Kaspersky Security for Mail Server vs. Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Kaspersky Security for Mail Server
Score 8.2 out of 10
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Kaspersky Labs headquartered in Moscow offers email server and antimalware for email via the company's Kaspersky Security for Mail Server software product.N/A
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (formerly Microsoft Cloud App Security) is a multimode cloud access security broker.N/A
Pricing
Kaspersky Security for Mail ServerMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Kaspersky Security for Mail ServerMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
Kaspersky Security for Mail Server
9.1
2 Ratings
9% above category average
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
-
Ratings
Anti-malware8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Loss Protection10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Threat Detection8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Sandboxing9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Tools8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Kaspersky Security for Mail ServerMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Small Businesses
Zoho Mail
Zoho Mail
Score 9.3 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
Avanan
Avanan
Score 9.8 out of 10
Avanan
Avanan
Score 9.8 out of 10
Enterprises
Avanan
Avanan
Score 9.8 out of 10
Avanan
Avanan
Score 9.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
Kaspersky Security for Mail ServerMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(2 ratings)
7.0
(11 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Kaspersky Security for Mail ServerMicrosoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Likelihood to Recommend
Kaspersky Lab
This service may be useful for some businesses, so it's important to try it before deciding. It offers multiple layers of protection for both assisted and unassisted attacks, sandboxing (for obfuscated attacks), and a decent anti-phishing tool. It can be tricky to set up, but not the end of the world. In our case, unfortunately, the false positives were just unbearable.
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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
Kaspersky Lab
  • Neural network based anti-phishing and anti-spam for multilayered security.
  • Scalable resources according to business growth.
  • Flexible to use in almost all devices.
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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
Kaspersky Lab
  • False positives.
  • Integration can be fiddly.
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Microsoft
  • Cloud discovery throws away found services not found in the MCAS database of SaaS apps.
  • Many panes of glass required for a fully enabled implementation to administer, configure and utilize 100% of the product.
  • Room for improvement in the reporting realm - not enough records are visible and exportable for high record count policy reports.
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Usability
Kaspersky Lab
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Microsoft
The interface is pretty simple and easy to use; however, you will need to do a lot of investigative research on your own to get comfortable with it. Originally, many of the Microsoft security tools had their own seperate consoles. Overtime, they have blended into one interface which is the ideal state. In some cases it is clear Microsoft had to pick which console a certain feature or setting was going to reside in and this leads to some confusion. For example, DLP is managed through Defender for Cloud Apps but you will also need to jump into Purview. For things like reverse proxy on your M365 tenant, you will need to go into Azure and setup conditional access rules. Not a big problem and I can understand why the settings are located where they are but for someone just starting out with Defender for Cloud Apps, it will take some time to figure out.
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Support Rating
Kaspersky Lab
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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
Kaspersky Lab
Microsoft Exchange Online Protection is very easy to set up and has way fewer false positives than Kaspersky Security for Mail Server. It has virtually the same features as the Kaspersky alternative and it is extremely easy to set up. It feels like Microsoft Exchange Online Protection gives slightly more transparency about its conclusions, which allows users to make an informed decision about certain messages.
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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
Kaspersky Lab
  • Balance our manpower distribution in between security team and management team.
  • Help to create secure work environment for all staff.
  • Reduce our cost by proper utilization of security budget.
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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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