Symantec Email Threat Detection and Response vs. Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Symantec Email Threat Detection and Response
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Symantec email threat detection and response, from Broadcom, is a software solution designed to protect against the most sophisticated email threats and gain comprehensive insights into targeted & advanced email attacks.N/A
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Score 8.2 out of 10
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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a security solution used to protect Office 365 against advanced threats, such as phishing and business email compromise. It helps prevent volume-based and targeted attacks, including business email compromise, credential phishing, ransomware, and advanced malware with a robust filtering stack, as well as to detect malicious and suspicious content like links and files across Office 365.N/A
Pricing
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Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
Symantec Email Threat Detection and ResponseMicrosoft Defender for Office 365
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(3 ratings)
8.5
(8 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Symantec Email Threat Detection and ResponseMicrosoft Defender for Office 365
Likelihood to Recommend
Broadcom
I have had a suitation where the company domain was being blasted by tons of spam emails and the Symantec Email Threat Detection stood to the test and block all these harmful email from entering our users mailbox, for a less appropriate scenario would be the frequency of the false positives that are reported that I have to train the tool how to allow these traffic to pass.
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Microsoft
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is found to be well suited for our size company, and easily for smaller or larger companies as well. It does have a few places where improvements can be made, but at least it also asks you to provide feedback to Microsoft, which I have done with certain suggestions or complaints. However, overall it is a very thorough and useful tool when it comes to securing and defending yourself against trending threats.
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Pros
Broadcom
  • Scans computers for viruses
  • Notifies admins of infections
  • Good licensing process
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Microsoft
  • It has been seamlessly working for us. We have not faced any issue as an end user. I've not faced many issues around accessing my apps, securely accessing and I've also seen certain links being blocked if I do not have correct access based on the security level that is defined for each user.
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Cons
Broadcom
  • Adding malicious sources taking time
  • Reporting function is very basic
  • Symantec ATP has no integration with Symantec ETDAD.
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Microsoft
  • I think it needs to be tuned correctly. For example, afterwards I tried to go in and print once after the implementation was done, I went in and tried to print a file or export a document. Just not possible, which just means it's great, works really well, but it also means that you have to tune your data categorization very carefully.
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Usability
Broadcom
Symantec Email Threat Detection and Response is a treadsetter, it has great features and works well overall
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Microsoft
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Alternatives Considered
Broadcom
We are making a migration from Symantec to SentinelOne in the near future for easier deployment, better EDR and management functionality.
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Microsoft
Sentinel One. Well, we have two different products at the same time. Just see which one is the best fit for our business. So nowadays we're using both at the same time.
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Return on Investment
Broadcom
  • Integration with ETDAD will make Symantec ATP more powerful for future AD threats
  • Implemeting Symantec ATP was easy and took little time
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Microsoft
  • The positive aspect is the security of the employees, security of the data. There is no breach I can say. So it is a good impact. I mean there is not any bad or negative impact.
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