Azure StorSimple vs. Cofense Managed PDR (Phishing Defense Center)

Azure StorSimple

Cofense Managed PDR (Phishing Defense Center)

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azure StorSimple	Score 7.0 out of 10	N/A	StorSimple was acquired by Microsoft in 2012. The StorSimple storage gateway appliance is now a part of Microsoft's Azure StorSimple Hybrid Cloud Storage solution.	$4.11 Per Day
Cofense Managed PDR	Score 8.1 out of 10	Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)	Cofense Managed PDR (formerly Phishing Defense Center, or PDC) is a security service designed to relieve security operators of the repetitive tasks needed to qualify, investigate, and document alerts. With it the user can focus on responding to verified threats, instead of spending limited time and resources on data gathering. Cofense aims to take the workload off staff, giving them support qualifying and investigating threats, and understand their severity, so in-house security teams can focus…	N/A

Pricing

Azure StorSimple

Cofense Managed PDR (Phishing Defense Center)

Editions & Modules

Virtual Appliance: $4.11
Per Day
Cloud Array: $4.11
Per Day
Physical Appliance: $43.84
Per Day

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Azure StorSimple	Cofense Managed PDR
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

$40 Custom quotation

Additional Details

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The Cofense Phishing Defense Center is available to all customers of Cofense Triage. The Triage solution is a pre-requisite for Cofense PDC services.

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	Azure StorSimple	Cofense Managed PDR (Phishing Defense Center)

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User Ratings
	Azure StorSimple	Cofense Managed PDR (Phishing Defense Center)
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.2 (6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azure StorSimple	Cofense Managed PDR (Phishing Defense Center)
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Cofense Cofense Phishing Defense Center (PDC) has saved our team copious amounts of time that we would usually have to spend sifting through all of the hundreds of emails that are reported each day. Having a dedicated team to sort the true positives from the false positives gives ample amount of time to triage the more severe threats that have been reported. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Microsoft Performance via the SSD drives. Writes back to our Private Cloud via Azure. Easy to Admin via Web client interface. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Cofense Instant detection and elimination of phishing email boxes. Easy to set up. Intuitive and complete GUI interface, being able to create rules, configure exceptions, and generate reports. Optimizes time to eliminate phishing and prevent users from being targeted by internet scams. Good artificial intelligence. Incentivized Flavio Pereira Analista de sistemas Read full review
Cons	Microsoft Additional fail-over functionality Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Cofense Better integration with established ticketing systems Ability to determine if there were any other recipients of the same email Technical issues when logging into the tool Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Microsoft If I wanted to use just onsite storage the StorSimple device is already paid for. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Cofense No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Microsoft Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Cofense This product just successfully conquers its competitors and alternatives. This is because upgrades and improvement in software play a very important role, as with upgrades, a user feels connected with the platform. No one likes using outdated software, so [...] I find this product to be the best option out of all, as it is continuously in the race [to become] the best. I always see some upgrades [...] which makes me a happy user, unlike other alternatives. Incentivized Darren Mihalic Software Engineering Manager Read full review
Return on Investment	Microsoft Great Folks on the MSFT Implementation team Great value on year 2 Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Cofense Reduced volume to support teams. Provided in-house resources time to work on other projects. Provides a clean and effective interface with teammates. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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