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    Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ACisco IPS Sensors have reached EOL, and EOS.N/A

    Malwarebytes

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AMalwarebytes is a antimalware application for home and small businesses, which blocks viruses, malware, hackers, viruses, and malicious websites.

    $119.99

    per year 3 devices

    Pricing
    Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)Malwarebytes
    Editions & Modules
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    Teams - Sole proprietor
    $119.99
    per year 3 devices
    Teams - Boutique business
    $399.99
    per year 10 devices
    Teams - Small office
    $799.99
    per year 20 devices
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)Malwarebytes
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—All plans include a 60-day money back guarantee. 1st year discount available for the Small office plan.
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    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    95%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    95%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    95%
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    Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection
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    User Ratings
    Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)Malwarebytes
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued)Malwarebytes
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    IPS sensors are more suited for companies that do not have visibility into their network with third-party analyzing tools. Scenarios would be to place IPS sensors at the perimeter firewalls mainly. IPS sensors are less appropriate for companies that have third-party analyzing tools that will mitigate vulnerabilities and malicious traffic and activities already.
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    Malwarebytes
    Now, I gave it that rating because it's a handy tool for diagnosing issues. Quarantining them, and most of the time, it does fix the problem. Though with rootkits, it's been hit or miss, and sometimes perfectly valid software gets flagged erroneously. However, once you've run it, it tends to run continuously, consuming far too many resources and being a real pain to uninstall, sometimes even causing issues.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Identifies and blocks malicious traffic.
    • Detects unwanted traffic and allows your company to be proactive, let alone reactive.
    • Comprehensive Threat protection allows companies to adjust thresholds and policies at will.
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    Malwarebytes
    • Low system resources, it does not slow down the whole computer when scanning or when real-time protection is enabled
    • Quick and frequent updates, usually people hate updating, but for malware/viruses, you want to be updated as possible. It takes less than 15 seconds and usually does it automatically. They usually send a few updates a day as they find more.
    • Protection features actually work when visiting known bad websites. The page will be blocked and nothing will be downloaded. It may not be what the user wants, but it's what the user needs (as the user can't know every bad website)
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • The web GUI is somewhat slow.
    • Sometimes difficult to adjust policies.
    • Fail open feature may not work properly all the time.
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    Malwarebytes
    • One of the main things that malwarebytes is missing as a company, is phone support for its clients. All support questions has to go thru email only. This is not acceptable for issues that needs to be resolved quickly.
    • There is an issue when installing the client on a machine, it has a set amount of time where the software can register with the management server. The issue with this is, with machines that are over a wide area network, slow connection speeds can cause the software not to register. When that happens, it never re attempts to register in the future.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Malwarebytes
    The last time we renewed Malwarebytes, we renewed for a 3 year renewal. That should describe the confidence we have in the product. Plus the cost savings impact year after year.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Malwarebytes
    Usability-wise, it's pretty good, and it gets the job done. But once that's finished, the nags, the pop-ups, and the fact that it slows older systems down recklessly really cost it rating points. It becomes a clutter, and one of the first things we check when we receive reports that a PC is slow is whether it's running malware. Once we uninstall it, the PC is usually easily 40-50% faster. That's too much in the way of resources for something that wants to always run in the background.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    Cisco TAC has been great at helping with configurations and issues that may arise
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    Malwarebytes
    The Malwarebytes customer support team is awesome! They really go above and beyond to help you with whatever issue you may experience. It is not that we need to contact their support team often, but the few times we did, we would speak to someone who knew what they were talking about and able to solve our problem. It is a comfort knowing that aside from a great product, you are getting a reliable support structure.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    IPS sensors provides the necessary network visibility my company needs to satisfy its security appetite. By doing so, we have been able to stay compliant and up to date with today's network security requirements and procedures. We are able to be proactive with vulnerabilities and reactive to malicious traffic and intrusions in our day to day operations.
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    Malwarebytes
    Avast and Norton's products were part of the testing for us but the cost was very high for them and the products were not light on the machine. They took up a lot of memory and slowed the computers down. Malwarebytes although may lack some feature, is a very light software.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Provided less need to purchase third party analyzing tools.
    • Needed more dedicated staff to build/review/and maintain policies and such.
    • Answers companies need for network security.
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    Malwarebytes
    • Positive Impact: Have not had to remediate malware/virus infections since installed.
    • Positive impact: As far as browsing goes, we can boldly go where no man has gone before. No, really, I am confident when I am clicking on search engine results that if something get past my trained eye, Malwarebytes will pick of the slack.
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