Elastic Security vs. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
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Elastic Security | Score10 out of 10 | N/A | Elastic Security equips analysts to prevent, detect, and respond to threats. The free and open solution delivers SIEM, endpoint security, threat hunting, and cloud monitoring. The solution encompasses Elastic SIEM, which brings Elasticsearch to SIEM and threat hunting. The Elastic Agent (or Elastic Endpoint Security based on the former Endgame security product acquired by Elastic in late 2019) brings signatureless malware prevention to endpoints, as well as security data collection for… | 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 | ![]() IBM Security QRadar SIEM Score8.9 out of 10 | ![]() BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT) Score9.1 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) Score8.1 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 | 7.0 | 9.0 |
| Implementation Rating | - | 7.3 |
| Configurability | - | 8.2 |
| Product Scalability | - | 9.1 |
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