BitLocker is included in the Windows Pro license. The Pro version of Windows costs about 100 pounds more than the Home Edition, so you need to decide if it's worth upgrading to Pro. That extra cost might be a tough pill for some companies to swallow, but it's necessary if you don't want to worry about your data if an employee loses their laptop.
Since I work for an organization, I don't get involved in pricing. I'm more on the technical side. I think it's reasonably priced because I've never heard any complaints from my company about its costs.
In orer to buy ButLocker, you need to buy some other Microsoft products. It's not a standalone product. Typically, customers pay a monthly licensing fee.
You only have to pay for it. BitLocker is already present within the operating system. It's part of the OS. When you buy your laptop or a desktop, BitLocker is already present. The important thing here is the configuration part of it. BitLocker comes on your laptop, and it's 128-bit encryption, which comes by default. It's the unmanaged variety. The managed variety can be 128 or 256 bits. As a matter of industrial practice, we will all deploy 256 versions and there's no software cost coming in. The important thing here is the deployment tool that you have. There are lots of tools in the market. Microsoft has an app called Intune, which gives you native control of the system. If you don't use Microsoft, if you don't have Intune, then you could look at some other products which give you control over the native encryption rather than deploying their own. Many products are there in the endpoint security domain which provides you encryption. If I decide to go that route, I will disable the BitLocker on both and I will apply this encryption software. However, I’m forced to rely on that encryption tool to do that management.
Information Security Manager at a renewables & environment company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
2021-09-03T20:08:17Z
Sep 3, 2021
I don't know the costs. In terms of Microsoft licensing, we are at E3 on the business, and we're in the process of pricing out and moving to E5. So, a lot of this is included within our licensing agreements.
Desk Top Operation Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees
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2020-03-16T06:56:00Z
Mar 16, 2020
This is not my area but I don't think we pay annual licensing costs. I think we just pay for computer leasing, and all fees are included in the purchase. I don't think we're getting our money's worth because we're often unable to locate computers that have been lost.
Director IM/IT at Sustainable Development Technology Canada
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2020-02-16T08:27:33Z
Feb 16, 2020
The cost of this solution is bundled in with part of the subscription for the Microsoft Cloud. We have users subscribed to Enterprise E5 and it comes with E5.
It's not about pricing, because we are working with Enterprise companies that already have Windows Enterprise, so BitLocker comes already included as a Windows feature. It's free for Enterprise users. The price is only for deployment. The customer will pay for McAfee, however.
BitLocker is a full disk encryption solution that protects your data from theft, hacking, and loss. BitLocker achieves this by encrypting the entire drive that hosts your operating system and all your data. BitLocker can work on all operating systems, drives, or devices, including portable storage devices.
After BitLocker completes the data encryption, it generates a recovery key. Only those with the correct encryption key will be able to decrypt and access the encrypted files and...
The product's cost is included in Windows.
It operates on a subscription model on an annual basis.
We already use Microsoft products, and Microsoft BitLocker is an add-on product that is free of cost for us.
BitLocker is not very expensive.
Microsoft BitLocker's pricing is fair; I rate it a four out of ten.
Microsoft BitLocker's pricing is included in the Microsoft license, and you don't have to pay an additional fee for it.
BitLocker is included in the Windows Pro license. The Pro version of Windows costs about 100 pounds more than the Home Edition, so you need to decide if it's worth upgrading to Pro. That extra cost might be a tough pill for some companies to swallow, but it's necessary if you don't want to worry about your data if an employee loses their laptop.
The solution is expensive.
Since I work for an organization, I don't get involved in pricing. I'm more on the technical side. I think it's reasonably priced because I've never heard any complaints from my company about its costs.
The pricing is very reasonable. Bitlocker is already included in Windows version 10. We do pay extra for technical support and potential maintenance.
In orer to buy ButLocker, you need to buy some other Microsoft products. It's not a standalone product. Typically, customers pay a monthly licensing fee.
We have a yearly license, but I don't know how much it costs.
We use the System Center Configuration Manager, which is free. So we don't need a license for BitLocker.
I’m not sure of the exact cost of the setup.
You only have to pay for it. BitLocker is already present within the operating system. It's part of the OS. When you buy your laptop or a desktop, BitLocker is already present. The important thing here is the configuration part of it. BitLocker comes on your laptop, and it's 128-bit encryption, which comes by default. It's the unmanaged variety. The managed variety can be 128 or 256 bits. As a matter of industrial practice, we will all deploy 256 versions and there's no software cost coming in. The important thing here is the deployment tool that you have. There are lots of tools in the market. Microsoft has an app called Intune, which gives you native control of the system. If you don't use Microsoft, if you don't have Intune, then you could look at some other products which give you control over the native encryption rather than deploying their own. Many products are there in the endpoint security domain which provides you encryption. If I decide to go that route, I will disable the BitLocker on both and I will apply this encryption software. However, I’m forced to rely on that encryption tool to do that management.
For reasons unknown, Microsoft products seem to be getting more expensive.
The cost of the solution is bundled in with Microsoft Intune. I'm not sure of the exact licensing. It's managed by another person.
Microsoft BitLocker is a free feature when you are using Microsoft solutions.
I don't know the costs. In terms of Microsoft licensing, we are at E3 on the business, and we're in the process of pricing out and moving to E5. So, a lot of this is included within our licensing agreements.
The solution is completely free and available through Windows 10. We are not paying any licensing fees to use it.
It is free. It is enabled as part of the operating system. Once you have an operating system license, you're licensed for Bitlocker.
I'm not really involved in the pricing aspect of the solution. I don't know if it is expensive or reasonably priced.
BitLocker is included in our license and doesn't cost us anything extra.
This is not my area but I don't think we pay annual licensing costs. I think we just pay for computer leasing, and all fees are included in the purchase. I don't think we're getting our money's worth because we're often unable to locate computers that have been lost.
The cost of this solution is bundled in with part of the subscription for the Microsoft Cloud. We have users subscribed to Enterprise E5 and it comes with E5.
It's not about pricing, because we are working with Enterprise companies that already have Windows Enterprise, so BitLocker comes already included as a Windows feature. It's free for Enterprise users. The price is only for deployment. The customer will pay for McAfee, however.
This solution is included with Microsoft Server and my clients did not have to pay for anything extra.