AWS Config vs Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP)

Likelihood to Recommend

It's really good if your infrastructure services is all in AWS, that means everything could be audited and monitored using AWS config. You also can create alarms to notify you or your team about any changes on your AWS resources which is very useful to prevent abuse if you have a fairly large team. It's also very useful whenever some third party wants to audit your AWS resources, if you have a fairly comprehensive AWS config configured, the auditing process will be easy since they only need to look at your AWS config setup.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Professional Training & Coaching Company, 11-50 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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Supervisor in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

AWS Config

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

Great to track config changes and helpful for troubleshooting.
Great for compliance questions you might get.

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Professional in Information Technology

Fund-Raising Company, 1001-5000 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

Vendor [lock-in] as this is only available on AWS
[The] interface is dated and is [in] need of updating by AWS
Graphing is [...] not the easiest to configure

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Administrator in Information Technology

Gambling & Casinos Company, 201-500 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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Performance

AWS Config 9.6

Based on 4 answers

Would rate lower for other workloads but for AWS workloads its simple to set up, cost effective and customisable. Primary use case is compliance from a governance perspective.

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Professional in Finance and Accounting

Information Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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Support Rating

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP) 8.0

Based on 8 answers

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

I do not know or have used any other product in AWS cloud space that matches what AWS Config provides. We have some custom built monitoring and governance, however that is there because AWS Config does not provide it currently.

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Team Lead in Engineering

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ 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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C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Media Production Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

A "Big Fish" company that is more concerned about the security of their data came aboard with us more easily since they trust us with the AWS config setup
Less time to debug or finding out issue on infrastructure whenever it happens
Easy and fast to roll back whenever changes that caused issues happen

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Engineer in Information Technology

Professional Training & Coaching Company, 11-50 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

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

AWS Config Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

With AWS Config, you are charged based on the number of configuration items recorded, the number of active AWS Config rule evaluations and the number of conformance pack evaluations in your account. A configuration item is a record of the configuration state of a resource in your AWS account. An AWS Config rule evaluation is a compliance state evaluation of a resource by an AWS Config rule in your AWS account, and a conformance pack evaluation is the evaluation of a resource by an AWS Config rule within the conformance pack.

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

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

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Rating Summary

AWS Config

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP)

AWS Config

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP)

AWS Config

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP)

AWS Config vs Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP)

AWS Config

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP)

Feature Rating Comparison

Endpoint Security

Anti-Exploit Technology

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Centralized Management

Hybrid Deployment Support

Infection Remediation

Vulnerability Management

Malware Detection

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Cons

Performance

Support Rating

Alternatives Considered

Return on Investment

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

AWS Config Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

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

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

Rating Summary

Likelihood to Recommend

Performance

Support Rating

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