See our Microsoft Defender XDR vs. Trend Vision One report.
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