Cloudflare Zero Trust Services vs. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Cloudflare's Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) technologies create secure boundaries around applications. When resources are protected with ZTNA, users are only allowed to access resources after verifying the identity, context, and policy adherence of each specific request. Cloudflare's Zero-Trust-as-a-Service model enables users to deploy access controls on the company's instant-on cloud platform, backed by Cloudflare's global network.N/A
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP) is a holistic, cloud delivered endpoint security solution that includes risk-based vulnerability management and assessment, attack surface reduction, behavioral based and cloud-powered next generation protection, endpoint detection and response (EDR), automatic investigation and remediation, managed hunting services, rich APIs, and unified security management.
$2.50
per user/per month
Pricing
Cloudflare Zero Trust ServicesMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Academic
$2.50
per user/per month
Standalone
$5.20
per user/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cloudflare Zero Trust ServicesMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Cloudflare Zero Trust ServicesMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Cloudflare Zero Trust ServicesMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
Identity Management
Comparison of Identity Management features of Product A and Product B
Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
10.0
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
-
Ratings
Multi-Factor Authentication10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Endpoint Security
Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Product A and Product B
Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
10.0
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
8.3
56 Ratings
2% below category average
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)10.01 Ratings8.755 Ratings
Anti-Exploit Technology00 Ratings8.153 Ratings
Centralized Management00 Ratings8.255 Ratings
Hybrid Deployment Support00 Ratings7.710 Ratings
Infection Remediation00 Ratings8.454 Ratings
Vulnerability Management00 Ratings8.352 Ratings
Malware Detection00 Ratings8.655 Ratings
Threat Intelligence
Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Product A and Product B
Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
10.0
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
-
Ratings
Network Analytics10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Threat Recognition10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Vulnerability Classification10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Alerts and Reporting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Threat Analysis10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Threat Intelligence Reporting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Threat Identification10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Zero Trust Security
Comparison of Zero Trust Security features of Product A and Product B
Cloudflare Zero Trust Services
10.0
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
-
Ratings
Continuous Verification10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Secure Web Gateways10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Network Flow Control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Network Traffic Analysis10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Segmentation Leveraging10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin Access Control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Network Data Encryption10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Network Topology Mapping10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cloudflare Zero Trust ServicesMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(5 ratings)
8.4
(99 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(8 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(3 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cloudflare Zero Trust ServicesMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint
Likelihood to Recommend
Cloudflare
I wanted to securely connect to my servers without getting tracked by malicious attackers, even though I was on public Wi-Fi. Security was my top priority, and I also wanted a setup that was easy and quick to start and provided great network performance. Cloudflare's Zero trust matches my criteria for becoming my first choice.
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Microsoft
I think it's well suited as a drop-in EDR, really an XDR, I guess if you want to go there. A platform for most organizations. I think it lacks some of the granularity in off-the-shelf rule sets that I want for defense Industrial base or financial services clients. For heavily targeted organizations, I think it requires a lot more customization than some of the competitor products off the shelf. So if you get there, it's not there day one.
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Pros
Cloudflare
  • Granular Restrictions
  • Bot Management
  • DNS protection
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Microsoft
  • It integrates perfectly with Azure Sentinel. I mean, that's great. We can have a single pane of class with other platforms, like Defender for Cloud, Defender for endpoints, and Defender for servers, which is awesome as well. The ease of deployment is because Microsoft made sure around a year ago that every single workstation with Microsoft Windows came with Defender for Endpoints embedded.
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Cons
Cloudflare
  • Good to see content re-categorization with different list for organizations.
  • URL and headers rewrite.
  • Events forwarding to on-premise SIEM.
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Microsoft
  • While it's a very good product for auditing, it has a very hard time to distinguish what is malicious and is an attack, what is not. Very rarely we get indication of a real malicious attack. We got lots of hours for off the shelf malware that it cleans up automatically. So basically we never get to look at it, which is a positive thing, but threats are detected by the third party endpoint, so it will not be enough by itself.
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Likelihood to Renew
Cloudflare
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Microsoft
Cost add-ons for Security features is nickel and diming the process to keep pace with cybercrime. Limited Education budgets require us to be more pro-active in finding cost-effective measures to protect our devices, staff and students. Defender is a strong, well-featured product that is pricing itself out of the education market
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Usability
Cloudflare
Overall, Cloudflare Zero Trust Services is very usable. We just need to do a one-time setup on Cloudflare Zero Trust Service's website, download their app on the device, and connect it with secure authentication. That's it. The apps are available for almost all kinds of devices that we use, and hence, we can secure all of our required devices. The app interface is very user-friendly and has logging capability to debug in case something goes wrong.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Cloudflare
Good chat support from the portal for basic questions and minor issues. The enterprise support line is provided as well.
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Microsoft
The first time I tried to onboard my macOS endpoints to MDE I struggled for quite a bit. I had to reach out to Microsoft's MDE support team. The tech was very helpful in walking me through the steps during a screen share session
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Alternatives Considered
Cloudflare
Cloudflare was both the most feature-rich and cost-effective of comparisons. Presales engagement understood our challenges and was keen to solve them.
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Microsoft
I would say not to name specific company names, because I'm a partner with one of them and that's the account that I work with. But I use some competing solutions that I would say are pretty heavy from an overhead perspective with the agent that has to be installed in the machine. It can be too restrictive for permissions where it gets in the way of an employee doing their job and the ability for Defender to be secure in that, but still allow an employee to go about their day and do what they need to do is certainly a change maker there. But yeah, from the other products perspective across the years, whether it be business or personal, some other products I can name are other endpoint protections from Vera Avast, McAfee, of course as folks remember that. And some of the other major players too that I would say a large networking company that doubles in security as well. I'll name them that way.
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Return on Investment
Cloudflare
  • Cloudflare as a multipurpose vendor and solution helped us to replace many overlapped imperfect solutions.
  • Cloudflare gives the company administrator a single pane of glass view which makes his work more effective.
  • Cloudflare makes cloud transformation easier and more effective.
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Microsoft
  • Reduced incidents of security breaches lead to lower remediation costs and avoid potential financial losses and reputational damage.
  • Reduces the need for additional third-party security solutions and training, thereby lowering overall security management costs.
  • Increased efficiency and productivity of IT staff lead to better allocation of resources and cost savings.
  • Reduces the risk of fines and sanctions associated with non-compliance, ensuring business continuity and protecting revenue.
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ScreenShots

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