Blumira vs. Microsoft Defender XDR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Blumira
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
Blumira’s cloud SIEM platform offers both automated threat detection and response, enabling organizations of any size to more defend against cybersecurity threats in near real-time. It's goal is to ease the burden of alert fatigue, complexity of log management and lack of IT visibility.
$0
(the basic Free SIEM tier is free forever with 3 cloud integrations and 14 days of data retention)
Microsoft Defender XDR
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft 365 Defender combines SIEM and XDR capabilities for Microsoft 365 environments, encompassing threat detection, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response for endpoints. Additionally, it protects cloud apps, emails and documents, and employee identities.N/A
Pricing
BlumiraMicrosoft Defender XDR
Editions & Modules
SIEM Starter
$12
per month per employee
SIEM +
$16
per month per employee
XDR Platform
$21
per month per employee
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BlumiraMicrosoft Defender XDR
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing is based on the total number of “employees” or knowledge workers in an organization (it does not refer to the number of users or admins with Blumira accounts). A knowledge worker is an employee with a corporate email address and workstation/device (may not include number of factory workers or students at a university).
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Features
BlumiraMicrosoft Defender XDR
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Product A and Product B
Blumira
8.8
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Microsoft Defender XDR
-
Ratings
Centralized event and log data collection10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Correlation9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Event and log normalization/management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Deployment flexibility9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom dashboards and workspaces9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Host and network-based intrusion detection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data integration/API management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Response orchestration and automation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting and compliance management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident indexing/searching8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
BlumiraMicrosoft Defender XDR
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(78 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
BlumiraMicrosoft Defender XDR
Likelihood to Recommend
Blumira
Blumira is great for a small IT team in a small to medium sized environment. It gives you unlimited logging (no limit on the number of logs sent) and doesn't require advanced knowledge or expertise in SIEMs to get the system up and running.
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Microsoft
Microsoft Defender XDR is well suited for organizations already invested in the Microsoft Ecosystem - including Microsoft 365, Azure Ad and INTune. For example, in scenarios where you need to correlament the fishing attacks with the closing point behavior and identity agreement, Microsoft Defender XDR does a big task of sewing the timeline of a full attack simultaneously and even automatically removing.
This hybrid function is also ideal for the environment, where safety visibility in distance tools, cloud apps and email is important. Microsoft Defender XDR provides centralized insight and response in all these domains without the requirement of many devices.
However, it is less suitable in the atmosphere with diverse or non-microsoft infrastructure, such as an organization running a mixture of Linux server, Google work area or third-party EDR tools. Cross-platform support is still developing, and integration of the microsoft ecosystem often requires additional configurations or third-party connectors. For companies of that situation, Microsoft Defender XDR cannot give its full value from the XDR box.
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Pros
Blumira
  • The user interface (for managing, reporting) is intuitive and is easy to use
  • The setup / onboarding process was very easy
  • Support has been wonderful (and personal)
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Microsoft
  • The software uses advanced AI and machine learning algorithms to monitor activities and detect any anomalies immediately, protecting our financial data.
  • Automated responses to known threats reduce the impact of possible incidents and improve our security posture.
  • Microsoft 365 Defender easily combines with other Microsoft 365 services and external security solutions, providing a complete and unified security solution.
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Cons
Blumira
  • We've had a few suggestions for improving some of the built-in "workflows" -- steps that we are instructed to take by Blumira for specific "findings"
  • There are a few improvements about reporting I'd like to see
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Microsoft
  • Enhanced False Positive Mitigation:
  • Improved algorithms to minimize false positives in threat detection, reducing the impact on security teams and preventing unnecessary investigations into non-threatening incidents.
  • Advanced User-Friendly Interface:
  • Streamlined and intuitive user interface for the centralized dashboard, making it more accessible for security professionals with varying levels of expertise.
  • Greater Third-Party Integration:
  • Increased compatibility and integration capabilities with a broader range of third-party security tools
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Likelihood to Renew
Blumira
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
We are likely to renew our used of Microsoft defender XDR due to its comprehensive security features, integration capabilities, and the proactive approach to threat detection and response it enables. It’s often seen as a valuable asset in maintaining robust cybersecurity defenses. The automated responses aids the IT team in our business to respond to threats as soon as they appear.
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Usability
Blumira
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
The product is easy to deploy and very customisable.
Available if a simple UI and seamless software implementation process.
Microsoft Defender XDR integrates well with various security systems.
Software compatibility and scalability.
Ability of the software in efficiently analysing and detecting threats in both the system and Website.
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Support Rating
Blumira
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Their support throughout our onboarding of the product was fabulous. They not only took the time to carefully explain to teams not as well equipped with the lingo but explained to the tech team how to teach the other teams to be successful. They never once seemed impatient or annoyed with basic questions and didn’t pretend to know something when they needed to research an answer
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In-Person Training
Blumira
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Good and hard to find someonme who can explain everything for you beside Microsoft they provide you everything you need.
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Online Training
Blumira
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Microsoft Provides a good training for the Microsoft 365 Defender and has a good learning paths to learn and take the exams and get your Certifications.
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Implementation Rating
Blumira
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
seemless and almost transparent. can be deployed by script if needed so every endpoint on our system get's it. if you have intune it gets dumped on the the endpoint by policy so nothing escapes it
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Alternatives Considered
Blumira
Blumira is "right-sized" for my small organization. It is not a strain on our resources (people, system, or monetary). It gives us exactly what we needed
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Microsoft
Our product in that area, for instance as a security platform and for us it is for the moment really bad point. We started to move in that direction that there is that disconnect from the client management. So if there is some action that needs to be executed detected by security team, there is not an easy way to make that available to the team that is responsible for managing the identities as users, as the devices
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Return on Investment
Blumira
  • Now when we have a security audit or need to completed a cybersecurity insurance application, we answer "Yes" to the "Do you have a SIEM?" question.
  • It has provided awareness and visibility of events and situations on our system that we were completely blind to before.
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Microsoft
  • Security incident cannot be measured, once you down you down, hence the security applications like this is just a must have
  • The subscription model will be cheaper and can be a good point if you want to free resources within the IT Team
  • The SaaS model, if measured correctly can and will reduce long term cost in Infrastructure and Man Power
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ScreenShots

Microsoft Defender XDR Screenshots

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