Avast Business Antivirus vs Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP)

Likelihood to Recommend

Avast Business is great to keep your business secure of virus/threads, is easy to install and use. I recommend digging around the options menu in order to get the best setup for your business. You should use the 30-day trial first in order to see if Avast Business Antivirus works well and fits your company needs.

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Miguel Antonio Escudero López

Technical Support Engineer

PersonalComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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It would be well suited in an environment where most all your endpoints are Windows-based computers, as Windows Defender is already built into the operating system, so there is no client to have to worry about installing. It also will make the management of endpoints easier on the server side, if most all machines are Windows-based.It might be less of ideal solution if a company/organization were looking for something more robust, or had a lot more features/configuration settings. It also might be less ideal for a company/organization that was looking for a product that didn't have a high detection rate of false positives

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Verified User

Supervisor in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Avast Business Antivirus

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP)

Anti-Exploit Technology

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Centralized Management

Hybrid Deployment Support

Infection Remediation

Vulnerability Management

Malware Detection

Pros

Cloud-based. I can manage all of my endpoints, policies, alerts, etc. from their cloud portal - from anywhere.
Through the same portal - I have remote access to all of my devices - priceless.
I absolutely love the endpoint client lockout (by password) - which does not allow my end users to disable under any circumstance - but allows me to do so by entering in the password. Stellar feature!
Policy-based - I can set all the parameters against a policy, hit save and that rolls out to the endpoints. I can also move devices between policies with ease from the cloud portal, so I can test features to ensure security levels remain tight.

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Vin Campbell

IT Director

Sahadi Fine FoodsRetail, 11-50 employees

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Low impact on computer performance.
Easy-to-use interface.
Several settings that help you customize the software.

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Danilo Soares Peres

Performance e Controle Comercial na Groupe Renault

Groupe RenaultAutomotive, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

This application is providing me a lot of benefits with its beautiful interface that is quite simple and well understanding for providing a variety of features for my daily work process.
I am having all positive experiences with it as it is helping me out in different ways to prevent any anti-theft features for my databases.
For me, there is nothing to worry about in this particular application and also it’s a great initiator.

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Martha Batruny

IT Manager

PerficientInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Deployment: We've had some issues deploying, especially outside of the Windows environment.
Offboarding: There is currently no way to delete a computer. They disappear over time. We even renamed a computer, and it kept both the old and new name in there. Eventually, the older machines do go away, but there is no manual way to do this at the moment.

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Technician in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

Avast Business Antivirus 10.0

Based on 1 answer

I gave this rating because after using this fantastic product. Everything is under my control and also all my databases are secure enough and also quite convenient to be managed. Thus, it’s a really good application in each and every regard that totally supports me in the best way.

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Martha Batruny

IT Manager

PerficientInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP) 8.0

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I gave it a 7 out of 10 as I feel that there is still a lot of room for improvement. I remember how back in the day the software was looked down upon because of it being an unreliable and inefficient antivirus. But, Microsoft has really put in the hard work and made it worthy for it to be comparable to all the other security services out there.

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Tanish Pruthi

Marketing Associate

Mercer-MettlInformation Technology and Services, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

For up to 10 users, Avast Antivirus is best suited for SMB. The well known interface for home users makes the switch to Avast Business Antivirus seamless. I ran a few virus detection scenarios and found that basically all antiviruses out there work as advertised. Known viruses are detected and quarantined. The most frequently used vector of attack is USB drives. A lot of Avast Business Antivirus users tend to use Avast Free and Premium solutions when experiencing SMB version. I would not recommend using Avast Business Antivirus on a PC without at least 8GB of ram or a Phone without at least 4GB. Fast (ssd) disk is good option and at least i3/ryzen 3 CPU.

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Emir Omeragić

Customer Support Associate

BH Telecom d.d. SarajevoTelecommunications, 5001-10,000 employees

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MS ATP is lower on system resources and enables us to stretch out our endpoint hardware for an additional year. Also, MS ATP being an MS product fits in very nicely into MS remote management software and MS operating system. We have had little to no issues when hotfixes and roll updates are deployed, unlike 3rd party AV providers that we had experience with in the past.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Media Production Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

It is always running in the background, making sure our system is safe.
It protects your personal data from viruses
Able to perform everyday activities without any problems.

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Sam Randika

Software Engineer Internship

VirtusaComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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A positive impact has been to increase productivity for IT staff, as it saves them time from having to install/configure clients on every endpoint.
Another positive impact has been on the user/client side, as it helps the user to increase their productivity with working on their computer, as the Windows Defender client uses little resources to run on the system, and has a tendecy to not slowdown systems

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Supervisor in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Avast Business Antivirus Editions & Modules

Edition

Avast Business Antivirus	39.99¹
Avast Business Antivirus Pro	49.99¹
Avast Business Antivirus Pro Plus	59.99¹
Avast Business Antivirus Pro for Linux	239.99¹

per device/per year

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP) Editions & Modules

Edition

Standalone	5.20¹
Academic	2.50¹

per user/per month

Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

Avast Business Antivirus

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP)

Avast Business Antivirus

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP)

Avast Business Antivirus vs Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP)