Malwarebytes vs. ManageEngine Application Control Plus

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Malwarebytes
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Malwarebytes is a antimalware application for home and small businesses, which blocks viruses, malware, hackers, viruses, and malicious websites.
$119.99
per year 3 devices
ManageEngine Application Control Plus
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
ManageEngine Application Control Plus is an integrated application control and privilege management solution that secures endpoints by allowing only trusted applications to run. It enforces least privilege, blocks unauthorized software, and provides centralized control thus reducing attack surface while maintaining user productivity and compliance.N/A
Pricing
MalwarebytesManageEngine Application Control Plus
Editions & Modules
Teams - Sole proprietor
$119.99
per year 3 devices
Teams - Boutique business
$399.99
per year 10 devices
Teams - Small office
$799.99
per year 20 devices
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MalwarebytesManageEngine Application Control Plus
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsAll plans include a 60-day money back guarantee. 1st year discount available for the Small office plan.
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Community Pulse
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User Ratings
MalwarebytesManageEngine Application Control Plus
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(54 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(5 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
MalwarebytesManageEngine Application Control Plus
Likelihood to Recommend
Malwarebytes
Now, I gave it that rating because it's a handy tool for diagnosing issues. Quarantining them, and most of the time, it does fix the problem. Though with rootkits, it's been hit or miss, and sometimes perfectly valid software gets flagged erroneously. However, once you've run it, it tends to run continuously, consuming far too many resources and being a real pain to uninstall, sometimes even causing issues.
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ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
It works great if you want to run an application as an admin. We did find out that it will not work, or at least we cannot get it to work for users that need to change the IP address on their endpoint to connect to a traffic light. So far those users are still admins until we can figure it out
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Pros
Malwarebytes
  • Low system resources, it does not slow down the whole computer when scanning or when real-time protection is enabled
  • Quick and frequent updates, usually people hate updating, but for malware/viruses, you want to be updated as possible. It takes less than 15 seconds and usually does it automatically. They usually send a few updates a day as they find more.
  • Protection features actually work when visiting known bad websites. The page will be blocked and nothing will be downloaded. It may not be what the user wants, but it's what the user needs (as the user can't know every bad website)
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ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
  • Console built well and easy to understand
  • Support is awesome
  • Pulls in the exe information so that it is easy to allow the application to be ran as an admin
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Cons
Malwarebytes
  • One of the main things that malwarebytes is missing as a company, is phone support for its clients. All support questions has to go thru email only. This is not acceptable for issues that needs to be resolved quickly.
  • There is an issue when installing the client on a machine, it has a set amount of time where the software can register with the management server. The issue with this is, with machines that are over a wide area network, slow connection speeds can cause the software not to register. When that happens, it never re attempts to register in the future.
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ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
  • The agent on the endpoint will sometimes fail to install or it will get corrupted. Nothing in the console that we can find tells us that there is an issue
  • Create an agent that also works with the other products that you sell. If we have more than one product there is a chance that it may not work
  • I really do not have a 3rd. This is a really good product
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Likelihood to Renew
Malwarebytes
The last time we renewed Malwarebytes, we renewed for a 3 year renewal. That should describe the confidence we have in the product. Plus the cost savings impact year after year.
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ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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Usability
Malwarebytes
Usability-wise, it's pretty good, and it gets the job done. But once that's finished, the nags, the pop-ups, and the fact that it slows older systems down recklessly really cost it rating points. It becomes a clutter, and one of the first things we check when we receive reports that a PC is slow is whether it's running malware. Once we uninstall it, the PC is usually easily 40-50% faster. That's too much in the way of resources for something that wants to always run in the background.
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ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
Extremely easy to use. Once we had a good idea of how it worked we had it up and running in about 2 weeks. It did take us nearly 9 months to get it installed and fully operational on all users endpoints that needed it. My admin on the team that runs the software loves it.
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Support Rating
Malwarebytes
The Malwarebytes customer support team is awesome! They really go above and beyond to help you with whatever issue you may experience. It is not that we need to contact their support team often, but the few times we did, we would speak to someone who knew what they were talking about and able to solve our problem. It is a comfort knowing that aside from a great product, you are getting a reliable support structure.
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Alternatives Considered
Malwarebytes
Avast and Norton's products were part of the testing for us but the cost was very high for them and the products were not light on the machine. They took up a lot of memory and slowed the computers down. Malwarebytes although may lack some feature, is a very light software.
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ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
ME has many more applications that are in the database that will work. The cost was also much cheaper that is until we confronted the other vendor about us finding another product. At that point it was too late. We own other ME products and have found success in all of them
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Return on Investment
Malwarebytes
  • Positive Impact: Have not had to remediate malware/virus infections since installed.
  • Positive impact: As far as browsing goes, we can boldly go where no man has gone before. No, really, I am confident when I am clicking on search engine results that if something get past my trained eye, Malwarebytes will pick of the slack.
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ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
  • This product will help us better secure our environment. That alone is a huge cost savings
  • We have allowed users that were admins to still be able to install some software on their endpoints without having admin rights on the whole endpoint
  • This product has woke up some in the department to look for applications that do not require admin rights.
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