Digital Guardian vs. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
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Digital Guardian | Score7 out of 10 | N/A | The Digital Guardian Platform from Fortra (formerly HelpSystems, acquired in late 2021) is a cloud-delivered data protection platform purpose-built to stop data loss by both insiders and outsiders on Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Additionally, Digital Guardian User Activity Monitoring enables users to detect, investigate and mitigate suspicious user actions to ensure sensitive data doesn’t get out. And Digital Guardian for Data Discovery provides visibility and auditing of sensitive… | N/A |
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | Score8.8 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 |
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No answers on this topic | 96% Would buy again 157 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 99% Delivers good value for the price 146 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 95% Happy with the feature set 155 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 97% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 130 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 95% Implementation went as expected 140 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | No answers on this topic | SentinelOne Singularity Score9 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | Forcepoint DLP Score8.5 out of 10 | ![]() BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT) Score9.1 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | Forcepoint DLP Score8.5 out of 10 | ESET PROTECT Score8.8 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.0 | 8.9 |
| Likelihood to Renew | - | 8.4 |
| Usability | - | 8.6 |
| Availability | - | 9.1 |
| Performance | - | 9.1 |
| Support Rating | - | 9.0 |
| Implementation Rating | - | 7.3 |
| Configurability | - | 8.2 |
| Product Scalability | - | 9.1 |
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