Trend Micro Smart Protection Reviews

The primary use case is endpoint protection.

It does not provide insights into what is being done. I don't see value when I present the product to the customer. It says it has done something, but it doesn't provide me any information about what was done.

Insights are very important. When it say that definitions are updated, which definitions? How is it protecting me? What is the product doing? All I am getting are one line updates.

More insights, like metadata, is important. Without this, there is no point in installing the solution.

The stability is okay.

The scalability works well.

We have not had any challenges with the technical support.

The initial setup is straightforward. It is a freestyle installation. It is double click, then you are done. 

We do the customer installations.

I have not seen any value yet.

Our shortlist consisted of Sophos, Trend Micro, and SentinelOne. 

I have another solution that I am currently evaluating to see if it will provide better value.

We primarily use the solution for protection. 

The DLP is very good. 

The next-generation antivirus features are excellent.

The initial setup is easy.

We have found the solution to be stable.

The scalability is very good. 

The price of the product is fair. 

I'm not sure about the cloud migration part, in terms of whether it is seamless or not.

We'd like the solution to incorporate more ETL functionalities in the future. 

I've been using the solution for almost a year now. It hasn't been that long just yet.

The product has been stable so far. We haven't had any issues with bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. The performance is good. 

The scalability of the product is very good. If a company needs to expand it, it can do so. 

We mostly deal with enterprise-level organizations and it works very well for them. 

As I am in sales, I do not directly deal with technical support. Therefore, I cannot provide feedback in terms of the level of their service. I cannot speak to how helpful or responsive they are. 

The implementation process is not complex. It's very simple and straightforward. A company shouldn't have any issues with the process. 

The pricing is very reasonable. It's not too expensive. 

We are a managed security service provider, and we provide solutions to our customers.

We are existing platinum partners with Trend Micro.

I am on the sales side, not delivery, therefore, I cannot speak to which version of the solution we are using. 

Overall, it's a good product. I would rate it at an eight out of ten.

We primarily implement this solution for customers.

The solution offers good implementation.

The AI is excellent.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward. 

The solution can scale.

The solution could be more stable and secure.

We've been dealing with the product for a few years. We tend to use it from project to project. It's likely been about three or so years.

I can't speak to the stability of the solution that well. That's something a customer would know more about, as they would deal with it on a day-to-day basis. However, my understanding is that it could be a bit better.

The scalability potential is pretty high. I would rate it at an eight out of ten. If a company needs to scale it, it can do so.

I'm not sure of the exact number of customers on the solution at this time.

I don't deal with technical support. I don't have a clear idea of how they are in terms of the support they have on offer as I've never been in touch directly. However, it's my understanding that they are okay and there isn't really an aspect of technical support that needs to be improved.

The deployment is typically straightforward, however, it depends on the policies the company has to put in place. Other than that, it's not too much of a hassle. I cannot recall the exact amount of time it takes to deploy the product. There's typically a session and then discussions with the client before deployment even takes place, however, it's all part of the process.

As I wasn't part of any technical implementation, I cannot speak to how many individuals are part of an implementation.

We're implementors.

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. It's been pretty well received so far. The capabilities are quite good.

I'd recommend the solution to others.

We are a system integrator, and we sell Trend Micro solutions. We are also using Trend Micro solutions for our internal IT. We use this solution for endpoint protection (EPP). We also use it for server protection. 

Product-wise, it is amazing. It includes DLP, vulnerability management, and application whitelisting features. These features are very good and add value in selling this solution to our customers. These features make the key selling point. I recently did a comparison with the FireEye firewall for a customer. They were basically going to replace Trend Micro with their EDR. Because of these features, I could convince the customer that Trend Micro is better than FireEye.

Documentation-wise, they are a disaster. If you want to know something about Trend Micro, you will not find anything useful from Trend Micro themselves. You have to basically dig some blog, or you need to seek some expert to help you understand what they are offering. I have never seen such a good product with such disastrous documentation.

Feature-wise, almost all vendors are providing the same features, but it is all about the integration. For example, Trend Micro is promoting their endpoint protection suite, but they never mention about the integration that they are offering with their EDR solution. They are treating each product as a separate island, and you don't know much about their integration. It would be good if they can focus on integration.

I have been selling Trend Micro products for three years.

Our customers are satisfied with the product in terms of stability and scalability.

In the local market, I don't see any Trend Micro technical guy supporting anywhere. I am not aware if they have a technical team in Saudi Arabia.

I work at the design level. I have never installed the product, but based on my understanding from our deployment team, it is pretty much easy to install. They find it very good and don't have any difficulty in the installation and configuration of this solution.

Its price is fine. Price-wise, it is competitive with any other vendor.

In Saudi Arabia, we are only selling on-premises models. The customers mostly request for the on-premises model, not the cloud model, due to the regulation issues. As per government regulations, we cannot send our data to anything outside Saudi Arabia. That's why the possibility is only to use on-premises products. 

Trend Micro Smart Protection is basically the number one endpoint protection platform that I propose to my customers. As a solution architect, I would recommend Trend Micro Smart Protection. 

I would rate Trend Micro Smart Protection a nine out of ten. It just needs more integration and more explanation about the product.

We use Trend Micro Smart Protection mainly for Windows 10 end points on clients' computers.

The antivirus signature is valuable.

The administration could be better. They could decrease the administrative burden and enable easier management. There are many features, options, and settings which is quite challenging for some of our customers. The complexity of the interface is also an issue. From a software point of view, I would prefer to see actual signatures and actual protection patterns, rather than new features.

The variety of products Trend Micro offers is huge, and their names have changed every two years. It's quite difficult to explain to customers the benefits, the complexity of the lineup, and the appropriate products for them.

I have been using Trend Micro Smart Protection for many years.

Technical support is okay, not excellent.

We use almost the whole lineup of products from Trend Micro. For example, we use their new solution with artificial intelligence. The use case for the Smart Protection solution is fair and appropriate for extended use.

The initial setup is straightforward.

The cost seems competitive.

As a reseller, I would advise new users not to get the license directly. It's better to get it through value-added resellers who have some information, recommendations, and the appropriate settings that best suit the application.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Trend Micro Smart Protection a six.

Our customers like this solution out of many models. 

The configuration is easy. 

There is room for improvement to make it better for customers. 

We haven't had any glitches or bugs. 

I haven't contacted technical support.

The initial setup is easy. The deployment takes around a day. I set up the product site and the demo site. 

I would recommend this solution to my customers. Symantec requires many agents for different modules but this only requires one agent. 

I would rate it an eight out of ten. It's not perfect, it has room for improvement.