Forcepoint CASB vs. Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Forcepoint CASB
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Forcepoint CASB promises to help eliminate security and compliance blindspots by providing visibility into users' devices and cloud apps. The vendor promises the following benefits: Discover and risk-prioritize all unsanctioned cloud use (Shadow IT) to quickly and easily determine if applications meet governance rules and avoid compliance issues Unleash the power of BYOD with improved employee productivity and cost savings while ensuring security of…N/A
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (formerly Microsoft Cloud App Security) is a multimode cloud access security broker.N/A
Pricing
Forcepoint CASBMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Forcepoint CASBMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Forcepoint CASBMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Considered Both Products
Forcepoint CASB
Chose Forcepoint CASB
We found its integration with our DLP a major plus point, commercial viability, ease of use where major deciding factors, apart from that we conducted a detailed POC of the product.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

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Forcepoint CASBMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Forcepoint CASBMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(3 ratings)
7.5
(10 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
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Support Rating
6.0
(1 ratings)
5.0
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User Testimonials
Forcepoint CASBMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Likelihood to Recommend
Forcepoint
It is appropriate for medium to large-scale enterprises, especially the ones that have remote employees. The live-monitoring feature is extremely useful in this case. However, the implementation and initial processing are headache-inducing so you definitely need a dedicated IT team. Be warned though, that not only is their interface quite complex, their customer service is also extremely unhelpful so you won't be able to implement this or tackle any issues without a skilled team. But if that isn't an issue, this is definitely worth a try!
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Microsoft
It is well suited if your team is working with Microsoft tools and Azure services. but if you are using other cloud service providers and don't want to spend efforts in learning integration with third-party software then this is not a great fit for you. overall we are very satisfied with the product. If your corporation with Microsoft tools then I would recommend it.
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Pros
Forcepoint
  • Integration with Forcepoint DLP.
  • Excellent in monitoring shadow IT.
  • Cloud Monitoring can be conducted.
  • UEBA is excellent.
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Microsoft
  • Detect threats based on user activity logs.
  • Set manual and automatic alert remediation.
  • Implement activity policies.
  • Detect threats based on user activity logs.
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Cons
Forcepoint
  • Better reports
  • Better technical support
  • Better integration with other solutions as proxy and onpremise DLP
  • Did I say better support?
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Microsoft
  • In the event of Cloud traffic it is not easy to monitor and identify attacks.
  • Difficult to protect unmatched Cloud devices.
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Usability
Forcepoint
The platform is really good but needs a lot of customization and effort. Need to build an AI platform that will help in customizations.
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Microsoft
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Support Rating
Forcepoint
The expertise is highly lacking in the implementation side.
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Microsoft
I have not utilized actual support but the Sales and Product teams have been super helpful in moving our implementation forward and showing us the best practices.
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Alternatives Considered
Forcepoint
The interface of both the softwares is complex, but Forcepoint is certainly more complicated. But once you get past that, it is quite smooth and offers a lot of amazing features. It is one of the best options for remote security, although I would love to see more features - like encryption. The one place where it truly lacks is customer service, and since it has such an intricate implementation procedure, this one carries a lot of weight and needs to be improved to make this software even more accessible.
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Microsoft
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps was chosen primarily due to its ability to work perfectly within our mostly M365 environment. Given that this was an added feature of our E5 license, we chose to dive into it and use it due to it's good visibility into user actions and the ability to tie all M365 actions together into one place. We did not see similar visibility with other tools that we vetted
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Return on Investment
Forcepoint
  • We are working on strategies to understand what to do with the information that CASB gave to us, it would be good if Forcepoint gives us a few key points but they haven't.
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Microsoft
  • Cloud App Security saves us thousands of dollars finding and rectifying apps security issues
  • Identity Security Posture helps the organization identity stay in shape, saving thousands of dollars on security consultations
  • The cost of suffering a breach cannot be quantified, CAS helps minimize the chances of the attackers succeeding, with excellent historical logging for most operations
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