We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 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.
Comparison Results: Trend Micro Apex One has a slight edge in this comparison due to its being the less expensive solution.
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"It notifies us if there's any suspicious file on any PC. If any execution or similar kind of thing is happening, it just alerts us. It doesn't only alert. It also blocks the execution until we allow it. We check whether the execution is legitimate or not, and then approve it or keep it blocked. This gives us a little bit of control over this mechanism. Fortinet FortiEDR is also very straightforward and easy to maintain."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"The price is low and quite competitive with others."
"The stability is very good."
"I like FortiClient EMS. FortiEDR has a lot of great features like lockdown mode, remote wipes, and encryption. I can set malware outbreak policies and controls for detecting abnormalities. You can also simulate phishing attacks."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"It integrates very well with all Windows workstations or other Microsoft Endpoint products. It also works quite well. So far, I have not had any issue that hasn't been sorted out. It doesn't use too many resources, so you don't have to install different things."
"It's very easy to scale because it comes built-in with Windows 10, and you just need to enable it. This can be done on scale using group policies or through Endpoint Manager on cloud or Intune."
"The most valuable features are the Windows Firewall and the regular virus definition updates. These features are very helpful and have helped to improve our security."
"The primary advantage is that you don't need to install it. It's included in the Windows 10 delivery."
"The integration with all variations of Microsoft Defender, for Endpoint, 365, and Cloud is valuable."
"Auto-remediation: When the product sees malware, it resolves the issue immediately. This protects the machine."
"The most valuable feature is ransomware protection, which can detect malicious activity from IPs or a malicious payload in DLLs, or other things that can corrupt the system."
"The scalability is good."
"One of the advantages for me is that it is very easy to use."
"We have found the reports to be most valuable."
"The cloud-based management portal was okay."
"The solution is stable and integrated into the system quite well."
"The end user perspective is very good because the solution isn't complex to learn and support is readily available."
"Its ability to detect ransomware and malware is the most valuable. Its protection is also good."
"Stable threat protection software that's quick to install. The security it provides is okay."
"The most valuable feature of Trend Micro Apex One is the virtual patching it provides."
"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."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"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."
"The solution is not stable."
"Notifications are always popping up — I hate that."
"They should bring back the feature of a dedicated proxy device for communication to the cloud. As of now, all the agents are required to send the logs directly to the cloud. There should be a solution where you can put a proxy and all the logs are consolidated, like a forwarder."
"There are some areas in the proactive threats that are just overwhelming the SOC, so we've had to turn those off until we can figure out how to filter out the false positives."
"The reporting in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint should improve. The solution has limited features."
"It would be helpful if they offered video tutorial guides."
"I miss having an executive dashboard or a simple view for viewing things. Everything is extensive in this solution. Everything is configurable and manageable, but the environment of Microsoft 365 has about 13 administrative dashboards, and in each of the dashboards, there are a gazillion things to set up. It is good for a large enterprise, but for a 200-seat client, you need to see 5% of that."
"The initial setup can be a bit complex."
"One thing that was lacking in Defender was web filtering. Its web filtering wasn't as comprehensive. Sophos was a little bit better than Defender for blocking URLs or installing programs."
"There is room for improvement in the reporting aspect"
"It would be better if it was easier to administer Apex One."
"The solution could be more proactive by using AI to assess the production landscape and compete with other products."
"We do not have much control as we have to work with regional policies and regional support."
"There is room for improvement in the behavior filtering and control of Trend Micro."
"The solution could use signatureless detection."
"We had a few occasions where we had to turn off our clients' computers to upgrade the drivers."
"The time required for Apex One to notify us of detection in the central console should be reduced."
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is ranked 1st in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 182 reviews while Trend Micro Apex One is ranked 6th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 124 reviews. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is rated 8.0, while Trend Micro Apex One is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint writes "Eliminates the need to look at multiple dashboards by automatically providing one XDR dashboard to show the security score of each subscription". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trend Micro Apex One writes "Good monitoring and server protection with helpful machine learning". Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is most compared with Symantec Endpoint Security, Intercept X Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon and SentinelOne Singularity Complete, whereas Trend Micro Apex One is most compared with Trend Micro Deep Security, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, Trend Micro Smart Protection, CrowdStrike Falcon and Trellix Endpoint Security. See our Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs. Trend Micro Apex One report.
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