McAfee Total Protection vs VIPRE

Likelihood to Recommend

I think McAfee is great to have whether it's for work or for personal use. While it has some drawbacks, I like the peace of mind of feeling safe when I'm browsing the web/email, especially when my computer has sensitive/confidential information, knowing that McAfee will immediately detect any threats. The UI is extremely easy to navigate, which makes it easy for users regardless of how tech-savvy they are.

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Verified User

Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Robust protection with a small footprint. Catches all malware and viruses, while respecting the exclusions put in place by our organization. Pricing was very aggressive compared to other products. Great management application, where you can manage the installations and even update third-party apps on those machines from that portal. Great product for a great price.

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Mike Braddock

Network & Systems Administrator

Mortgage Investors GroupFinancial Services, 201-500 employees

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Pros

Excellent protection of all internet connected assets on our VPN.
Constant updates of needed security patches that ensure our network and systems are protected from current and emerging/potential threats.
Prompt and reliable customer service that provides needed answers and expertise in a crisis.
Strategic whitepapers on emerging cyber threats and McAfee solutions to resolve them before they become a problem for my team or our clients.

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Samuel Boyle

Emergency Management Analyst

Chicago Department of Public HealthGovernment Administration, 51-200 employees

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Vipre Antivirus constantly scans your computer in the background without a need for user intervention.
In one program Vipre can successfully protect all your computing devices from both malicious virus attacks as where vicious spyware intrusions.
You won't feel any slowness or sluggishness with Vipre installed & running in the background while you continue to use your computing devices.

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Paul Li

Senior Associate

Stir ArchitectureArchitecture & Planning, 11-50 employees

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Cons

Price - Extremely high price tag for many of the solutions.

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Verified User

Consultant in Other

Computer & Network Security Company, 51-200 employees

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When using older versions of Outlook I have seen the plugin cause sluggish behavior and hangs, in 2007 and 2010 versions specifically.
For some business applications, there are .dll's and libraries and application .exe's that can be misidentified as virus or trojans. While it is fairly easy to whitelist these once discovered, new implementors should be aware that they will need to carefully look through their initial virus scan reports to find and whitelist these items.

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Bill Holmberg

IT Director

Wayne Transports, Inc.Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 501-1000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$0 1st year price (subsequent years)

McAfee Total Protection Editions & Modules

Edition

Individual	$29.99 ($79.99)¹
Multi-Device	$24.99²
Family	$29.99³

1st year price (subsequent years)
per year (2 year subscription, 5 devices)
per year (2 year subscription, 10 devices)

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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VIPRE Editions & Modules

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Likelihood to Renew

McAfee Total Protection 10.0

Based on 1 answer

McAfee has consistently delivered on its stated goals of providing comprehensive protection for our networks and systems. Due to their excellent work and follow through I have been, and will continue to be a loyal customer.

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Samuel Boyle

Emergency Management Analyst

Chicago Department of Public HealthGovernment Administration, 51-200 employees

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No score

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Usability

No score

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VIPRE 10.0

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VIPRE is very easy to use and administer. You have a lot of functionality from the server on what you can do with the clients. It has proved useful when I can't access a client any other way. I can reboot the computer from the server and then usually get back into that machine.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Plastics Company, 201-500 employees

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Support Rating

No score

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VIPRE 9.8

Based on 4 answers

VIPRE support is usually pretty quick. Sometimes you have to get a lot of information to send back so they can see the issue. This has not been too bad and I understand why it's needed. VIPRE also has a free rescue tool that is very useful and easy to use. There have been others but VIPRE seems to keep theirs updated. It's my go-to even outside of work.

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Administrator in Information Technology

Plastics Company, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I haven't used Norton for a while, but when I did use it I felt that it slowed down my computer and had constant pop-ups, which were both equally frustrating and annoying. It was also very difficult to remove from my computer.Malwarebytes is a great, straightforward program I've used for virus scanning. It's pretty bare bones but I think if you just want something to scan for viruses it gets the job done quickly and reliably.In my opinion McAfee offers similar benefits as Norton but its more intuitive and doesn't impact system performance.

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Verified User

Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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We got a chance to buy AVG Business edition and we tried to install that throughout our organization and most specifically to our important systems but it was not compatible with a majority of them and we found AVG as high-demand software with a mediocre speed of action and more pricing. So in comparison to AVG, VIPRE is good in all aspects.

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Lawrence Gibson

Product and Marketing Analyst

LawPanelComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

Blocks unsafe websites
Virus detection and removal
Protects sensitive data

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Verified User

Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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The VIPRE MSP program cost effectively lets me integrate protection into every endpoint I protect.
Integration with ConnectWise for deployment and billing has increased our revenue.
Integration with ConnectWise for management means we keep endpoint protection coverage consistently above 99% to secure our clients.

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Jonathan Hozeska

Partner

Network Services GroupComputer & Network Security, 1-10 employees

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