Airlock Digital vs. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Airlock Digital
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Airlock Digital is an application control solution that enforces a Deny by Default security posture. It enables organizations to define trusted applications, scripts, libraries, and processes at a granular level using file hash, path, publisher, or parent process. Only those explicitly defined as trusted are allowed to execute. The platform supports Windows, macOS, and Linux systems, including legacy operating systems and operational technology (OT) environments. Airlock Digital includes…N/A
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP) is a holistic, cloud delivered endpoint security solution that includes risk-based vulnerability management and assessment, attack surface reduction, behavioral based and cloud-powered next generation protection, endpoint detection and response (EDR), automatic investigation and remediation, managed hunting services, rich APIs, and unified security management.
$2.50
per user/per month
Pricing
Airlock DigitalMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
Editions & Modules
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Academic
$2.50
per user/per month
Standalone
$5.20
per user/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Airlock DigitalMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Endpoint Security
Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Product A and Product B
Airlock Digital
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Ratings
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
8.7
78 Ratings
2% above category average
Anti-Exploit Technology00 Ratings8.975 Ratings
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)00 Ratings9.177 Ratings
Centralized Management00 Ratings8.777 Ratings
Hybrid Deployment Support00 Ratings7.210 Ratings
Infection Remediation00 Ratings9.075 Ratings
Vulnerability Management00 Ratings8.672 Ratings
Malware Detection00 Ratings9.276 Ratings
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User Ratings
Airlock DigitalMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
Likelihood to Recommend
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(0 ratings)
9.0
(133 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(10 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(10 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Airlock DigitalMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
Likelihood to Recommend
Airlock Digital
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Microsoft
It's basically good for any company when you have any amount of machines that need to be protected. It's just a good endpoint detection method that makes it well-suited for a lot of scenarios. If you're in business, it's probably something you need.
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Pros
Airlock Digital
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Microsoft
  • Definitely on the threat action and response. We didn't have a stress-response option before, but the dependent brand point provided it instantly. Also, it's doing UVA and machine learning, which we didn't have before. So it's definitely providing more sophisticated threat-detection capabilities than we had before.
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Cons
Airlock Digital
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Microsoft
  • That's a tough one because I don't have many cons on the product. Maybe the con is really around reporting. It's harder to get to the reporting and the analytics side. We have to do some of the custom reporting on our own, either through Power BI and whatnot. So the out-of-the-box reporting could be improved upon.
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Likelihood to Renew
Airlock Digital
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Microsoft
Cost add-ons for Security features is nickel and diming the process to keep pace with cybercrime. Limited Education budgets require us to be more pro-active in finding cost-effective measures to protect our devices, staff and students. Defender is a strong, well-featured product that is pricing itself out of the education market
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Usability
Airlock Digital
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Microsoft
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a great EDR to have that works quickly and silently in the background and it integrates well with other Microsoft services. As an IT manager, I can appreciate that I do not get bombarded by alerts for every small detail. On the flipside, the management site can use some work in being more clear and should be more streamlined so I'm not clicking through multiple pages to figure out what happened
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Reliability and Availability
Airlock Digital
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Microsoft
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint chugs along just fine no matter what we throw at it and what systems it's running on. It doesn't take up a lot of resources either, so that's welcomed.
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Performance
Airlock Digital
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Microsoft
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is easy on memory and resources on clients.
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Support Rating
Airlock Digital
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Microsoft
The first time I tried to onboard my macOS endpoints to MDE I struggled for quite a bit. I had to reach out to Microsoft's MDE support team. The tech was very helpful in walking me through the steps during a screen share session
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Implementation Rating
Airlock Digital
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Microsoft
Deployment was handled by our team here and everything went pretty smoothly. We did have a few hiccups in our test group, but that only took a bit to get ironed out.
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Alternatives Considered
Airlock Digital
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Microsoft
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint consistently showed better user experiences during scans due to the reduced amount of resources used on each system compared to our previous endpoint protection solutions. However, the main reason we chose Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is that it was part of our G5 licensing and integrated with all of our systems
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Scalability
Airlock Digital
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Microsoft
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is easily scaled from small orgs to giant enterprises.
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Return on Investment
Airlock Digital
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
  • Reduced incidents of security breaches lead to lower remediation costs and avoid potential financial losses and reputational damage.
  • Reduces the need for additional third-party security solutions and training, thereby lowering overall security management costs.
  • Increased efficiency and productivity of IT staff lead to better allocation of resources and cost savings.
  • Reduces the risk of fines and sanctions associated with non-compliance, ensuring business continuity and protecting revenue.
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ScreenShots

Airlock Digital Screenshots

Screenshot of Airlock Digital Application Control UI - Allowlisting DashboardScreenshot of Airlock Digital Application Control UI - Buk Add Allowlisting

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Screenshots

Screenshot of blocked activitiesScreenshot of Detects & respondsScreenshot of discovers vulnerabilityScreenshot of Eliminates blind spotsScreenshot of Risk management