Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs. Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs. Microsoft Purview Information Protection
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Forcepoint DLP | Score8.5 out of 10 | N/A | Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) protects sensitive data everywhere it resides and moves, across endpoints, cloud apps, web, email, and on-premises environments. It delivers unified policy management and centralized control from a single console. | N/A |
Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Score8.6 out of 10 | N/A | Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) for Azure, on-premises, and multicloud (Amazon AWS and Google GCP) resources. | N/A |
![]() Microsoft Purview Information Protection | Score8 out of 10 | N/A | Microsoft Purview Information Protection (formerly Azure Information Protection) is a solution designed to enable users to better protect sensitive information. With it, users can control and secure email, documents, and sensitive data shared outside a company. From classification to embedded labels and permissions, users can enhance data protection at all times with Azure Information Protection—no matter where it’s stored or who it’s shared with. | N/A |
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| Would buy again | |||
87% Would buy again 20 Answers | 97% Would buy again 65 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
| Delivers good value for the price | |||
87% Delivers good value for the price 20 Answers | 95% Delivers good value for the price 60 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
| Happy with the feature set | |||
91% Happy with the feature set 21 Answers | 96% Happy with the feature set 64 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
| Lived up to sales and marketing promises | |||
92% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 12 Answers | 100% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 54 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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85% Implementation went as expected 17 Answers | 98% Implementation went as expected 56 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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| Small Businesses | No answers on this topic | No answers on this topic | No answers on this topic |
| Medium-sized Companies | Symantec Data Loss Prevention Score7.3 out of 10 | Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud Score8.9 out of 10 | No answers on this topic |
| Enterprises | Symantec Data Loss Prevention Score7.3 out of 10 | Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud Score8.9 out of 10 | No answers on this topic |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 7.7 | 8.4 | 8.0 |
| Likelihood to Renew | 7.6 | 8.9 | - |
| Usability | 7.7 | 7.8 | - |
| Support Rating | 5.3 | - | - |
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| ScreenShots | Microsoft Defender for Cloud Screenshots |












